Hi Jeff,
I'm happy to hear of folks in your area giving this a shot.
I'm possibly moving into the Culpeper/Fredricksberg area in the next year and planned to try and spark a fire for this style of pylon racing.
How far are you from that area?
All of the venues I've flown out of use paved runways.
The grass would have to be like a putting green and possibly require the use of larger wheels/tires on the models