Yep. Our usual (i.e. cheapest) hotel is about 100 yards from that statue. Phil, go here: https://www.pca.org/event/2019...4/air-auto-classic-9
Lane, you'd have a haul but you could take the coastal route (17) and pick up two wingmen, Roy Hendrix & Happy Jack Breza, around New Bern NC, about 4 hours up.
They didn't make it this year but I'd lay odds for next.