[AJ Laferty]

Pick a single model car in a slow FWD class so all physics works against weight transfer. Make it a car old enough to be cheap, new enough to still be available across the north. Now, make it a spec racer class. Put a crappy spec skinny tire on it that demands a driver to make it hook creating the great equalizer. Billy N can pick the car because he knows how to make cheap junk fly. The single car spec is necessary to minimize knowledge/experience level for tech inspectors. Yeah, it will be slow, but the racing should be close and cheap enough for anyone to afford.

If you make the ruleset right, the best will come to it. Take a look at "Spec Miata" in road racing. fabulous racing because all the cars are the same (or really close). Keep the rules tight, don't let rule creep happen. For big national events, bring a chassis dyno and anybody that makes too much power goes away. (NASA sports car racing does this, it isn't hard).