It was made clear at the beginning of the 25 run that Eruption green was going to be a one model year run. There's no why are they discontinuing the colour. It was stated from the get go.
Barney Oldfield was that driver, and walls or fences in those days were basically snow fences to hold people from moving farther onto the track. It was amazing how people would stand so close with little or no protection. It's no wonder fans were seriously injured or suffered fatal injuries...
The only reason why 81% were those four colours was because that's all they offered. Nice having something different. We got programmed to white, black silver, and different shades of grey, and the two choices for interior colours, black or grey.
There was a dark blue available for 23--- can't remember the name of it. Dropped it for 24, so I went with Hot Pepper Red, which was also a one year colour.
Ford is famous for doing this. One year for a colour and then it's gone. In 2010, I decided I was going to buy a 2011 Taurus i the burgundy colour. When the time came, burgundy not available for 2011. So if you see a burgundy Taurus, it's a 2010. If you like an new colour with Ford, order it now.
Whom ever banged away to remove a pinch weight is a definite hack. There are tools to remove those with zero damage to the rim. Also, pinch weights, if that is an alloy rim, are not the way to go. That's why they have stick on weights.