Don't forget to get at least two hours sleep every day............ my first year I got up at five in the morning, worked on the car and loaded everything up. Took a shower at midnight and then drove for fourteen hours straight to Wendover. Spent three day's on the salt finishing the car, starting the motor for the first time, found we had the wrong length hydraulic throwout bearing, borrowed Bruce Geisler's spare trans, sawed the bearing retainer off to make a spacer, went to tech, made one pass, lost the bearings, came home and was sick for two month's.
Oh yeah, and really really broke................. some things never change....
Bob