I'd say drop a few of those lower level promotions shows as well, DBG.
The progress can be a little unreasonable.
The problem I see though, is that as a rookie, it might be difficult to make enough money to survive. I guess it would take a little fiddling to see if it would work out. I think it could, but it might be a little tight.
As far as the progress being too slow, people who want faster progress could overcome it by joining more promotions and editing the scenario.