Tom,
The Viper Days points matrix is easy once you print it out use a highlighter to note all the options (don't forget to add points for your stock gen II engine...) you have on your car. As already discussed elsewhere, as soon as you have a Gen II car, you are in Super Stock. Try it - and then add up the points. Really as a Gen II car, you have one point to play with - we opted for wider front tires, but a non-Borla Cat Back will cost you a point as will a wing or several other choices. You can install a cage and get -1 point, so that's an option, too. But Super Stock has really been pushing the envelope when it comes to keeping the car as stock as possible. It really is the most competitive class in the Michelin Challenge Series - it puts the emphasis on the driver.
Many safety items can be done to the car with zero points - as can many things related to vehicle longevity (oil pan baffles, fan kits, harnesses, etc.) ANd many things that can be done to your stock brake system to enhance performance - SS lines, better pads, better rotors, MANY cooling options (air deflectors, better wheels, stoptech rotors, titanium pistons, pad backing plates, etc, etc...) I think we've done just about everything we can and still stay in Super Stock (including patronizing ViperDays sponsors for exhausts, rotors, air filters...)
At VIR Henry was seeing brake rotor temps of about 1200 degrees F (maybe highter - cannot look at the color key on the temp paint bottle right now...)- we constantly monitor temperature with the help of temperature indicating paint at various places on the rotor and now, the back of the pad. He experienced ZERO fade after three whole days. He changed front pads, but only because the starting set was not new. No other maintenance - no brake bleed - nothing.
Bled the brakes in preparation for Putnam Park - very little discoloration at each bleeder screw - more in the front. But the fluid was still performing beautifully. Castrol SRF. I think this is an often overlooked area - and while Motul is good - once it gets "wet" you'll get poor performance. And you can draw in a bunch of water in just a few track sessions when you see a lot of heat (and the SS folks do...)
Contact us directly if you'd like a more complete list of our Super Stock mods - we try real hard to not have to work on the cars at the track, and always have paid special attention to brakes. We've not missed a single session due to maintenance issues. Preparation is everything.
hope this helps - enjoy your car at the track.