Here are the track days currently on my calendar:
July 26-27 Oregon Raceway Park (Oregon Porsche Club of America)
August 5 PIR (marquecarsusa.com)
August 17 Ridge Motorsports Park (BMW club)
Might add something in September as well. The Porsche and BMW clubs run very good track days, and have a group of strong instructors who tend to cross over between clubs. A good instructor is very valuable, I've found, especially when learning tracks. And they're more than happy to have cars of other makes sign up - they need a significant number of attendees just to break even on those events.
The ORP events usually require you to be signed off at least as an intermediate, solo driver to be able to run. ORP is a pretty technical track, a total blast to drive but not easy to learn on.
The Marque Cars event is associated with the annual Rose City Corvette Club get together the weekend before, so most of the cars are obviously Vettes of various kinds. There's usually a low-key Autocross event the day before (Sunday).
The Marque Cars club, and the BMW club, have allowed passengers to ride along in the past. The other clubs don't.
When it comes to suspension mods on your car, I wouldn't be too quick to go multi-link rear. My previous 2nd gen used Global West CAT5 leaf springs in the rear, and I think it was pretty much as stable as my current car with DSE Quadralink. The front end on the first gens is where to focus first - the stock suspension geometry is an all-purpose disaster, with terrible camber curves and wildly unstable roll center. Longer spindles and/or lower upper control arm mounting are first order of business.
I think some of that bouncy feel you're attributing to shocks might just be the track itself. In particular, there's a section of the back straight at PIR, just past turn 9, that is bumpy and uneven. It makes any car feel spooky and unstable, and it's worse in cars like ours where you sit up higher. The turn 2-3 area is a bit that way as well.
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