Heard her say in the interview that the goal is for the (Desert Vista) team to make it to NXN.
If the season happens, they will make NXR SW interesting.
I think the 2 favorites at this point to autoqualify will be Niwot and Cherry Creek. Niwot got on the podium at NXN (although they had a subpar race at NXR) and return 5 of their top 7.
Cherry Creek got 4th at NXR and return their 1-4 from NXR in addition to Balding who was their #3 at Griak (where they destroyed all the Heartland teams) but ended her season there.
Desert Vista finished 10th at NXR but returns their 1-4 from NXR in addition to Thatcher who was their #4 at state but did not race at NXN. They could get in as an at-large.
Also can’t count out Lone Peak or Valor Christian which autoqualified and return 5.