How much would you pay.....

autoxcuda said
wonder what other racers say is the most amount of passes at each event.

but I feel your situation if you breakdown. The more expensive entry no matter how many runs, is a bigger commitment.

maybe test and tune at the cheaper event until you get the bugs out.

Well, pre china flu, if you showed up at irwindale before the gates open on a thursday afternoon, (and your car hot-lapped effectively,) you could get ten laps in before the crowd showed up, and maybe two or three even after the place was packed. I dont know what to expect now.