Personally, I wouldn't even consider putting time and effort into this until I'd got the on-road tracks up to world class level, and got some regular racing going on bringing in money and building interest in the facility.
At this stage, doing anything else is just a distraction. Surely if anyone at MA has any spare time it should be used to sort out the track markings, and get some on-road race events organised?
Ardent have shown this; they spent the first 6 months building up a great reputation as the best indoor track in the area, and as a result they now have 16 heats at their winter series, plus a reserve list. On-road is popular, if it's done well. Only now that the on-road side is well established are they branching out into off-road events as well.
While 90% of the Oople users may be off-roaders (who certainly won't agree with what I've just said), they don't represent 90% of the racing community, where the split is a lot more even.
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