It's funny how things work with SCCA vehicle classing. The RSX Type S, for example, is a G Street class car whereas the Fiesta ST is H Street. But the moment you apply ST-legal mods to the car, the RSX Type S falls back into STF, while the Fiesta ST gets sent straight to STX.
By the book, the proper way to get things done is to apply for an SCCA membership, and then write to the SEB to protest the Fiesta ST classing. For many of the more casual people, however, this is too much trouble for what it is worth.
This is why I always have a love and hate relationship towards the SCCA SEB.
Yeah there's an RSX Type S that I dread having to compete against from time to time. His car seems better prepped, and he's definitely a better driver, but I'm slowly gaining.
At our first event of the season, a few of us were discussing the reclassing of the Fiesta. It didn't make any sense to us, since locally they seemed pretty even. The first day the Fiesta posted the better raw time, and the second day the Focus did. Weather may have played a factor since it was snowing the first day, but still, they were very close both days.