Doug let me know when you want to do something, I could ride over on a weekend to hang out. I think Charlotte is about 3 hours from me, but I ride more than most. Especially to see a CR OG. There are some guys here in Fayetteville and they have a pretty nice drag strip in town also, but mostly military guys that don't know a think about cars.
http://www.horsepowerjunkies.com/forums/
thats the only forum for NC that I have been referred to so far