{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"GHiT 0763:  Apex Anti Heroes (With Vicki) Raced at High Plains","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/ghit-0763-apex-anti-heroes-with-vicki-raced-at-high-plains","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/garageheroesintraining/GHiT_0763_Apex_Anti_Heroes_at_High_Plains.mp3?dest-id=849386","description":"GHiT 0763:  Apex Anti Heroes (With Vicki) Raced at High Plains Brady is back and with his own team racing at High Plains for their first ever race.  Vicki flew out to help prepare and hopefully celebrate the small wins.  How did their first race go?  What did they do well?  More importantly what did this first time racing team learn from their first event?  Lots of great ideas and items covered in this one, especially if you are looking to race for the first time or a recently started racing team.    Did we miss something?  Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/HighPlains2026  We hope you enjoy this episode!  If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it.  Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers   Money saving tips: 1)  Enter the code GHiT 25 for $50 off the Fire Links hardware system with a 1 year membership included and/or a an extra three months if you subscribe now at https://firelaps.com/  2)  Enter code \"GHIT\" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry. 3)  Enter the code \"ghitlikesapex!\" when you order and Apex Pro system from https://apextrackcoach.com/ and you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. 4)  Need a fix of some Garage Heroes in Training swag for unknown reasons:  https://garage-heroes-in-training.myspreadshop.com/ 5)  Want to show you support to help keep our podcast going?  Join our Patreon at:  patreon.com/GarageHeroesinTraining  6)  For a 30% discount on the Race Setup Pro, please use the code  GHITLIKESAPEX at checkout"},"annotations":[{"id":445221,"startTime":849.84,"endTime":854.6,"type":"concept","title":"Lemons event","url":"/glossary/lemons-event","quote":"Without events and then a month and a half later, we did the lemons event.\nSo I'd say I was as new as you can possibly get.","canonicalId":"concept:lemons-event","priority":0.55,"confidence":0.78,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"A “Lemons” event is a motorsport format where teams race inexpensive, often beat-up cars under a ruleset designed to keep costs low. 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