I'm sure there will be WS/IOC "adjustments" to make sure the U.S. gets a berth at a "North American Qualifier", can't miss out on that ad revenue :rolleyes:
GREAT post.
The most interesting data point to me is the nearly 2% advantage of 15-ish year old girls in club membership; I'm not too familiar with the Oz scene but I have to imagine if it's anything like here there's close to gender parity out the gate, and then youth racing seems to reward...