Yes, the test and tune days are the event days. Okay, so no, not really a t-and-t day, but because there are five events per year -- you can get in a good number of runs. The first event is the Hot Rod Top Speed Challenge -- and you'll probably find you're not able to make more than a few runs due to the amount of entries. Other event -- you should be able to squeeze in four or five a day. No limits are imposed other than by the folks in line in front of you.
Rookie orientation is 5PM Friday (I think it's 5) and Saturday at noon, and also other times as neccesary.
See above -- two or three if there are lots of entries, ten or twenty if not many racers show up. The late June event is called the "Bonneville Tune-Up event"-- it's the last one before we head out west, but it's also the one that usually has the hottest, muggiest weather -- and quite a few folks don't go racing. So maybe you can get in more runs then.
SCTA/ECTA rules allow helmets to run for ten years, so a Snell 2000 will be okay in 2009, but not in 2010.
As for W-S NS -- no, but we go through there on our way to Maxton. Usually burned out by then, having been on the road already for over a thousand miles. We'll wave as we go past, okay?