I decided to Google about and see what up with this event, not sure what this magazine said about Texas, but there seems to be little love coming from out Mazda rotary relatives.
Our fellow Mazda RX7 owners are not big fans of SS.
http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=455015
RX8 guys don't seem to be big fans either
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=69694
Having this on Wednesday sucks also but I see this is a stop on the way to the NOPI deal in Atlanta.
YMMV