Several USFRA local members have been involved in getting school kids onto the salt. The highest profile one is Todd Low from Utah Valley University in Orem Utah (formerly UVSC) who teaches in their automotive program. That's 160 miles from the salt. He has student help in preparing and running his Camaro AA/CGC. Just needs nine more mph to get a red hat, he ran a 192.075 on Saturday morning. He is responsible for several of the groups who came out this year. Some were from over two hundred miles away from the salt. All his efforts in the schools are designed to get more students to become technicians trained for local dealership's back shops where the dealers make their money.
The electrathon vehicles that were running on the 130 Club course are attributable to Brent and Kent Singleton from Ogden , also about 160 miles from the salt, who are big into alternative energy sources. Brent is a student at Weber State University. They had as guests a grade school group from Salt Lake City who won a contest to be able to come to the salt. A tough trip to get approved with today's school transportation cut backs in the SLC district.
Other school groups have been coming to the World of Speed meets for years thanks to other club members inspiration. They get in free as do servicemen and women and old guys my age, Glenn's and even younger. We figure that those kids are the next generation of car enthusiasts and anything we can do to expose them to racing and cars is a bonus for everyone involved in the sport.
