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JD DAVIS AND MIKE SKEEN ANSWER QUESTIOS DURING A PADDOCK TOUR. [PHOTO BY TYLER DEAL

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RACERS INSPIRING KIDS TO BELIEVE RACERS INSPIRING KIDS TO BELIEVE RACERS INSPIRING KIDS TO BELIEVE RACERS INSPIRING KIDS TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND REACH FOR THEIR DREAMIN THEMSELVES AND REACH FOR THEIR DREAMIN THEMSELVES AND REACH FOR THEIR DREAMIN THEMSELVES AND REACH FOR THEIR DREAMS!S!S!S!

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[PHOTO BY TYLER DEAL]

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RILEY ELEMENATRY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH

WOLF HENZLER AND BRYAN SELLERS. [PHOTO BY

CHRIS ELLIS]

WOLF AND BRYAN ENCOURAGE RILEY STUDENTS

TO SET GOALS. [PHOTO BY JANNA HITCHCOCK]

Once again dedicated racers made life skills presentations called Quick Tips on Winning in Life, based on their own experiences negotiating barricades and potholes on their individual roads to career success, to more than 320 Long Beach and Los Angeles elementary school students, under the auspices of Racers Who Care, Inc., at the 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

And again, we'd originally planned for 780 students, but several groups cancelled, and others were severely depleted, because parents were fearful of sending their children out into crowds at a sporting event just days after the Boston Marathon bombing.

Paddock tours to the areas where teams were working on their race cars, led by racers Lucky Hudson and JD Davis, allowed the students immediate, exciting realtime examples of the racers' Quick Tips.

This was RWC's fourth Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Field Trip and Presentation Program. Each year, the program has been conducted, with a number of groups participating, throughout race weekend. RWC's Field Trip Program at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is entirely planned and organized by volunteers.

Additionally, the participating racers donate their time and are not paid appearance fees.

ONCE AGAIN, THROUGH STUART McINTOSH, OF

GALPIN ASTON MARTIN, GALPIN MADE A

GENEROUS DONATION TO FUND RWC'S 2013 FIELD

TRIP PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF GALPIN'S PREMIER

COLLECTION.

YMCA KIDS FROM TYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOVED THEIR GALPIN BACKPACKS! [PHOTO BY

ALVARO RODRIGUEZ - LONG BEACH YMCA]

LUCKY HUDSON FIELDS QUESTIONS FROM

GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

[PHOTO BY JUDY STRAWN]

GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS GET

POINTERS ON WINNING FROM MIKE SKEEN.

[PHOTO BY CHRIS ELLIS]

TEAM

MEMBERS

OFTEN

STOPPED

THEIR

WORK ON

RACE CARS

TO ANSWER

KIDS'

QUESTIONS.

[PHOTO BY

JANNA

HITCHCOCK]

YOUNGSTERS

FROM THE

YMCA,

ENJOYED A

HAND'S ON

EXPERIENCE!

[PHOTO BY

JANNA

HITCHCOCK]

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RWC'S ARIZONA RACER PRESENTTION TEAM

COORDINATOR, WHO WAS ASSISTING ALL

WEEKEND, LED BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ATTENDEES ON

AN IMPROMPTU CHEER. [PHOTO COURTESY OF

JANNA HITCHCOCK]

The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, through Mike McElroy and Chris Esslinger, again very generously donated exhibitor passes and a very large conference room in the Long Beach Convention Center; and our photographers, Chris Ellis and Tyler Deal, received Grand Prix photo credentials.

Students participated from: the Long Beach Boys & Girls Club, Riley Elementary School, Garfield Elementary School, Inglewood Elementary School, View Park Middle School, Downtown Value School, Rise School, Suva Intermediate School, Burcham Elementary School through the Long Beach YMCA, Magnolia Science Academy, King Elementary School, L.A. Leadership Academy, Edison Elementary School, Stearn Park, Vets Park, Silverado Park and Seaside Park.

Once more, as with every year since the Field Trip Program's inception, the City of Long Beach's Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine, through the efforts of Joy Warren, partnered with 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 two Los Angeles after school programs, LA

RETIRED POLICE OFFICER AND SCORE DRIVER OF

THE PINK HUMMER, JULIE NEWELL, TELLS IT LIKE IT

IS TO MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY STUDENTS.

[PHOTO BY TYLER DEAL]

MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY STUDENTS, WHO

WERE SUPERVISING YOUNGER STUDENTS, CHECK

OUT RACE CAR TECHNOLOGY. [PHOTO BY TYLER

DEAL]

AS ALWAYS, OUR RACERS AND SUPPORTERS WERE

ACKNOWLEDGED VIA SIGNAGE. [PHOTO BY TYLER

DEAL]

SCORE OFFROAD MOTORCYCLE RACER, KEN "BAJA

TURTLE" KOSIOREK, INSPIRED KIDS WITH HIS MAP

YOUR PLAN MESSAGE AND GAVE THEM COPIES OF

HIS "BAJA TURTLE" CARTOON BOOK OUTLINING

HIS EXPERIENCES AS A RACER. THIS WAS KEN'S

THIRD AND LAST GRAND PRIX FIELD TRIP OUTING

WITH RWC, AS HE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY IN

2014. KEN PARTICIPATED IN RWC'S INAUGURAL

FIELD TRIP PROGRAM AT THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX

OF LONG BEACH AND SUBSEQUENT FIELD TRIP

PROGRAMS THERE, AND MADE PRESENTATIONS

TO KIDS NEAR WHERE HE LIVED AND WORKED.

KIDS LOVED KEN AND HIS MESSAGE AND AVIDLY

DRANK IN EVERY WORD. RWC REALLY MISSES

KEN'S FINE ATTITUDE AND EAGER WILLINGNESS TO

SHARE WITH KIDS! [PHOTO BY JUDY STRAWN]

STUDENTS FROM MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY

WITH JULIE NEWELL, KEN KOSIOREK AND LUCKY

HUDSON. [PHOTO BY TYLER DEAL]

BOYS &

GIRLS,

EQUALLY,

LOVED

CHECKING

OUT THE

EXOTIC

RACE CARS

AND

WATCHING

TEAMS!

[PHOTO BY

JUDY

STRAWN]

4

STUDENTS

ENJOYED KEN

"BAJA

TURTLE"

KOSIOREK'S

CARTOON

BOOKS.

[PHOTO BY

JANNA

HITCHCOCK]

All-Stars headed by Leo Galardo, and the Champions for Charter Club headed by Manuel McCleod.

Racers involved in inspiring the students to believe in themselves and reach for their dreams included: Wolf Henzler and co-driver Bryan Sellers [Porsche Racers for Falken Tire, on the American LeMans Series], Randy Pobst [Volvo S60 competitor in the Pirelli World Challenge Series' Speed GT Class for K-Pax Racing], Johnny O'Connell [competitor in the Pirelli World Challenge Series for Cadillac], Dean Mizdal [retired American Motoryclist Association competitor, still involved as a mentor for young racers], Ken Kosiorek [SCORE Off Road motorcycle racer, who very sadly passed away in 2014], Julie Newell [retired police officer and driver of the famous Pink Hummer in SCORE off road events], Mike Skeen [Audi competitor for Hawk Performance CRP Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge Series], JD Davis [who has competed in different types of racing and now supports teams at races], Lucky Hudson [host of Speedscene Live, an online motorsports telecast, an official race announcer for the National Hot Rod Association and an NHRA Pro Gas competitor] and Jack Baldwin's TopTech/Motul/Foametix Porsche Cayman S team, competing on the Pirelli World Challenge Series.

LUCKY HUDSON AND JD DAVIS, WHO EACH

VOLUNTEERED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND FOR

THE THIRD YEAR, SHOWED KEY RACING SAFETY

FEATURES TO STUDENTS FROM LOS ANGELES'

INGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VIEW PARK

MIDDLE SCHOOL, DOWNTOWN VALUE SCHOOL,

RISE SCHOOL, AND SUVA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.

[PHOTO BY JUDY STRAWN]

STUDENTS FROM HOUGHTON PARK, KING

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND L.A. LEADERSHIP

ACADEMY, GET A THUMBS UP FROM RANDY

POBST. [PHOTO BY JUDY STRAWN]

JOHNNY O'CONNELL SPOKE TO STUDENTS DURING

THEIR PADDOCK TOURS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE

OF TEAMWORK AND STUDYING. [PHOTO BY JUDY

STRAWN]

STUDENTS FROM HOUGHTON PARK, KING

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND L.A. LEADERSHIP

ACADEMY, BONDED WITH RANDY POBST. [PHOTO

BY JUDY STRAWN]

YOUNGER STUDENTS BUDDIED UP TO KEEP

TOGETHER DURING THE PADDOCK TOURS. [PHOTO

BY JUDY STRAWN]

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RACERS SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS AND GENEROUSLY

POSED FOR PHOTOS WITH STUDENTS. HERE,

LUCKY HUDSON SIGNS A GALPIN BACKPACK.

[PHOTO BY JANNA HITCHCOCK]

Racers Who Care's Quick Tips on Winning in Life life skills presentations center on key universal truths applicable to all children and teens regardless of age, cultural background, or life experience: find something to do in life that you really love, study, learn the art of teamwork, find a mentor, take the long view, be flexible with your dreams and goals, avoid the path of least resistance, and more.

RWC's presentations are free of charge to the kids' groups, schools, hospitals, and shelters who host them. Our racers donate their time to make these presentations. They do this on their own time, generally as their own, personal project, not through their teams, race associations or sponsors.

Because of knowledge gained through learning the ropes of racing, attaining skills and becoming leaders in their field, racers are uniquely positioned to fill a void in youngsters’ general education between what they learn in school and what they need to know as they approach the realm of adulthood and entering the workplace; how to: establish working relationships, develop coping skills, locate mentors, and other key life practicalities.

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TIPS ON WINTIPS ON WINTIPS ON WINTIPS ON WINNING IN LIFE:NING IN LIFE:NING IN LIFE:NING IN LIFE:

MICHAEL SHANE, A MEMBER OF JACK BALDWIN'S

TEAM, SPOKE TO STUDENTS ON PADDOCK TOURS

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, STRESSING HOW

IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS TO EVERY FACET OF

MOTORSPORTS. [PHOTO BY TYLER DEAL]

THE OPPORTUNITIES TO WATCH TEAMWORK IN

ACTION AS RACE TEAMS WORK ON THEIR CARS, IS

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE

PADDOCK TOURS. ANOTHER IMPORANT POINT

RACERS STRESS IS THE AMOUNT OF TECHNOLOGY

INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF CAREER, AND MANY

OTHER CAREERS, AND THE ADVANTAGES A GOOD

EDUCATION OFFERS. [PHOTO BY TYLER DEAL]

THIS YEAR, NEARLY EVERY STUDENT HAD A CELL

PHONE. THEY WERE BUSY SHOOTING PHOTOS

THROUGHOUT THEIR FIELD TRIPS. [PHOTOS BY

TYLER DEAL]

DEAN MIZDAL AND JD DAVIS MADE THREE

PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER ON SUNDAY. HERE

THEY POSE WITH STUDENTS FROM EDISON

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. [PHOTO BY CHRIS ELLIS]

DEAN MIZDAL AND JD DAVIS WITH STUDENTS

FROM VETS PARK, SILVERADO PARK AND SEASIDE

PARK. [PHOTO BY CHRIS ELLIS]