Fuel cheap? It's 2 -2 1/2 times what it was in the 90's... you figure a team coming from the left coast gonna travel 5000 miles, so your looking at 6-800 gallons, sprintweek is almost more like 2 long weekends so you're looking at 15 nites in a motel at $100/nite minimum. You are already looking at close to $3000 and havnt spent a dime on the car, eats, pit passes etc. with usac purses what they are I'd be doing backflips if the week was even close to a break even.