Several of us have been out there for the HST series and it is a blast. For around $100 for the day you get multiple sessions, in fact you will probably be to tired to make the last one. No chips to speak of but since this is your first year to own your Cobra I would take some blue 3m tape and tape the area in front of your rear tires (spat area). Another area you might want to tape would be the lower area where your
oil cooler would set. My cobra is 11 years old and it still looks good (a few chips here or there) and it has some small chips I call patena. I have never taped any of my painted area.
I think you would enjoy Run N Gun immensely because of the way we run the event plus it is on a brand new track. No door to door racing only limited passing and everyone is on a transponder to record their fastest lap.
HST is a blast and you will meet some pretty nice folks out there. Scott Stephens and his staff are really good too and will keep your experience safe. Let me know when you go and maybe several of us can join you.
Clois