People will race our event simply because of the terrain and scenery in the (Shenandoah) Valley and the people.

From a budgetary standpoint, we?re nowhere close to the Tour de Georgia or Tour of California. They have budgets around $3 to $4 million. Ours is under $100,000. The difference there is pretty striking. Even though our course and level of road racing in the event mimics those of the larger events, in terms of the prize money we can offer and the caliber of athlete we hope to get to come, we really can?t compete until we have a larger budget. That?s the hard and fast reality. We?d like to get to that budget, but we?re not there yet.

I really don't think this race will have that much of a bearing on the NCC.

During race week we still get buses that will stop by. If there's a race even close to here, people will stop to see a game or just buy a shirt or a hat.

General Clark has decided to leave the race,

I'm totally disgusted. This is a brand-new car. I built this car to come here to race.