There is a NASA FL region. FL racers might have better luck approaching them.[/quote:bc3a35fb23]

I wasn't aware of their region- but I don't live in FL either...so VERY VALID point. If you FL guys want HC all you need to do is, contact region director, tell them you want HC. I'm sure they'll be more than happy to add the HC "class" to events, thereby "attracting new competitors". Someone (probably whomever requests HC to them) will need to head it up and act as series director. Which mostly consists of trying to get people to attend events, try to get series sponsors, and act as a liason between the HC racers and NASA directors/officials. As there are already series rules published, just follow them, and I'd say for further guidance from the HC perspective contact the ECHC directors as they've been doing this stuff for a while. There also a good chance, that provided you get enough entrants you'll be compensated in free or at least discounted race entries for the trouble.
What would be ultra cool IMO is if you guys got that started, meanwhile as we're trying to boost the rest of the SE, once both your participant #s are up, as well as our #s- try to in the future mesh schedules for a TRUE SE championship series. (With the fact that a certain # of races are dropped from over-all championship points, its totally doable in the future, without either you guys having to constantly travel too far, nor us having to make the trek to FL too many times.) -Danielle