Are we at a point for summarising this topic?
The FIA can only use the information from ratified speed records that they have, so those involved have paid their $ or £ or yen or whatever for ratification and will surely not have any monetary involvement. [There could be an opportunity for a reprinted certificate to be sold to any competitor, a certificate which changes just the class number and the cubic capacity figures!]
The FIA uses cubic capacity divisions after category and group designation, but adds a class number to use in a descriptive manner such as "A-II-11". As there are no body style divisions in FIA the whole car designation is I suggest easier and simpler than say SCTA/BNI.
No competitior can 'loose' (sic) a ratified record from the last complete listing as classes are being added, not taken away. As happened with the turbine class weight break changes some records (such as Donald Campbell) come back on to the modern list.
There may be 'losers' from bids which did not break records under the old classifications, or by 1% improvement, as they were not ratified and the information would not have gone to the FIA HQ and therefore cannot be retrospectively applied.
Tricky D has done well with the flying start mile (and kilo) records, but who will sort out the vehicle cubic capacity standing start distance and time records that Pork Pie has mentioned? Or is that where the delay has arisen?
There is still some time until the 'Cook Shootout' (an event where multiple entries might be expected), but are any attempts by privateers now on hold because the target speeds are not yet defined?
