. . . . The BMW Issetta and Honda Insight...no rear seat, clearly not a sports/GT.
Yeah that makes sense . . . . but . . .
http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/events/htup_0903_bonneville_speed_week_fastest_honda/photo_01.html at least one of the Bonneville GT records is held by an Insight . . . and yes, this same car is the one pictured in the 2010 SCTA rule book for GT cars ( see page 74. )
So I would venture to say that it is not so clear to everyone . . . .
if you think about it, some of the faster Mod Sports records are held by Berkeley bodied cars. The original Berkeley was never considered a rocket ship. Does that disqualify it from being called a Sports Car? The question is "Where do you draw the line?"
I wonder if the sentence in the 2010 rule book (near top of page 75) that says "GT cars with four seats shall have committee approval to run in this class." will remain in the 2011 rules.
BTY, more power to Jim Miller making these calls. I am glad it is not me. Some of these cars really straddle the line between GT and Coupe/sedan.
There are Fiat 600s running in Comp Coupe so I guess they are OK for coupe/sedan, but what about Fiat 500s with even smaller back seats? yes there are seats in the back of the Fiat 500 but do they qualify as "seats " see 2010 rules where it talks about cars running in the Modified category (coupes and sedans) page 63 - in first paragraph . . " . . . the car shall have been originally produced with suitable seating for four (4) average adult persons."
I wonder if there are any cars that don't fit in either category.