In ANY car, the Dude will drive away from each of you.
This explains so much about a lot of your posts. While Mr. Loshak certainly is a good driver and National Champion you are talking about a guy coming from a front wheel drive high horsepower, straight cut transmission, proper shocks, proper tire, seam welded 2000lb car which couldn't be further from a SM. I am pretty familiar with EP and some of the coolest national championship races I have seen have been in EP. Those races however were typically 3 and 4 car battles (for the win) at best. Pratt Cole is a former multi year national champion in EP who went on to do some SM and he did not "drive away from anyone" and in todays field wouldn't even finish top 10. Not taking anything away from Mr. Cole, but I am sure even he would admit it would be difficult, as he certainly respects the level of talent at the front of SM in any region in the country and it would take seat time to get back up to speed. Come to think of it.... I am not sure anyone in the history of SM at the Sprints or the Runoffs has ever "Run Away" with the race.
Winning the national championship in a SM takes several things...... Luck, Prep, Money, Exceptional Talent, a 100% mistake free race, not being taken out by a monkey on lap 1, the perfect tires etc, etc, etc. If your guy Loshak doesn't have any seat time in one of these things I doubt he will even be in the top 10. I don't car how good he is, if he has no seat time in one of these things it is going to take some time to figure the car out.
Your lack of respect for the front runners in Spec Miata is embarrassing. Take a quick look at where a lot of the top SM guys have gone in racing and that should say it all.....
I tell you what.... If I am wrong about the top 10 at the Runoffs or Sprints, you pick..... I will pay for a single race entry for you of your choice (Club Race in a SM) but if your guy doesn't finish in the top 10 how about you agree to refrain from posting on this site for 1 year? You can still read it, you just have to be silent.
How confident in him are you? Better yet, how confident are you that the SM front runners just haven't raced against a good driver yet?
Get a clue...... Have some respect for your fellow racers and admit when you are wrong.
Sean