You know, I was not even going to get into the definition of traction control. How can you ban it without defining it?
The only reason I bring this up is that in a previous life I assisted in work on a definition of traction control for a major sanctioning body (CART). It took 2 years and many aborted attempts before it was concluded that it is near impossible to define specifically and virtually impossible to police.
In the end, CART gave up and legalized It. As did F1. If F1 cant police it who can? Hell, even NHRA is allowing it in the Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing series. NHRA!
No matter how you choose to define it, the letter of the rule can easily be circumvented, as was illustrated from the above posts by jon. And I could rattle off an additional 3-5 ways to do it.
Think about this, If SCTA suspected that you ran "Traction Control" and disallowed your record, and you protested, SCTA could not even define TC let alone prove that you used it.
There are definitions in the rule book but not one for traction control. You would think that the only thing that gets you the death penalty (3 yr ban for you and the horse you rode in on) would at least be defined!
Regards,
John Romero