[Fot] Regions of the US

[Bill Tobin]

Not to mention flakes!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com>
To: "'MadMarx'" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>; "'FOT'" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Regions of the US


> In the eyes of a great number of people in the US, California has a
> desirable climate which is great for raising vegetables, but has too many
> fruits and nuts .
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of MadMarx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 11:07 AM
> To: 'FOT'
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Regions of the US
>
> I thought from outside of the States the most popular region is 
> California?
> It is not?
>
> Chris
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] Im
> Auftrag von Kenneth Knight
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2014 16:23
> An: FOT
> Betreff: [Fot] Regions of the US
>
> Good Morning All:
>
>
>
> Over the past several weeks there has been much discussion as to what 
> region
> of the US should we hold the Kastner Cup race in 2015.  A good many
> electrons have been sent down the Information Super Highway regarding a
> definition of the East, West, Midwest etc.
>
>
>
> As the country expanded from colonial times the "west" was that region 
> just
> beyond the area cleared of native folk and settled into towns and farms.
> Since we made to the Pacific Ocean the definitions of 'regions' have been
> made on linguistic, geologic, biological, ethnic, demographic and 
> political
> variables.  However, to our rescue is the National Geographic Society and 
> a
> consensus map of "United States Regions" as attached.  Based on this map 
> the
> 2013 race was held in the Midwest and the 2014 race will be held in the
> Southwest.  The leading candidates for the race in 2015 are largely in the
> Midwest and Southeast.   It is not surprising that a good many of the Cup
> races have been held in the Midwest and Southeast, these are the most
> populated areas of the country containing most of the race tracks suitable
> for our big event and the folks that race.
>
>
>
> Hopefully a common definition of the regions will allow us better move the
> race around to be fair to all sections of the country and give all of us a
> chance to race on great tracks we otherwise might not get a chance to 
> visit.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Ken
>
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> name
> of us-regions-map.pdf] _______________________________________________
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