A friend of mine found the time and the job to allow him to build a car to race on the salt lakes. he holds a FIA record in his class with a Suzuki 500 hatch which he managed to get to 129 MPH. This is a three cylinder micro car which he bartered for . he worked a part time job at night rolling news papers for a newsagent shop . This gave him just enough money for rent and spare cash to buy the odd part for his car ,which wasn't often because he made a lot of the bits himself including throttle bodies and supercharger manifolds . All were made from scrap stuff he 'found' around the place. because he worked from Midnight to 7 am everyday,he had all day to catch up on his project.
I know it all sounds a bit "Burt Munro " but it's true.. Check it out here.
http://www.dlra.org.au/profiles/222.htm

it takes around 3 days solid driving to get to the lake from Queensland and Leigh Drives his race car there and back. he carries a spare engine so he can swap classes and in case the unforseen happens..

So where there is a will there is a a way to do things and so long as the idea is there you can do it or at least try.