You don't want buggy to go to stock motors. This will increase costs, not reduce them. And it also increases the need for scrutineering.
For the stock class at TC nationals we check voltage before races, because more voltage = more power. This is a massive pain, and even worse on a buggy when you can't get to the battery terminals with the shell on.
After the meeting we confiscate motors from the top runners so they can be properly scrutineered. Last year several people were disqualified, not through their own fault, but due to motor manufacturers pushing the limits and ending up over them. One driver lost a championship as a result of losing a round score.
Stock drivers have big resistor banks used to discharge their lipos at 40 amps or more before charging them. This heats the lipos up, lowering the IR, giving more punch. This obviously isn't good for the lipos, so the top drivers replace them regularly.
The top stock driver at our club tried at least 6 different motors last year trying to find the fastest one.
Buggy just need to limit tyres to 2 sets per meeting same as we do with TC. It's easy to mark and police. Nobody tries to cheat. If you make a token effort to mark and check, everyone will play ball, and everyone saves money.
Buggy racing is really low effort compared to TC; the only bit that's worse are the unlimited tyres.
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