Roger;
Have not decided as of yet....Mid America is "only" a 10 hour drive for me and while I have gone in the past and have had a blast, I don't like Hallett (the road course track).......it is almost an hour from the hotel and is an old track in very desperate need of a re-paving job.....Last time on it, I spent as much time dodging potholes and patches as trying to drive the correct line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the other hand, the new track in your neck of the woods is about a 22 hour drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but being a new track it should be great to run on and the folks up in that neck of the woods are great to hang around with (re: VIR)
I have considered going without my car, but I know I would not enjoy the event nearly as much,especially when I see the Vintage cars hit the track!!!!!!!
There will probably be a dozen or more folks from my area and at least 6 cars going to Mid America..not counting the Texas bunch (great guys and gals also)...as for the SAAC event, there are three or four couples wanting to go and three cars, not counting myself......
BTW: the open track/Vintage race at Mid America is run a lot better than the same at SAAC!!!!!!!
The other consideration is my wife will be starting a new job around the first of the year and she may or may not have any vacation time by august, and if I go, she will definetly want to come!!!!!!!!
I'll decide sometime in Feb. or March as I will only be attending one of the two events.........don't have any rich relatives that I know of fixin to leave me any money, so only one "away" event this year...........
David