Need advice

[RBatson]

My mechanic, which ran Pro 5.0 last year asked me if I wanted to be a partner in the up coming season. He has decided to run Street Outlaw this year. It will cost me $4k to be a partner. I realize this may or may not be a waste and I really don't have $4k sitting around, but I do have credit. Being a partner will entitle me to staying at the strip, camping out with all the other racing teams on the race weekends... grilling out, tall tells, drinking and what-not (Hell, my name may even make it into a magazine somewhere). It is real appealling to me but I realize there isn't much of a return on the money. We would split the winnings but it would never be a return on the money spent(is it ever in racing?). I figured I could go to atleast 5-8 races and he runs FFW, I always go to the spring shoot out(well, not if they have it in Orlando again, that track sucked! The crashed sucked too. ). Anyhow, what do you guys think? Spend the money and have some fun or save my money?