To get back to the question posed in this thread the maybe the answer is no. Not for well planned, organised and promoted series that offer a great deal while controlling budget anyway.
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...=130784&page=8
http://www.f3open.net/index.php
Maybe for mega-bucks series it is harder and series that offer cheap budgets but deliver little whan all is said and done find it the hardest.