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 0294: ChrisFix - Endurance Racer
GHiT 0294: ChrisFix - Endurance Racer Most of you will know ChrisFix from his YouTube channel or from his presence on social media. We have been subscribers to his YouTube channel prior to even trying our hand at racing. Then last year, we were one of the first to see his video drop on his teams upcoming endurance racing adventure with the 24 Hours of Lemons team and it even happened to be at a race we were already registered for at NJMP Thunderbolt. In this episode, we take way too much of Mr. Fix's time and cover his history and how his channel started and progressed. We then cover the teams preparation and their race at NJMP. As with all first time endurance racing teams, the first race has various highs and lows, and tons of surprises. The preview to the NJMP race video has been released and the video detailing the race at NJMP will be released any day now. Without giving away any spoilers, we are very happy to say that the ChrisFix team fully embraced the spirit of endurance racing and were a great group to race with and call friends. We hope to see them all again on track soon! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ChrisFixNJMP2021 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) ChrisFix starts off with the traditional greeting and then we progress with a great summary of how he started and how his passion for helping others has led to the growth of his YouTube channel. 2) Vicki (is quite the super fan and) goes through a short summary of the helpful videos and tools that ChrisFix has contributed to our team. 3) How boxing led to the ChrisFix channel and what were some of the key points that led to the channel becoming what it is today. 4) Chris and Jennifer commiserate about learning to drive a manual transmission late in life. 5) How Chris and the team decided to enter the race, chose their car, and prepped for the race. The plan was perfect, until it wasn't, and then the real fun began. 6) Since Chris had experience with his drift events, we also went into the differences he saw at his first endurance event. 7) We also learn what Chris's impressions were during his first few laps on track with 120+ cars racing wheel to wheel. 8) Chris gives a great summary of the entire race and some of the challenges that the team encountered during their weekend. Now we really cannot wait for the video to be released, and we were there, lol. 9) And then the entire paddock was there to help in any way that we could, as we do for every fellow racing team. 10) We go over our traditional race review with Chris and what did they learn from the first racing weekend. 11) Chris and his entire team are prepping the car and the team for their return to endurance racing. Some of us could learn a lot from his teams approach to preparing their car for their next race. We even offered a few tips that we have learned racing a similar car. To follow ChrisFix further: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/chrisfix/featured Instagram: @ChrisFixit
DwD 0293: Getting Advanced in HPDE Too Quickly
DwD 0302: Getting Advanced in HPDE Too Quickly On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, another listener submitted question leads to a discussion of getting advanced too quickly in HPDE. While this may initially be flattering to one's ego, it may not be the best for the HPDE student's overall progress and development as a driver and can also lead to increased risk on track that does not directly lead to increased skill for the driver and/or other drivers on track. 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/TooFastTooQuick 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 0292: Aaron Jongbloedt
GHIT 0292: Aaron Jongbloedt Aaron Jongbloedt from Jungle Motorsports joins us for this episode and we discuss all things racing, even ice boating. Aaron seems to race in all series and all types of racing, we may even be able to make it to an ice racing event with him post plague. Since he has such a wide range of experiences, we try to cover many of them as possible to show how each series and club can vary and each offers a different blend of driving and racing flavor. The best thing you can do to start is try as many as you can and you will undoubtedly find one that matches your interests and maximizes the fun. Plus an impromptu race car intervention, lol. volunteering as an avenue to start getting into racing and saving on the amount of money needed. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AaronJongbloedt 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) Why he selected Spec Miata as a primary racing class and why he also includes and enjoys other types of racing. 2) Aaron opens up the trap door to a quick summary of our racing cars and HPDE cars. We need to get a bit more focus. Time for a garage sale. We may have a race car (or truck) for you, lol 3) Vicki is not familiar with the track at Brainerd, but after our discussion it sounds like we will be soon, lol. Top tip: Also obey the team CFO. 4) Some of the plusses and minuses of racing Spec Miata and how it has influenced hos racing approach and philosophy. 5) Are there significant differences between instructing in autocross and instructing on a race track? Also a discussion of the potential benefits of autocross before driving on track. The skills are complimentary but the approach can be quite different in some ways. 6) Aaron discusses his experience with almost all of the amateur endurance racing series and some of the new ones starting this season. 7) As expected, we also discuss Spec Miata and Vicki is still intimidated with the concept of bump drafting. This will likely change with time. We have a NB Spec Miata car that needs a bit of love to race this season, but we are hopeful. Bilstein shocks may be in our future. 8) Why does Aaron seem to prefer arrive and drive (Seat Rentals) for endurance racing events. Bill has always had concerns and questions that has prevented him from doing many arrive and drives. We discuss several of them. 9) Money saving tips and insight into what is required and what is avoidable to be competitive in the series, locally and nationally. 10) Somehow we return to the topic of our cars. It appears we are in the midst of an informal race car intervention. lol. (Probably long overdue) 11) We also have a discussion of the storage required for a racing car and team. Aaron is curious about the hangar that we use as our teams primary hub. 12) How volunteering at events can minimize or potentially eliminate the cost of racing. 13) How our "press" claim was received by a racing series. (as you would expect) 14) Just when you thought it was over, we get into a discussion of some of the local midwestern tracks that Aaron suggest we try. As always, the answer is "yes" To follow Aaron further: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaron.jongbloedt His blog: https://junglemotorsports.blogspot.com
GHIT 0291: Mark Petronis - Answers of F&F Story Time Questions - Part 2
GHIT 0291: Mark Petronis - Answers of F&F Story Time Questions - Part 2 Mark Petronis has set track many records and won more than his share of races but recently had a very serious on track incident and thankfully it looks like he is in the process winning his recovery battle as well. We talk with Mark about all things racing and how he is a great example for the importance and effectiveness of the current safety equipment that is available to every driver. In Part 1, we go over Mark's history as a driver, his accident and the safety equipment that literally saved his life. Part 2 will largely be Mark indulging us and answering our fast and furious story time questions. Mark's story is another great example of the great people involved in racing A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MarkPetronisP2 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 To follow Mark further: AMT Motorsport: https://amtmotorsport.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.petronis
DwD 0290: Entering a Race with Zero Experience
DwD 0290: Entering a Race with Zero Experience On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go into a listeners question related to racing wheel to wheel on track with zero track experience. While there are several opportunities to race with zero or little experience, we also go into several alternative paths that may be better choice for certain drivers. As a bonus, Vicki, Jennifer, Bill, and Ben all recount some of the stories that came to mind from our first experiences racing on track with zero experience (since all four of us did this at our first events). If YOU want to ask Ben a question, please send it to us on Instagram or via email at [email protected]. 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://tiny.one/ZeroExp 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 0289: Adam Jabaay Returns to Talk All Things GRIDLIFE
GHIT 0289: Adam Jabaay Returns to Talk All Things GRIDLIFE GLTC, Sundae Cup, and their HPDE Program Adam Jabaay returns to talk all things GRIDLIFE. Adam is the co-founder of the GRIDLIFE event series and the series is designed to be the track events that the GRIDLIFE team would want to attend. We had a series on last year that covered several of the wheel to wheel GLTC (Grid Life Touring Cup) series. During this episode, we go over the 2022 series and several of the other events in the series including their time attack (fast lap counts) racing series and the GRIDLIFE HPDE program. We have a plan to attend our first GRIDLIFE event this year and will be participating in the event at Lime Rock. If you haven't heard of GRIDLIFE, it is definitely not a typical track event and in many ways, the track events are only the beginning of the festivities. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NotPuppetJabaay 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 are: 1) We introduce our favorite master carpenter and the Norm Abrams of racing. 2) Bill gives away one of our upcoming 300 episode listener quiz questions. 3) Adam and Bill share some podcast anecdotes. There is more post episode if you are in need of curing your insomnia. 4) Bill is very jealous of Adam's upcoming Ice Battle racing event. Where we has been very cold enough but it does not seem to be an option anywhere nearby. Ice racing remains on our post plague bucket list. 5) Ever wonder what is GRIDLIFE? Adam does a great review if you are not already familiar. 6) We had a chance to talk with ADAM about the history that led to the creation of GRIDLIFE and has allowed them to become a very popular sprint racing series that has live streaming viewer numbers that would make many professional series jealous. 7) Adam goes into the recent changes to the GLTS series to a 200 treadwear tire series including the thought process that led to the change. 8) What did Skip Barber think of GRIDLIFE and what will be going on at the Lime Rock event. 9) How GRIDLIFE has grown and how you can participate in the event. 10) How GRIDLIFE organizes their HPDE groups, events, and instructors. 11) Bill cannot wait anymore and we get into the GRIDLIFE Sundae Cup series. Our car is being prepped for the Lime Rock event and several HPDE's this year. 12) What is coming for GRIDLIFE and how the east and west coast can expect to see events in the 2022 and more in 2023. 13) Bill launches his appeal for a wheel to wheel Sundae Cup race. Logistics are always a concern, but we would be there. Even better for an enduro. 14) We almost got off without going into RV life, but as expected we did not try terribly hard. To follow Adam and GRIDLIFE further: GRIDLIFE website: https://www.grid.life/ Slip Angle Podcast: http://www.tracktuned.com/slipangle Instagram: @gridlifeofficial or @slipangleshow Facebook: @GRIDLIFEOfficial or @SlipAngleShow
GHIT 0288: Mark Petronis - Part 1
GHIT 0288: Mark Petronis - On Driver and Car Safety and Recovering from an On Track Incident - Part 1 Mark Petronis has set track many records and won more than his share of races but recently had a very serious on track incident and thankfully it looks like he is in the process winning his recovery battle as well. We talk with Mark about all things racing and how he is a great example for the importance and effectiveness of the current safety equipment that is available to every driver. In Part 1, we go over Mark's history as a driver, his accident and the safety equipment that literally saved his life. Part 2 will largely be Mark indulging us and answering our fast and furious story time questions. Mark's story is another great example of the great people involved in racing A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MarkPetronisP1 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 are: 1) We cover Mark's impressive driving and racing history and then review some of the details of the accident last May at NJMP. 2) A great discussion on the often overlooked risk and racing responsibilities of the driver and car owner. 3) How Mark's recovery is going and the future prognosis for him going forward, both health wise and his future driving and racing, including his return to the track in March. 4) Lessons learned from the accident and how Mark is using this to help prevent something similar to anyone else in a high performance driving event. 5) A deep review of some of the safety options that are available and how many of them should not be viewed as optional to your driving and racing on track. 6) Fire suppression systems and the option of having them be self deploying if needed. Many older systems can be modified to add this capability through an addition to the system. We will be doing this in all our cars and replacing those systems that cannot be upgraded. 7) Why you should always keep your helmet visor down, as well as some of the details of racing suits, boots, gloves, and balaclavas and the protection they are designed to provide.. 8) Jennifer and Mark talk about the personal recovery and the internal affects that a person has after a racing incident. 9) We also go into some of the improvements Mark and his team have made for many of the modern Corvette platforms. 10) Why the C5 or C6 Corvette may be the best performance value for the dollar available today. We even try measuring the relative smiles per dollar of a Corvette and a Miata. 11) Mark's dedication to the importance of safety has led to his industry leading incentive he offers on all their performance and safety products. we will be heading up for a new suit as soon as the Survive the 25 Challenge is successfully completed. To follow Mark further: AMT Motorsport: https://amtmotorsport.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.petronis
DwD 0287: Increasing Grip - By the Driver - Part 1 (of probably many)
DwD 0287: Increasing Grip - By the Driver - Part 1 On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we start to try to go into a topic we heard on the (tremendous) Track Walking podcast when they had Paul Gerrard on as a guest and they were discussing several factors that a driver can influence the limit of grip on track. The information, and especially the discussion, was so valuable we try to go into the topic and discuss it here. We did not do a great job on this first attempt but the discussion is a good one and will hopefully serve to help you to think about the limit and how it can be affected by many factors that the driver influences, not just external factors and car/setup factors. Also, Vicki's definition of being on the limit may be a simple yet descriptive evaluation of being at the limit for some of you. It would probably help if Bill knew how to ask the actual question that would lead to the desired discussion. This podcast thing isn't as easy as we had hoped, lol. Still in training. 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/DwDincreasingGrip 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 0286: Caroline Yun - Racing Driver Progression Stories
GHIT 0286: Caroline Yun - Driver Progression Caroline Yun is an avid high performance driving enthusiast who has recently worked her way up through the Southern California NASA HPDE ladder system and has begun her wheel to wheel and time trial (TT) racing career in Honda Challenge. She recently completed here first ever endurance race at Sonoma with the award winning Initial Dingus team. As Caroline is a relatively new driver and racer, we thought we would discuss with her the experiences that she has had with working her way through her very common car progression/growth scenario, some of the plusses and minuses of racing with your partner, how it has been to be a female driver and the first driver in her family's perceptions of a lady race driver. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/CarolineYun286 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 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. 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 are: 1) It all started with a haunting.... 2) We get a second opinion on the recent 24 Hours of Lemons race at Sonoma and since this was Caroline's first ever wheel to wheel racing, it is always exciting and surprising, especially when most of your experience is in HPDE events. Caroline and her team even took home some hardware from the event. 3) Caroline gives a great description of what she learned and how her fellow drivers were at the event. 4) We go into the differences in front wheel drive and rear wheel drive vehicles and the pleasure of driving a variety of configurations. 5) It is surprise time for Jaime and we end up making decisions for him for this season. Where we end up was exciting and perhaps even more surprising. 6) We learn how Caroline learned about track driving and several stories of her first impressions and tips for others looking to try their first event. 7) Caroline's story of how important physical fitness is to driving in general and specifically for Caroline. It even directly led to a new Mazda Miata MX-5. 8) We share the plusses and minuses of racing with your significant other. 9) Some of the potential complications of explaining that you are racing to your family and friend circle. 10) We have a ton of fun (at Jamie's expense) talking brake pads. 11) Caroline and Bill make plans for another racing event. We love plans. To follow Caroline on Instagram: @msawsmr
GHIT 0285: Thank You Three Pedal Mafia
GHIT 0285: Thank You Three Pedal Mafia We have four members of the Three Pedal Mafia come up to help Vicki and Bill work on the two Honda project cars for this winter. We had originally planned a full cage party work weekend but had postponed it until February or until the Covid spike recedes. What we were able to accomplish with their skills in such a short time was amazing. They came, they saw, and they fixed. Some day we hope to be able to perform at that level and repay them in some way. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ThankYou3PM 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 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. 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 are: 1) Details of the work plan for the invasion by the Three Pedal Mafia visit this past weekend including a surprise visit by Jim. 2) Shut up we are having fun, lol. 3) Driving skill review and training was an unexpected addition to the agenda for Miss Vicki. 4) It was so very cold (for Pennsylvania) that we had to create a micro climate heating area for Miss Chrissy's feet. 5) Why we had to replace the exhaust on the 1993 Honda Civic since we will be endurance racing the car this season. Mental led the festivities on the exhaust project while we set up several of the other projects. 6) Bill's planning failure. And yes, this bothers him greatly. 7) How the work went on the Honda Civic radiator and oil cooler installation and required fabrication. 8) While Vicki and I were distracted, the Three Pedal Mafia assaulted the rusting carcass of the Honda Fit that we are looking to race in Grid Life's Sundae Cup at Lime Rock this year. The Fit has yet to fully grow into the warm spot in Vicki's heart. 9) We try to describe the depth of the love that Mental has for rust, but may not have fully achieved a full description. 10) As always, Vicki loves to provide wonderful food and drinks as a thank you bribe to everyone who comes over and this weekends was no exception. Bill added in some of the new thermal barrier coating for increasing the heat control of header and exhaust wraps and also creating a protective layer to protect the system from abrasion and water/chemical attack. 11) Bill's engine disassembly is nearly complete for a replacement engine after being guided by Chris, Our Mr. Honda. Now if anyone knows of any good machine shops in north east Pennsylvania, please let us know via our email at [email protected]. 12) Vicki had a bit of a heel toe down shifting discussion with Chris and Chrissy to help her with her down shifting, especially at the end of the long straights. Hopefully, she will get to drive and ride with an instructor this season, hopefully with Chris. She also has some practice that she can start with ahead of that while driving on the street. 13) Obviously much more to follow in coming weeks. We need a few parts, some tools, and some machining assistance, but we will keep you posted as we learn.
DwD 0284: The If - Corner Entry Then Game - Courtesy of Ross Bentley
In this Dominating with Dawson episode, we use a recent article by podcast friend Ross Bentley for this second installment of the If-Then Game. On this week's episode, we focus on corner entry. Join us and play along with our two contestants from the Garage Heroes In Training Team. We are sure this will go into global syndication soon, lol. It ends early due to a recording issue, but is definitely worth a listen. Special thanks to Ross Bentley for letting us use his article as a basis for this episode. 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/https://tinyurl.com/IfThenGameCornerEntry 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
GHIT 0283: Global MX-5 Cup with Todd Flis of Flis Performance
GHIT 0283: Global MX-5 Cup with Todd Flis of Flis Performance Todd Flis has been involved with various levels of racing and now his company Flis Performance provides all of the cars for the series. The Global MX-5 Cup is a great entry level series for professional racing. The races are typically some of the most competitive races we see with margins of victory usually measured in a few thousandths of a second. If you are looking to compare your skill in a pro level racing series, Todd's cars and the Global MX-5 Cup may be the series for you and the costs are exceptionally reasonable cost of entry, as well as the costs associated with a racing weekend, especially if you can manage to place in the top 3 for a year. For instance, Mazda provides a first place prize of $250,000 each season. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GlobalMX5Cup 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 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. 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 are: 1) If you were ever interested in pro level racing, the Global MX-5 Cup may be the best series to balance low costs and high dependence on drivers skill and results in a series with some of the most competitive and close driving that we have seen in the past few years. 2) How Flis Performance partnered with Mazda Motorsports to be the sole supplier for all the MX-5 Cup cars for the series. 3) We describe what the normal weekend racing schedule looks like and in addition to racing with IMSA events, there will be two weekends where the series will be racing with NASCAR. 4) What is involved in converting the road car into the race prepped cup car that you see at the track. It is definitely not just a pretty paint scheme, although we all know that always adds a few horsepower. This results in lap times being several seconds improvement over a normal ND2 Miata. 5) Why the cars have recently changed from an H-pattern shifter to a sequential transmission from SADEV. 6) What is allowed to be tinkered with and adjusted within the series and what is not allowed to be altered. 7) Todd was also kind enough to share his teams recommended fluid and consumables intervals as well as provided a starting point for a nut and bolt procedure for the cars. 8) The level that the series goes to assure close racing and maximum dependence on driver performance, the series requires each race weekend to be raced with tired from the same batch of tires for all competitors. 9) We also discuss with Todd what other racing series and levels the car would comply to and be competitive in, including the potential for use in endurance racing without any modifications. 10) There are also several spots that can be awarded and allow the drivers to race within the series by providing scholarships of up to $100,000 for each driver. 11) Todd's team also provides a complete MX-5 Cup Car each year to the Lemons of Love charity for a $125 entry. So far we have not been lucky enough but we have contributed to the charity each year and will continue to do so. To follow Scott and Flis Performance: Flis Performance website: http://flisperformance.com/ On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/flisperformance On Instagram: @flis.performance On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxGpoK-UtoHO4bBOhPoemQ To Follow the series: https://www.mx-5cup.com/
DwD 0282: Slow In Fast Out - Truth or Fiction
DwD 0282: Slow In Fast Out - Truth or Fiction On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we discuss the often referred to concept of "slow in, fast out" for turns especially early in your high performance driving career. As with most aspects of driving, this is a generic truth but not a 100% principle to carry with you for every situation and every turn. The ability to understand when and where to follow and when and where to deviate from the general fundamentals is one of the more significant stages that a driver progresses through. The discussion then goes into several other areas of "rules" and how/when to break them as you progress. 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/SlowInFastOut 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 0280: Scott McMichael - Long Time Dirt and Endurance Racer
GHIT 0280: Scott McMichael - Long Time Dirt and Endurance Racer Scott McMichael started out as a dirt track racer and has transitioned to endurance racing as and arrive and drive and grand poohbah of the Sir Jackie Stewart's Coin Purse Racing and founder of The Unofficial Facebook Group of the 24 Hours of Lemons(TM). Scott was long overdue to come on the podcast. We discuss many aspects of both dirt track racing and endurance racing, especially with the 24 Hours of Lemons, A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ScottMcMichael 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 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. 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 are: 1) Add another item to the things not to Google, the original Facebook group title was Lemons Party, No Not That Kind of Party 2) We answer Ben's write in question of how Scott started out racing dirt tracks and when/if he will return. I think Ben may be looking to scratch an itch. 3) Scott's endurance racing plans and interests, as well as a summary of some of the endurance racing highlights he has experiences so far. 4) Sometimes people will ask what do you get out of racing. Scott has a great story the describes the Spidey Sense that many drivers develop from racing on track. This also helps with street driving, especially for the newer drivers on your team or family. 5) We put out an APB for Aaron who we have lost track of since the summer. 6) Stories of how Derek's clown shoes took out a potentially class winning Mini at PittRace. 7) Ton's of pressure was applied when we ask Scott some of the best themes that come to mind. We also discuss what makes a great theme for those looking to enter a race. Also, what would seem to be an initially great theme but really isn't. To follow Scott's exploits: On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SirJackieStewartsCoinPurseRacing On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/RacingG73 or go to The Unofficial Facebook Group of the 24 Hours of Lemons(TM) at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1222036431151240
DwD 0274: Pedal Application and Release
DwD 0274: Pedal Application and Release On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go into an aspect of the smooth is fast principle by going into the ways that each of us apply and release the throttle (or gas pedal) and the brake pedals. To the surprise of no one, Ben is almost a 100% full hammer down while our ladies have a bit of a different practice at this point in their growth as drivers. We then try to discuss when and where to apply and release the gas and brake and at what rate. Again, one size may not fit all instances and all cars. This seems to be a theme recently. Lol. 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/PedalSpeed 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
WOOT 0281: (Spoiler Filled) We Review Spiderman: No Way Home and Most of 2021's Movies Including the Matrix Resurrections)
WOOT 0281: (Spoiler Filled) We review Spiderman: No Way Home and Most of 2021's Movies (& The Matrix Resurrections) It has been quite a year and we decided to review the recent Spiderman: No Way Home movie and then we go into many of the other movies that we went to this year including Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and all other MCU and DCEU and related movies and TV shows including The Matrix Resurrections. We then go to ranking the various movies and shows for 2021. We also go to each of our overall top 5 movies for the year and there was a lot of disagreements and discussions in this area. We also look forward to the upcoming MCU and DCEU releases that are scheduled for the upcoming year plus a bit. After that we then say goodbye to the lovely Vicki and go into the new Matrix movie Resurrections. The movie seems to be very divisive and we have quite strong views on this reboot of the Matrix. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GHIT2021MovieReview 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 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. 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 are: 1) Spiderman: No Way Home is the beginning of the episode and we then have to walk Alex off the Amazing Spiderman cliff. Vicki gets a bit confused over some of the Andrew Garfield Spiderman movies. We then debate the best movie Spiderman. 2) Alex is firmly on the side of Andrew Garfield and also says the Venom movies are good, so we question most of his opinions, lol. 3) Alex's top 5 all time MCU movies starts a war and then the discussion of each of our MCU Top 5 movies of all time. 4) Then we turn to the order of each of the MCU and DCEU movies and shows for 2021. We agreed on one movie amongst us, lol. 5) A quick review of The Witcher season two. 6) If you are looking for some ideas for movies and TV shows, we also go into our top 5 movies and TV shows of 2021 that we would recommend to everyone. 7) What about what is upcoming and scheduled? It is in here too. Alex, as always, stays positive. It was great knowing him on the podcast, lol. 8) Our thoughts on The Matrix: Resurrection ends this episode. Since this is Bill's all time favorite movie, you knew we could not skip this one. So what is your Top 5 MCU releases to date: 1 Iron Man 2 The Incredible Hulk 3 Iron Man 2 4 Thor 5 Captain America: The First Avenger 6 Marvel's The Avengers 7 Iron Man 3 8 Thor: The Dark World 9 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 10 Guardians of the Galaxy 11 Avengers: Age of Ultron 12 Ant-Man 13 Captain America: Civil War 14 Doctor Strange 15 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 16 Spider-Man: Homecoming 17 Thor: Ragnarok 18 Black Panther 19 Avengers: Infinity War 20 Ant-Man and the Wasp 21 Captain Marvel 22 Avengers: Endgame 23 Spider-Man: Far From Home 24 Black Widow 25 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 26 Eternals 27 Spider-Man: No Way Home We would love to know
DwD 0279: Determining the Rain Line
On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, Alex joins us to help define what the rain line is on a track and how to find it on a track, especially when it is our first time at a track. The discussion wanders a bit, but all of it should help you in determining the rain line and allow you to optimize it to that specific day's track conditions and your car. 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/WhatToDoInATurn 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 0278: Our Annual Season Review and Goals Episode Starts our 5th Podcast Season
GHIT 0278: Our Annual Season Review and Goals Episode Starts our 5th Podcast Season We take a look back at how our team and drivers 2021 racing season went and compare it to our planned goals. We did have quite a year and accomplished quite a bit. How did we do versus how we wanted? As always, you will have to listen to find out. And as always, the episode ends with each of us giving our goals for 2022 for ourselves and our team. We would love to know if you have any goals that you can share and wish you have the best year ever, both on and off the track. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GHIT2022Goals 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 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. 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 are: 1) Alan now organizes, preps, and runs his own car, the MooStang. We learn how this went for his first season and what we are still working on. 2) Looking back at where we were going into this season versus where we are now, there has been a ton of progress. 3) While the goals we all had were great, some of the discussion helps us to better define both the progress we made, as well as refining the path forward from here. 4) We did a great job of getting a bunch of new people to the track and several drivers to the track that raced with other teams. That is the primary reason we started this podcast and is fantastic! 5) Guess who says "I'm not just here for the Slurpees, lol". Not a big surprise for you long time home gamers. 6) We all are looking forward to trying as many different tracks and racing series as we can this year and maybe for the first time working with a coach at the track. 7) We managed to make a Max Headroom reference within the episode. You never know where we may wander. 8) Vicki and Alan cannot seem to remember when they each earned their black flags this year. We also had a few black flags from several of our friends that drive with us this year. Notably, none of our all ladies team earned a flag a the Thompson event. 9) Every year we go over what issues our cars had at the track and what we did (or are going to do) to resolve the issue long term. 10) We have determined a key indicator that implies that a specific spare part is required for our race cars. 11) Tips we learned on testing and replacing wheel studs for our cars. 12) Vicki is bored winning??? 13) Our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly for the 2021 season.
DwD 0277: "What Tire Pressure Should I Use" - such a simple question or is it
On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we try to answer the potentially unanswerable question that we hear at the track "What Tire Pressure Should I Use?". Alex joins us as we try to answer as best we can. First we go over several of the factors that can affect what the answer could be. Next we try to go into the various methods that can be used to actually determine the correct answer. To the surprise of none of the long time racers, the reference to Andy Hollis during this episode is expected. Now is we can only have Mr. Hollis as a guest on the podcast. We have a ton of questions. 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/WhatTirePressure 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 0276: Mike Kramer on Racing Hondas in Honda Challenge and Beyond
GHIT 0276: Mike Kramer Honda Challenge Racing Driver Mike Kramer has been racing in Honda Challenge and is the two time H2 champion with NASA Southeast. In addition, he also races in endurance racing with the 24 Hours of Lemons and Lucky Dog. We have several goals for this episode and one of them is not so subtly aimed at convincing Vicki the our 1993 Honda Civic being a front wheel drive car is not so bad and how much fun we will have in 2022 using it as our primary endurance racing car. Mike is a great example of how to start out and grow into an accomplished racing driver by simply making the choice to jump into the high performance driving pool and see what types interest you. It sounds like we will be at several common racing events in 2022 and we can't wait to catch up with him again. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MikeKramer 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 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. 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 from this episode include: 1) Despite having won two NASA SE championships, some of the difficulties Mike has encountered at the recent national championship event, including his overcoming some of the bad experiences at Daytona. 2) How to get started in high performance driving and what to expect and how to improve most quickly. We especially break down some of the common misconceptions that may be preventing you from starting. 3) What we have and should do to our 1993 Honda Civic DX race car that we are rebuilding this winter. The discussion goes into several options for racing the car in endurance racing and sprint racing, along with possibly using it in HPDE events as well. 4) How to choose a racing series and what to look for in your area. 5) Advantages and Disadvantages of a front wheel drive and a rear wheel drive, as well as a few of the primary differences between the two types of cars. 6) Some of the differences between regional events and national events. To follow Mike and his racing exploits, please go to: Instagram: @argylecivic
GHIT 0275: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally - Conclusion
GHIT 0275: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally - Conclusion You hoped we had forgotten, but no, here is the final review of this years Escape from Moscow rally. Rally master Jeff Stobbs joins us to review the event and we also had a chance to talk to two of the team members that drove a Peugot 505 for the event and ended up finishing on the podium for the event. As we discuss in this episode, there was a delay at the end of the rally due to an accident outside Road Atlanta and then because race car and, and, and. We hope you learned a bit about the rally and we hope to do this again for upcoming rally events whenever possible. 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/EscapeFromMoscowDay3 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
DwD 0273: Double Apex Turns
DwD 0273: Double Apex Turns On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we cover two of the potential ways to approach several turn types that you will encounter on a track. In longer turns/turns that require a large direction change like a 180 degree turn etc. In several of these turns it may be faster to try to get through the turn with a classic late apex, but in some turns, it is often better to use a double apex approach or even a V-turn. We try to discuss how to tell what you should do and several of the factors that would influence your choice. Also, this is the first episode of DwD where we have Alex as a guest host. 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/DoubleApex 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 0272: Tim Bagnall - Starting a New Endurance Racing Team
GHIT 0272: Tim Bagnall - Starting a New Endurance Racing Team Tim Bagnall recently contacted us looking for getting started in endurance racing. We thought this could be a great episode and an informal 11th episode in our how to get started series that we had earlier this year (2021). Tim did most of the heavy lifting and asked us a ton of great questions and we answered as best we can at this point in our racing career. We hope this episode can answer some of your questions if you are starting out and may help you with a second opinion if you are already racing. It appears that we have come first circle since we were an early guest asking many of the same types of questions on the Everyone Racers podcast. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TimBagnall 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 and look under "Shows". Then click on the podcast 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 Bill Updated his ridiculous series of checklists at the following links: Tools for a Race weekend or and HPDE Paddock/Camp Car Checklist (Generic) https://garageheroesintraining.com/racing-checklists/
DwD 0271: DwD Storytime - The One About Fred Lobster Trying to Kill Ben and Ann
DwD 0268: DwD Storytime - The One About Fred Lobster Trying to Kill Ben and Ann On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we have our second DwD Storytime episode where Ben recounts a recent track day event where he found a peculiarity in the "Fred Lobster" car that led to a weird issue where the steering and brakes would not respond. If this was a new car, it would likely be a safety nanny programming issue, but since this car is far from new, the true root cause is still tbd. However, the story is spectacular and the way that Ben dealt with the issue is something that we all can learn from. You never know when something can break or behave in an unexpected manner on track and part of growing as a racing driver is being able to deal with an ill behaved car or another car that does something unexpected. 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/FredLobster 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 0270: Jaime Garcia from the Race FF Podcast Reviews their Sonoma Endurance Race
GHIT 0270: Jaime Garcia from the Race FF Podcast Reviews their Sonoma Endurance Race Jaime Garcia from the Race FF podcast returns to review his recent endurance race at Sonoma with the 24 Hours of Lemons. His team prepped their Toyota Corolla for the race for the last several weeks and had a great time at the event. They had a series of good and bad events during the race but ended up bringing home some well earned hardware. Was it a perfect race? Of course not. We aren't even sure that is possible, but each race you learn a bit more and how to solve a few more problems. The Sonoma race was no exception. Please download and learn what Jaime's team battled through and learned. They were a great group and really exemplified the true spirit of an endurance racing team. We hope to see them on the track at an upcoming event. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Sonoma2021 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 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. 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 from this episode include: 1) How did the prep go for Jaime's team 2) Jaime learns the joy of actually having to travel to a race track as opposed to his normal local tracks. 3) How did check in, tech inspection, and BS inspection go 4) Why you should listen to the announcements and attend the rookie and drivers meetings. 5) How Saturday go and what did the team have to do after their first racing day. 6) Overall thoughts on the Sonoma track 7) What their team learned and what they are looking to improve. 8) Our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly To follow Jaime and his team, please go to: Instagram: @raceffpod His podcast is: Race FF Pod The teams Vlog is on Kelvin's YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/driftmonsterr