more observations...
I go to all the asphalt venues, all different.
After a bit of a logistical mess in April, Mojave's Owner Mike Border set entrants at 120 for Oct.
That worked out well, helped by Mike's 110% event organization and dedicated long-time staff.
Last Loring entrant count was about 100???, don't remember exactly.
Sat was a bit of a mess, long grid waits, lotsa grumbling. But on Sun, Joe Daly seemed to take control of staging and things DRAMATICALLY improved. Don't know what he did, but it sure worked.
Texas has been having 210-230 entrants for some years now.
Race Director Ryan Arnold and his staff are very well organized, controls & moves the grid as fast as possible, they have a buncha trained Joe Daly clones (gotta say that pre-stage girl is MUCH cuter than JD) in grid and staging. Grid waits still WAY too long.
You notice i'm not mentioning registration fees bc to be honest $100 or $350 is peanuts compared with my 7.5mpg travel costs, and the many, many thou$and$ in my bike. It seems to me that big events cost more per racer than small meets.
I have 110% confidence in Joe & Keith, they have their work cut out for them as they transition from "family meeting" to "event".