Costs of a typical track day

[Trip]

tires can run anywhere from cheap to pricey, depending on if you get takeoffs, new DOTS, etc...

Some orgs do gate admission is usually around $5 per day per person just to enter the track

Hotel, although camping or sleeping in your car can save money if the track allows it

Some tracks make you pay for power if you need 120v

Cost of prepping your bike, tape up lights, tape down wheel weights, oil change, coolant to water wetter or similar, plastics if you choose that route, some make you safety wire

gas to however far the track is

gas for the bike, usually a full bike and a 5 gallon can get you through

tie downs maybe a trailer if you dont have a truck

For this area, I would use
sportbiketracktime.com or elitesportbikes.com

I wouldn't use NESBA as a noob, the riders there tend to be more advanced and they don't do as good of a noob introduction to the track as STT.