Lee,
I fully understand your commitment to the GT300 and that in itself bears further consideration with regards to the proposed date. The type of teams that will be attracted to this event will be the same that would be attracted to the GT300 so for me to compete against the GT300 for participants would be futile.
May I ask that you talk this up amongst your peers and see if you can build some interest? Perhaps the solution is that we look at a few weeks after the GT300 that would give teams time to recoup and repair before heading up here. I expect that my main draw would be from Cali as its only a 16 hr drive from San Fran.
I'll keep working on this and will keep you posted. You've given me much to chew on so I'll continue to explore ways that can make this event happen. The more I'm looking at it, the more I'm intrigued (and determined) I'm becoming.
Thanks Lee!
David