Miller IS an awesome track, and no doubt the whole club would love an opportunity to race it. We drove over last year and ran the East track with the USBA just for fun. Great club, great folks! However it was a REALLY EXPENSIVE weekend.

You were throwing out cost numbers, maybe your experience racing at Miller this year has been cheaper than ours was last year. Here's what we paid when we went to Miller--

2 racers, we drove our truck out towing our trailer
Friday track day, put on by MMP: six 20 minute sessions = $230/rider
Saturday morning practice, charged separately from race entry fees, exactly the same as the MRA's = $125/rider
4 sprint races = $235/rider
We had to pay the reciprocity fee last year, they may be waiving that now = $25/rider
And finally we didn't pre-enter, so we had to pay the late fee = $25/rider

Grand total of $1280 in riding fees, or $640/racer.

For us that was a pricey weekend to start with, on top of the cost of diesel to tow out to Utah and back (yikes) = another large expense beyond what it costs to race in state. We didn't rent a garage, we don't go out to eat on race weekends, and we don't pay for a hotel because we stay in our trailer. That saved us money over what many people will have to pay to travel out of state.

The main reason the board has decided against traveling, at this time, is because it's an extra burden on the membership financially. If members can't afford a travel round and know they're going to be cut out of points, and out of any hope of finishing well in their class, it starts to discourage them from making all the rounds anyway. Downward spiral. When riders have more $ the plan is to look at travel rounds again. Just not at this time. The club discussed this last year and can talk it through again at the next general meeting.

In the meantime, any member who's financially able can go out to Miller and have a blast. Just like the gang going out this weekend--good luck guys!