[Alan Roehrich]

Ed, you are right, some regional events would be excellent, especially considering the economy. However, they probably need a big event to get the whole thing off the ground. And that needs to be as centrally located as is humanly possible.

I agree completely, there will be those who demand it be held in their back yard. Those are exactly the people who need to be ignored, because they will only do what serves their own desires and interests, and ignore the big picture. They'll show for a race or two, if it suits them. If you try to make them happy, you'll put off a lot more racers who would travel a reasonable distance to support something like this.

We don't even have one SportsNational Open here in Division 2. Shoot, we don't even have a points meet that isn't in Georgia or Florida, Atlanta is the only event that isn't in south Georgia or further south. Tennessee, Alabama, and the Carolinas get the finger. Charlotte has their National Event, and so does Bristol. That's it. Memphis, for whatever reason, is Division 4. So I completely agree with you and understand about the scheduling and travel. We practically have to take the entire month of February and part of March off to run Division 2.