I don't know about the rest of what has been said but Ihra announced no DRM in January.
http://www.ihra.com/ihra-tracks/trac...ne-going-green
The Mike Dunn announcement was early February. I sure hope the world finals is still on this year I've ran 6/8 races in D4 in super rod and still have a shot at making it. Would suck to spend all that time and money this season.