[Paul_E_D]

Sax, I know you're getting a lot of different advice, so here's my .2$

I gotta say that if money's important, skip the travel thing. The trip would cost you 2 weekends of racing in the end.

I think it would be smart focus just on running the loudon events, nothing else. You're not racing at VIR, so riding there once won't help you IMO. It's your first season and there's no need to get a jump on the competition by riding earlier.

Thursday/Friday practices are the place to spend any extra money you may have.

IMHO