Dan,

You're definetly not off the mark on your desire to open up spectating to "interested parties." I myself attended my first club race as a crew memeber at Laguna Seca, after working the swing shift at a local gas station. When a FSV team came in looking for air for trailer tires, I got an invite to hang out in the paddock on Sunday. At the time getting into the paddock required all but a security clearance. I hung out with their Club Ford guy, drank a couple of waters and thoughly enjoyed the event. About that time I started Kart racing.