As an aside to this discussion, I really don't care about points or championships. Living on the eastern edge of the MW division, it's a long tow to some of the tracks, so I've only been to Memphis and Topeka besides Gateway. I hope to make Hallett and MAM someday and like the idea of supporting the divisional races, but have a limited amount of weekends off and do what works in the schedule.
If I'm gonna tow far, would just as soon go to Road America, Barber, or Mid Ohio and run on the "pro" tracks. And there's several Cendiv/nasa tracks within a 4-5 hr tow too.
So, in case you're wondering, my point is don't let points chasing get in the way of getting out and having fun on the track.