Good analysis Morelock, a lot of past conditioning to live off while building speed. Phil has shown a nerdy side, see some of his climbing bike weight weenie videos. So I'm sure going Aero geek should come naturally.
This may help the Track program in spite of itself. Phil has a pretty broad audience that is anything but Track centered and is totally independent (so USA Cycling can't mismanage it lol). Might be something to build on.