I think it's those that haven't got an MSA stamp before 2007
hit the nail on the head there! if you havent got a current Log Book, your're out!
i would have had no problems with this, if the MSA had properly publicised (i.e. in the BlueBook) these new rules. I think they have been forced to delay their K37 rules till '09 to appease the clubmen, but then have really just gone ahead with the rules anyway.
i do however find 2 things ironic.
1) its supposed to be in the name of safety, but i can still go and get, say, a 20 year old, rusty pug 205 (made of cardboard when new!), fit the minimum spec cage (a 6 point bolt in with 1 door bar) and rally that! (and i know which car (between mine and that one) i'd rather be sat in as a tree rapidly appeared in the side window lol!
2) this year is the MSA's "get people into motorsport" year, well, scratch one competitor there! i'll just take my money and talent elsewhere. Funny how the trackday scene is bulging to the seams, but clubman motorsport is dying on it's feet, might be a correlation there i think!! And also funny how just about all the best, most popular and memorable (hence supported by fans) cars are now excluded from the new "production" based rules. TBH, if i wanted to watch a load of proddy cars race by in a dull fashion, i'd go stand by the side of the M1 motorway......
i effectively think (and i'm not alone here) that the MSA doesnt really care any longer about the impoverished clubman, they just want to deal with the big money teams and sponsors - discuss?? lol!