Home Dirt Advantage?

So I was on the CRS website looking at upcoming races and I noticed that the 2nd event for the 2008 season is called the Desert Storm Rally. I clicked on the event website and even though it is still heavily under construction, they did have the host hotel posted. I clicked on it and it is the Comfort Suites in Blythe! The race is in (or around) Blythe, and just by chance it is the Rally America Southwest Regional Championship race. Now I know three months seems ambitious for a first race, but it's actually quite practical. No travel costs (no need for a trailer, hotel, eating out, gas etc...) Also, we know the area pretty well and we've probably run some or all of the course before, plus pre race practice runs would be very convenient. We could tell some local potential sponsors to come out and watch us race and even if we don't perform well, they might at least get excited by the nature of rally in their own backyard. We don't need to have our car fully raced out by this point either. As long as it's running and has all the necessary safety equiptment installed, we can race. They don't take points away for trying and it would be a great way to break into the sport.

Thoughts?