the Rally crowd brings them the most income

Add in the pleasant nature of the local resident ( who incidentally have a lot be pleasant about since the Rally crowd brings them the most income of any event the entire year, even though 17 million tourists come through), the beauty of the scenery as you ride all over the Carolinas, wonderful restaurants (Southern barbecue wherever you look) along with relatively inexpensive hotels and you can see why the Carolina Dealers want to keep this event a "secret." Ooops, I spilled the beans. Will. I guess the decision about future travel plans just got easier.