Garage Heroes In Training
Garage Heroes In Training
Updated 12 days agoAn amateur endurance auto racing team hoping to show everyone that they too can participate in performance driving or racing. We are a relatively new team and learning right along with you. Our assumption is that you know very little to nothing about the sport but are interested in learning to drive better and eventually maybe even race in a local event of interest. We will cover all forms of racing and hope to be entertaining as well as educational.
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GHiT 0319: Race Recap: Our First AER Race at PittRace - Part 1 - Bill's Side
GHiT 0319: Race Recap: Our First AER Race at PittRace - Part 1 AKA Bill's Worst Race Weekend Driving - Ever In the first part of at least three parts of a series, Bill goes over his first ever race with AER (American Endurance Racing) at PittRace last weekend. AER is a series that targets more serious racing and the cars on track were quite impressive. However, the team did well and we actually came in second in class on Saturday. Bill on the other hand had his first ever bad track day and probably drove more in his head than on track. We thought it would be useful to do a quick race recap covering what happened on track and in his head, as well as what we are going to do and change going forward. This episode deals only with Bill's perspective and his internal issues. While he is still processing the weekend, Also, Ben calls in for an emergency DwD episode to talk Bill off the cliff. On an upcoming Part 2, we have another episode coming that will cover the race from the perspective of a friend who was working with AER this weekend. On an upcoming Part 3, we will have the entire team from the weekend if schedules allow. We also look forward to a future AER specific episode as well. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GHiTatAER If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include:
DwD 0318: Cage and Safety Inspection
DwD 0318: Cage and Safety Inspection – Especially for an Arrive and Drive Arrive and drives can be a great way to go racing. In this episode, Ben and Bill go into some of the things that you should look for when driving a new to you race car on track. This includes general mechanical and safety inspections with a significant discussion of the cage inspection. We also go into some of the things that you as a driver should do in every car prior to each race to be able to respond quickly in case of emergency. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SafetyPreInspection If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill
GHIT 0317: Race Bar Wins at Lucky Dog's Spring Race at CMP
GHIT 0317: Race Bar Wins at Lucky Dog's Spring Race at CMP Our review of the Lucky Dog race at CMP continues with our friends at Race Bar. The tranquilizer dart was apparently very effective and we almost kept control of the podcast, lol. This was the first ever class win for Race Bar and it was great to share it with them. Enjoy this episode with Jandy and Richard Freelane. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RaceBarWins If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) A traditional Race Bar opening. 2) We cover the detailed prep that led to the Race Bar victory. 3) Dandy brings his own Top Ten list outline for the episode. A podcast first for us. 4) How it is to drive with a professional driver as part of the team and why professional drivers would want to drive with our amateur field of drivers. 5) How treating the maintenance of a car like an airplane can help reduce the issues that you may have at the track, even n a 1980's BMW race car. 6) Ryan Susca gets a big thank you for all the help and his contributions to the Sunday victory. 7) Some of the greatest words to live by courtesy of our friends at the Track Walking podcast!!! 8) Who knew, we even go into some driving approaches to improve your times around the CMP track. 9) An example of classic Race Bar priorities in car repair. There is wisdom in there somewhere. 10) The response that you can get in Virginia when driving a Race Bar car home after a race. Some lessons of things to do and several things not to do. 11) We end with a bonus discussion of the intellectual property and team of skilled drivers contained by the Race Bar empire.
GHiT 0316: Kyle Lockrow's Second Lap with GHiT
GHiT 0316: Kyle Lockrow's Second Lap with GHiT - On Winning the Lucky Dog Sunday Race, His Coaching, and a Big Sponsor Reveal Announcement We raced with Kyle Lockrow at the recent Lucky Dog event at Carolina Motorsports Park. Kyle helped our team get the BMW E36 back on track Sunday by doing an overnight parts run for us and also helped his teammates at Race Bar collect the victory in the race Sunday, a true racer. We went over the race and how Kyle approaches racing in the rain or on a wet track and the tremendous benefits of driving on a wet track. We also go into some depth of our upcoming coaching with Kyle later this season. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/KyleLockrowLap2 For more of Kyle, please listen to GHiT episode 265 at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/KyleLockrow If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill For further information or to contact Kyle for coaching etc.: Kyle's Website: https://kylelockrow.com/ Instagram: @Kyle_Lockrow Facebook: KLockrow5590 Kyle's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RUSH8RZ0WQ-8wm7tkfgjg Tune into the ChampCar Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChampCarEnduranceSeries Moore's Automotive Sales and Recycling: https://www.facebook.com/MooresAutoParts/
DwD 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold
DwD 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold In an effort to be timely, driving in the early seasons can often be tricky since the temperature can often be lower than desired. We start off covering what to do to account for the decreased temperatures and then we wander off into other areas that are affected by the temperature and humidity. We start to cover taking care of your hands in the cold and then move into the preparation of the windshield surfaces and the potential ways to prepare the helmet visor and drivers glasses for potential fogging and streaks. We cover our best techniques for the windshield, but we are still working on the helmet visor and drivers eye glass lens. If you have any other ideas, please let us know. It will save Bill a lot of time in the lab. Lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ColdDriving If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill
GHIT 0314: Audra Tella on Autocross and a Pre-Intervention
GHIT 0314: Audra Tella on Autocross and a Pre-Intervention It was almost spring, and we were thinking about ways to get out and start having fun with our cars again. We thought it may be great to go autocross'ing, especially to start the season. Since we were thinking autocross, we thought we'd invite Audra back to the podcast to talk all things autocross. Audra is one of the hosts of the Shifting Points podcast and is also one of the leads for the local BMW autocross group near Boston. We talk about what to expect at your first event and what to do and more importantly what not to do to go to your first autocross event. Then we launch our intervention plan. This is part one of the plan. Part two will be revealed in the next episode of the Shifting Points podcast coming out this Wednesday. We started the podcast to get people started having fun with their cars. Audra and her fellow podcast host are already enjoying their cars but, especially after seeing Audra last year at our Thompson race, we hoped we could offer to help them start driving or maybe even tracing on track. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AudraAutocrossandIntervention If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) What is autocross? What you need to do to prep for the event and what you should NOT do to prep for the event or prevent you from going. Bill goes full facetious for at least 15 minutes. 2) Why are the cones there, what do they do and why does everyone seem to be angry with them. 3) We break down the lingo a bit and show that your first event will be easy to start and learn. Autocross drivers are very welcoming to everyone and would love to share their sport and all the fun. 4) Audra introduces up to the internet. It is a wonderful way to find an event close to you. 5) How autocross is structured to even out the competition or break it down into groups of evenly matched cars. Some even have special classes for novices. 6) We also find out what vent is Audra's favorite event of the season. We may have to attend. Time to check the season schedule. 7) What is Audra's schedule for the season? Can we add to the festivities? Or are we just bad influences? Still TBD on that one. 8) Why we all started podcasts? 9) The devious plan is devised and launched? Our planning for the Mini Intervention. 10) Audra makes a prediction of the potential livery theme. Is she correct? Tune into the second part of this episode on Audra's Shifting Point podcast, coming soon, hopefully this Wednesday if life doesn't get in the way of editing. To hear how part two goes, subscribe to the Shifting Points podcast and the episode will be coming shortly.
GHIT 0313: Track Day Recap from our HPDE Event with NASA Northeast at NJMP's Lightning Track
GHIT 0313: Track Day Recap from our HPDE Event with NASA Northeast at NJMP's Lightning Track Jennifer and Vicki had their first trip the track this year at the NASA Northeast HPDE event at NJMP's Lightning track. Our event prep had a few issues with our Honda Civic inaugural shake down. The issue is still TBD at this point. Jennifer was in the HPDE 2 group and Vicki was in the HPDE3/4 group. Bill was primarily concerned with instructing two students this weekend, both we on a track for their maiden voyage. The weekend was a mix of highs and lows, many highs and really only one low. We go over our weekend and how everyone progressed. Both Jennifer and Vicki improved significantly over the winter off season, and we go into several of their accomplishments and the details. The post race weekend hangover is real, and we all tried to stay focused and coherent with varied results, lol. Our next event is later this month at Lime Rock Park and then our back-to-back racing weekends at PittRace with AER and then the 24 Hours of Lemons. We also cover some of the trickier aspects of growing as a driver and some of the precautions to be aware of, especially if you have a significant improvement on your speed. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/OurTiredHPDEReview If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
DwD 0312: Jargon: Tank Slappers
DwD 0312: Jargon: Tank Slappers – What They Are and What to Do – Probably Part 1 of a few, lol We ask Ben about what a tank slapper is. Then we go into what is a typical cause for this phenomenon and most importantly, what to do about it when it occurs. There are several strategies mentioned and probably a few more that would work as well. We hope this helps you if you are driving in a situation when a tank slapper happens by having a few options and responses. In addition, we have audience feedback from an earlier DwD episode on shift timing from Tyler. After reading some of Tyler's well thought out response, we all agree that Tyler answered this question better than we did and he is invited to come on an episode of DwD or GHiT. Thank you, Tyler. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TankSlappers If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill
GHIT 0311: Samir Abid Returns for a Second lap
GHIT 0311: Samir Abid Returns for a Second lap Samir Abid hosts the Your Data Driven podcast returns for his second lap with us. We take advantage of his history in suspension systems and as a vehicle dynamics race engineer by asking the key question related to tracking data of "what should I keep track of" and how best to do this, especially if you are solo for the weekend as many of us are. We also go into how to collect the data and how to analyze the data and ways of saving time and money, while remaining focused and efficient. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Lap2WithSamir If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) We begin with a definition of what the "data" is and how it can help you, especially as you progress and improve your driving skills. 2) Initially, we start with nonquantitative data that is free and available to anyone if they pay attention to that aspect of their car and driving. 3) Samir offers great insight in what you need to collect by first looking at the critical question that can bound your problem and simplify what can be a daunting subject "what problem are you trying to solve?". This can not only simplify your data collection, but also save you a lot of time, effort, and money, that can be applied in other aspects of your driving and racing improvement program. 4) Samir offers a logical sequence of how to break a track up into the most useful number of sectors. This aspect alone can really simplify the analysis and capture the pertinent information that would allow you to improve. 5) How to use the data to be collected and then move to the why before assuming the best plan to improve. This will prevent a potential to ignore the core reason for the information that is being collected. 6) We begin to go over the patterns and basic information that is available from the shapes and slopes of the speed trace and what that can tell you, as well as some of the shapes that are typical for certain types of basic corners. 7) Things to look for: The slope of the speed trace when accelerating (and the consistency)(and the length of time for your shifts). The same would apply for the braking or deceleration aspects of the speed trace. Other aspects would include the minimum speed of the turn and whether that turn is a gradual change that forms a U or a sharp change in slopes that resembles a V. 8) A high level review of the G sum plot and the friction circle plot, that are often less intuitive than many would desire. 9) Samir shapes his views on the minimum viable data collection systems and what they encompass, including several technical aspects like sample rate and other aspects that influences their utility. We then look at several incremental steps up in equipment that are available commercially. Since Samir has experience in the highest levels of racing, he has a great grasp of virtually all commercially available systems and their strengths and limitations. 10) We also cover the minimum starting gauges that everyone should bring to the track. We start with a stopwatch and an accurate tire pressure gauge and progress into more advanced measurements and equipment. 11) As always happens, we get into the importance of the tires and how to adjust them to optimize grip and wear on track. We will be doing a review of many (10+) of these systems that we have tested in an episode coming very soon. A simple data collection hierarchy could be: Lap Time, Sector Times, Speed Trace (speed vs distance), Lat g vs Long g, then reviewing the G Sum plot, etc. To keep up with Samir's latest information: Handy Links: The Your Data Driven newsletter: https://www.yourdatadriven.com – Data analysis intro course: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-motorsports-data-analysis/ His Book: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/the-motorsports-playbook/ The Your Data Driven Podcast: https://www.yourdatadriven.com/your-data-driven-podcast If you want coaching from Samir: https://analysiscoach.com
GHIT 0310 Our 300th Episode Trivia Quiz – Review
GHIT 0310 Our 300th Episode Trivia Quiz – Review After three hundred episodes, we wanted to give our resolute listeners a chance to show off with a Top 10 list of trivia questions about the podcast. In our time honored tradition, we thought part of the fun would involve bribing/awarding prizes to those that answered the call. At this time of release, we have not determined who had answered the questions and scored the most points. However, here are the answers along with a bit of nostalgia from the hosts about where we have grown into as drivers, mechanics, and racers. It has been a long and windy road that we need to thank way to many people, but each and every one of you know what you have helped us with and contributed to the team and the podcast. So, before we get all weepy, here is our episode and a sincere thank you to all of you who have listened to our podcast from the beginning, as well as those who have only listened to one or two episodes. As with the rest of our driving and racing, our podcast will always be "In Training" A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/300EpisodeQandA If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) Answers to our Top 10 Quiz questions with a ton of unsuccessful herding of the cats. 2) Every host answers what our biggest Ah Hah moment so far since we started 3) What are the 3 biggest surprises we learned about driving or racing to this point. 4) We grade ourselves for initial driving skill and current. 5) Super secret surprise question: what are three great things about you co-hosts
DwD 0309: Mirror Positioning and Philosophy
DwD 0309: Mirror Positioning and Philosophy On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go back to a fundamental of driving on track and the street. Where to position your side mirror and rearview mirrors for optimal vision, information, and safety. We also go into several mirror options and our preferred placement of our rearview mirror within our race car. It is a bit unconventional but offers significant benefits to the normal center of the window position. Towards the and we also go with a drill and practice suitable to the street to improve your driving proficiency if the mirrors aren't adjusted properly or are "adjusted" on track by another car. This may sound trivial, but we are quite confident that everyone can learn at least one thing on this episode that will help them on street and on track. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DwDwithMirrors If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that 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. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHIT 0308: Marlon Sumlin - Racing for Cancer Research (and Fun)
GHIT 0308: Marlon Sumlin - Racing for Cancer Research (and Fun) Marlon Sumlin joins us to discuss his racing history and how much fun he has racing and instructing. Marlon is a perfect example of how much fun it can be to drive a slow car fast as he routinely passes many "better" cars in his Mazda 2 across the country. Marlon instructs and races in Grid Life's Sundae Cup and B Spec. This year he is also competing in the One Lap of America in the same Mazda 2. Marlon also races to help support and promote FORCE (Facing Hereditary Cancer Empowered). FORCE is a charity to support cancer research and Marlon has been working with them with his beautiful bride Lauri since she was diagnosed with cancer several years ago. Marlon has continued and will continue to help promote FORCE to battle against cancer and in her memory. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MarlonForFORCE If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) If you need nicknames of some of the NASA Great Lakes, Marlon shares a few and has a ton more. 2) Why Marlon loves racing Sundae Cup and B Spec in his Mazda 2. 3) The differences between racing wheel to wheel and time trial races. 4) Tips for first time Sundae Cup and attending a Grid Life event. Highly recommended! 5) Any Great Lakes Attendees coming to Grid Life's Lime rock event this August. 6) What is a Grid Life Festival and another explanation to why they sell out so fast. 7) How the Sundae Cup class has been started in the upcoming One Lap of America. We did not get out Fit in time to enter, but we will go as soon as we can get signed in. We are hoping to do a daily update from this class as the event transpires this spring. 8) Why we, and many of our friends at NASA Great Lakes and beyond, will be installing a particular vinyl decal on all our race cars starting this year to support Marlon, Lauri, and FORCE. 9) Some amazing answers to our fast and furious story time questions. For more information about FORCE or to make a charitable contribution: https://www.facingourrisk.org/
GHIT 307: Race Weekend Recap: The Entire Team From Lucky Dog Racing at CMP
GHIT 307: Race Weekend Recap: The Entire Team From Lucky Dog Racing at CMP You have only heard a few of the stories from our Lucky Dog race at Carolina Motorsports Park a few weeks ago. Now we unveil the entire team that went to the race. Car owner David as well as the rest of the team including Alex, Ryan, and Matt. We think we have determined the root cause of the problem we had at the race and a path forward. As always, we all had a great time at the Lucky Dog event and cannot wait to return. There was a bit of feedback initially that sounds like a duck quacking but it ends fairly quickly and we are blaming Alex, lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LuckyDogCMPFeb2022 If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) We start with the important stuff: who wins the snoring award for the weekend? 2) What we did, what we brought, what happened, and how we ended up. 3) What it is like to assemble a new team from several other teams and how the weekend went, what we learned and what we can learn from this weekend. 4) Our individual thoughts on how the "new to us" car behaved on its maiden voyage to endurance racing and what we each thought of the E36 BMW. Ryan and Alex are long time endurance racers, primarily in the Miata platform. Bill has driven the E36 platform many times but had not been to the CMP track until this weekend. David had also not been on CMP as well. 5) We spend way more time discussing the teams qualifying session than the session actually took. This is called foreshadowing. 6) We then have a recovery/repair plan and get started the race Saturday. Then we go into detail of the entire 8 hour race Saturday. 7) Now the fun begins, as well as the work project for the weekend. Ryan got a ton of really solid shoulder work welding above his head. The post incident CSI that we conduct and summarize also takes more time than our racing laps did in total. Perhaps the first reference of a brake caliper making sweet, sweet love to the rear suspension. 8) We did allow him to rest a bit by welding a friends team shifter that had failed (again). It should be problem solved from here. 9) The details of our parts search and repair program to get the car back on track ASAP or at least for Sunday. 10) We also have a short example of Podcast In Training that couldn't be edited out for your personal enjoyment. 11) Even with a combination of team members with decades of racing experience, there is often growing pains in coming together as a team and operating smoothly and efficiently. 12) With everything going on at a race weekend, we each learned several details of how the race weekend went and how several 13) After a brief trip off the rails, we eventually get to "Oh God, it sings" and we eventually get back to our story. Herding kittens. 14) We have the beginnings of a recovery plan and then (a bit late) cover our roles and skills for and within the team. The importance of roles and areas of responsibilities is so key to the performance of a racing team, it cannot be overstated. 15) Apparently there will be a Cubano vs Meatball cook off. Book your spots early if you want to be a judge. Spots are limited. 16) Ryan shares his parts transport system and Vicki is dumbfounded. Bill has a new project. 17) An accounting of what we did vs what we should have done and what we will do at the next race. Special thanks again to Kyle Lockrow and Giggles for their help in making the results of this debacle a bit better.
DwD 0306: Racing 101: When and Why to Shift Your Car On Track
DwD 0306: Racing 101: When and Why to Shift Your Car On Track On the latest issue of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about some of the details of both when and why to shift your transmission on track. We start off with a bit of wandering, but eventually work our way towards a great discussion. This will undoubtedly be the first of several episodes on this topic. Quick Summary: Ben Dominates. Alex Denominates (but actually has a question related to this topic, alert the press). Vicki starts off answering a totally different question. Bill tries to herd several cats. Sounds like a normal episode. If you would be interested in helping grow our sport of high performance driving and our podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating or even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it and it would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, under shows and click on the podcast you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ShiftingTiming We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHIT 305: Southern Fried Heaps Rally 2022 - Final Day
GHIT 305: Southern Fried Heaps Rally 2022 - Final Day The rally concludes today and Jeff Stobbs joins us again to summarize another great day. Awards were given for several teams including the inaugural winner of the rental car class. The teams were able to get to the NASA Kennedy space center and despite their valiant efforts, no one was able to successfully talk NASA into sending their car into space. If you are interested, the next rally is the four corners rally and will tour the area or Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. You can follow the progress of the rally on Instagram by following the hashtag #LemonsRally. We do. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SFP2022Day3 If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHIT 304: Southern Fried Heaps Rally 2022 - Day 2
GHIT 304: Southern Fried Heaps Rally 2022 - Day 2 At the conclusion of day 2 of the rally, Jeff Stobbs joins us again from the Mellow Mushroom to summarize another great day. We are then joined by pirate Phyllis who was driving and plundering in their yellow C2 Corvette. Next up for this episode we talk with Jake who competes in the "big block" rental car class after a last minute mechanical prep in the originally intended Dodge Diplomat entry. Completing this episodes trifecta of entrants we talk with first time Lemons rallyist Enrique who entered with a fine example of classic 1979 German engineering from Mercedes Benz. Overall highlights for the day include several of the teams attending the Amelia Island Concours d'LeMons (including a class "winner" on this very podcast) as well as as several great stops including a train museum and a rather unique petrified exhibit. Tune in each day for a review of the highlights, lowlights, and spectacles of this years rally. You can follow the progress of the rally on Instagram by following the hashtag #LemonsRally. We do. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SFP2022Day2 If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHIT 303: Southern Fried Heaps Rally 2022 - Day 1
GHIT 303: Southern Fried Heaps Rally 2022 - Day 1 Jeff Stobbs and Donnie Petrunak join us to review the first day of this years Southern Fried Heaps rally that started in Mobile Alabama. Highlights include a stop at a decommissioned battleship and a team driving a Studebaker that set a record for sourcing a spare part that may never be broken. Tune in each day for a review of the highlights, lowlights, and spectacles of this years rally. You can follow the progress of the rally on Instagram by following the hashtag #LemonsRally. We do. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SFP2022Day1 If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHIT 302: Race Weekend Recap: Lucky Dog Racing at CMP
GHIT 302: Race Weekend Recap: Lucky Dog Racing at CMP After a series of failed intros, Bill is interrogated tonight about how the race weekend went with Skunk Oil Racing. It was quite a weekend and some hardware was taken home from the track. As always, Cathy and the Lucky Dog family had a superb event and we were honored to work on our car in their garage all weekend, lol. This is our fourth race with Lucky Dog and we wish we had raced more. If you haven't tried a Lucky Dog race, you really should. This was a big weekend and we will have several other episodes where we review the race with other cars and other teams from the event. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LDRLatCMP If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11)
DwD 0301: the Importance of Knowing the Top 10'ish Cars In an Endurance Race
DwD 0301: the Importance of Knowing the Top 10'ish Cars In an Endurance Race On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about why it is important to know the top ten or so cars in an endurance race. There are plenty of reasons to know this, especially if you are one of the top ten, but it is also important if you are not. Also, the strategic implications of being outside the overall top ten, but competing for a class win in a race with multiple classes. We each have different opinions and strategies and preferences to deal with this aspect of racing. And we do some serious cat herding during this episode and only wandered a few thousand miles off topic. If you would be interested in helping grow our sport of high performance driving and our podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating or even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it and it would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, under shows and click on the podcast you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TopTenCarsOrSo We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHIT 300 Ross Bentley Returns to Celebrate Episode 300
GHIT 300: Ross Bentley Returns to Celebrate Episode 300 Ross Bentley returns to celebrate our 300th episode with us. Ross is a world renowned racing coach and has competed at the highest levels of racing, including Indy cars and nearly every endurance racing event of note. During this episode, we try to cover a variety of racing related questions and topics, as well as reporting back to Ross how impactful the coaching he provided to Vicki and Jennifer last time he was on. As always, Ross is one of our (can't wait and) can't miss episodes. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RossBentley300 If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process. PS2 Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) We start off with a few listener submitted questions. We always welcome your questions. The best way to send them in is on our email at [email protected] or via our social media on Instagram @GarageHeroesInTraining. 2) From Mario: We are all getting older, and I wonder how age has crept up on him. Ask him to rate his speed currently vs how fast he was at his peak. Is he getting slower with age? What is he doing smarter now, that results in a better lap time, and that he'd wished he'd learned earlier? Are there things he was doing at a young age that he can't do as well now? 3) Ian asked: about his Lotus Elan and why he likes it so much. 4) From Chris: What were the few of the biggest changes that you have had since writing your first speed secrets? Was anything "wrong"? 5) Adam asked for some drills to break a plateau (same lap times no matter what I try)? What should I look to do to get my times lower? 6) From Reed: Breaking mental barriers to carry more speed 7) A shy adult road racer: What order is best to read your books? As they were released or something else? 8) Listener to be "Elon": Have you or your drivers driven an EV race car? Thoughts? 9) We review our driving and our coaching report back and how Ross has helped each of us from his prior episodes. Things such as: What were the biggest impacts felt (primarily by Jennifer and Vicki) on track and also in their daily driving. 10) Braking and timing of braking and down shifting within a turn, especially when threshold braking. Ross provides some tips and strategies to help with this. 11) We then move to a few Dominating with Dawson questions that we don't feel that we have addressed well enough so we take this opportunity to gain some additional perspective from Ross and Ben. To follow Ross: Website: https://speedsecrets.com/ Instagram: @RossBentley Ross's "Ask Ross" is at: https://speedsecrets.com/ask-ross/ Ross's Podcast is a: https://speedsecrets.com/speedsecrets-podcast/ and on virtually all podcast apps Sim racers: www.SimRacerAcademy.com
GHiT 0299: James Candelaria
GHiT 0299: James Candelaria from Candelaria Racing Products (makers of the Sentinel System) and Hagerty's The Drive Within with Round 3 Racing We continue our introduction to Round 3 Racing (R3R) and Hagerty's "The Drive Within" with another team member James Candelaria. James races with the R3R team in the WRL endurance racing series. Last season James was racing in the #601 Porsche Boxster and this season he will be in their new #609 M4 GT4 BMW. If you watch the series, James was present but his on screen role was slightly diminished a bit as a result of a racing incident which we also discuss during this episode. In addition, James races in a variety of cars and series, and in his "spare" time he started up Candelaria Racing Products. The lead offering is the Sentinel Streaming System that solves one of our teams issues and allows us to combine the race car data with our in car video and race standings in one simple package. In addition, all of this information is available live through streaming. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars and will cover the installation and use of the Sentinel system in future episodes. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, James was kind enough to offer a 10% discount code to all of our listeners. Please enter "GHIT" during the checkout process. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JamesCandelaria299 If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) What do you do when you find our you are about to have your first child? Well, James goes out and buys a Corvette. We knew we would get along immediately. 2) The story that illustrates what to do on track with a bad "feeling" brake pedal and the importance of pre-planning your reactions as a driver ahead of time for as many potential situations as possible. 3) If you want to hear the sound of Vicki's brain bending, James goes into a description of driving a car with aero. 4) A bit more behind the scenes stories of R3R and the Drive Within show. 5) We go into some depth on the Sentinel System that integrates your car's telemetry data with the current racing results and combines this with any in car video and allows for all of this to be streamed live and recorded for future use and review. 6) Bill and James bond over being robots. And it dawns on Vicki that the data and video she wants may not be exactly what she wants, lol. 7) James has been into Vette's for a long time, even the super rare 1983 model he had at a young age. To follow James further: Candelaria Racing: https://candelaria-racing.com/ Instagram: @CandelariaRacingProducts The Drive Within: https://www.hagerty.com/media/series/drive-within/ Round Three Racing: https://www.round3racing.com/
GHiT 0298: Racing Suits, Shoes, and Gloves with Alpinestars
GHiT 0298: Racing Suits, Shoes, and Gloves with AlpineStars Fabryce Kutyba is with the North American Alpinestars group and was kind enough to join us for a quick discussion on driver protection equipment, including racing suits, racing shoes, and gloves. We cover several key aspects of each component and the overall system to protect the driver. For instance, one piece vs two piece drivers suits, grades and certifications, proper care, and approximate replacement/upgrade guidelines. We also go through a very high level review of the Alpinestars product line offerings. Hopefully, this is the first part of a many part series. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/FabryceKutyba If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) One piece suits vs two piece racing suits 2) What the latest certifications for equipment is from the FIA and SFI. 3) Alpinestars custom drivers suit program. 4) What is the proper/optimal use, care and lifespan for replacing a suit while maintaining proper safety performance. 5) Several types of shoes that are available, as well as Alpinestars pit crew shoes. 6) Bill recalls one of our teams improper care of his first pair of racing shoes. 7) Racing gloves construction, including inside vs outside stitching as well as the palm surface texture. 8) We break a paddock "rule" that Bill was told early in our racing career 9) Why karting suits and equipment is designed to a different construction and standards 10) Several methods to assure that the equipment you purchase is not counterfeit and is offering all the expected protection. To follow Alpinestars or to get more information: website: www.alpinestars.com Instagram: @alpinestars or you can email Fabryce directly at: [email protected]
DwD 0297: Track Driving - With Nanny's or Without
DwD 0297: Track Driving - With Nanny's or Without On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go into another listener submitted question from Ron Mexico related to driving on track with the car's driver nanny's on. First we cover from a high level what a driving nanny is and then we go into our thoughts on driving on track with the nanny's "assisting" you and when/if there is ever a good time to use the nanny's. So what do you do with the driver assistance aides on track? Do you leave them on or do you turn them off? What factors would influence the use of them, like weather and student driving level/experience etc.? If you would be interested in helping grow our sport of high performance driving and our podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating or even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it and it would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, under shows and click on the podcast you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrackDrivingWithNanny We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers
GHiT 0296: Mo Dadkhah
GHiT 0296: Mo Dadkhah from Hagerty's The Drive Within We first were introduced to Mo Dadkhah during our episode with Loni Unser and then we saw that he was on "The Drive Within" with the rest of the Round Three Racing team (R3R) as they competed in the WRL endurance racing series. The show is sponsored by Hagerty and appears on their site as well as the Motor Trend channel. Mo is one of the drivers of the #701 Porsche Cayman that competes in the GP1 class within WRL. During this episode, we go over Mo's racing history, the WRL series, the R3R team, and tons of details on the making of the show. This show is being released ahead of the season ending episode that should be released this Friday. "The Drive Within" is the first show that we have found that accurately depicts the highs and lows that each team and driver experiences during a race weekend. It is a can't miss show and has a permanent spot on our DVR. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MoDadkhah If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be greatly appreciated. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would greatly appreciate it. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers Highlights for this episode include: 1) How endurance racing and consistency of effort has led to Mo's growth as a driver and allowed him to reach his current level. 2) We go into how the Cayman #701 race car came to be the tool of choice that Mo drives with his team in WRL's GP1 class primarily against other Caymans and E46 BMW's. 3) What Mo gets from his racing and how drivers are "compensated" even at the higher levels in the US. Spoiler, none of us will likely be making a mortgage payment anytime soon. 4) How the R3R racing team works and interacts at the races and what you can learn from them that will help your endurance racing team. 5) Mo gives a great summary of the way that the WRL series classifications work and his thoughts on the way the series functions and keeps the competition level high but still more reliant on the driver, as opposed to the budget/checkbook. 6) We also go into starting and filming "The Drive Within" and we start to feel a bit better about our iPhone and Android race weekend videos not being quite up to this level, lol. 7) The R3R team is a perfect example that the team is not just about the drivers, it depends on each and every team member, both before and at the track, and when operating properly, it becomes a family. 8) Tips on how to improve as a driver and tons of little items that R3R does as a team that everyone can incorporate into their racing program and team, even if it is a "team" of one. 9) Mo uses a coach personally and we review his opinions on how a coach can help your driving and the differences between an instructor and a coach. We need to try this in 2022. 10) We come up with a new business plan. No stealing please. PS Don't tease Mo too hard after the least episode airing this Friday. PS2 Please let everyone know about the show and hopefully we can get a second season PS3 We gladly welcome Mo's repeated offers to become a "producer" of the show and secure some great episodes PS4 Let us know if you want to hear Mo subjected to the our fast and furious story time questions. We have a bunch of other racing and driving questions for him as well. To follow Mo further: Instagram: @therealmodadkhah The Drive Within: https://www.hagerty.com/media/series/drive-within/ Round Three Racing: https://www.round3racing.com/
DwD 0295: Discussing and Defining Driving at "X" Tenths
DwD 0295: Discussing and Defining Driving at "X" Tenths On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about one of those concepts that is always discussed in the paddocks, especially at HPDE's and endurance races. This week we go through a discussion of driving "intensity" that is often referred to in the arbitrary units of "tenths" as in driving at 8 tenths or 9 tenths or never drive at 10 tenths in an endurance race etc. What does this really mean? We discuss this after a quite side discussion on driving other peoples cars. Then we wrap this up with a tremendous article that our friend Peter Krause and former guest wrote about an example of a quantitative description of his definition of each of the "tenths" from low intensity to the higher and highest levels possible. We hope the discussion is helpful in not only starting to refer to each level on a common reference but also the discussion it leads to when describing and defining your own personal driving limits and target. If you would be interested in helping grow our sport of high performance driving and our podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating or even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it and it would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving. For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy. If you go to your podcast library, under shows and click on the podcast you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TenTenthsOrSo We hope you enjoy this episode! PS Please don't forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don't forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code "ghitlikesapex!" when you order. They are a great system and truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc. Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers