Announcing the Southwest Divisional Solo Series regional participation trophy. Named the "Come and Take It!" trophy, it will be awarded to the region that has the highest average points per entry after all four divisional events. The winning region will get to keep the trophy for the next year and gloat endlessly that their region is the best in the Southwest Division.
Each competitor will be awarded points based on their finishing position (9pts -1st, 6pts -2nd, 4pts - 3rd, 2, 1, 1, 1. The only exception being uncontested class wins will receive 7 pts). The points for each region will be averaged over all four events and after the final divisional in Fort Worth, the winning region will claim the trophy. Each region must average 5 entries per event to be eligible. (So, 20 entries at one event will count)
The "Come and Take It" name comes from the Texas Revolution battle where Mexico came to reclaim a cannon in the town of Gonzalez, to which the locals said "Come and take it". After a fair amount of bloodshed the cannon stayed put and became the source of pride for the Texans. but we figure the Louisiana regions will have a lot of fun laughing at the Texans if they come and take it away!
We have built a race tire shod cannon for the trophy and we will have it at every event this year to stir up interest and should have photos posted in the next few days.
So, rally the troops and get to them to every event and "Come and Take It!".
Tom Holt
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