dak, i think you are crossing up some lines here....
its a bracket race, not a heads up deal for the most part.
and own monster mopar so I have a bit of experience under my belt now.
you are correct on the the south thing. I know Donald pulls racers from all over, but he does that with a 20k and 10k to win purses in 5 or 6 different classes. I happen to be meeting with him at PRI to look at doing a similar race in Indy. But also remember that outlaw races and Mopar races are not the same. Those guys all show up thinking they have a chance to win, so when the purse looks like his does WINNER-20,000.00 RUNNER-UP-2,000.00 SEMI'S-1000.00 1/4'S-400.00 1/8'S-200.00 It doesnt matter how top loaded it is because people will come for that chance.
i do agree on your time line for sure...stay out of the hot weather!