I have been involved with open wheel racing since my marriage to a racer in 1955 and I have a different view from the others. My thought is that you are not going to make a living with racing and all of it is expensive and time consuming, so you and your wife had better have fun at it. You don't seem to be in a rush so I would suggest that you hang around the pits with the groups you are interested in. If there seems to be a lot of arguing, discontent, unhappiness, that might not be the group for you. If the racers AND their officials are open and friendly and answer your questions then, that is a group you might be better working with. The other part is how you and your family like to travel. POWRi is a traveling group and you have to love long hours on the road and late nights getting home. If you don't enjoy that kind of life then a race schedule that stays within 100 miles of home would be much better.
Wanda Knepper