1: Don't limit the idea of ride alongs to registered entrants, expand it to include corner workers. Throughout college I was a corner worker at TWS and some of my best memories were ride alongs at various events.

2: If anyone from the Thunder race group is instructing, it would be easy for them invite their students to hang around the AI/CMC pits (if they have the time). The energy after a race can be electrifying a would allow them to experience the camaraderie of AI/CMC, something that other groups may be lacking.

Jeff