I personally would not bother running a drag car at an 1/8 mile track [unless it was the only one around] just seems like a waste of time and money [J.M.O.].
I bet if you drag raced, you would change your mind, I thought the same way until I bought a car and started bracket racing. I soon found out that the 1/8th mile racing is much closer at the finish, and more of a challenge IMO. 1/4 mile is fun every once in a while, but it sure does beat up Parts Faster!
Its a shame about Orlando, but i'm not surprised. I went to the Night Of Fire/ World Street Nationals last year, and there were very few cars there, in fact I think we get more cars for the Bracket program at Bradenton! Not sure if that was representative of the every week turn out or not. I heard rumors that Ozzy, who operates both CFRC and Lakeland might be interested in Orlando, but that is just pure speculation.