The volunteers with the least obvious job are the people who set up and "tear down" the course, parking areas, staging lanes.....and anybody there can be a proud member of this team. You can't get in if you don't see Kim and you don't see Kim and not love her. You can't get registered without meeting atleast one of the inspectors (you can choose if it's pleasant or not) and then you get the absolute joy of Tonya and Donna. You can't get on the course without the start line crew ruled by the bomb Al. You can't really know, much less prove, how you've performed without the timing and time keeping staff. So this ultimately is a shout out to my bro's in shutdown. After the timing lights and slowing down, it's only natural to be focused on the next pass or just soaring on the adrenaline. Shutdown is a fairingly boring position until it becomes a deadfully important position. Racers who stop and say thanks - AFTER they are safely off the course are a nice encouragement. Miss y'all the most and here's to having nothing to do in shutdown!