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[Lynn A McCarty]

Were it a financially viable, we would have had perpetual US Class Nationals. Alex did a wonderful service to the best of his ability and by his own public admission....didnt pocket tons of cash. No it wasnt perfect, and yes the second year I am sure he would have done some things differently. Overall it was a remarkable success.

I didnt see any other philanthropist pick up the financial ball like Alex. There are tons of guys out there with more financial resources than Alex, where are they? If Alex would have made a ton of money it would have continued and the pundits told to go *&)* themselves. This is the way of capitalism as we know socialism doesnt work! No matter how successful, there is always a pundit willing to evicerate you.

Until innovation or concerted marketing in our sport occurs, we have what currently exists. I personally believe we should market ourselves, and do heads up racing ourselves. Who else is going to do it if we dont?

[buzzinhalfdozen]

I do understand that bsically all things are fueled by money, that being said would'nt you rather give a yearly fee to an organization that more catered to your needs? I mean we don't think twice about sending a check to N or I yearly that money of course goes toward their operating expenses. The problem I see is their more interested in operating for the pro's the show or what ever you want to call it. I've been involved with several local "series" over the years and for the most part the all failed due to lack of racers support or the indifference of some of the local track owners. The UMTR is still going and has a reasonable amount of races and some good turn outs, this is just one that comes to mind. As with anything there are going to be some people who are unhappy with this or that but it seems to me we already have that problem. Making everyone happy is impossible and should not be the basis of any organization pleasing the majority is the most desired resultI would like to hear from some people who have good ideas as how something like this could be done.Joe

[Michael Beard]

I don't have the resources to do it, unless it were done with pre-entries, and I hate that idea. There's a lot that I could do to help someone on such an event, along the lines of design & printing, though. Compiling contingency sponsors for the race would be the biggest and toughest chore, I think -- as well as being a necessary component.

But let's just say there was to be a race... what are we looking at in terms of a date and venue?

[Jim Woods]

Micheal, you coming to imokollee?

[Michael Beard]

Yessir! Maybe we'll get some "free time" to sit down and **** chat about such things...