Ahhh--that clears up the mystery quite a bit...
The qualifying heats must be here around Memorial Day on the roads to Lake Livingston, then the winners go to the Big Race finals in your area?
Grown men will be plastering their walls with posters. Buying t-shirts with another man's name on it. And spending their entire day in a chair yelling at the t.v..
It could happen, I've seen happen before.