The drift days are pretty cruisey, 90% of the people are out there to just have a good time.
As far as spinning out, there is etiquette to it, and generally if you spin out its not cool to sit there and do ringing/static skids mainly because it ruins the persons lap after you because they need to stop/slow down if there is a massive cloud of smoke so if you spin, get out the way asap but hey, every now and then if you loose it and get a bit frustrated a static skid can be good to releive yourself and its not so much of a problem. Everything in good balance man.
Don't bother with 2nd hand tyres IMO - they delam straight away, at the price they cost its not worth it, and then the track time you loose going back into the pits getting them changed etc all the time is wasting money aswell because time out on the track is $$$$$$.
~$100 for a tow out (petrol for the tow car & trailer hire)
~$30 worth of fuel in the drift car?
~$50 new oil/filter each session
$90 entry fee
$10 gate entry fee
$25 cams license (one year license can be purchased for $55 but you need to be apart of a club etc)
~$160 tyres... I can get tyres at $80ea loose brand new so a set usually lasts me a night if I don't do statics everywhere lol (good to carry a 2nd set incase you need to trailer up early due to running out of tyres)
Then you start breaking shit and then it gets expensive
Get onto the drift school session May 7th.
Lots & lots of track time, $150 to enter? close to that but its so so worth it. Get great pointers from the big boys in the drift scene and is a GREAT day out... I did that for my first session ever and I am HANGIN' for the next one... in fact thats when I'll have my car ready again (lots of new goodies)
Good times!
Just make sure you keep it fun haha