Welcome to Texas Clark. Sorry to hear about your mom. It's quite a drive for you, but there have been some get togethers in Plano on Saturday nights recently at an ice cream place called Paciugo. We had at least 10 cars there last Saturday.
Occassionaly, I organize what has been termed TRAD (twisty roads around Dallas). Keep an eye out for a thread with TRAD in the title. We get up really early in the morning and drive for an hour or so on some twisty roads north of Dallas.
Tracks around here are:
Motorsports Ranch
Texas Motor Speedway
I think there is a drag strip in Denton
190 George Bush Turnpike