I worked at Mayfairs during that period and we put together that Sunshine State series to expand interest through-out the state. We got alot of flack for being too SEQ centered.
Eddie Bailey and I reckon Geoff Udy and a couple of other dealers put their heads together to make it happen. It was a great promo and I think came together at Tivoli for a final with riders be encouraged to come from all over the state. Steve Dinsdale would have been one I reckon, from NQ.
I remember alot of the numbers but not exactly who the are....pause for more thought....nope, not coming back today
I still have a poster and I can recall we had a banner at least 25'X5' that we put up in the trees that were over the pit area. It was massive and weighed heaps....but by lunch time some pricks had knocked it off....it was gone and to where and for what we'll never know