If you're only going to do one event or if it's your first even... Absolutely make it Speedweek.
Best people, best vehicles and best way to experience your first memory of the salt in my opinion!
Very cool to her Eric... Congrats. I can still smell the moisture and feel the stillness in the air from my first step on the salt last year. I can't imagine it not being Speedweek or not happening with those that helped Deb and I share in such a great first experience (there's more but, Jon, Nancy, Freud, Stainless, Gowetski, Robert, Glen, Scott, Ellen, Keith, Tonya and Dan are all etched in my mind like the salt that was in my eyes that first few seconds).
You always remember your first time, so you might as well choose the most experienced one that will have ya!
Todd