Kevin, while this may have been true 2 or 3 years ago, things changed last year at the Fontana USCA event I attended. Huge HP Huge $$ cars driven by people who are racing a lot, and getting a lot better than they used to be. I had a brand new 2013 420HP Mustang Brembo GT at the 2012 Run to the Coast in CA and beat almost everybody, finishing 4th on the road course. Last year at the USCA in the same car, competing against many of the same cars (who had been constantly upgraded for 2 years) and I finished 17th.... They are getting faster. That being said I wish I had more HP in the Valiant, cause I know I could give em hell on the Autocross and Speed Stop, but not with 250HP on the Road Course