toughest regional in 2011?

[Racer26]

GTR BBQ/SAUCEs

East:

BBQ: 38/36 = 1.05556
SAUCE: 33/36 = 0.91667

188: 4 Blue Banners (2 since 2005)
296: 3 Blue banners
467: 1 Blue banner (0 since 2005)
886: 0
907: 0
919: 0
1006: 3 Blue banners (2 since 2005)
1009: 0 (returning after a FIVE YEAR hiatus)!
1075: 0
1114: 21 Blue banners (20 since 2005)
1241: 2 Blue banners
1246: 0
1404: 0
1482: 0
1503: 3 Blue banners (all from 2006, w/1114)
1514: 0
1815: 0
2198: 0
2200: 0
2609: 1 Blue banner
2625: 0
2626: 0
2670: 0
3040: 0
3117: 0
3360: 0
3379: 0
3386: 0
3527: 0 (rookie)
3530: 0 (rookie)
3532: 0 (rookie)
3544: 0 (rookie)
3560: 0 (rookie)
3563: 0 (rookie)
3698: 0 (rookie)
3705: 0 (rookie)


West:

BBQ: 23/36 = 0.63889
SAUCE: 19/36 = 0.52778

610: 2 Blue banners (0 since 2005)
771: 2 Blue Banners (not 3 as frclinks.com/t/771 might suggest - Thanks Karthik!)
772: 0
781: 1 Blue banner (0 since 2005)
854: 0
865: 2 Blue banners (1 since 2005)
1053: 0
1219: 0
1221: 0
1305: 4 Blue banners
1310: 0
1325: 0
1334: 0
1547: 3 Blue banners
1835: 0
1846: 0
2056: 9 Blue banners
2076: 0
2386: 0
2634: 0
2809: 0
2852: 0
2935: 0
3161: 0
3382: 0
3387: 0
3531: 0 (rookie)
3533: 0 (rookie)
3541: 0 (rookie)
3543: 0 (rookie)
3550: 0 (rookie)
3571: 0 (rookie)
3590: 0 (rookie)
3664: 0 (rookie)
3710: 0 (rookie)
3739: 0 (rookie)

with a combined 18 rookies making up 25% of the field, this should be interesting. According to BBQ and SAUCE, the EAST should be the harder of the two halves, but once again, 1114 accounts for more than half the BBQ and nearly 2/3rds of the SAUCE.

And in case you were wondering:

Combined GTR:
BBQ: 61/72 = 0.84722
SAUCE: 52/72 = 0.72222


EDIT: a side note: it seems to me there a significant number of vets missing here. 2505 comes to mind right off the bat.