After last years near perfect season, it will be hard to top that in 2017...and doubly so now that the SCCA's rules making committee, the infamous CRB, has given us an intake restrictor that will cut our power output from the engine. In the stroke of a pen, the CRB has undone all of our hard work in gaining a few extra horsepower from the motor and as of now we don't even know how bad the hit will be. The new rule becomes effective March 1. The new device, called a single inlet restrictor or SIR, essentially chokes the air intake down to a hole the size of 30.5 millimeters or about 1.2 inches.

Jason is having to figure out how to make the SIR and install it in our airbox and then our engine builder, Tony Manzer of Comptech, will have to try and tune the new setup as best he can. This is a classic move by the SCCA to slow down the leaders under the guise of equalizing the competition when in reality it panders to protecting the interests of the status quo. It is disheartening to Jason and I, and we are evaluating our alternative places to race the Norma going forward.

Our 2017 race schedule was created before this hit to our program, so it may change as a result of this SIR rule change. In the meantime, the first event of the year has been concluded and we started right where we left off last year with two wins at Auto Club Speedway. Our undefeated streak is still intact for now.