bdavison : right on! great post, Don't forget club fees that are at least if not more than AMA fees( my clubs $60 a year)we just lost our field to a tree farmer, I've got a field a mile sq' three houses down a permission to use it( belongs to a buddy of mine) Im no longer a member an don't think I'll ever reup till AMA sorts this stuff out, I do sometimes miss read'in bout the nats and I've got six Q500's that will prob'ly never race again ( gave two away last month) your bub, scoooper