Terry and Donna Cost wrote
>By the way, the geographical center of the lower 48 states is in Kansas and
>the mean population center of the lower 48 is in Missouri. Kansas City,
>Missouri is about the ideal place for a national meet because it is equally
>as hard to get to from all four corners of the USA, both in distance
>traveled and population centers. And, guess what! Topeka, Kansas is the
>site of the SCCA National Runoffs every year. (a small distance from K.C.)
>The distance to all three coasts (Texas has a coast, too) is from 1000 to
>1700 miles. That's two to four days travel in a Roadster, or one VERY long
>day driving VERY fast. If you want to treat everyone equally, schedule the
>meet for Kansas City.
>
>
>Leisure Suit Terry
>
Terry has a point here, as Calspeed points out, the west coast has an
embarrassment of riches event-wise. Are there any major events east of
the Mississippi? And are the folks suggesting Colorado Springs
suggesting it for a location for the premiere, or the permanent location?
It sounds like the ZCCA meet moves around, that sort of approach might
be the most fair, but more complicated.
And to underscore that there are as many ideas of what this meet should
be as people thinking about it, when Mike Carion mentioned needing access
to a track, I realize that hadn't occured to me. After all, if my 320
truck were ready, I might take that, and not my stock 1600 roadster. I
pictured car shows, swap meets, some sort of road rally or tour, but
track time hadn't entered my mind. I can see how that would be a great
attraction for some.
-marc
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