I think what you want is more a Top Gun for the west coast than a championship that the Scale Masters is suppose to be. In this day and age no one wants to travel; they want everything at home. My buddy qualified for the Scale Masters this year, but it being 2000 miles away, no way. 2010 it will be close enough, if we can qualify, to matter. At least when the Nats traveled, there was variety of the winners form year to year.
It is almost unfair to have a true championship because not all can be able to go to any one place. I would like to see regional championships after the qualifiers.