Just looked at the lower results and really we didn't do that bad. Several Americans made the B with times just a hair off the top. It wouldn't have taken much to get Paul L, JJ Wang or Rick Howhart into the show.
It doesn't help that Yokomo and Tamiya are pretty much dominating right now and they both have very little presence in America. Yeah the TC6 is a decent car but imagine what rick could do with full on Yokomo support.