Wheels for under $1000
If you are not worried about wheel weight, you could look into some 17" Corvette ZR1's (or replicas of them), American Racing Torque Thrust M's, or American Racing Torque Thrust II's... but again these will not be as light as the Racestars or the more expensive Street Lites, but they do come in a 17x10.5 or 17x11 allowing you to run some 315's in the back.
I could be mistaken as i havent looked at prices lately, but I dont think any of these with the exception of some ZR1 replicas can be had for under a grand tho.
If i were you, I'd probably just get the Racestars if you really like those, buy a good drag radial and just be done with it if you are wanting a relatively light street/strip wheel in 17". Especially if you are just an every now and then track person. Last I checked you could get a 17x9 and 17x10.5 Racestar Dragstar for about $1100 or so. Even Cheaper if you decide to just do a more track setup with say a 17x4.5 up front and then 15x10 in the rear for maybe $800 or so.
I guess it depends on your plans with the car and your budget if you are not trying to have 2 sets of wheels (1 for street use, and 1 for track use) and if you are not wanting to spend more money on some of the higher end street/strip wheels in a 17".

