Paul, Why not let everybody know what you are planning because we all probably have different ideas in our own heads what we would like, maybe a brief outline of what you have planned, who will be involved and where abouts etc, it's not as if somebody will steal your idea is it?!
I think that the North East is desperate for a track but I will eat my hat if we get one in the next few years.
I am well on board to give a hand with anything that I can do.
You need to suit the requirements of the people wanting to race rather than the new possible drivers IMO. I can remember when Peter bought loads of cheaper models for newbies to use to get them interested in racing, I would have thought putting the money towards the current racers would have been better, not a dig at Peter at all just an example.
If people are genuinely interested in racing or r/c as a hobby, all they need to do is to do a quick google search on r/c in the north east and I'm sure that they will find something to get them going, having public displays is a bit of a stab in the dark to get members.
I say look after the ones that are interested personally.
Like I said earlier, good luck!
