[Gene F]

I agree with everything that has been said so far! To get the exposure you should try volunteering for pit announcer. It's not as glamorous but you do get close to all the people running the event, get your voice heard, show your ability to work under pressure and demonstrate your interaction with the teams. I did pit announcing at the Championship in 2002 (and 2004) and was asked this year to announce at Palmetto. Announcing is a blast! There was a connection involved as well. Our team was very involved in planning the event and one of our members was the volunteer coordinator. Good luck!