I'm in PA, but have played in the MJC contests before. I'm skipping the MJC and waiting for DelPark. I finished in the top 10 there in the Spring. I was top 4 before the last race and I swung and missed with a $500 wager trying to lock up the Vegas trips.
DelPark is a 40 minute ride and MJC (Is it at PIM with all of the Laurel construction) is about 2 hours. Especially with holiday traffic. They picked a horrible weekend to do it in my opinion.
Good Luck to you.