To answer the question, I will probably be deciding as close to the deadline as possible if I'm going to participate on the track. The way I look at is, since the track is only an hour from my house and not 8-9 hours like some of the past conventions, I'm going to save a lot on gas and thus $400 isn't as bad. But that's for me. No way would I drive from like Florida or something and pay that, with hotel, food, fuel etc. we're talking spending like $1,000 for the weekend.