The Speedweek room situation is only going to get worse. When the economy turns around, and the casinos can fill the hotel with gamblers on that first weekend during Speedweek, no rooms will be available to us at any price. Gamblers can easily blow thru $250 bucks a night in the casino, and that's who they want in the rooms, because that is how the casinos make their $$$.
I know it's not even a consideration, but I hope someday we can work something out with the BLM to allow camping on the salt. If each camper paid $500 for this opportunity, we could provide additional security (I personaly believe as racers we could police ourselves), extra facilities, not to mention a ton of money for the SCTA/BLM. ($500 x 100 campers = $50,000, $500 x 200 campers = $100,000). All campers would be in a designated area, with strict rules and guidelines. Anybody violating these rules will be removed from the salt, period!