RRAACCEERRSS WWHHOO CCAARREE,, IINNCC.. QUICK TIPS ON WINNING IN LIFE FIELD TRIP PROGRAM - RACERS INSPIRING KIDS TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND REACH FOR THEIR DREAMS! 22001188 TTOOYYOOTTAA GGRRAANNDD PPRRIIXX OOFF LLOONNGG BBEEAACCHH STUDENTS HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE RACE CARS UP CLOSE AND ASK RACE TEAM MEMBERS QUESTIONS DURING PADDOCK TOURS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] 1 For the eighth year, dedicated racers made life skills presentations called Quick Tips on Winning in Life, based on their own experiences with negotiating barricades and potholes on their individual roads to career success, to Long Beach, San Pedro and Los THE 2018 FIELD TRIP PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA'S 15TH STREET ELEMENTARY Angeles elementary and DONATIONS FROM THE GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL STUDENTS ARRIVE FOR THEIR FIELD TRIP. LONG BEACH AND BY THE KENNETH T. AND EILEEN L. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] middle school students, under NORRIS FOUNDATION. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] the auspices of Racers Who Care, Inc., at the 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. In past years, the students participating in this field Trip Program numbered as many as 960. However, this year there were approximately 140. MIKE LEWIS. For the fourth year, The [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris ONE OF THE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY LIKED THE ASTON Foundation generously MARTIN RACE CAR. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] provided a grant, which made the Quick Tips on Winning in Life Field Trip Program possible for area children in 2018. Additionally, the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, through Mike McElroy and Chris Esslinger, again for the eighth year, donated exhibitor 15TH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS POSE STUDENTS ENJOYING THEIR PADDOCK TOUR. [PHOTO passes and a very large WITH EVENT MANAGER, JD DAVIS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] conference room in the Long AGUIRRE] Beach Convention Center. The reason there were fewer students participating this year is because early in 2018, Racers Who Care, Inc. relocated from Southern California to Hohenwald, Tennessee, though it is maintaining its California MIKE LEWIS AND ROGER EAGLETON FIELD STUDENTS' QUESTIONS, ALONG WITH JD DAVIS. [PHOTO BY corporate status and will be ALLEN AGUIRRE] ROGER EAGLETON. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] 2 continuing its activities in California, including its Field Trip Programs. So, this year, instead of RWC President, Judy Strawn, managing the Long Beach Field Trip Program on site, as she has since the Program's JUAN PABLO MONTOYA FIELDED QUESTIONS, ALONG 2010 inception, the Program WITH JD DAVIS, FROM BURBANK WRAP AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM STUDENTS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] was very successfully and JUAN PABLO MONTOYO EXPANDS A POINT FOR THE efficiently managed during the STUDENTS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] race weekend by Co- Managers, JD Davis and Josephine Villasenor. The student numbers were kept lower this year so that the weekend activities could be more easily managed by JD and Josephine in their first outing as Co-Managers. In JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, W ITH JD DAVIS, EXPLAINS TO STUDENTS HIS FAVORITE QUICK TIPS ON WINNING. future years, the numbers of [PHOTO BY ALLEND AGUIRRE] students will definitely be increased. JD Davis was key to developing JUAN PABLO MONTOYA ANSWERS A STUDENT QUESTION WHILE JD DAVIS PONDERS. [PHOTO BY the Racer Presentation and ALLEND AGUIRRE] Paddock Tour portions of the Field Trip Program, which were his management areas during the 2018 race weekend. JD DAVIS ANSWERS QUESTIONS DURING PADDOCK JD has worked closely with TOUR. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] RWC's Judy Strawn on managing these areas of the Program since 2011. Davis began racing when he was 14 years of age and has competed in several different JD DAVIS EXPLAINS THE PADDOCK TOUR AND ANSWERS types of motorsports. QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] 3 Presently, he owns and operates JD Motorsports, through which he supports racers and teams at races. Josephine Villasenor had previously worked on RWC Field Trips in Southern California and had become very familiar with the Conference Room setup, managing the volunteers, and DR. GOEFF BILLOWS, OFFICIAL PHYSICIAN FOR THE coordinating the arrival and INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, AND AMR INDYCAR SAFETY TEAM MEMBER, EXPLAINS THE departure of the student IMPORTANCE OF CAR SAFETY TO THE YMCA GROUP. groups, which were her [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] management areas for the DR. BILLOWS EXPLAINS MOTORSPORTS SAFETY weekend. She lives in Long FEATURES. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Beach, where she is a professional event manager who owns and operates Long Beach Balloons & More. The Paddock Tours of areas where race teams were working on their racing machines, led by JD Davis, allowed students immediate, AMR INDYCAR SAFETY TEAM MBMBER, FORMER exciting realtime examples of RALLY RACER AND RETIRED PPG PACE CAR DRIVER FOR the racers' Quick Tips THE INDYCAR SERIES, GAIL TRUESS, ANSWERS presented earlier in the STUDENTS' QUESTIONS ABOUT HER CAREER. [PHOTO GAIL TRUESS INTRODUCES THE NEXT SPEAKER. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Program. BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] This was RWC's eighth Quick Tips on Winning in Life Field Trip and Presentation Program at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Each year, the Program has been conducted with a number of groups of elementary school students AMR INDYCAR SAFFETY TEAM MEMBERS BILL and racers participating CONDERMANN & GAIL TRUESS GET A POINTER FROM JD DAVIS WHILE SPEAKING TO THE YMCA GROUP. throughout race weekend. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] RWC's Field Trip Program at MICHAEL CARY, AN AMR INDYCAR SAFETY TEAM the Toyota Grand Prix of Long MEMBER, SHARES HIS TAKE ON HOW TO WIN IN LIFE WITH STUDENTS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] 4 Beach is entirely planned and organized by volunteers, including JD and Josephine, and photographer Allen Aguirre, who donated their time and efforts. Additionally, the participating racers AMR INDYCAR SAFETY TEAM MEMBERS FIELD YMCA donated their time and did not STUDENT QUESTIONS. LEFT TO RIGHT ARE EVENT charge appearance fees. MANAGER, JD DAVIS, AND SAFETY TEAM MEMBERS MICHAEL CAREY, BILL CONDERMANN, DR. GOEFF BILLOWS AND GAIL TRUESS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN Students participated from: THE YMCA GROUP POSES WITH THE AMR INDYCAR AGUIRRE] SAFETY TEAM MEMBERS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Long Beach, California: The Long Beach Boys & Girls Club, Stephens Elementary School through the Long Beach YMCA, Burbank WRAP Elementary School's Afterschool Program, King Elementary School's Afterschool Program, Garfield Elementary School's Afterschool Program, King Elementary School, and from Orizaba Park. GAIL TRUESS, WHO HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF STUDENT GROUPS ON PADDOCK TOURS FOR RWC, ASSISTED WITH THE YMCA GROUP'S PADDOCK TOUR, San Pedro, California: The INTRODUCING THE STUDENTS TO HILLARY ASHCROFT, 15th Street Elementary CHEVY PRODUCTS SPECIALIST. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] JD DAVIS LEADS THE STUDENTS ON THEIR PADDOCK School. TOUR, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM VOLUNTEER, TINA MELENDEZ. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Los Angeles, California: Alliance Marine Innovation and Technology School, Mount Gleason Middle School, Porter Middle School, and Valor Academy. Once more, as with every year since the Field Trip Program's inception, the City of Long Beach's Department of Parks, THE YMCA GROUP FILLS OUT COMMENT CARDS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE. [PHOTO BY ALLEN Recreation and Marine, AGUIRRE] through the efforts of Joy VOLUNTEER, AUDREY PAMA, SETS UP THE LETTERBOARD FOR SUBSEQUENT RACER PRESEENTATIONS AND Q&A Warren, partnered with SESSIONS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] 5 Racers Who Care and arranged many of the groups' participation. Other event partners included the Long Beach Boys and Girls Club headed by Claudia Torres, the Long Beach YMCA headed by Alvaro Rodriguez, and the Los Angeles after school program, LA-All Stars, headed by Leo Gallardo, who MEMBERS OF THE TWO TOOLS PORSCHE RACING arrived early in the morning TEAM, STEVE, DAVID AND VANIS BUCKHOLZ, SPOKE and volunteered his assistance TO STUDENTS FROM THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, until his combined groups SHOWED AN EXCITING MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION ABOUT RACING, AND CONDUCTED A Q&A SESSION. arrived at noon. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Racers involved in inspiring STEVE AND VANIS BUCKHOLZ SHARE TEAM SOUVENIRS. the students to believe in [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] themselves and reach for their dreams included: JD Davis, who has competed in different types of racing and now supports teams at races; endurance racer, Roger Eagleton; Pirelli World Challenge Series TCR class competitor, Michael Lewis, who races the Curb/Agajanian VANIS ASSISTS DAVID WITH THE MULTI-MEDIA Hyundai i30 N car for Bryan ALONG WITH JD DAVIS, THE TWO TOOLS TEAM FIELDED PRESENTATION. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Herta Autosport; IndyCar THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB GROUP'S QUESTIONS. [PHOTO Series Champion, two-time BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] Indianapolis 500 winner, Grand Prix of Monaco winner, and holder of many additional championships and wins, Juan Pablo Montoya, who is considered one of the top drivers of this era. He is driver of the # 2 Team Penske IndyCar; members of the AMR IndyCar Safety Team (Dr. THE GROUP LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF LRANING THE ART OF TEAMWORK WHILE WATCHING TEAMS Goeff Billows, official Physician WORKING ON THEIR RACE CARS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN for the Indianapolis Motor AGUIRRE] Speedway, Gail Truess, former Pace Car Driver for the IndyCar THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB GROUP FILL OUT THEIR Series, Michael Carey and Bill COMMENT CARDS. [PHOTO BY ALLEN AGUIRRE] 6 Condermann) inspired the YMCA's group of students, sharing both their individual Quick Tips on Winning in Life and auto safety tips; Super Stadium Truck competitor, Arie Luyendyk, Jr.; the Two- Tools Team of Dave, Steve and Vanis Buckholz, who compete in Porsche Owners Club races; National Hot Rod Association EVENT MANAGER, JOSEPHINE VILLASENOR, competitor, Jason Wieck, who EVENT MANAGER, JD DAVIS, SHARED WITH STUDENTS, INTRODUCES JD DAVIS, WHO SPOKE TO STUDENTS HIS VIEW ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING HOW FROM THE KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GARFIELD hopes to field his own Top TEAMWORK ACTUALLY WORKS.