fmorser,
Welcome aboard. Sorry to hear about your back. As I type, I'm on the mend from an unfortunate accident I had with my Stalker at Texas World Speedway back in Febuary. I received a slight fracture in T2, a nasty fracture in T10, a compression fracture in T11 and a burst fracture in T12. So far, I've been able to avoid surgery and am healing naturally in a back brace, pared with good meds and equals doses of humor from the guys on this forum.
i attended NJMP last year and it is by far the most fun event I've ever attended. If you can make the event, do so. You'll be glad you did.