Sustainable had better equal durable. To that end, I'm meeting this Thursday with Ed Hui and a familiar face in the photorealm to plot the '06 "season"; i.e., points of interest on the left coast worth documenting in words and pictures. Noted: Goodguys have dropped the Sonoma event for lack of $upport. Will Seattle2 be the finale north of Smokerspatch for the national-level newstalgia runners? I honestly hope so; the most interesting racing of that sort occurs when tracks like Medford and Woodburn ("Gassers") , Sacto (AA/FD) and Boise (Everyone!) finesse a program that closely reflects spectator interest, circuit response and local conditions (read: finances)...and stay flexible enough to sustain the overall Western match race culture.