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Yosho I'm down for it.
As far as where to hold it, anywhere in the state is an easy enough drive really. What'll really determin it is what track is available and how much it'll cost. If this is going to be a yearly thing we'll probably want to move it around as much as possible anyway so it's first year location doesn't really matter (Going to the same place every year get's old).
So how many road course tracks are there in FL?
In North Florida
Daytona International Speedway - http://www.daytonaintlspeedway.com/
Jennings GP park - http://www.jenningsgp.com/ (Motorcycle track, but they may be open to HPDE for cars... would have to call to find out).
In Central Florida
Sebring International - http://www.sebringraceway.com/
In South Florida
Homestead Miami Speedway - http://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/
Moroso Motorsports Park - http://www.morosomotorsportspark.com/
There's also the possibility of holding an AutoCross instead which would be easier and cheaper to pull off but I know the current mood is to hold a HPDE.
If I missed any tracks, please add em to the list. Those were the only ones I could remember.
There is a nice little road course here at Gainesville international Raceway:
http://www.gainesvilleraceway.com/apcm/templates/trackinfo.asp?articleid=1912&zoneid=69
I know there are a few others also, I have been looking into it for a few years in hopes of a convention. I think that there is a lot to this that has not been taken into account.
Moroso will probably be too expensive, as will Sebring. Homestead may be cheaper but is a little far for a lot of people, gainesville is probably cheaper also, but has the same problem for the south florida guys, though its only 4.5 hours or so.
South Florida is kind of secluded from the rest of the state, I think that a Florida convention needs to be as central as possible, which is probably Sebring, but like I said, that will be very expensive.
Now you cant just go planning a HPDE with a bunch of uneducated drivers. This needs to be considered a drivers education event, but in order to do that, we must have instructors who take out the drivers for a few laps first to show them what to do. But who will participate that has the experience to be an instructor? SERCA usually has enough seasoned drivers, but here in florida I don't think there are enough if any at all.
There are a lot of details to this that I think you guys may not even realize exist.