Peter wrote:
>They made the car look great and indeed >were so effective that the other >manufacturers got sucked in to the game and >changed the regs to include splitters and >wings. However, I don’t recall that many >production cars having those appendages in >the immediately following years.
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The way I justify their use is that they provided a good balance between production car and race car looks. Even with all those aero aids, you could VERY OBVIOUSLY tell what production car they were based on. As good as the racing and grids were for Class 2, the series just was "missing" something. Aero aids filled in that seeming "void". Of course, this is just MY HUMBLE opinion in the end!!