Originally Posted by
mollusk
That is impossible. You are from Florida. If you aren't from SoCal, NorCal, CO, or TX you are not racing in "real" competition. You must be mistaken.
FWIW: as a TX racer, I think of TX as really fun and competitive, but the quality of racers here is not particularly noteworthy on a national level (well, besides that one guy). We have our share of Nat'l champions (expected due to population), and racing is good though. Anywhere I go there will be people faster than me.
Things seemed a lot tougher back when I was in CO though.