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number of participants will be from outside the valley. The average participant will be middle age <br />professionals. They will be staying in the hotels, parking their RVs in available parks, eating at local <br />restaurants, and purchasing a lot of gas. I and my family live here in Ellensburg and when we go to Tri - <br />Cities each month to race when staying in a hotel and such we figure we spend around $1000.00 and <br />that is if everything goes well. We have on occasion spent two to three times that much when we ended <br />up needing a car repair or the like. I would be quite surprised if the economic impact of this event was <br />not over $200,000 for just the two days and perhaps a lot more. <br />The goal for this event is to draw at least 200 drivers. Many of these drivers will bring with them <br />non participating family members. <br />While autocross is not considered a spectator sport the public will be invited to come and <br />observe. They will be allowed stand outside the fence and watch. We do not expect a large number of <br />spectators. We have also encouraged spectators who have driver's licenses to sign our waiver and go for <br />a ride as a passenger with one of our competitors. In the last two years we have taken over 150 people <br />for rides on the course. <br />Event Operation <br />We are aware that our event must operate subject to the needs of the airport. We are aware of the <br />possibility to have to occasionally shut down the course to allow larger aircraft to taxi past though it has <br />not happened in the last two years. We also know that we must maintain absolute control of our <br />boundaries so that no one strays into unauthorized areas. We are prepared to do so. <br />