If someone wants the contact info for ECORS
East Coast Offroad Racing Series last owners I think I can dig it up.
There are a ton of racers back east, they race ultra 4
www.ultra4racing.com or many of the utv's gncc
www.gnccracing.com or another smaller series. If you want short course there's morra/ traxxas series. I don't know of a truck/ grass roots ultra 4 based long course series currently racing back east but I've been gone for a while.
I can't remember for the life of me what the series was the badlands ran. For a while it had a pretty good turn out. I'm sure if Kyle still owns the place he'd talk with someone about the issues he had.
4 wheel jamboree has a pretty well attended short course tuff truck series
TOUGH TRUCKS ® CHALLENGE
I don't see enough interest to make a stand alone 2wd truck/ buggy series work. UTV's are the current "cash cow" when it comes to entries. They are accessible to the general public and don't require creating an expensive race only vehicle depending on how you structure the rules. There's probably 150 or 200 ultra 4 rigs east of the Mississippi.
The problem with 2wd classes is a long enough track at the current off road parks. I could see creating level playing field rules being a problem as well. Most of the buggies were built with what was at hand to play at the dunes or in the woods. Not to class 9, 1-2 1600, or 12 rules. Getting a guy to build a limited class motor or change his buggy to meet the rules for a series that might or might not happen will probably be pretty hard.
One of the big issues with racing at a private off road park is closing down the park to race. The badlands races were after hours which was fun because it gave you time to prerun and you could go play before the race.