Hi Larry,
Thanks a million. We always appreciated your support.
One key element about the Bash was making it vendor agnostic, so that everyone could attend and feel welcome regardless of manufacturer or type of car. If you recall, years back before the Bash, there was kind of a click of FFR people, SPF people, ERA people... so on and so forth. WSCB crushed those walls down on the first year. It became about was all Cobras and all people, then we added GT40s and Daytona Coupes.
In my opinion, the key is getting someone in a club such as yourself to host it and invite everyone from everywhere AND there needs to be something in addition to the cars and people to draw people there; BUT not to the degree that "something" is so distractive (like gambling) that people will stick around and participate. So, think of what other things people could do other than be at a track. This way people will invite their friends and family too... just some thoughts. Good Luck on this.
