I think it is a fantastic idea, but the logistics seem pretty hard to work through. Rather than bastardizing either club's rules, classes, etc to the point everyone is confused I think adopting one organization's procedures would be the best way to go, and since the MRA is much more established club... but I don't think the USBA would agree to that.

As for gridding I see three possibilities. First, the easiest way would just be to start in each class in two waves, one MRA, one USBA. If we were racing on the full or perimeter track lappers wouldn't be that big of a problem, and if they were counted as two races results/contingency would be taken care of as well. Second, we could grid the first MRA guy, the first USBA person, the second MRA racer, etc on down the line. Third we could do qualifying for some classes like the USBA.

Wasn't this an idea talked about last year? I thought there was a hangup with the negotiations, or am I mistaken?