[Fot] Regions of the US

[Kas Kastner]

There has been a lot of talk about the location of  the Kastner Cup race.
 I might remind folks that we have had events in the *Western *area,
Portland, Oregon, Laguna Seca, California, Salt Lake City, Utah and Button
Willow, California.  The *Eastern area*, Mosport, Toronto, Canada, Watkins
Glen, New York, and Atlanta,Georgia, twice, then we have a more *Central
area*, Hallet, Oklahoma, Road America, Wisconsin, Topeka, Kansas and now
Eagle Canyon,Texas.

That is about as wide spread, not just East to West but North to South as
you can get without going into an ocean, up a mountain, or in a desert. It
is also a matter of people coming forward to make the event happen.

My  intention has always been to make the event accessible to  many areas
of the country so that most racers would have an opportunity to
participate. Regardless of where you live, it is most unlikely that there
will be a race in your home town and three miles from your shop. We have
indeed been fortunate so far, volunteers have come forward and taken the
hard work in hand to negotiate and promote the Cup event and have achieved
a remarkable turnout of Triumph drivers and their cars. I think most have
had a pretty good time and seen some wonderful race tracks. Thanks to all
for their participation. Come on to Eagle Canyon.

*Never be beaten by equipment.*


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Kenneth Knight <kknight at klaenv.com> wrote:

> Good Morning All:
>
>
>
> Over the past several weeks there has been much discussion as to what
> region
> of the US should we hold the Kastner Cup race in 2015.  A good many
> electrons have been sent down the Information Super Highway regarding a
> definition of the East, West, Midwest etc.
>
>
>
> As the country expanded from colonial times the "west" was that region just
> beyond the area cleared of native folk and settled into towns and farms.
> Since we made to the Pacific Ocean the definitions of 'regions' have been
> made on linguistic, geologic, biological, ethnic, demographic and political
> variables.  However, to our rescue is the National Geographic Society and a
> consensus map of "United States Regions" as attached.  Based on this map
> the
> 2013 race was held in the Midwest and the 2014 race will be held in the
> Southwest.  The leading candidates for the race in 2015 are largely in the
> Midwest and Southeast.   It is not surprising that a good many of the Cup
> races have been held in the Midwest and Southeast, these are the most
> populated areas of the country containing most of the race tracks suitable
> for our big event and the folks that race.
>
>
>
> Hopefully a common definition of the regions will allow us better move the
> race around to be fair to all sections of the country and give all of us a
> chance to race on great tracks we otherwise might not get a chance to
> visit.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Ken
>
> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a
> name of us-regions-map.pdf]
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