 DwD 0488:  Lap Times at The Track  We were recently asked how to tell how a teams’ car was doing in the race and how to tell what the lap times were.  Luckily, there are several apps available to monitor any car’s lap times when at the track and even when not at the track.  We go over two of the more popular options that are used around the world.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LapTimers If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0488:  Lap Times at The Track We were recently asked how to tell how a teams’ car was doing in the race and how to tell what the lap times were.  Luckily, there are several apps available to monitor any car’s lap times when at the track and even when not at the track.  We go over two of the more popular options that are used around the world. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/MinMax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/LapTimers</a> If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  <a href="http://Firelaps.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firelaps.com</a> Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0488:  Lap Times at The Track

Sajeev Mehta

GHiT 0487:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Sajeev Mehta Part 5 of still growing in our Lemons Judge Series with Sajeev Mehta.  Sajeev is a long time Lemons Judge and racer who is also an automotive journalist.  This sounds like recipe for episode greatness. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeSajeev If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at https://candelaria-racing.com/ 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 from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0487:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Sajeev Mehta Part 5 of still growing in our Lemons Judge Series with Sajeev Mehta.  Sajeev is a long time Lemons Judge and racer who is also an automotive journalist.  This sounds like recipe for episode greatness. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/JudgeSajeev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/JudgeSajeev</a> If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at <a href="https://candelaria-racing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://candelaria-racing.com/</a> 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 from <a href="https://apextrackcoach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apextrackcoach.com/</a> Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0487:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Sajeev Mehta

 DwD 0486:  Minimizing Distance vs Maximizing a Turn’s Min Speed  In Autocross, it is often correct to minimize distance to improve your time.  On track, it is a bit more complicated due to the longer duration of the turns and the higher speeds and higher variation of speeds.  During this episode, Ben and Bill talk through a few of the aspects of the track that can impact when to minimize distance and when to move your min speed in a turn to improve your overall lap time.  Part 1 of many.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MinDistancevsMaxMinSpeed  If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0486:  Minimizing Distance vs Maximizing a Turn’s Min Speed In Autocross, it is often correct to minimize distance to improve your time.  On track, it is a bit more complicated due to the longer duration of the turns and the higher speeds and higher variation of speeds.  During this episode, Ben and Bill talk through a few of the aspects of the track that can impact when to minimize distance and when to move your min speed in a turn to improve your overall lap time.  Part 1 of many. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/MinDistancevsMaxMinSpeed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/MinDistancevsMaxMinSpeed</a> If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  <a href="http://Firelaps.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firelaps.com</a> Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0486:  Minimizing Distance vs Maximizing a Turn’s Min Speed

Chris Overzet

GHiT 0485:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Chris Overzet Part 4 of still growing in our Lemons Judge Series with Chris Overzet.  Chris goes way back to original Lemons times and has personally participated in the Peoples Curse and has been racing and judging sine then.  This one has stories. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeChrisO If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at https://candelaria-racing.com/ 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 from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0485:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Chris Overzet Part 4 of still growing in our Lemons Judge Series with Chris Overzet.  Chris goes way back to original Lemons times and has personally participated in the Peoples Curse and has been racing and judging sine then.  This one has stories. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/JudgeChrisO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/JudgeChrisO</a> If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at <a href="https://candelaria-racing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://candelaria-racing.com/</a> 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 from <a href="https://apextrackcoach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apextrackcoach.com/</a> Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0485:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Chris Overzet

 DwD 0484:  How to Tell if You are Under Driving On Track  By poplar demand, we have a part two to our earlier DwD.  Ben was concerned with making sure that everyone wasn’t under driving just as much as he was concerned about over driving.  We also have a quick listener comment on our earlier podcast episode about driving with bench seats.  Thanks again.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AreYouUnderDriving

DwD 0484:  How to Tell if You are Under Driving On Track By poplar demand, we have a part two to our earlier DwD.  Ben was concerned with making sure that everyone wasn’t under driving just as much as he was concerned about over driving.  We also have a quick listener comment on our earlier podcast episode about driving with bench seats.  Thanks again. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/AreYouUnderDriving" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/AreYouUnderDriving</a>

DwD 0484:  How to Tell if You are Under Driving On Track

Bob Griffin

GHiT 0483:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Bob Griffin Part 3 of 13 (and still growing) in our Lemons Judge Series is with Bob Griffin.  The fun we are having with all the judges is fantastic and this episode is no different.  In addition. The Lemons Judges see the series from their own unique perspective.  We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something. We recorded this episode with Bob just prior to meeting him at the NJMP event and this was a wonderful pre-intro intro to him.  We apologize for several of the dodge balls we hit him with, but it needed to be done. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeBob If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at https://candelaria-racing.com/ 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 from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill  Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team

GHiT 0483:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Bob Griffin Part 3 of 13 (and still growing) in our Lemons Judge Series is with Bob Griffin.  The fun we are having with all the judges is fantastic and this episode is no different.  In addition. The Lemons Judges see the series from their own unique perspective.  We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something. We recorded this episode with Bob just prior to meeting him at the NJMP event and this was a wonderful pre-intro intro to him.  We apologize for several of the dodge balls we hit him with, but it needed to be done. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/JudgeBob" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/JudgeBob</a> If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at <a href="https://candelaria-racing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://candelaria-racing.com/</a> 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 from <a href="https://apextrackcoach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apextrackcoach.com/</a> Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team

GHiT 0483:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Bob Griffin

Shawn Rogers

GHiT 0481:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Shawn Rogers Part 2 of Many TBD in our Lemons Judge Series with Shawn Rogers.  While we often talk with drivers about Lemons, we thought that it might be fun to talk with some of the Lemons Judges about the series and how they see it from their perspective.  We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something. Shawn has been racing in Lemons from the Altamont days and has been judging for many, many races.  He has a ton of stories and as our great friend Jeff once said about Mental, the man can spin a yarn.  If you need a full blanket, this episode is for you, lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeShawn If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at https://candelaria-racing.com/ 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 from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0481:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Shawn Rogers Part 2 of Many TBD in our Lemons Judge Series with Shawn Rogers.  While we often talk with drivers about Lemons, we thought that it might be fun to talk with some of the Lemons Judges about the series and how they see it from their perspective.  We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something. Shawn has been racing in Lemons from the Altamont days and has been judging for many, many races.  He has a ton of stories and as our great friend Jeff once said about Mental, the man can spin a yarn.  If you need a full blanket, this episode is for you, lol. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/JudgeShawn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/JudgeShawn</a> If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at <a href="https://candelaria-racing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://candelaria-racing.com/</a> 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 from <a href="https://apextrackcoach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apextrackcoach.com/</a> Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0481:  Lemons Judge Series – Judge Shawn Rogers

GHiT 0482:  Recap of Grid Life NJMP 2023 Our First Time Working with a Coach - Miss Jackie What a great weekend we had.  Our team worked with Jackie Andrews as our coach for the Grid Life event at NJMP.  Jeremy and Nick were in the advanced HPDE group in their E46 BMW 3-series street'ish cars.  Jennifer was in our B Spec Fit in HPDE and Vicki was in HPDE in our new E46 race car but switched to our Honda Fit when we had a mechanical issue.  Bill was also in the B Spec Fit and competed in the Sundae Cup series, securing a solid last place. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GridlifeNJMP2023 If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at https://candelaria-racing.com/ 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 from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0482:  Recap of Grid Life NJMP 2023 Our First Time Working with a Coach - Miss Jackie What a great weekend we had.  Our team worked with Jackie Andrews as our coach for the Grid Life event at NJMP.  Jeremy and Nick were in the advanced HPDE group in their E46 BMW 3-series street'ish cars.  Jennifer was in our B Spec Fit in HPDE and Vicki was in HPDE in our new E46 race car but switched to our Honda Fit when we had a mechanical issue.  Bill was also in the B Spec Fit and competed in the Sundae Cup series, securing a solid last place. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/GridlifeNJMP2023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/GridlifeNJMP2023</a> If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you looking to stream or integrate your telemetry/racing data with video?  Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are 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 at <a href="https://candelaria-racing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://candelaria-racing.com/</a> 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 from <a href="https://apextrackcoach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apextrackcoach.com/</a> Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0482:  Recap of Grid Life NJMP 2023

DwD 0480:  Air, Spark, and Fuel – Plus Timing  On this episode, we go into one of the areas that Vicki and Bill are worst at:  Trouble shooting.  One of the fundamental ways to diagnose a car not running is to look at the supply of Air, Fuel, and spark to the engine.  Once they are all present at the required quantity and time, it is almost magic how the car then starts making that happy noise we all desire.  Jeremy tried to explain this to us during this episode.  Some of it even seems to sink in.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AirFuelSparkTiming  If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0480:  Air, Spark, and Fuel – Plus Timing On this episode, we go into one of the areas that Vicki and Bill are worst at:  Trouble shooting.  One of the fundamental ways to diagnose a car not running is to look at the supply of Air, Fuel, and spark to the engine.  Once they are all present at the required quantity and time, it is almost magic how the car then starts making that happy noise we all desire.  Jeremy tried to explain this to us during this episode.  Some of it even seems to sink in. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/AirFuelSparkTiming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/AirFuelSparkTiming</a> If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  <a href="http://Firelaps.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firelaps.com</a> Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0480:  Air, Spark, and Fuel – Plus Timing

 DwD 0479:  Double Sucking  What is a DwD without Ben, well we try again here with guests Mental and Jeremy standing in for Ben.  One area we wanted to cover is that there are multiple factors that can affect your absolute and relative performance on track, especially as you progress.  One of the hardest areas we have seen is trying to determine the relative contributions of what part is driver induced and what fraction can be attributed to the car, car setup, and track conditions.  Sometimes it may not be “you”, but even then “you” can often work around as best you can when the car you are in is all you have.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DoubleSuckingOnTrack If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0479:  Double Sucking What is a DwD without Ben, well we try again here with guests Mental and Jeremy standing in for Ben.  One area we wanted to cover is that there are multiple factors that can affect your absolute and relative performance on track, especially as you progress.  One of the hardest areas we have seen is trying to determine the relative contributions of what part is driver induced and what fraction can be attributed to the car, car setup, and track conditions.  Sometimes it may not be “you”, but even then “you” can often work around as best you can when the car you are in is all you have. A link to the episode is: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/DoubleSucking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/DoubleSuckingOnTrack</a> If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1:  Subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice and every episode will show up.  Even Better:  If you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating Mostest Bestest:  if you would leave a podcast review. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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".  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process. PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection &amp; automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  <a href="http://Firelaps.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firelaps.com</a> Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0479:  Double Sucking

An 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.

High quality interviews.  Diverse content.  Light listening.  Would highly recommend.

Great Interviews, High Quality

Talks about some of my favorite topics all in one place.

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Garage Heroes In Training

Nick Pon

GHIT 0095:  Nick Pon of the 24 Hours of Lemons team returns to kick off the 2020 season  Nick Pon returns to our podcast to discuss the current 2020 season for the 24 Hours of Lemons series and the various new aspects of the series for 2020.  As usual, we digress several times and wander around our subject, but Nick very kindly tolerates us for unknown reasons.  We eventually go into what the series is about and how welcoming it can be to everyone who has an interest in racing and how to get started within the series.  There is even a new driver bonus program for 2020.  If you would be so kind, please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite listening platform.  We would greatly appreciate it.    Some of the highlights for this episode include: 1)  We cover the first two races of the year at Barber and Inde in Arizona and the first rally from Moscow to Paris 2)  What to do if a plane lands on the track 3)  The return of the Scrotium race at Road Atlanta and the usual snowy race to end the season 4)  Any upcoming things, themes, cars, and tracks 5)  Novel ways of staying outside the black flag area 6)  The two 24 hours races and why we may never get one in the north east, but we do get the Hooptiecon at NJMP again this year 7)  Cars, themes, and theming requests for current and future teams 8)  We begin a program to get Lemons into VIR 9)  An intro to Lemons in case you aren’t familiar with the series and its welcoming climate 10)  What car does Nick want to race in from the series 11)  We explain to our younger listeners how cars were bought using a thing called the “paper” 12)  Our podcast tradition of picking on Alan has its latest installment or three 13)  Nick new moniker as “The Place Setter” and helps us with our travel race schedule 14)  Nick gets subjected to several of our newer questions related to his car proclivities 15)  We go a bit out of our normal order on this episode but following the rules isn’t really our strong suit 16)  A semi-subtle shout out to our friend Erling 17)  We go into our never-ending battle with our BMW E36 rear hub and bearing 18)  Vicki leads a discussion of tool drawer organizing techniques, strategies, and options.  We will be putting several posts on our website if you are interested. 19)  Vicki steals Alan’s section and gives her first ever Batcave Tool of the Week 20)  Alan shows the importance of following the process and the order of the operations 21)  We then go into a long discussion of some of the issues we have been having with removing the rear hubs from the E36 race car   In our Dominating with Dawson segment, Ben goes into a discussion of the black flag penalty box, what happens, and how to handle it properly.      Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0095:  Nick Pon of the 24 Hours of Lemons team returns to kick off the 2020 season Nick Pon returns to our podcast to discuss the current 2020 season for the 24 Hours of Lemons series and the various new aspects of the series for 2020.  As usual, we digress several times and wander around our subject, but Nick very kindly tolerates us for unknown reasons.  We eventually go into what the series is about and how welcoming it can be to everyone who has an interest in racing and how to get started within the series.  There is even a new driver bonus program for 2020. If you would be so kind, please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite listening platform.  We would greatly appreciate it.  Some of the highlights for this episode include: 1)  We cover the first two races of the year at Barber and Inde in Arizona and the first rally from Moscow to Paris 2)  What to do if a plane lands on the track 3)  The return of the Scrotium race at Road Atlanta and the usual snowy race to end the season 4)  Any upcoming things, themes, cars, and tracks 5)  Novel ways of staying outside the black flag area 6)  The two 24 hours races and why we may never get one in the north east, but we do get the Hooptiecon at NJMP again this year 7)  Cars, themes, and theming requests for current and future teams 8)  We begin a program to get Lemons into VIR 9)  An intro to Lemons in case you aren’t familiar with the series and its welcoming climate 10)  What car does Nick want to race in from the series 11)  We explain to our younger listeners how cars were bought using a thing called the “paper” 12)  Our podcast tradition of picking on Alan has its latest installment or three 13)  Nick new moniker as “The Place Setter” and helps us with our travel race schedule 14)  Nick gets subjected to several of our newer questions related to his car proclivities 15)  We go a bit out of our normal order on this episode but following the rules isn’t really our strong suit 16)  A semi-subtle shout out to our friend Erling 17)  We go into our never-ending battle with our BMW E36 rear hub and bearing 18)  Vicki leads a discussion of tool drawer organizing techniques, strategies, and options.  We will be putting several posts on our website if you are interested. 19)  Vicki steals Alan’s section and gives her first ever Batcave Tool of the Week 20)  Alan shows the importance of following the process and the order of the operations 21)  We then go into a long discussion of some of the issues we have been having with removing the rear hubs from the E36 race car In our Dominating with Dawson segment, Ben goes into a discussion of the black flag penalty box, what happens, and how to handle it properly.    Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0095:  Nick Pon of the 24 Hours of Lemons team returns to kick off the 2020 season

Eric Rood

GHiT 0096:  Eric Rood is our Special Guest  Eric Rood from the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series reviews his history and the upcoming Lemons series, especially the rally events.  Eric Rood is our guest on this episode where we review his car history, the upcoming 2020 Lemons races and especially the Rally events.  We first met Eric when he was judging one of our races.  Alan quickly knew all about him after he visited him 4 times.  In addition to being an awesome judge, he has written for several automotive sites and currently helps steer the direction of the 24 Hours of Lemons series, especially their social media presence and the Lemons rallies.  If you see Eric, please ask him about touring with Ozzy!  (Details are in the first three minutes of our show) If you would be so kind, please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite listening platform.  We would greatly appreciate it.  Highlights for this episode include:  1)  Our best introduction to an episode, EVER 2)  Vicki is vying for our lead master mechanic position/opening 3)  We break news of an upcoming Lemons YouTube video on the latest Lemons Rally 4)  Bill shamelessly begs for reviews and ratings of the podcast 5)  What does the title of Everything Bagel exactly mean in the Lemon’s org chart 6)  Eric’s writing and racing history and how he first started with racing in a Lemons event 7)  What does being a catalog copy editor entail and how much you can know about office folders 8)  Overview of the Lemons Rally events and describes the “process” of competing 9)  Eric discusses some of the most forgotten cars we have ever discussed on the podcast, some thankfully forgotten 10)  Rally stories abound including the Asheville Pinball Museum 11)  Alan makes his debut as our sound board 12)  Eric discusses a long list of cars he has had and would like to see in Lemons 13)  An amazing (and backward) Good, Bad, and the Ugly with the best “Good” we have ever had 14)  Our trials and tribulations related to getting our E36 BMW race car prepared for our upcoming race 15)  Alan may actually have an apprentice “In Training” 16) We are now looking for a "Hub Tamer"  Does anyone know anything about them? 17) We have a high level discussion about our telemetry system and electrical system upgrades.  More details will come in an upcoming episode.  This week’s Dominating with Dawson segment reviews proper hand position while racing and how that can impact your driving performance and control of the car.  To keep up to speed with Eric and the 24 hours of Lemons team, they are on all the social medias as the 24 Hours of Lemons or via his email at eric@24hoursoflemons.com   Best regards,  Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHiT 0096:  Eric Rood is our Special Guest Eric Rood from the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series reviews his history and the upcoming Lemons series, especially the rally events. Eric Rood is our guest on this episode where we review his car history, the upcoming 2020 Lemons races and especially the Rally events.  We first met Eric when he was judging one of our races.  Alan quickly knew all about him after he visited him 4 times.  In addition to being an awesome judge, he has written for several automotive sites and currently helps steer the direction of the 24 Hours of Lemons series, especially their social media presence and the Lemons rallies.  If you see Eric, please ask him about touring with Ozzy!  (Details are in the first three minutes of our show) If you would be so kind, please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite listening platform.  We would greatly appreciate it.  Highlights for this episode include:  1)  Our best introduction to an episode, EVER 2)  Vicki is vying for our lead master mechanic position/opening 3)  We break news of an upcoming Lemons YouTube video on the latest Lemons Rally 4)  Bill shamelessly begs for reviews and ratings of the podcast 5)  What does the title of Everything Bagel exactly mean in the Lemon’s org chart 6)  Eric’s writing and racing history and how he first started with racing in a Lemons event 7)  What does being a catalog copy editor entail and how much you can know about office folders 8)  Overview of the Lemons Rally events and describes the “process” of competing 9)  Eric discusses some of the most forgotten cars we have ever discussed on the podcast, some thankfully forgotten 10)  Rally stories abound including the Asheville Pinball Museum 11)  Alan makes his debut as our sound board 12)  Eric discusses a long list of cars he has had and would like to see in Lemons 13)  An amazing (and backward) Good, Bad, and the Ugly with the best “Good” we have ever had 14)  Our trials and tribulations related to getting our E36 BMW race car prepared for our upcoming race 15)  Alan may actually have an apprentice “In Training” 16) We are now looking for a "Hub Tamer"  Does anyone know anything about them? 17) We have a high level discussion about our telemetry system and electrical system upgrades.  More details will come in an upcoming episode. This week’s Dominating with Dawson segment reviews proper hand position while racing and how that can impact your driving performance and control of the car. To keep up to speed with Eric and the 24 hours of Lemons team, they are on all the social medias as the 24 Hours of Lemons or via his email at <a href="mailto:eric@24hoursoflemons.com">eric@24hoursoflemons.com</a> Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHiT 0096:  Eric Rood On the 2020 Lemons Rally Schedule

Sam Smith, Editor At Large for Road and Track and Co-host of the NBC Sports Proving Grounds television show joins us for this episode.  We try to cover Sam's impressive history with the automotive and mainstream media, as well as his driving and racing history, but we only seem to have scratched the surface of Sam's great stories.  You can quickly see his gift for storytelling and ability to recall details and intricacies, as well as his optimism and enviable modesty.  It is quickly apparent that Sam truly loves cars and especially those that he finds to be immersive and involving. Also Ben reviews two videos pertaining to the driving style of the legendary Ayrton Senna on this Dominating with Dawson segment. Links to the videos: Senna Throttle Technique is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kcLyYhThE Senna Footwork (with accurate audio) is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLjZWrpzmQ&amp;feature=youtu.be   If you want to contact Sam Smith, he recommends DM'ing him on Twitter or Instagram @ThatSamSmith.  Or you can read his articles on Road &amp; Track and don't forget to watch for him on NBC Sports Proving Grounds.   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights for this episode include: 1)  How his current Caterham 7 project car progresses from a box to a functioning car 2)  His automotive past and how he worked his way through the tangled web of automotive journalism to have a successful professional career in a very tough business area 3)  An overall discussion on driving being a skill and a sport, but definitely learnable by many is not all 4)  Now Nigel Mansell confirms we are not going to be a pro racing driver anytime soon 5)  Sam's racing history is pretty incredible and has some absolutely spectacular cars including a McLaren F1 and F1 GTR, an actual Formula 1 car, and a few great stories of his racing (with Mental) at the 2019 NASA 25 Hours at Thunderhill in the rain and the ever so lovely mud. 6)  Bill valiantly tries to sell a Citroen SM, for a friend.  Still available for a good home.  We know a guy. 7)  Bill digs a hole on a comment that will likely lead to issues from some of our friends and soon to be friends who are Porsche fans. 8)  How his schedule has been impacted by our current social distancing due to the Covid 19 virus 9)  When car technology and societal sanity intersected, perhaps for the worse. 10)  Sam's experience with racing the RX-7 Black Betty (rambutan) when it was still set up as a time trial car.  He misses the old, scary setup. 11)  His thoughts on modern cars in general, are they too fast, too intrusive, and are there any good drivers' cars still available and the potential impact it may have on racing in the future. 12)  Sam also lists several of the current cars that are highlights within the available assortment at your local dealer for both on and off-road driving fun. 13)  Electric cars and electric car motorsports/racing, and the varying degrees of success for each. 14)  Thoughts on autopilot and potential impending issues in the transition to full autonomy (SAE Level 5) 15)  His experience with test driving a true Formula 1 car and how he grew to acknowledge the difference between his level and those gifted individuals driving at the level of Formula 1, as well as the actual level of performance of the car itself.  The tip of the spear is very, very pointy indeed. 16)  Breaking News for one of the first times:  Sam's "Ugly" story is one for the books!  It involves another one of our original bucket list guests to be (hopefully) Jason Camissa and a Ford GT, but we will go no further.

Sam Smith, Editor At Large for Road and Track and Co-host of the NBC Sports Proving Grounds television show joins us for this episode.  We try to cover Sam's impressive history with the automotive and mainstream media, as well as his driving and racing history, but we only seem to have scratched the surface of Sam's great stories.  You can quickly see his gift for storytelling and ability to recall details and intricacies, as well as his optimism and enviable modesty.  It is quickly apparent that Sam truly loves cars and especially those that he finds to be immersive and involving. Also Ben reviews two videos pertaining to the driving style of the legendary Ayrton Senna on this Dominating with Dawson segment. Links to the videos: Senna Throttle Technique is at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kcLyYhThE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kcLyYhThE</a> Senna Footwork (with accurate audio) is at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLjZWrpzmQ&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLjZWrpzmQ&amp;feature=youtu.be</a> If you want to contact Sam Smith, he recommends DM'ing him on Twitter or Instagram @ThatSamSmith.  Or you can read his articles on Road &amp; Track and don't forget to watch for him on NBC Sports Proving Grounds. Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights for this episode include: 1)  How his current Caterham 7 project car progresses from a box to a functioning car 2)  His automotive past and how he worked his way through the tangled web of automotive journalism to have a successful professional career in a very tough business area 3)  An overall discussion on driving being a skill and a sport, but definitely learnable by many is not all 4)  Now Nigel Mansell confirms we are not going to be a pro racing driver anytime soon 5)  Sam's racing history is pretty incredible and has some absolutely spectacular cars including a McLaren F1 and F1 GTR, an actual Formula 1 car, and a few great stories of his racing (with Mental) at the 2019 NASA 25 Hours at Thunderhill in the rain and the ever so lovely mud. 6)  Bill valiantly tries to sell a Citroen SM, for a friend.  Still available for a good home.  We know a guy. 7)  Bill digs a hole on a comment that will likely lead to issues from some of our friends and soon to be friends who are Porsche fans. 8)  How his schedule has been impacted by our current social distancing due to the Covid 19 virus 9)  When car technology and societal sanity intersected, perhaps for the worse. 10)  Sam's experience with racing the RX-7 Black Betty (rambutan) when it was still set up as a time trial car.  He misses the old, scary setup. 11)  His thoughts on modern cars in general, are they too fast, too intrusive, and are there any good drivers' cars still available and the potential impact it may have on racing in the future. 12)  Sam also lists several of the current cars that are highlights within the available assortment at your local dealer for both on and off-road driving fun. 13)  Electric cars and electric car motorsports/racing, and the varying degrees of success for each. 14)  Thoughts on autopilot and potential impending issues in the transition to full autonomy (SAE Level 5) 15)  His experience with test driving a true Formula 1 car and how he grew to acknowledge the difference between his level and those gifted individuals driving at the level of Formula 1, as well as the actual level of performance of the car itself.  The tip of the spear is very, very pointy indeed. 16)  Breaking News for one of the first times:  Sam's "Ugly" story is one for the books!  It involves another one of our original bucket list guests to be (hopefully) Jason Camissa and a Ford GT, but we will go no further.

GHIT 102:  Sam Smith Auto Journalist, Driver, Racer, and Enthusiast

Ross Bentley

Ross Bentley was kind enough to come on as our guest and help celebrate our 100th episode.   Ross is known throughout the racing world as a great driver, author, and coach about high performance driving and racing, where his racing experience at the highest levels is augmented by his passion for learning and sharing to help raise the knowledge base as a whole for the good of our sport.  This discussion was aimed at learning more about Ross and his history, but when you have a chance to ask him a question about racing, you take advantage.  We are hoping we can get him on again in the future.  Maybe every 100 episodes, but we would hate to have to wait that long.     PS We rarely request anything, but during our discussion, Ross seemed to be unaware of the impact his books have had.  If you have a moment, please post a picture of you with his book/books on Instagram with the hashtag #ThankYouRoss to show him the impact he has had.  Thank you.     On this week’s Dominating With Dawson, we go into the first of an ongoing series where ewe get into some of the jargon involved with racing.  This week we review Rotation, what it means, and how to use and control it.    Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast   and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team     This episode’s highlights include: * How Ross fascination in cars and racing started and his history in racing * His thoughts on the impacts of current amateur and amateur endurance racing on our sport * With racing, what is not enough.  Go for the Why! * Skid pad use and discussion * Alan admits to an issue with Turn 1, all of them * Tire grip and how to control/manage the grip on individual tires while on track * Why and how at the limit driving can be different for different drivers, even in the same car * The equal, if not even more, importance of knowing what you do “right” as well as what you did “wrong” and by how filling your lap with doing things right will remove the time to do something wrong, leading to improvement.   * Areas where drivers typically could improve at various levels in their learning career processes and various habits and processes to build upon * How to improve you driving through cross training * His prescription for moving from a novice driver to a very successfully, advanced amateur racing driver * He clarifies the difference between driver training, driver education, and driver training. * Vicki picks Ross’s brain on front wheel drive vs rear wheel drive to absolutely no one’s surprise * The best description of the importance of how you release the brake we have ever heard, and BOB vs EOB based drivers * It looks like Ross’s podcast is coming back and we cannot wait!

Ross Bentley was kind enough to come on as our guest and help celebrate our 100th episode.   Ross is known throughout the racing world as a great driver, author, and coach about high performance driving and racing, where his racing experience at the highest levels is augmented by his passion for learning and sharing to help raise the knowledge base as a whole for the good of our sport.  This discussion was aimed at learning more about Ross and his history, but when you have a chance to ask him a question about racing, you take advantage.  We are hoping we can get him on again in the future.  Maybe every 100 episodes, but we would hate to have to wait that long.   PS We rarely request anything, but during our discussion, Ross seemed to be unaware of the impact his books have had.  If you have a moment, please post a picture of you with his book/books on Instagram with the hashtag #ThankYouRoss to show him the impact he has had.  Thank you.   On this week’s Dominating With Dawson, we go into the first of an ongoing series where ewe get into some of the jargon involved with racing.  This week we review Rotation, what it means, and how to use and control it.   Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team This episode’s highlights include: * How Ross fascination in cars and racing started and his history in racing * His thoughts on the impacts of current amateur and amateur endurance racing on our sport * With racing, what is not enough.  Go for the Why! * Skid pad use and discussion * Alan admits to an issue with Turn 1, all of them * Tire grip and how to control/manage the grip on individual tires while on track * Why and how at the limit driving can be different for different drivers, even in the same car * The equal, if not even more, importance of knowing what you do “right” as well as what you did “wrong” and by how filling your lap with doing things right will remove the time to do something wrong, leading to improvement.   * Areas where drivers typically could improve at various levels in their learning career processes and various habits and processes to build upon * How to improve you driving through cross training * His prescription for moving from a novice driver to a very successfully, advanced amateur racing driver * He clarifies the difference between driver training, driver education, and driver training. * Vicki picks Ross’s brain on front wheel drive vs rear wheel drive to absolutely no one’s surprise * The best description of the importance of how you release the brake we have ever heard, and BOB vs EOB based drivers * It looks like Ross’s podcast is coming back and we cannot wait!

GHIT 0100:  Ross Bentley - The Ultimate "In Training" Guest

Chrissy Mittura

For our 99th Episode, Chrissy Mittura from the Three Pedal Mafia and the co-host of the Everyone Racers podcast was our guest for this week.  Chrissy was one of the key influences that helped us to start our team, so we thank her all the time and blame her some of the time, lol.  Chrissy is not only and excellent driver that we are passed by routinely but has also helped our team immeasurably not only at the track but preparing for the track and our various HPDE events.  With Chrissy finally being able to come on our podcast, we now have a complete set (four of a kind?) of the Everyone Racers podcast hosts.  Now we have to work our way through the remaining Three Pedal Mafia team.  You, our listeners, have been warned, lol.  Chris may even learn something during this episode. On this week’s Dominating with Dawson segment we go over racing a “new to you” car, what to look for, what to look out for, and how to begin to get comfortable safely to reduce your lap times.  Highlights from this episode include: * Chrissy is in a new position with being able to talk and not being interrupted * Kate’s recent dream about Chrissy * Vicki reviews a video of her driving at her first ever race at NJMP * Alan claims the title of “Cone Clearer” while driving the El Jeffe race truck, unfortunately, not a joke * Vicki gets all philosophical with Chrissy over here approach to racing in Lemons and racing in general * A full review of the Trucklet * We are the second to break some new car news and pick at the gaping wound of the Citroen paperwork one last time * We come up with a potential solution to the current podcast curse in the Lucky Dog racing series and racing on a Sunday (3 strikes and counting) * Kate is looking for Chris to help with getting Alan towards any form of clean * Kate picks Chrissy’s brain for her upcoming season (we hope) where Kate is taking over as Crew Chief at our races * The Grill Guys of 3PM get a shout out * Great tips on pit stop coordination and paddock optimization * A discussion on passing in high traffic Lemons fields and potential sad face aspects of racing * Many tips and tricks from Chrissy’s many years of racing in Lemons * Potential herding strategies and a reluctant admission of the impossibility of herding shiny squirrels and the upcoming potential sainthood for Kate * Pitt Race HPDE with NASA Great Lakes gets a full endorsement from Chrissy, as well as Bill * Chrissy calls her shot for our upcoming Thompson race in August * CMP vs Lemans, two things you never thought would be in the same sentence * What it’s like to race with and learn from your significant other, we may or may not have asked for ourselves, but it is sure to help you as well * What to do when the cars are running well and there is down time available.  We almost never have that as an issue. * We discuss the merits of singing while driving with a new demo tape * Alan breaks news about our upcoming Pitt Race event during our Good, Bad and the Ugly.  Everyone takes it well, well sort of.  Kate takes a very, very glass half full reaction.  * Alan:  Domination?  Chrissy:  Have you seen me?  Best retort ever * The Save The Tatas team and car gets several shout outs during the episode   We hope you enjoyed the episode as much as we did.    Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

For our 99th Episode, Chrissy Mittura from the Three Pedal Mafia and the co-host of the Everyone Racers podcast was our guest for this week.  Chrissy was one of the key influences that helped us to start our team, so we thank her all the time and blame her some of the time, lol.  Chrissy is not only and excellent driver that we are passed by routinely but has also helped our team immeasurably not only at the track but preparing for the track and our various HPDE events.  With Chrissy finally being able to come on our podcast, we now have a complete set (four of a kind?) of the Everyone Racers podcast hosts.  Now we have to work our way through the remaining Three Pedal Mafia team.  You, our listeners, have been warned, lol.  Chris may even learn something during this episode. On this week’s Dominating with Dawson segment we go over racing a “new to you” car, what to look for, what to look out for, and how to begin to get comfortable safely to reduce your lap times.  Highlights from this episode include: * Chrissy is in a new position with being able to talk and not being interrupted * Kate’s recent dream about Chrissy * Vicki reviews a video of her driving at her first ever race at NJMP * Alan claims the title of “Cone Clearer” while driving the El Jeffe race truck, unfortunately, not a joke * Vicki gets all philosophical with Chrissy over here approach to racing in Lemons and racing in general * A full review of the Trucklet * We are the second to break some new car news and pick at the gaping wound of the Citroen paperwork one last time * We come up with a potential solution to the current podcast curse in the Lucky Dog racing series and racing on a Sunday (3 strikes and counting) * Kate is looking for Chris to help with getting Alan towards any form of clean * Kate picks Chrissy’s brain for her upcoming season (we hope) where Kate is taking over as Crew Chief at our races * The Grill Guys of 3PM get a shout out * Great tips on pit stop coordination and paddock optimization * A discussion on passing in high traffic Lemons fields and potential sad face aspects of racing * Many tips and tricks from Chrissy’s many years of racing in Lemons * Potential herding strategies and a reluctant admission of the impossibility of herding shiny squirrels and the upcoming potential sainthood for Kate * Pitt Race HPDE with NASA Great Lakes gets a full endorsement from Chrissy, as well as Bill * Chrissy calls her shot for our upcoming Thompson race in August * CMP vs Lemans, two things you never thought would be in the same sentence * What it’s like to race with and learn from your significant other, we may or may not have asked for ourselves, but it is sure to help you as well * What to do when the cars are running well and there is down time available.  We almost never have that as an issue. * We discuss the merits of singing while driving with a new demo tape * Alan breaks news about our upcoming Pitt Race event during our Good, Bad and the Ugly.  Everyone takes it well, well sort of.  Kate takes a very, very glass half full reaction.  * Alan:  Domination?  Chrissy:  Have you seen me?  Best retort ever * The Save The Tatas team and car gets several shout outs during the episode We hope you enjoyed the episode as much as we did.  Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0099:  Chrissy Mittura, Racing Driver and Host of the Everyone Racers podcast

Mike Howe

Nathan Howe and Mike Howe, who talked with us all the way from New Zealand, are part of the Hooncorp racing team and our guests for this week’s episode.  We had to learn about the racing, the tracks, and the amazing roads in New Zealand from some locals.  New Zealand has been on our bucket list and has moved up several spots after this discussion.  The team has been racing longer than many of our team has been alive, so there a several pearls of wisdom in here along with our usual off tangent banter.  We hope you enjoy the episode.  Highlights from this episode include:   An introduction to Nathan, Mike, their team and racing in New Zealand Tracks and notable roads in the area and quick track impressions and reviews Thoughts on how their team has done so far, including our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly  Holden Commodore VN Nissan Pulsar Nissan Lucino The Muttstang   Holden Commodore VK Suzuki Ignus   Their cars and several we don’t usually find here in the US including: Jen has geographical issues between New Zealand and Australia, luckily she doesn’t follow rugby Their team history of over 30 years and counting A great quote “There is no point being the fastest car in the pits” We had several other “people” chime in during the episode Several of the teams and themes in there New Zealand racing series SpeedyCop's great impression on the New Zealand racers Several local Lemons penalties A rather embarrassing story about Liam's friend driving a "stick" Nathan has a Nissan issue; it appears to have centered on the GT-R area of his brain We make a trade for seats in their Commodore for seats in our Capri.  I guess we have to finish the Capri now.    On this week’s Dominating with Dawson segment, Ben covers the optimal seating position and driver positioning in high performance driving and racing to improve your comfort, performance and safety.  If you want to follow the Hooncorp Team, please follow them on: Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Hooncorp/  or on Instagram at HooncorpNZ or on GT Planet or on a great video at https://youtu.be/H-WJqni76rY  Thank you for listening to our podcast.  Please subscribe to our podcast your favorite podcast source.  If you have any questions or topics you would like for us to cover, please feel free to let us know at: www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com or via email at:  GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com and you can follow us on Instagram at Garage Heroes In Training or on Facebook at GarageHeroesIT or Join our Friends of GHiT group. And if you really would like to help us out, please leave a rating and review on your Podcast App of choice, Apples Podcast app, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, or whatever podcast app you use and we will address any questions that you leave on the review.   We hope to see you out there racing with us.  Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

Nathan Howe and Mike Howe, who talked with us all the way from New Zealand, are part of the Hooncorp racing team and our guests for this week’s episode.  We had to learn about the racing, the tracks, and the amazing roads in New Zealand from some locals.  New Zealand has been on our bucket list and has moved up several spots after this discussion.  The team has been racing longer than many of our team has been alive, so there a several pearls of wisdom in here along with our usual off tangent banter.  We hope you enjoy the episode.  Highlights from this episode include:  <ol> <li>An introduction to Nathan, Mike, their team and racing in New Zealand</li> <li>Tracks and notable roads in the area and quick track impressions and reviews</li> <li>Thoughts on how their team has done so far, including our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly <ol> <li>Holden Commodore VN</li> <li>Nissan Pulsar</li> <li>Nissan Lucino</li> <li>The Muttstang  </li> <li>Holden Commodore VK</li> <li>Suzuki Ignus</li> </ol> </li> <li>Their cars and several we don’t usually find here in the US including:</li> <li>Jen has geographical issues between New Zealand and Australia, luckily she doesn’t follow rugby</li> <li>Their team history of over 30 years and counting</li> <li>A great quote “There is no point being the fastest car in the pits”</li> <li>We had several other “people” chime in during the episode</li> <li>Several of the teams and themes in there New Zealand racing series</li> <li>SpeedyCop's great impression on the New Zealand racers</li> <li>Several local Lemons penalties</li> <li>A rather embarrassing story about Liam's friend driving a "stick"</li> <li>Nathan has a Nissan issue; it appears to have centered on the GT-R area of his brain</li> <li>We make a trade for seats in their Commodore for seats in our Capri.  I guess we have to finish the Capri now.  </li> </ol> On this week’s Dominating with Dawson segment, Ben covers the optimal seating position and driver positioning in high performance driving and racing to improve your comfort, performance and safety.  If you want to follow the Hooncorp Team, please follow them on: Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Hooncorp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Hooncorp/</a> or on Instagram at HooncorpNZ or on GT Planet or on a great video at <a href="https://youtu.be/H-WJqni76rY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/H-WJqni76rY</a> Thank you for listening to our podcast.  Please subscribe to our podcast your favorite podcast source.  If you have any questions or topics you would like for us to cover, please feel free to let us know at: <a href="http://www.garageheroesintraining.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com</a> or via email at:  <a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com">GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com</a> and you can follow us on Instagram at Garage Heroes In Training or on Facebook at GarageHeroesIT or Join our Friends of GHiT group. And if you really would like to help us out, please leave a rating and review on your Podcast App of choice, Apples Podcast app, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, or whatever podcast app you use and we will address any questions that you leave on the review.   We hope to see you out there racing with us.  Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0097:  Nathan and Mike Howe from the Lemons New Zealand racing team Hooncorp

On this week’s podcast, we go over how we did for our 2019 goals and set new goals for the 2020 season.  In addition, our Dominating With Dawson segment goes over most of the flags you may see when driving on a track.  As always, if you have a topic or request for an upcoming show or a Dominating segment, please let us know within a podcast review or an email to GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com.  Thanks again!  Highlights include:  1)  We continue to improve our intro skills, still in training, lol.  2)  What we have been working on recently and our upcoming plans 3)  Jennifer’s Lego League team has made the state finals 4)  It has been a big few weeks at the Skripchuk household all around with 5 items at least 5)  Our continued struggles with our BMW E36 hubs and Todd Rundgren may be able to help, along with several other of our bad puns and double entendres 6)  What our goals for 2019 were and how we did 7)  Jennifer needs to aim a bit higher for at least one of her goals 8)  Jen proposes a requirement that teens learn on a manual transmission 9)  What our upcoming 2020 goals are for this race season 10)  Apparently Vicki and Jen are accepting custom themed cakes 11)  Kate is the latest team member to get a nickname 12)  Vicki is still working on her racing jargon 13)  Bill lays an open challenge to El Jeffe 14)  2 week ahead car prep commitment by us all 15)  Batman Tool of the week is a slide hammer or slap hammer   Our Batman tool of the week is a Slide hammer and how to use it best.   Our Dominating with Dawson Segment this week in covering the basics of the flags you may see at a track.  We hope you enjoyed our podcast.  We hope to get better as we go.  Much like our racing team.  If you ever need to contact us you can do so at: Instagram:  GarageHeroesInTraining or our website for longer articles at www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com and at Facebook as GarageHeroesIT and our Friends of GHIT page.  Best regards,  Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast   and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

On this week’s podcast, we go over how we did for our 2019 goals and set new goals for the 2020 season.  In addition, our Dominating With Dawson segment goes over most of the flags you may see when driving on a track.  As always, if you have a topic or request for an upcoming show or a Dominating segment, please let us know within a podcast review or an email to <a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com">GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com</a>.  Thanks again! Highlights include:  1)  We continue to improve our intro skills, still in training, lol.  2)  What we have been working on recently and our upcoming plans 3)  Jennifer’s Lego League team has made the state finals 4)  It has been a big few weeks at the Skripchuk household all around with 5 items at least 5)  Our continued struggles with our BMW E36 hubs and Todd Rundgren may be able to help, along with several other of our bad puns and double entendres 6)  What our goals for 2019 were and how we did 7)  Jennifer needs to aim a bit higher for at least one of her goals 8)  Jen proposes a requirement that teens learn on a manual transmission 9)  What our upcoming 2020 goals are for this race season 10)  Apparently Vicki and Jen are accepting custom themed cakes 11)  Kate is the latest team member to get a nickname 12)  Vicki is still working on her racing jargon 13)  Bill lays an open challenge to El Jeffe 14)  2 week ahead car prep commitment by us all 15)  Batman Tool of the week is a slide hammer or slap hammer Our Batman tool of the week is a Slide hammer and how to use it best.  Our Dominating with Dawson Segment this week in covering the basics of the flags you may see at a track. We hope you enjoyed our podcast.  We hope to get better as we go.  Much like our racing team.  If you ever need to contact us you can do so at: Instagram:  GarageHeroesInTraining or our website for longer articles at <a href="http://www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com</a> and at Facebook as GarageHeroesIT and our Friends of GHIT page. Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0093:  Our 2020 Goals and a Review of Our 2019 Goals

Dion von Moltke

Dion von Moltke is our special guest for this week’s podcast. He is a professional racing driver who has won several major races including the Rolex at Daytona 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hour among many others.  Dion is currently focused on an excellent online coaching website with several other professional drivers/coaches at Racers360.  Racers360 provides many types of coaching to improve any level driver including track guides, technique improvement, webinars, as well as personalized driving reviews of your individual video or data.  The costs are very reasonable at $100 per year for a Drivers Lounge membership that has access to all the universal videos and webinars and the individual data and video reviews are $99 per lap. If our results are typical, the improvements can be quite substantial and the value cannot be beaten.  For this episode, we cover a variety of topics including: 1)  Dion’s racing history 2)  An overview of Racers360 and its various offerings 3)  Coaching is available in many areas of racing including wheel to wheel, autocross, karting, and motorcycle racing 4)  How the coaches are curated and how they tailor their coaching to each individual driver 5)  The tiers of the Racers360 personalized coaching:  One Lap analysis for an +/- 15 minute review of your lap for $99 thru the full race analysis to review your skills and race craft 6)  Many, many race craft tips and techniques to improve your driving and several common areas where you can improve 7)  Comparison of professional vs amateur racing strategy and techniques 8)  The best modifications to improve your lap times:  HINT IT IS NOT ON YOUR CAR 9)  What is BOP 10)  When is the best time to start looking for assistance from the Racers360 coaches 11)  Potential car set up opportunities available at Racers360 12)  Dion recommends we get more cars.  Bill agrees very quickly. 13)  What lap video should you submit 14)  The importance of hitting the apex, as well as car angle at the apex 15)  We bond over our shared GTI history 16)  What is his favorite shape steering wheel 17)  Alan refers to El Jeffe as a trophy truck  In addition, we begin our weekly series with Ben Dawson where we go into various topics related to racing and help you to understand and improve your driving skill and knowledge.  This week’s topic is “Smooth is Fast” Part 1.  If you have any questions or topics for us to discuss, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com. You can find Dion and his team at:  www.racers360.com  or using his email at Dion@racers360.com or Team@racers360.com.  We really love the team and the help that they have offered.   Best regards, Bill, Vicki, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

Dion von Moltke is our special guest for this week’s podcast. He is a professional racing driver who has won several major races including the Rolex at Daytona 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hour among many others.  Dion is currently focused on an excellent online coaching website with several other professional drivers/coaches at Racers360.  Racers360 provides many types of coaching to improve any level driver including track guides, technique improvement, webinars, as well as personalized driving reviews of your individual video or data.  The costs are very reasonable at $100 per year for a Drivers Lounge membership that has access to all the universal videos and webinars and the individual data and video reviews are $99 per lap. If our results are typical, the improvements can be quite substantial and the value cannot be beaten. For this episode, we cover a variety of topics including: 1)  Dion’s racing history 2)  An overview of Racers360 and its various offerings 3)  Coaching is available in many areas of racing including wheel to wheel, autocross, karting, and motorcycle racing 4)  How the coaches are curated and how they tailor their coaching to each individual driver 5)  The tiers of the Racers360 personalized coaching:  One Lap analysis for an +/- 15 minute review of your lap for $99 thru the full race analysis to review your skills and race craft 6)  Many, many race craft tips and techniques to improve your driving and several common areas where you can improve 7)  Comparison of professional vs amateur racing strategy and techniques 8)  The best modifications to improve your lap times:  HINT IT IS NOT ON YOUR CAR 9)  What is BOP 10)  When is the best time to start looking for assistance from the Racers360 coaches 11)  Potential car set up opportunities available at Racers360 12)  Dion recommends we get more cars.  Bill agrees very quickly. 13)  What lap video should you submit 14)  The importance of hitting the apex, as well as car angle at the apex 15)  We bond over our shared GTI history 16)  What is his favorite shape steering wheel 17)  Alan refers to El Jeffe as a trophy truck In addition, we begin our weekly series with Ben Dawson where we go into various topics related to racing and help you to understand and improve your driving skill and knowledge.  This week’s topic is “Smooth is Fast” Part 1.  If you have any questions or topics for us to discuss, please let us know at <a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com">GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com</a>. You can find Dion and his team at:  <a href="http://www.racers360.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.racers360.com</a>  or using his email at <a href="mailto:Dion@racers360.com">Dion@racers360.com</a> or <a href="mailto:Team@racers360.com">Team@racers360.com</a>.  We really love the team and the help that they have offered.  Best regards, Bill, Vicki, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0092:  Dion von Moltke from Racers360 and Professional Racing Driver is our Special Guest

Rob Krider

Rob Krider who is a driver and managing partner of the Double Nickel Nine Motorsports racing team joins us on this episode.  Rob has a problem in that he and his team won’t let anyone else win, lol.  His team is the reigning 4-time national champion in NASA’s Honda Challenge series, while also having both team cars on the podium each year.  Our discussion covers not only their team history but what they have learned since starting in the 24 Hours of LeMons series and progressing through other racing series and classes.  Within this episode, there is useful information that can be applied to any racing series and any racing team can improve your results with little, if any, expense.  To see a lot of Rob's team in action folks can watch the documentary film "Double Down" about racing in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill where his team took an ex-24 Hours of LeMons car and beat the factory Mazda racing team. Link to the video at www.team559.com.   In addition, Rob was kind enough to guide us through the latest in our series covering the Usual Suspects of racing car platforms and went into a deep dive about racing Hondas and Acuras, especially in endurance racing. Finally, Ben covers both Understeer and Oversteer in the latest Dominating with Dawson series.  We just couldn’t cover them separately, so we went for a double shot.    We hope you enjoy this episode.  It will make you faster!    PS If you are interested in watching or reading more of Rob and his teams exploits, please go to:   KriderRacing on Instagram www.RobKrider.com www.Team559.com www.DoubleNickelNineMotorsports.com   And don’t forget to get a copy of Rob’s book “Cadet Blues”, a humorous look at one of his most fun driving training events at www.cadetblues.com   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include:  1)  Some of his team’s best learnings since starting in LeMons several years ago 2)  Rob and Bill commiserate about putting together team communication emails and texts that are summarily ignored 3)  How Double Nickel Nine Racing team has “added” to the various series rule books through creative race car engineering 4)  Jennifer asks the dirtiest of the dirty question that you can ask a race car driver 5)  The value of a spare/donor parts car and Vicki tells Bill to go buy another car.  He left the podcast to search CraigsList 6)  Team structure and organization techniques to maximize performance across all levels of racing, even a two-car team of 60 people for the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill 7)  Their scouting trip preparation for national races 8)  What is the Double Nickel Nine garage involved in 9)  A comparison of large LeMons fields to some smaller or shorter or higher performance fields 10)  How they communicate within their team, especially on track with their spotters 11)  Storytime of Alan’s stint at Thompson last year where he would not come in for a driver change.  Rob fully approves. 12)  Rob gives the advantages “keys to success” in Honda and Acura racing 13)  Diapers win races, well they used to anyway 14)  Rob shared some endurance racing wisdom, like pit stops practice and it’s not about top lap times but it is about endurance 15)  What is a Honda Taco and how it is to drive one 16)  We finally find a way to compare ourselves to Roger Penske 17)  We go over several tips and tricks from several of Rob's helpful articles, many are linked below 18)  Be a Racing team or Beer racing team?  Correct answer is: Yes 19)  You can hear an alert for every time Bill's computer went blue screen of death if you listen closely.  It happened often 20)   Bleed brakes after every endurance session 21)  Rob and Alan bond over tire balancing. In the end, it comes down to the preparation done before coming to the track 22)  Get things done as soon as possible.  Don’t start when you have just enough time left to get it done. 23)  Internal competition for fastest lap is detrimental to team performance and overall team success. 24)  Rob’s team has learned that for endurance races, lap timers are not allowed within the car. 25)  EJ2 Track Rat has a fashion suggestion for next year’s nationals 26)  How to choose an engine machine shop to work with 27)  Rob's documentary film about endurance racing, titled "Double Down" is available free on YouTube, 1 hour 15 minute run time on the Krider Racing YouTube channel. 28)  Tactical Ops Brewing's Double Nickel Nine IPA named after the race team with an image of their Honda Challenge car on the bottle. This stuff is high test at 10.9% ABV!   And here are some of our favorite articles that we discussed on this episode:   How to Create A White Board Track Map How To Design and Build RaceDeck Flooring For the Paddock Portable Tool Cart Jack Stand Stripes Documentary Film “Double Down” Available Free on YouTube Vehicle Scales, Level Garages and Corner Weighting Five Pro Tips For Effective Brake Bleeding For Reliable Track Use Tire Preparation Basics Tablet Dashboard Balancing Marriage and Racing Vehicle Scales, Level Garages and Corner Weighting The No-Flex, No-Nonsense Advantage of Spherical Bearings Get The Flex Out: How Spherical Bearings Improve Handling &amp; Speed Simple Ways to Clean Up and Protect Your Racecar's Wiring Strength and Lightness: Installing ARP Studs and Skunk2 Racing Lugs Nothing To Fear: Simple Steps To Replacing A CV Boot Easy, Accurate, Inexpensive, Do-It-Yourself Vehicle Alignment 

Rob Krider who is a driver and managing partner of the Double Nickel Nine Motorsports racing team joins us on this episode.  Rob has a problem in that he and his team won’t let anyone else win, lol.  His team is the reigning 4-time national champion in NASA’s Honda Challenge series, while also having both team cars on the podium each year.  Our discussion covers not only their team history but what they have learned since starting in the 24 Hours of LeMons series and progressing through other racing series and classes.  Within this episode, there is useful information that can be applied to any racing series and any racing team can improve your results with little, if any, expense.  To see a lot of Rob's team in action folks can watch the documentary film "Double Down" about racing in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill where his team took an ex-24 Hours of LeMons car and beat the factory Mazda racing team. Link to the video at <a href="http://www.team559.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.team559.com</a>.   In addition, Rob was kind enough to guide us through the latest in our series covering the Usual Suspects of racing car platforms and went into a deep dive about racing Hondas and Acuras, especially in endurance racing. Finally, Ben covers both Understeer and Oversteer in the latest Dominating with Dawson series.  We just couldn’t cover them separately, so we went for a double shot.  We hope you enjoy this episode.  It will make you faster!  PS If you are interested in watching or reading more of Rob and his teams exploits, please go to: KriderRacing on Instagram <a href="http://www.robkrider.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.RobKrider.com</a> <a href="http://www.team559.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.Team559.com</a> <a href="http://www.doublenickelninemotorsports.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.DoubleNickelNineMotorsports.com</a> And don’t forget to get a copy of Rob’s book “Cadet Blues”, a humorous look at one of his most fun driving training events at <a href="http://www.cadetblues.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.cadetblues.com</a> Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include:  1)  Some of his team’s best learnings since starting in LeMons several years ago 2)  Rob and Bill commiserate about putting together team communication emails and texts that are summarily ignored 3)  How Double Nickel Nine Racing team has “added” to the various series rule books through creative race car engineering 4)  Jennifer asks the dirtiest of the dirty question that you can ask a race car driver 5)  The value of a spare/donor parts car and Vicki tells Bill to go buy another car.  He left the podcast to search CraigsList 6)  Team structure and organization techniques to maximize performance across all levels of racing, even a two-car team of 60 people for the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill 7)  Their scouting trip preparation for national races 8)  What is the Double Nickel Nine garage involved in 9)  A comparison of large LeMons fields to some smaller or shorter or higher performance fields 10)  How they communicate within their team, especially on track with their spotters 11)  Storytime of Alan’s stint at Thompson last year where he would not come in for a driver change.  Rob fully approves. 12)  Rob gives the advantages “keys to success” in Honda and Acura racing 13)  Diapers win races, well they used to anyway 14)  Rob shared some endurance racing wisdom, like pit stops practice and it’s not about top lap times but it is about endurance 15)  What is a Honda Taco and how it is to drive one 16)  We finally find a way to compare ourselves to Roger Penske 17)  We go over several tips and tricks from several of Rob's helpful articles, many are linked below 18)  Be a Racing team or Beer racing team?  Correct answer is: Yes 19)  You can hear an alert for every time Bill's computer went blue screen of death if you listen closely.  It happened often 20)   Bleed brakes after every endurance session 21)  Rob and Alan bond over tire balancing. In the end, it comes down to the preparation done before coming to the track 22)  Get things done as soon as possible.  Don’t start when you have just enough time left to get it done. 23)  Internal competition for fastest lap is detrimental to team performance and overall team success. 24)  Rob’s team has learned that for endurance races, lap timers are not allowed within the car. 25)  EJ2 Track Rat has a fashion suggestion for next year’s nationals 26)  How to choose an engine machine shop to work with 27)  Rob's documentary film about endurance racing, titled "Double Down" is available free on YouTube, 1 hour 15 minute run time on the Krider Racing YouTube channel. 28)  Tactical Ops Brewing's Double Nickel Nine IPA named after the race team with an image of their Honda Challenge car on the bottle. This stuff is high test at 10.9% ABV! And here are some of our favorite articles that we discussed on this episode:  <ul> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/how-to-create-a-white-board-track-map/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">How to Create A White Board Track Map</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/how-to-design-and-build-racedeck-flooring-for-the-paddock/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">How To Design and Build RaceDeck Flooring For the Paddock</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/portable-tool-cart/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Portable Tool Cart</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/jack-stand-stripes/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jack Stand Stripes</a></li> <li><a href="https://doublenickelnine.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/documentary-film-double-down-available-free-on-youtube/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Documentary Film “Double Down” Available Free on YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/tech/suspension/vehicle-scales-level-garages-and-corner-weighting/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vehicle Scales, Level Garages and Corner Weighting</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.turnology.com/tech-stories/five-pro-tips-for-effective-brake-bleeding-for-reliable-track-use/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Five Pro Tips For Effective Brake Bleeding For Reliable Track Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/tire-preparation-basics/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tire Preparation Basics</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/tablet-dashboard/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tablet Dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/columns/must-read/balancing-marriage-and-racing/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Balancing Marriage and Racing</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/tech/suspension/vehicle-scales-level-garages-and-corner-weighting/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vehicle Scales, Level Garages and Corner Weighting</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/tech/suspension/the-no-flex-no-nonsense-advantage-of-spherical-bearings/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The No-Flex, No-Nonsense Advantage of Spherical Bearings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.turnology.com/tech-stories/get-the-flex-out-how-spherical-bearings-improve-handling-speed/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Get The Flex Out: How Spherical Bearings Improve Handling &amp; Speed</a></li> <li><a href="https://nasaspeed.news/toolshed-engineer/simple-ways-to-clean-up-and-protect-your-racecars-wiring/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Simple Ways to Clean Up and Protect Your Racecar's Wiring</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.turnology.com/tech-stories/strength-and-lightness-installing-arp-wheel-studs-and-skunk2-racing-forged-lug-nuts/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Strength and Lightness: Installing ARP Studs and Skunk2 Racing Lugs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.turnology.com/tech-stories/nothing-to-fear-simple-steps-to-replacing-a-cv-boot/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nothing To Fear: Simple Steps To Replacing A CV Boot</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.turnology.com/features/easy-accurate-inexpensive-do-it-yourself-vehicle-alignment/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Easy, Accurate, Inexpensive, Do-It-Yourself Vehicle Alignment</a></li> </ul>

GHIT 0101:  Rob Krider from the 4X National Champion Double Nickel Nine racing team

Trey Shannon

Trey Shannon from Podium Performance Fitness is our podcast guest for this episode, just in time for the local gym to be freeing up from all the failed New Year’s resolution people.  This is our second annual episode with Trey, and we go over a variety of aspects of improving your fitness to help improve your driving, especially during the off season.  Trey is located near Charlotte NC and is helping many high-level drivers and teams with their off track preparation both physically and mentally.  Driving improvements will help reduce individual lap times as well as reducing any fatigue related deterioration during extended stints.   If you are interested in improving in this area of your driving, please feel free to contact Trey at:  Podium Performance Fitness in Cornelius North Carolina (near Charlotte) or on the website at www.PodiumPerformanceFitness.com and follow them on Instagram and Twitter.  Highlights from this episode include: 1)  Male vs female optimization 2)  Adaptations for racing vs general fitness or other sport specific workouts 3)  Low impact options to increase endurance baselines 4)  How to establish a baseline performance level 5)  Calories and portion control 6)  Race day caloric demands 7)  Fitness/Working out is the tool to improve performance and your food intake is your tool to gain or lose weight 8)  We cover several of the popular exercise and weight loss strategies 9)  The difference between the Rock and the Pebble 10)  Vicki is a strong proponent of raspberries stuffed with chocolate 11)  “Cauliflower if just broccoli without a tan” 12)  Bill’s Slurpee addiction comes to light, again 13)  A story starts with “I saw this video on YouTube…..” 14)  Left arm preacher curls for driving down the strip or boardwalk 15)  Non gym options for exercising at home 16)  HIIT – High Intensity Interval Training 17)  Visual performance improvement techniques for racing improvement 18)  Vestibular system and its potential to reduce motion sickness 19)  Brock String 20)   Alan has a new mantra, same as the old mantra This week’s Dominating With Dawson segment discusses some of the differences between racing on fast turns and slow turns. Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team  #PodiumPerformanceFitness #garageheroesintraining #garagehereosintrainingpodcast #hypertrophy #proprioception #cheatdays #workingput #racingfitness #racelucky #24hoursofLemons #raceprep #HIITTraining #motionsickness #vestibularsystem #BrockString

Trey Shannon from Podium Performance Fitness is our podcast guest for this episode, just in time for the local gym to be freeing up from all the failed New Year’s resolution people.  This is our second annual episode with Trey, and we go over a variety of aspects of improving your fitness to help improve your driving, especially during the off season.  Trey is located near Charlotte NC and is helping many high-level drivers and teams with their off track preparation both physically and mentally.  Driving improvements will help reduce individual lap times as well as reducing any fatigue related deterioration during extended stints.  If you are interested in improving in this area of your driving, please feel free to contact Trey at:  Podium Performance Fitness in Cornelius North Carolina (near Charlotte) or on the website at <a href="http://www.PodiumPerformanceFitness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.PodiumPerformanceFitness.com</a> and follow them on Instagram and Twitter. Highlights from this episode include: 1)  Male vs female optimization 2)  Adaptations for racing vs general fitness or other sport specific workouts 3)  Low impact options to increase endurance baselines 4)  How to establish a baseline performance level 5)  Calories and portion control 6)  Race day caloric demands 7)  Fitness/Working out is the tool to improve performance and your food intake is your tool to gain or lose weight 8)  We cover several of the popular exercise and weight loss strategies 9)  The difference between the Rock and the Pebble 10)  Vicki is a strong proponent of raspberries stuffed with chocolate 11)  “Cauliflower if just broccoli without a tan” 12)  Bill’s Slurpee addiction comes to light, again 13)  A story starts with “I saw this video on YouTube…..” 14)  Left arm preacher curls for driving down the strip or boardwalk 15)  Non gym options for exercising at home 16)  HIIT – High Intensity Interval Training 17)  Visual performance improvement techniques for racing improvement 18)  Vestibular system and its potential to reduce motion sickness 19)  Brock String 20)   Alan has a new mantra, same as the old mantra This week’s Dominating With Dawson segment discusses some of the differences between racing on fast turns and slow turns. Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team #PodiumPerformanceFitness #garageheroesintraining #garagehereosintrainingpodcast #hypertrophy #proprioception #cheatdays #workingput #racingfitness #racelucky #24hoursofLemons #raceprep #HIITTraining #motionsickness #vestibularsystem #BrockString

GHIT 0094:  Trey Shannon on Racing Fitness Improvement

Scott Barton

With everyone quarantined or at least social distancing, we have had several requests to re-publish this episode on Sim Racing.    On this episode, we had Scott Barton as our guest.  Scott is a very accomplished racing driver and very knowledgeable in the area of Sim Racing.  We thought we’d learn more about both on this episode.  Sim racing can be great way to get cheap track time, especially in the off season or during the work week when you aren’t near a track.  As with most aspects of racing, you can go as deep as your interest and bank account will allow.  We hope you enjoy the episode.  Highlights from this episode include: 1) Scott’s racing history and progression to where he is currently racing mostly in the AER series (American Endurance Racing) where he has recorded a very impressive series of results since originally learning at HPDE’s in 1999 and racing in 2009.  2)  Scott’s latest goal is try to round out his collection of first overall wins in Lucky Dog and WRL to complete his already stellar collection of 24 Hours of Lemons, Champ Car, and AER wins and have recorded overall wins in every major street tire endurance racing series in the US. 3)  Scott is also a driving coach and is involved with many teams, students, and racing series and organizations. 4)  We then began to cover various software and hardware choices available, make some recommendations (links below) as well as describe some of the many systems and options that are available for a wide range of budgets.  5)  The three basic systems we reviewed started with a single monitor, a three-monitor system and a VR based system with a good set of steering wheels and pedals.  A sim vibe/butt kicker would be a very nice addition is budget allows. 6)  More advanced options mentioned include motion/ full motions simulators, spring loaded harnesses, 7)  Computer requirements in general, such as a 4-core processor, i5 or newer, with a video card capable of running a VR headset at 1080p and 90 fps (or better) should be sufficient for your system. 8)  We also cover how to deal with motion sickness in VR if that happens to you in the beginning. 9)  Scott was even kind enough to entertain us with our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly series.   Also, Scott can assist you with defining your system if needed at his website below.    Items and Links discussed within this episode include:   Steering wheel and Pedals:  Logitech G29, G920:   https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/driving/driving-force-racing-wheel.html AccuForce Steering wheels Fanatec Wheel and Pedals:  https://fanatec.com/us-en  e.g. v3 inverted pedal set, Clubsport base/mount Heusinkveld:   https://heusinkveld.com/products/sim-rigs/sim-rig-gt/?q=%2Fproducts%2Fsim-rigs%2Fsim-rig-gt%2F&amp;v=7516fd43adaa   VR: Samsung Odyssey Plus Headset:  https://heusinkveld.com Oculus Rift:  https://www.oculus.com/rift-s/   Optional Accessories/Upgrades: Butt Kickers:  https://thebuttkicker.com/ Full Motion simulators – Various sources RaceDepartment.com  for cars and tracks Realteus force feel seat pad:  www.Realteus.com   Chassis movers:  various sources   Sim Racing choices:  iRacing:  https://www.iracing.com/ Assetto Corsa:  https://www.assettocorsa.net/home-ac/ R Factor:  https://store.steampowered.com/app/365960/rFactor_2/ Project Cars:  https://www.projectcarsgame.com/explore/?lang=en-us   Please feel free to contact Scott at: Website: https://www.facebook.com/ProFormanceCoachingcom Facebook Group:  Sim Racing Deals at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimRacingDeals/   Thank you again.    Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

With everyone quarantined or at least social distancing, we have had several requests to re-publish this episode on Sim Racing.  On this episode, we had Scott Barton as our guest.  Scott is a very accomplished racing driver and very knowledgeable in the area of Sim Racing.  We thought we’d learn more about both on this episode.  Sim racing can be great way to get cheap track time, especially in the off season or during the work week when you aren’t near a track.  As with most aspects of racing, you can go as deep as your interest and bank account will allow.  We hope you enjoy the episode.  Highlights from this episode include: 1) Scott’s racing history and progression to where he is currently racing mostly in the AER series (American Endurance Racing) where he has recorded a very impressive series of results since originally learning at HPDE’s in 1999 and racing in 2009.  2)  Scott’s latest goal is try to round out his collection of first overall wins in Lucky Dog and WRL to complete his already stellar collection of 24 Hours of Lemons, Champ Car, and AER wins and have recorded overall wins in every major street tire endurance racing series in the US. 3)  Scott is also a driving coach and is involved with many teams, students, and racing series and organizations. 4)  We then began to cover various software and hardware choices available, make some recommendations (links below) as well as describe some of the many systems and options that are available for a wide range of budgets.  5)  The three basic systems we reviewed started with a single monitor, a three-monitor system and a VR based system with a good set of steering wheels and pedals.  A sim vibe/butt kicker would be a very nice addition is budget allows. 6)  More advanced options mentioned include motion/ full motions simulators, spring loaded harnesses, 7)  Computer requirements in general, such as a 4-core processor, i5 or newer, with a video card capable of running a VR headset at 1080p and 90 fps (or better) should be sufficient for your system. 8)  We also cover how to deal with motion sickness in VR if that happens to you in the beginning. 9)  Scott was even kind enough to entertain us with our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly series. Also, Scott can assist you with defining your system if needed at his website below.  Items and Links discussed within this episode include: Steering wheel and Pedals:  Logitech G29, G920:  <a href="https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/driving/driving-force-racing-wheel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/driving/driving-force-racing-wheel.html</a> AccuForce Steering wheels Fanatec Wheel and Pedals:  <a href="https://fanatec.com/us-en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fanatec.com/us-en</a>  e.g. v3 inverted pedal set, Clubsport base/mount Heusinkveld:  <a href="https://heusinkveld.com/products/sim-rigs/sim-rig-gt/?q=%2Fproducts%2Fsim-rigs%2Fsim-rig-gt%2F&amp;v=7516fd43adaa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://heusinkveld.com/products/sim-rigs/sim-rig-gt/?q=%2Fproducts%2Fsim-rigs%2Fsim-rig-gt%2F&amp;v=7516fd43adaa</a> VR: Samsung Odyssey Plus Headset:  <a href="https://heusinkveld.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://heusinkveld.com</a> Oculus Rift:  <a href="https://www.oculus.com/rift-s/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oculus.com/rift-s/</a> Optional Accessories/Upgrades: Butt Kickers:  <a href="https://thebuttkicker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thebuttkicker.com/</a> Full Motion simulators – Various sources <a href="http://RaceDepartment.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RaceDepartment.com</a>  for cars and tracks Realteus force feel seat pad:  <a href="http://www.Realteus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Realteus.com</a> Chassis movers:  various sources Sim Racing choices:  iRacing:  <a href="https://www.iracing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.iracing.com/</a> Assetto Corsa:  <a href="https://www.assettocorsa.net/home-ac/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.assettocorsa.net/home-ac/</a> R Factor:  <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/365960/rFactor_2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://store.steampowered.com/app/365960/rFactor_2/</a> Project Cars:  <a href="https://www.projectcarsgame.com/explore/?lang=en-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.projectcarsgame.com/explore/?lang=en-us</a> Please feel free to contact Scott at: Website: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProFormanceCoachingcom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ProFormanceCoachingcom</a> Facebook Group:  Sim Racing Deals at:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimRacingDeals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimRacingDeals/</a> Thank you again.  Best regards, Bill, Vicki, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

Social Distancing Request:  GHIT 0074:  Scott Barton and Sim Racing

Ben Liaw

Ben Liaw from Rogue Engineering was kind enough to come on this week's podcast.  Ben races and also supports his racing clients at Rogue Engineering in Upper Saddle River, NJ, where they not only assist with race car prep and on track support but design and manufacture many parts improvements for many BMW models. Also, on this week's Dominating with Dawson, we went over driving a new to you race car and what you should do prior to driving and how best to acclimate to the new vehicle. Highlights from this week's episode include: 1)  Stories of how his business grew from designing and manufacturing to mechanical and racing assistance 2)  Some thoughts on car prep for racing 3)  A great discussion of various BMW models that are used in racing, including strengths and areas where you may want to augment the stock parts and systems.  Most 3 series models were discussed including the E30, E36, E46, E92 as well as the more modern F series models, as well as a few 1 and 2 series models and Mini's, including relative strengths and weaknesses between them. 4)  Our first real discussion about the AER endurance racing series 5)  Potential upgrades for racing our M240i 6)  Spec E46 race cars and priority the addition of upgrades, including the subframe issue 7)  Bill gets into a discussion while Vicki has computer issues 8)  Alan picks Ben's brain throughout while he also goes shopping while we are recording "for Vicki" lol 9)  Bill put Ben in an unfair spot to compare BMW's to other typical cars, like Boxsters/Caymans and Miata/MX-5's etc.  Ben, you have our apologies. 10)  Vicki wanted to appeal to Ben for any assistance with her latest E36 rear wheel hub and bearing replacement project/debacle.  Ben offered his typical preventive maintenance program for hubs and bearings for his AER endurance racing. 11)  We even go into critical spares and critical spare philosophy and the potential tradeoff vs pre-race prep 12)  Several Dante references and a new level called "Wheel Bearing Hell".  Vicki views this as the hidden 8th level. 13)  Rogue Engineering's incredibly smart wheel studs with a hex end on both ends in case of a sheared stud 14)  Bill finds a brand of power tools where he is fully qualified, and even Alan agrees   To contact Ben and his team or follow along with their various exploits, you can go to their website at https://www.rogueengineering.com/ or follow them on Instagram at Rogue Engineering. Thank you for listening to our podcast.  Please subscribe to our podcast your favorite podcast source.  If you have any questions or topics you would like for us to cover, please feel free to let us know at:  www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com or via email at:  GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com and you can follow us on Instagram at Garage Heroes In Training or on Facebook at GarageHeroesIT or Join our Friends of GHiT group.   If you really would like to help us out, please leave a rating and review on your Podcast App of choice, Apples Podcast app, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, or whatever podcast app you use and we will address any questions that you leave on the review. We hope to see you out there racing with us.   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

Ben Liaw from Rogue Engineering was kind enough to come on this week's podcast.  Ben races and also supports his racing clients at Rogue Engineering in Upper Saddle River, NJ, where they not only assist with race car prep and on track support but design and manufacture many parts improvements for many BMW models. Also, on this week's Dominating with Dawson, we went over driving a new to you race car and what you should do prior to driving and how best to acclimate to the new vehicle. Highlights from this week's episode include: 1)  Stories of how his business grew from designing and manufacturing to mechanical and racing assistance 2)  Some thoughts on car prep for racing 3)  A great discussion of various BMW models that are used in racing, including strengths and areas where you may want to augment the stock parts and systems.  Most 3 series models were discussed including the E30, E36, E46, E92 as well as the more modern F series models, as well as a few 1 and 2 series models and Mini's, including relative strengths and weaknesses between them. 4)  Our first real discussion about the AER endurance racing series 5)  Potential upgrades for racing our M240i 6)  Spec E46 race cars and priority the addition of upgrades, including the subframe issue 7)  Bill gets into a discussion while Vicki has computer issues 8)  Alan picks Ben's brain throughout while he also goes shopping while we are recording "for Vicki" lol 9)  Bill put Ben in an unfair spot to compare BMW's to other typical cars, like Boxsters/Caymans and Miata/MX-5's etc.  Ben, you have our apologies. 10)  Vicki wanted to appeal to Ben for any assistance with her latest E36 rear wheel hub and bearing replacement project/debacle.  Ben offered his typical preventive maintenance program for hubs and bearings for his AER endurance racing. 11)  We even go into critical spares and critical spare philosophy and the potential tradeoff vs pre-race prep 12)  Several Dante references and a new level called "Wheel Bearing Hell".  Vicki views this as the hidden 8th level. 13)  Rogue Engineering's incredibly smart wheel studs with a hex end on both ends in case of a sheared stud 14)  Bill finds a brand of power tools where he is fully qualified, and even Alan agrees To contact Ben and his team or follow along with their various exploits, you can go to their website at <a href="https://www.rogueengineering.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rogueengineering.com/</a> or follow them on Instagram at Rogue Engineering. Thank you for listening to our podcast.  Please subscribe to our podcast your favorite podcast source.  If you have any questions or topics you would like for us to cover, please feel free to let us know at:  <a href="http://www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com</a> or via email at:  <a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com">GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com</a> and you can follow us on Instagram at Garage Heroes In Training or on Facebook at GarageHeroesIT or Join our Friends of GHiT group. If you really would like to help us out, please leave a rating and review on your Podcast App of choice, Apples Podcast app, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, or whatever podcast app you use and we will address any questions that you leave on the review. We hope to see you out there racing with us. Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0098:  Ben Liaw from Rogue Engineering on racing BMW's

We used our time machine to before we had a podcast and have a post-race review of the first every Garage Heroes In Training team racing event at NJMP.  We had a blast!  It was so easy that we doubled our team size and started racing two cars at each race.  All you need to do is prep the car, race the car, and then drive home.  Why was everyone saying this was hard?  We didn't understand.  Yet.   On "Dominating with Dawson" we go over dive bombing, what it is, what it means, and how to avoid it, both from the passing and being passed perspective.   We thought we would have a post-race episode; it has been so very, very long.  We hope you enjoy the episode!   Part 2 with our Thompson race will follow shortly.  Hint:  It did not go nearly as smoothly.   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  How our team came to be and how our first 2 (well really three, oops) cars started 2)  Alan fidgets in the background.  Must have been shiny.  He later goes for a walk in the bird sanctuary? 3)  Liam and Cassian's teenage humility, mechanical talent, and dominant driving skills coming into the their first race.  The only question was who would get the fastest time of the weekend and who would finish second.  The rest of the field was inconsequential relative to their skills.  Lol. 4)  Chris bashes Liam and Cassian's domination dreams for the weekend at the Friday practice. 5)  The rules do not preclude you from looking at a track map, nor looking at racing laps on the track before you go there. 6)  We proved yet again the age old adage that it is better to look good than to be good and we looked Marvelous!  Just ask Billy Crystal. 7)  Our plan for 30-45 minute stints was tremendous (to start our weekend) but we probably should have extended them after the first set for everyone.  It is still a great idea to start short on your first stint the first time out on track. 8)  A podcast first, Vicki said track out correctly for the first time ever.  Training is working!!!!! 9)  We talk about our first ever track walk and the value of it. 10)  All that we learned along the way. 11)  "We found our idiots!" 12)  What is a post-race weekend hangover and how to get tiger stripes on your left arm. 13)  I think Alan started wither sorting nuts and bolts or washing dishes.  Still tbd. 14)  We learned so much during our first race.  We were such newbies. 15)  All newbies can go racing too! 16)  A very good discussion of driver stints and optimizing for each driver and their experience level and preferences. 17)  Alan proclaims his love (and slight stalker tendencies) towards watching the in car video from Futility Motorsports.  Alan would appreciate a hand signal at the next race to say hi, if you could. 18)  We go over our bad initial training of Jen with driving an manual transmission.

We used our time machine to before we had a podcast and have a post-race review of the first every Garage Heroes In Training team racing event at NJMP.  We had a blast!  It was so easy that we doubled our team size and started racing two cars at each race.  All you need to do is prep the car, race the car, and then drive home.  Why was everyone saying this was hard?  We didn't understand.  Yet. On "Dominating with Dawson" we go over dive bombing, what it is, what it means, and how to avoid it, both from the passing and being passed perspective. We thought we would have a post-race episode; it has been so very, very long.  We hope you enjoy the episode! Part 2 with our Thompson race will follow shortly.  Hint:  It did not go nearly as smoothly. Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  How our team came to be and how our first 2 (well really three, oops) cars started 2)  Alan fidgets in the background.  Must have been shiny.  He later goes for a walk in the bird sanctuary? 3)  Liam and Cassian's teenage humility, mechanical talent, and dominant driving skills coming into the their first race.  The only question was who would get the fastest time of the weekend and who would finish second.  The rest of the field was inconsequential relative to their skills.  Lol. 4)  Chris bashes Liam and Cassian's domination dreams for the weekend at the Friday practice. 5)  The rules do not preclude you from looking at a track map, nor looking at racing laps on the track before you go there. 6)  We proved yet again the age old adage that it is better to look good than to be good and we looked Marvelous!  Just ask Billy Crystal. 7)  Our plan for 30-45 minute stints was tremendous (to start our weekend) but we probably should have extended them after the first set for everyone.  It is still a great idea to start short on your first stint the first time out on track. 8)  A podcast first, Vicki said track out correctly for the first time ever.  Training is working!!!!! 9)  We talk about our first ever track walk and the value of it. 10)  All that we learned along the way. 11)  "We found our idiots!" 12)  What is a post-race weekend hangover and how to get tiger stripes on your left arm. 13)  I think Alan started wither sorting nuts and bolts or washing dishes.  Still tbd. 14)  We learned so much during our first race.  We were such newbies. 15)  All newbies can go racing too! 16)  A very good discussion of driver stints and optimizing for each driver and their experience level and preferences. 17)  Alan proclaims his love (and slight stalker tendencies) towards watching the in car video from Futility Motorsports.  Alan would appreciate a hand signal at the next race to say hi, if you could. 18)  We go over our bad initial training of Jen with driving an manual transmission.

GHIT 0114:  Time Travel - Our First team race at NJMP

Erik Torgeson and Chris Wilhelm joined us to talk about their racing history and the Lucky Dog racing series.  Erik is the Director of Operations and runs the Dog Pound penalty area during the races.  Chris is the head of vehicle safety and technical inspection as well as usually covering radio control and timing and scoring during the Lucky Dog races.  Erik is also known as Bulldog while Chris is the Junk Yard Dog (JYD).  In addition, we go into the upcoming race (hopefully) at the Charlotte Roval where Lucky Dog comes to the east coast for the first time.  We cannot wait to go to another Lucky Dog race and we found a few items we will need to add to our list to pass tech for Lucky Dog, as well as several of the differences between Lucky Dog and the 24 Hours of Lemons series we traditionally race in on the east coast.   You can find Erik and Chris and the entire racing series at www.racelucky.com and say hello for us please if you see them a the races.   Apex of Failure on Facebook for the RX-8 project Erik referred to.   On Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers several of the racing lines and approaches to circumventing a racetrack in the most expeditious manner.   We hope you enjoy the episode!   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast   and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Bill apologizes for his pit lane violation at Laguna Seca by not stopping for his egg timer. 2)  Vicki points out that we did not review the rules prior to the last race.  This is not best practice.  Perhaps her interpretation of the goal of the pit lane timer was a bit off, as well as her not attending tech inspection led to a good discussion of the safety practices for the Lucky Dog Series. 3)  Why Lucky Dog has elected to use pit lane timers and why they chose to use window nets, as well as many of the key inspection points prior to a race, along with several of the key differences between the safety requirements of Lucky Dog and several of the other racing series. 4)  Alan steals our Lucky Dog branded Hankook RS4 tires for his daily to "test" them, lol. 5)  We also go into the importance of the attitude of the Lucky Dog series and how it magnifies the fun of the racing weekend. 6)  A lot of the details related to the upcoming race in Charlotte. 7)  Our to do list is adding in dash bars into two cars and window nets into one.  We are planning on bringing three cars and have an undetermined number of drivers since it is difficult to firmly plan with everything going on currently. 8)  Erik and Chris should get Lucky Dog style trophies to represent their Lucky Dog names. 9)  Both Erik and Chris have a history of racing that includes autocross as well as their start with working with a series in ChampCar. 10)  Chris goes into the excellence of a Ford Fairlane in autocross. 11)  Erik sends out a non-controversial message to auto crossers.  Please send you comments to  GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com and we will forward them to Erik for you. 12)  We discuss the upcoming season and the uncertainty still within the system, especially with the different states and tracks involved. 13)  How racing is not only tremendously fun but also generates great friendships that can last many lifetimes. 14)  Car 196 may yet live on in the upcoming Charlotte Roval!  (But in a new form)  We also discuss our mutual history with them in Lucky Dogs.  It turns out it may not all be our fault after all.  But it likely was. 15)  Erik sends out a non-controversial message related to Honda-based race cars.  Please send you comments to  GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com and we will forward them to Erik for you. 16)  Vicki sets a new record for the number of edits when going into her Laguna Seca experience.  This one will be tough to beat. 17)  Bill reminisces about her services of the car at Laguna for Mental.  It reminds one of the second autopilot scene from "Airplane". 18)  Probably two of the worst, and potentially scariest, "Ugly" story we have heard in a while.  Some people can be very scary when under the red midst.  Bill couldn't help but make another "entrepreneur" joke from the recent YouTube and Facebook racing kerfuffle with a different, but perhaps related drivers.  (THESE "DRIVERS" ARE FAR FAR FAR FROM TYPICAL) 19)  Alan gets offended that Erik has the title of "Black Flag Guy" but it is for a totally different reason than he originally thought.  Alan's version of the title is still intact.  Unfortunately. 20)   Some of the key differences and details that are needed for the Charlotte race. 21)  Race Invaders gets a shout out.  We are long overdue for having you on. 22)  Both Erik and Chris agree that ORP (Oregon Raceway Park) is there favorite track.  We are adding it to our list.  Now, how do we get a car onto the west coast?  New project!

Erik Torgeson and Chris Wilhelm joined us to talk about their racing history and the Lucky Dog racing series.  Erik is the Director of Operations and runs the Dog Pound penalty area during the races.  Chris is the head of vehicle safety and technical inspection as well as usually covering radio control and timing and scoring during the Lucky Dog races.  Erik is also known as Bulldog while Chris is the Junk Yard Dog (JYD).  In addition, we go into the upcoming race (hopefully) at the Charlotte Roval where Lucky Dog comes to the east coast for the first time.  We cannot wait to go to another Lucky Dog race and we found a few items we will need to add to our list to pass tech for Lucky Dog, as well as several of the differences between Lucky Dog and the 24 Hours of Lemons series we traditionally race in on the east coast. You can find Erik and Chris and the entire racing series at <a href="http://www.racelucky.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.racelucky.com</a> and say hello for us please if you see them a the races. Apex of Failure on Facebook for the RX-8 project Erik referred to. On Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers several of the racing lines and approaches to circumventing a racetrack in the most expeditious manner. We hope you enjoy the episode! Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Bill apologizes for his pit lane violation at Laguna Seca by not stopping for his egg timer. 2)  Vicki points out that we did not review the rules prior to the last race.  This is not best practice.  Perhaps her interpretation of the goal of the pit lane timer was a bit off, as well as her not attending tech inspection led to a good discussion of the safety practices for the Lucky Dog Series. 3)  Why Lucky Dog has elected to use pit lane timers and why they chose to use window nets, as well as many of the key inspection points prior to a race, along with several of the key differences between the safety requirements of Lucky Dog and several of the other racing series. 4)  Alan steals our Lucky Dog branded Hankook RS4 tires for his daily to "test" them, lol. 5)  We also go into the importance of the attitude of the Lucky Dog series and how it magnifies the fun of the racing weekend. 6)  A lot of the details related to the upcoming race in Charlotte. 7)  Our to do list is adding in dash bars into two cars and window nets into one.  We are planning on bringing three cars and have an undetermined number of drivers since it is difficult to firmly plan with everything going on currently. 8)  Erik and Chris should get Lucky Dog style trophies to represent their Lucky Dog names. 9)  Both Erik and Chris have a history of racing that includes autocross as well as their start with working with a series in ChampCar. 10)  Chris goes into the excellence of a Ford Fairlane in autocross. 11)  Erik sends out a non-controversial message to auto crossers.  Please send you comments to <a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com%3cmailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com"> GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com</a><a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com%3cmailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com"> and we will forward them to Erik for you. 12)  We discuss the upcoming season and the uncertainty still within the system, especially with the different states and tracks involved. 13)  How racing is not only tremendously fun but also generates great friendships that can last many lifetimes. 14)  Car 196 may yet live on in the upcoming Charlotte Roval!  (But in a new form)  We also discuss our mutual history with them in Lucky Dogs.  It turns out it may not all be our fault after all.  But it likely was. </a><a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com%3cmailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com">15)  Erik sends out a non-controversial message related to Honda-based race cars.  Please send you comments to </a><a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com%3cmailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com"> GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com</a><a href="mailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com%3cmailto:GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com"> and we will forward them to Erik for you. 16)  Vicki sets a new record for the number of edits when going into her Laguna Seca experience.  This one will be tough to beat. 17)  Bill reminisces about her services of the car at Laguna for Mental.  It reminds one of the second autopilot scene from "Airplane". 18)  Probably two of the worst, and potentially scariest, "Ugly" story we have heard in a while.  Some people can be very scary when under the red midst.  Bill couldn't help but make another "entrepreneur" joke from the recent YouTube and Facebook racing kerfuffle with a different, but perhaps related drivers.  (THESE "DRIVERS" ARE FAR FAR FAR FROM TYPICAL) 19)  Alan gets offended that Erik has the title of "Black Flag Guy" but it is for a totally different reason than he originally thought.  Alan's version of the title is still intact.  Unfortunately. 20)   Some of the key differences and details that are needed for the Charlotte race. 21)  Race Invaders gets a shout out.  We are long overdue for having you on. 22)  Both Erik and Chris agree that ORP (Oregon Raceway Park) is there favorite track.  We are adding it to our list.  Now, how do we get a car onto the west coast?  New project!</a>

GHIT:  0113 Erik and Chris from the Lucky Dog Racing Series 

John Lavin

John Lavin joined us from the Safety 3rd Motorsports racing team for a great discussion of his racing and team history, including how his background in racing snowmobiles, motorcycles, and snowboarding has led to and helped with his racing cars.  His team started with an initial car that was intended for Lemons but ended up being a second gen Supra that was better fitting into an episode of Better Call Saul and ended up in ChampCar and started with the usual issues and tremendous stories as his team grew.  The team is currently running in several ChampCar events each year, as well as several other organizations in multiple divisions.  We are hoping to talk John into letting us attend one of their upcoming races to learn more, if they will have us.  Please follow them on Instagram at Safety3rdMotorsports.  In our Dominating with Dawson segment, we go into racing in the rain and while some complain, it’s really actually better in many ways for learning and definitely should not be skipped or avoided. We hope you enjoy the episode! Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Sharing the pain of herding cats as the team manager’s primary role. 2)  It appears John's path is similar to Bill’s, just executed much better. 3)  VIR gets another big endorsement, and it wasn’t from Ben this time. 4)  First race stories for the team, a true 24-hour race at VIR. 5)  Why they eventually switched from a Supra to a BMW to the annoyance of all the Fast and Furious fans. 6)  Racing is really a situation of management by crisis, we agree and couldn’t have said it any better. 7)  Several discussions on the differences and benefits of a racing school, as compared to HPDE’s and track days. 8)  A comparison of ChampCar and the Lemons series, with a bit about AER as well. 9)  How the teams racing philosophy has changed as they have become faster and a bit more competitive. 10)  A very good discussion on transitioning a team from having run racing a car to racing to compete.  A challenge our team is likely approaching. 11)  We offer our excellent BBQ rub and BBQ sauce for some of their secret sauce, so far to no avail, lol. 12)  Practicing at track days vs learning from an instructor and several other benefits of instruction. 13)  A discussion on the various aspects of car control, what it is and several techniques that can be used to improve it. 14)  The everlasting rumor of Lime Rock closing has reached Vicki for the first time. 15)  John even sneaks in a discussion of the modern style racing line for Lime Rock. 16)  Since John’s team races an E36, we can't help but discuss some of his thoughts on the E36 setups and even more importantly how to evaluate and develop them for yourself or when using a shop to assist. 17)  We even went into more depth around tire temperature and tire pressure and tire selection. 18)  A dual team meetup is preliminarily in the works and sounds like it will be great fun!  Still working on the Baja road trip invitation though.  Lol. 19)  Bill tries to talk John into lowering his standards and joining us for a race or for weekend racing fun.  Still TBD to see if John is capable of making a decision that bad. 20)   John was even gracious in acknowledging our difficulty with the rear hub bearing a few weeks back.  We may even be able to replace the control arm Bill broke after our quarantine ends. 21)  Towards the end, we even went into team HPDE and team bonding ideology that are helpful to all levels of teams.

John Lavin joined us from the Safety 3rd Motorsports racing team for a great discussion of his racing and team history, including how his background in racing snowmobiles, motorcycles, and snowboarding has led to and helped with his racing cars.  His team started with an initial car that was intended for Lemons but ended up being a second gen Supra that was better fitting into an episode of Better Call Saul and ended up in ChampCar and started with the usual issues and tremendous stories as his team grew.  The team is currently running in several ChampCar events each year, as well as several other organizations in multiple divisions.  We are hoping to talk John into letting us attend one of their upcoming races to learn more, if they will have us.  Please follow them on Instagram at Safety3rdMotorsports.  In our Dominating with Dawson segment, we go into racing in the rain and while some complain, it’s really actually better in many ways for learning and definitely should not be skipped or avoided. We hope you enjoy the episode! Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Sharing the pain of herding cats as the team manager’s primary role. 2)  It appears John's path is similar to Bill’s, just executed much better. 3)  VIR gets another big endorsement, and it wasn’t from Ben this time. 4)  First race stories for the team, a true 24-hour race at VIR. 5)  Why they eventually switched from a Supra to a BMW to the annoyance of all the Fast and Furious fans. 6)  Racing is really a situation of management by crisis, we agree and couldn’t have said it any better. 7)  Several discussions on the differences and benefits of a racing school, as compared to HPDE’s and track days. 8)  A comparison of ChampCar and the Lemons series, with a bit about AER as well. 9)  How the teams racing philosophy has changed as they have become faster and a bit more competitive. 10)  A very good discussion on transitioning a team from having run racing a car to racing to compete.  A challenge our team is likely approaching. 11)  We offer our excellent BBQ rub and BBQ sauce for some of their secret sauce, so far to no avail, lol. 12)  Practicing at track days vs learning from an instructor and several other benefits of instruction. 13)  A discussion on the various aspects of car control, what it is and several techniques that can be used to improve it. 14)  The everlasting rumor of Lime Rock closing has reached Vicki for the first time. 15)  John even sneaks in a discussion of the modern style racing line for Lime Rock. 16)  Since John’s team races an E36, we can't help but discuss some of his thoughts on the E36 setups and even more importantly how to evaluate and develop them for yourself or when using a shop to assist. 17)  We even went into more depth around tire temperature and tire pressure and tire selection. 18)  A dual team meetup is preliminarily in the works and sounds like it will be great fun!  Still working on the Baja road trip invitation though.  Lol. 19)  Bill tries to talk John into lowering his standards and joining us for a race or for weekend racing fun.  Still TBD to see if John is capable of making a decision that bad. 20)   John was even gracious in acknowledging our difficulty with the rear hub bearing a few weeks back.  We may even be able to replace the control arm Bill broke after our quarantine ends. 21)  Towards the end, we even went into team HPDE and team bonding ideology that are helpful to all levels of teams.

GHIT 0112:  John Lavin from Safety 3rd Motorsports

Amanda Tully

After months of badgering, we finally weakened Amanda Tully enough to where she agreed to come onto our podcast.  After a disappointing 2019 where she finished 2nd, 1st, 1st, and 1st, we couldn't wait to hear what she was going to do to improve this year, LOL.  Actually, it was a great pleasure to catch up with her and learn about her racing history and how she and her team came to dominate the east coast races last year.  Amanda also discussed with us her recent transition to sim racing and we all shared some of our growing pains, as well as a lot of the fun we are having while home.  Vicki was able to put on her Amanda t-shirt and fangirl for the entire episode.  It was an unintended coincidence that she appeared in episode 111, but it fit with their results from last season.   On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers what to do if you have an incident on the track to minimize the effect on your day, and your car.   We hope you enjoy the episode!   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  How we first met Amanda and her team at our first ever race at NJMP in 2018. 2)  How Vicki and Amanda bonded at NHMS in the 3PM overflowing hot tub last year. 3)  How Amanda progressed from full newbie racer with HPDE experience to her current successes in Lemons.  It all started with the lure of the fun $500 race car.  Her experiences indicate that even we may eventually get good at this, we shall see. 4)  Amanda may have helped Bill with the "what spares should we bring" discussions that we always seem to have.  Since Amanda said it, Vicki may finally agree.  We shall see. 5)  We try to dissect the "issues" that led to her low performance of the year at Pittsburgh last year where they "only" finished in second place.  But they did win the "I Got Screwed" Award. 6)  How HPDE and especially her past motorcycle HPDE track days may have influenced her driving style, as well as her skill. 7)  We tried getting some more info related to Amanda's latest car for Lemons.  it's still super secret, but we know it is coming.  Rumor has it that we may even be able to pass her team once this year. 8)  Amanda and Bill try to help Vicki with her nervousness in joining the races.  Both shared some of there best/poorest i-Racing performances so far. 9)  We also discuss several similarities and differences we are seeing in sim racing and our more normal meat world racing.  Peripheral vision, lack/different G force feedback, tire grip/physics, and various software settings seem to not be helping any of us at this point.  Still having fun though. 10)  Sim racing:  It's the same, but it's not. 11)  Vicki displays a story about why testing on Fridays should not be optional, especially if it's your first time at a track. 12)  Amanda was even kind enough to go into what she would recommend to improve your performance and fun at a race.  It is all fairly simple, but very important things that she has learned from others and through personal experience. 13)  Brandon and Kelly both get a quick shut out.  Kelly, you need to come out on track. 14)  We also continue our continuing discussion on in car data and lap timing.  Amanda is pretty firm in her position and her opinion isn't going to change any time soon.  Pursuit of a fast lap time has hurt  her team's performance in the race so many times.  It is far more important to get all your laps similar and all your drivers as close as possible. 15)  Our mutual friends in the Folgers car get another shout out. 16)  Bill bonds with Amanda on spares and tools for the track.  Vicki still seems less than enthused. 17)  Amanda is not a fan of our RS4 tire use but prefers the Azenis 615's.  We think it may be worth a retry at some point.  Maybe she will borrow or test ours.  Once we find a few more BMW 8.5" * 17" DSII rims (or DS2). 18)  We need to see if there are any cars that Amanda likes besides her E36 and E92.  There has to be at least one. 19)  We even bond over our poor i-Racing seats. 20)   We joke around about a recent i-Racing event with the Three Pedal Mafia at the expense of our great friends Jeff and Mental.

After months of badgering, we finally weakened Amanda Tully enough to where she agreed to come onto our podcast.  After a disappointing 2019 where she finished 2nd, 1st, 1st, and 1st, we couldn't wait to hear what she was going to do to improve this year, LOL.  Actually, it was a great pleasure to catch up with her and learn about her racing history and how she and her team came to dominate the east coast races last year.  Amanda also discussed with us her recent transition to sim racing and we all shared some of our growing pains, as well as a lot of the fun we are having while home.  Vicki was able to put on her Amanda t-shirt and fangirl for the entire episode.  It was an unintended coincidence that she appeared in episode 111, but it fit with their results from last season. On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers what to do if you have an incident on the track to minimize the effect on your day, and your car. We hope you enjoy the episode! Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  How we first met Amanda and her team at our first ever race at NJMP in 2018. 2)  How Vicki and Amanda bonded at NHMS in the 3PM overflowing hot tub last year. 3)  How Amanda progressed from full newbie racer with HPDE experience to her current successes in Lemons.  It all started with the lure of the fun $500 race car.  Her experiences indicate that even we may eventually get good at this, we shall see. 4)  Amanda may have helped Bill with the "what spares should we bring" discussions that we always seem to have.  Since Amanda said it, Vicki may finally agree.  We shall see. 5)  We try to dissect the "issues" that led to her low performance of the year at Pittsburgh last year where they "only" finished in second place.  But they did win the "I Got Screwed" Award. 6)  How HPDE and especially her past motorcycle HPDE track days may have influenced her driving style, as well as her skill. 7)  We tried getting some more info related to Amanda's latest car for Lemons.  it's still super secret, but we know it is coming.  Rumor has it that we may even be able to pass her team once this year. 8)  Amanda and Bill try to help Vicki with her nervousness in joining the races.  Both shared some of there best/poorest i-Racing performances so far. 9)  We also discuss several similarities and differences we are seeing in sim racing and our more normal meat world racing.  Peripheral vision, lack/different G force feedback, tire grip/physics, and various software settings seem to not be helping any of us at this point.  Still having fun though. 10)  Sim racing:  It's the same, but it's not. 11)  Vicki displays a story about why testing on Fridays should not be optional, especially if it's your first time at a track. 12)  Amanda was even kind enough to go into what she would recommend to improve your performance and fun at a race.  It is all fairly simple, but very important things that she has learned from others and through personal experience. 13)  Brandon and Kelly both get a quick shut out.  Kelly, you need to come out on track. 14)  We also continue our continuing discussion on in car data and lap timing.  Amanda is pretty firm in her position and her opinion isn't going to change any time soon.  Pursuit of a fast lap time has hurt  her team's performance in the race so many times.  It is far more important to get all your laps similar and all your drivers as close as possible. 15)  Our mutual friends in the Folgers car get another shout out. 16)  Bill bonds with Amanda on spares and tools for the track.  Vicki still seems less than enthused. 17)  Amanda is not a fan of our RS4 tire use but prefers the Azenis 615's.  We think it may be worth a retry at some point.  Maybe she will borrow or test ours.  Once we find a few more BMW 8.5" * 17" DSII rims (or DS2). 18)  We need to see if there are any cars that Amanda likes besides her E36 and E92.  There has to be at least one. 19)  We even bond over our poor i-Racing seats. 20)   We joke around about a recent i-Racing event with the Three Pedal Mafia at the expense of our great friends Jeff and Mental.

GHIT 0111:  Amanda Tully from the Mome Rath Racing Team

Blake Field

Ben Dawson

Blake Field and Ben Dawson have raced many times with each other and now are on our podcast together.  While it started off as if another Race Bar takeover, we actually did provide several useful pieces of information and tips that will help you and your team at and on the track.  That is not to say the episode is without our usual banter and attempts at humor, but there may be a nugget or two in this one.  Also, Ben pulls double duty on this episode and we discuss general guidelines for tire alignment for track use on front wheel, four wheel and rear wheel drive cars, including a discussion on tire pressure and temperature measurement and use to refine your car’s set up.  We hope you enjoy the episode! Webpage is at:  Podcast Episode can be found at:  Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Alan can’t tell time and Bill blows the intro and Ben has questions for Alan that will go unanswered (for this episode). 2)  Blake reveals his predilection for racing in cars that are embarrassing to be passed by. 3)  Ben admits that he far outkicked his coverage with his beautiful bride.  Bill and Alan both agree with and have followed Ben with this philosophy. 4)  Ben endorses i-Racing and sim racing as a path to improve your driving skills, just not in the way he did it. 5)  Blake illustrates the advantages of pre-race practice, especially at the track on Friday if possible. 6)  John Pagel gets along and enthusiastic shout out for all he has done to help us and everyone with their safety. 7)  Blake surprises us with his team racing another Chevy S-10.  Vicki’s eyes got really, really wide when he mentioned it.  Blake also gave a quick run through on several easy and effective upgrades to it.  8)  We discuss our plans and how many cars we may bring to the Lucky Dog race on the Charlotte Roval. 9)  We finally have a brief discussion on the Bondurant High Performance Driving School.  Long overdue. 10)  A very good discussion of what you can learn from a large, lemons-type field, with the widely varied driver skill and experience of the field, and how you should approach each passing opportunity.  Each field and each series, and even each race, has a different set of challenges, each of which can help you grow as a driver. 11)  Blake and Ben discuss some of the off-track actions, including before going to the track, that can really help improve your performance on the track.  It sounds much less impactful than it really turns out to be, so please don’t disregard these activities. 12)  We go over some of the ideas and checklists that we use.  The link to our updated checklist if below if you want to review or use or better, incorporate into your own. 13)  Candle Wax dripping?  Check.  Covered it.  Lol. 14)  Mark Blundell’s qualifying effort at Le Mans.  Video link below 15)  We continue to plan our Lucky Dog Series race at the Charlotte Roval.  Two cars are in, three is possible.  TBD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lMItc4cy8U

Blake Field and Ben Dawson have raced many times with each other and now are on our podcast together.  While it started off as if another Race Bar takeover, we actually did provide several useful pieces of information and tips that will help you and your team at and on the track.  That is not to say the episode is without our usual banter and attempts at humor, but there may be a nugget or two in this one.  Also, Ben pulls double duty on this episode and we discuss general guidelines for tire alignment for track use on front wheel, four wheel and rear wheel drive cars, including a discussion on tire pressure and temperature measurement and use to refine your car’s set up.  We hope you enjoy the episode! Webpage is at:  Podcast Episode can be found at:  Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Alan can’t tell time and Bill blows the intro and Ben has questions for Alan that will go unanswered (for this episode). 2)  Blake reveals his predilection for racing in cars that are embarrassing to be passed by. 3)  Ben admits that he far outkicked his coverage with his beautiful bride.  Bill and Alan both agree with and have followed Ben with this philosophy. 4)  Ben endorses i-Racing and sim racing as a path to improve your driving skills, just not in the way he did it. 5)  Blake illustrates the advantages of pre-race practice, especially at the track on Friday if possible. 6)  John Pagel gets along and enthusiastic shout out for all he has done to help us and everyone with their safety. 7)  Blake surprises us with his team racing another Chevy S-10.  Vicki’s eyes got really, really wide when he mentioned it.  Blake also gave a quick run through on several easy and effective upgrades to it.  8)  We discuss our plans and how many cars we may bring to the Lucky Dog race on the Charlotte Roval. 9)  We finally have a brief discussion on the Bondurant High Performance Driving School.  Long overdue. 10)  A very good discussion of what you can learn from a large, lemons-type field, with the widely varied driver skill and experience of the field, and how you should approach each passing opportunity.  Each field and each series, and even each race, has a different set of challenges, each of which can help you grow as a driver. 11)  Blake and Ben discuss some of the off-track actions, including before going to the track, that can really help improve your performance on the track.  It sounds much less impactful than it really turns out to be, so please don’t disregard these activities. 12)  We go over some of the ideas and checklists that we use.  The link to our updated checklist if below if you want to review or use or better, incorporate into your own. 13)  Candle Wax dripping?  Check.  Covered it.  Lol. 14)  Mark Blundell’s qualifying effort at Le Mans.  Video link below 15)  We continue to plan our Lucky Dog Series race at the Charlotte Roval.  Two cars are in, three is possible.  TBD. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lMItc4cy8U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lMItc4cy8U</a>

GHIT 0110:  Blake Field and Ben Dawson with Thoughts on Improving performance at the track, but not necessarily on it

Brent Picasso

Brent Picasso from Autosports Lab and fellow racing driver joined us to discuss a very exciting addition to their system called TireX.  TireX allows the driver and the paddock to real time monitor the tire temperature across the tread continuously while the car is on track.  This can help in a multitude of ways including monitoring tire performance, set up effects, and driver induced effects.  In addition to being real time, it also was designed to use a graphical display that can monitor tire temperature and distribution in an easily digestible manner.  If you drive a car where the tires contact the road, the TireX system may prove to be invaluable to you and your team.  If you drive a time travelling DeLorean, it may not be as helpful.   In Ben's Dominating with Dawson segment, we discussed driving styles and potential ways to use YouTube and other video to learn a track or to improve your driving.   We hope you enjoy the episode!   Our Podcast is available from Apples Podcast App, or on Android at all the typical podcast sites like Google Music, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio etc.   Links: Podcast iOS: Podcast Google Music: Podcast Stitcher: Podcast iHeart Radio: Autosport Lab and TireX:  https://www.autosportlabs.com/   Brent, can we order one with the plug and play harness?  Pretty please?   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast   and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Brent and Bill catch up on what Brent and his team have been up to, including a very successful Indiegogo campaign. 2)  How TireX came to be and what its capabilities are, as well as some of the very important questions it can answer for your car and driver performance, especially if there is a team aspect to the race. 3)  We talk about squiggly lines and graphical interfaces and how they can be helpful to different types of people and their individual ways of digesting information. 4)  Advantages of real time live data vs post session traditional tire temperature measurements, especially in specific turns or across the car from left to right or front to back. 5)  The amount of time saved can easily pay for the system itself by allowing the team to dial in a car set up much more rapidly. 6)  Bill simply cannot avoid making a predator comment.  Get to the Choppa!!! 7)  Brent even discusses the typical peak performance window for your tires. 8)  We discussed how the TireX works, its capabilities, size, and installation options as well as various display options for the data collected. 9)  Ways to use the data to communicate to the driver if they ae driving too aggressively or too conservatively in a specific turn etc. 10)  Use of he TireX system in rainy conditions. 11)  Bill had several usage and capability related questions for TireX and its integration with the other RaceCapture and Podium systems.  Hint, there is still a lot of capacity left in the system even with 4 channels per tire in use. 12)  Mounting options and a discussion of some of the advantages and disadvantages of specific orientations, especially for the front wheels due to their steering. 13)  A quick review of the RaceCapture Track and RaceCapture/Pro systems 14)  Bill also goes into mounting the GPS antennae in a daily driver Miata, for a friend, lol. 15)  Track days are seeming to start opening up and we may be able to go back soon.  We miss it.  Badly. 16)  Bill pleads to his favorite HPDE group at NASA Great Lakes for the upcoming Mid-Ohio event.  He is going whether he gets off the waiting list or not.

Brent Picasso from Autosports Lab and fellow racing driver joined us to discuss a very exciting addition to their system called TireX.  TireX allows the driver and the paddock to real time monitor the tire temperature across the tread continuously while the car is on track.  This can help in a multitude of ways including monitoring tire performance, set up effects, and driver induced effects.  In addition to being real time, it also was designed to use a graphical display that can monitor tire temperature and distribution in an easily digestible manner.  If you drive a car where the tires contact the road, the TireX system may prove to be invaluable to you and your team.  If you drive a time travelling DeLorean, it may not be as helpful. In Ben's Dominating with Dawson segment, we discussed driving styles and potential ways to use YouTube and other video to learn a track or to improve your driving. We hope you enjoy the episode! Our Podcast is available from Apples Podcast App, or on Android at all the typical podcast sites like Google Music, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio etc. Links: Podcast iOS: Podcast Google Music: Podcast Stitcher: Podcast iHeart Radio: Autosport Lab and TireX:  <a href="https://www.autosportlabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.autosportlabs.com/</a> Brent, can we order one with the plug and play harness?  Pretty please? Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Brent and Bill catch up on what Brent and his team have been up to, including a very successful Indiegogo campaign. 2)  How TireX came to be and what its capabilities are, as well as some of the very important questions it can answer for your car and driver performance, especially if there is a team aspect to the race. 3)  We talk about squiggly lines and graphical interfaces and how they can be helpful to different types of people and their individual ways of digesting information. 4)  Advantages of real time live data vs post session traditional tire temperature measurements, especially in specific turns or across the car from left to right or front to back. 5)  The amount of time saved can easily pay for the system itself by allowing the team to dial in a car set up much more rapidly. 6)  Bill simply cannot avoid making a predator comment.  Get to the Choppa!!! 7)  Brent even discusses the typical peak performance window for your tires. 8)  We discussed how the TireX works, its capabilities, size, and installation options as well as various display options for the data collected. 9)  Ways to use the data to communicate to the driver if they ae driving too aggressively or too conservatively in a specific turn etc. 10)  Use of he TireX system in rainy conditions. 11)  Bill had several usage and capability related questions for TireX and its integration with the other RaceCapture and Podium systems.  Hint, there is still a lot of capacity left in the system even with 4 channels per tire in use. 12)  Mounting options and a discussion of some of the advantages and disadvantages of specific orientations, especially for the front wheels due to their steering. 13)  A quick review of the RaceCapture Track and RaceCapture/Pro systems 14)  Bill also goes into mounting the GPS antennae in a daily driver Miata, for a friend, lol. 15)  Track days are seeming to start opening up and we may be able to go back soon.  We miss it.  Badly. 16)  Bill pleads to his favorite HPDE group at NASA Great Lakes for the upcoming Mid-Ohio event.  He is going whether he gets off the waiting list or not.

GHIT 0109:  Brent Picasso on TireX (Special Bonus Episode)

Randy Bish

Randy Bish is a relatively new lemons racer for the League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessmen racing team that is off to a spectacularly good start by making all the best bad decisions possible, including racing their 1972 Ford Pinto.  On this episode, we go over his racing experiences so far and cover the topic that no one ever thought they wanted to know:  what is the best way to race a Pinto in endurance racing.  Jennifer and Vicki particularly enjoyed this since their first car was also a 1972 Pinto.  Randy may be new to Lemons, but he seems to have found his tribe.    On Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers being on track for the first time, what to do, and what not to do.  It can be intimidating at first thought, but hopefully, this will assuage some of your potential concerns and give a brief guideline if you are going to a track for the first time and what the other drivers would like for you to do.  Short summary, stay on line, stay safe, and be predictable.  They also expect you to be off pace, so don’t worry about them or the F1 and Indy Car scouts in the grandstands.  To follow Randy and his team, you can find their team on Instagram or Facebook as the League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessmen with their official pace car of mediocrity. We hope you enjoy the episode!  The episode you never asked for. Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Design discussion of why the flames go in reverse from the back of his Pinto.  Our more seasoned listeners likely already know. 2)  How he learned all the details of his grandfather while his grandpa was behind the while as Randy was a boy. 3)  A summary of his two races last year at Pitt Race and Gingerman with the 24 Hours of Lemons. 4)  Randy’s very novel and very lemons charity fund raising method on the 24 Hours of Lemons i-Racing events, how this horribly awesome idea came to be and how much money he was able to generate for charity at the cost of some of his liver.  Maybe someday he will remember the race, but we doubt it. 5)  We may actually have convinced Vicki to race this Thursday.  Tune in this Thursday and we shall see. 6)  Matt Ferenchak and Florida Man Donnie get a few mentions, some even complimentary, lol. 7)  Randy Bish tries out for being a spokesmen for the Michelin Ice-X tire for amateur endurance racing. 8)  How a water pump can become a spinning end mill of death. 9)  How the initial “success” at Pitt Race led to his team going all in and winning the Heroic Fix at their next race at Gingerman. 10)  We find out the Randy Bish has a car obsession with big, Detroit luxury boats, the floatier the better.  But that does not seem to explain his having owned 3 SVX’s. 11)  Their team’s experience as the unintentional role as the unofficial Yellow Flag “Pace Car” at Pitt Race. 12)  Randy actually was able to use the term provenance and Pinto in the same sentence.  Admirable. 13)  We go deeper than anyone ever thought possible into the advantages of a racing Pinto.  14)  “Tires are evil and must be punished”.  Words to live by.  And Jen’s train agrees. 15)  Bill gets an honorary place on Randy’s list of favorite drivers.  But it turns out to be kind of like winning the Heroic Fix award in Lemons. 16)  The El Jeffe makes a surprise appearance in being a desirable race car to swap into, but then again, Randy is used to driving a Pinto race car so….

Randy Bish is a relatively new lemons racer for the League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessmen racing team that is off to a spectacularly good start by making all the best bad decisions possible, including racing their 1972 Ford Pinto.  On this episode, we go over his racing experiences so far and cover the topic that no one ever thought they wanted to know:  what is the best way to race a Pinto in endurance racing.  Jennifer and Vicki particularly enjoyed this since their first car was also a 1972 Pinto.  Randy may be new to Lemons, but he seems to have found his tribe.  On Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers being on track for the first time, what to do, and what not to do.  It can be intimidating at first thought, but hopefully, this will assuage some of your potential concerns and give a brief guideline if you are going to a track for the first time and what the other drivers would like for you to do.  Short summary, stay on line, stay safe, and be predictable.  They also expect you to be off pace, so don’t worry about them or the F1 and Indy Car scouts in the grandstands.  To follow Randy and his team, you can find their team on Instagram or Facebook as the League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessmen with their official pace car of mediocrity. We hope you enjoy the episode!  The episode you never asked for. Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  Design discussion of why the flames go in reverse from the back of his Pinto.  Our more seasoned listeners likely already know. 2)  How he learned all the details of his grandfather while his grandpa was behind the while as Randy was a boy. 3)  A summary of his two races last year at Pitt Race and Gingerman with the 24 Hours of Lemons. 4)  Randy’s very novel and very lemons charity fund raising method on the 24 Hours of Lemons i-Racing events, how this horribly awesome idea came to be and how much money he was able to generate for charity at the cost of some of his liver.  Maybe someday he will remember the race, but we doubt it. 5)  We may actually have convinced Vicki to race this Thursday.  Tune in this Thursday and we shall see. 6)  Matt Ferenchak and Florida Man Donnie get a few mentions, some even complimentary, lol. 7)  Randy Bish tries out for being a spokesmen for the Michelin Ice-X tire for amateur endurance racing. 8)  How a water pump can become a spinning end mill of death. 9)  How the initial “success” at Pitt Race led to his team going all in and winning the Heroic Fix at their next race at Gingerman. 10)  We find out the Randy Bish has a car obsession with big, Detroit luxury boats, the floatier the better.  But that does not seem to explain his having owned 3 SVX’s. 11)  Their team’s experience as the unintentional role as the unofficial Yellow Flag “Pace Car” at Pitt Race. 12)  Randy actually was able to use the term provenance and Pinto in the same sentence.  Admirable. 13)  We go deeper than anyone ever thought possible into the advantages of a racing Pinto.  14)  “Tires are evil and must be punished”.  Words to live by.  And Jen’s train agrees. 15)  Bill gets an honorary place on Randy’s list of favorite drivers.  But it turns out to be kind of like winning the Heroic Fix award in Lemons. 16)  The El Jeffe makes a surprise appearance in being a desirable race car to swap into, but then again, Randy is used to driving a Pinto race car so….

GHIT 0108:  Randy Bish from the League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessman racing team is our Guest 

Phil Wurz

Phil Wurz, fellow racing driver and the short straw drawing team member at BimmerWorld was kind enough to join us for a discussion on his racing history and add to our Usual Suspects discussion related to racing BMW, especially E36's and E46's, including a good amount about Spec E46.   Phil has been with BimmerWorld since 2007 and conducted this interview from in front of his E30 race car, one of the best backgrounds we have had during our podcast.  BimmerWorld supplies a very wide variety of parts and also prepares cars for racing in two national GT4 series.  During this episode we learn a bit about Phil and his driving history as well as his thoughts on racing BMW's across may types of racing and what can be done to improve performance, handling, and reliability.   To follow along with Phil and the team at BimmerWorld, please like their Facebook page or email them from the website where everyone's company email is available.   On Dominating with Dawson, Ben discusses all of the wide variety of types of racing apexes, and how best to think about approaching a turn and what considerations can affect the desired approach for each turn.   We hope you enjoy the episode!   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  His philosophy on replacing and upgrading as you grow and learn with your car 2)  Vicki shockingly brings up the E36 rear wheel bearing removal and then won't let anyone ask any questions for a bit.  Well, really, much more than a bit. 3)  Alan "compliments" Bill on his skills with using the press on the rear bearing and finally admits his running away from the operation once the slide hammer came into the picture. 4)  Bill impersonates the sound of the control arm breaking in the press. 5)  Alan calls Bill an Axle, by mistake/mispronunciation. 6)  Alan admits to adding a bit more wear and tear, since he is the mechanic. 7)  Alan gets very excited over Phil's tow vehicle and that leads into the area of an upcoming flat nose school bus "ramp truck", potentially with a rear airbag suspension. 8)  Our first podcast that is interrupted with the sounds of freedom.  Mental likely scheduled it to mess with us. 9)  We then walk through where the current sweet spot is for BMW's in terms of value, performance, and parts availability.  We even compare the E36 vs the E46 which seem to be swarming the endurance racing fields.  Yes, we are guilty. 10)  Stunningly, and fir the first time, Alan hears that it's not necessary to drive at 10 tenths all the time.  We shall see if it helps. 11)  Vicki learns what a money shift is without costing us an engine.  And Alan breaks out the FNG acronym in honor of the Three Pedal Mafia trip to Laguna Seca. 12)  A good review of the growing Spec E46 series and other uses for these cars, as well as some of the advantages of spec classes, especially for people relatively new to racing and setting up of a race car. 13)  Vicki requests a spare Spec E46 car for the team.  Bill is currently searching on Autotempest. 14)  Bill was bored and added some new questions to the Fast and The Furious questions 15)  We are still looking for a good LSD solution for our M240i and Bill Begs for a spare E36 rear control arm, for a friend of course. 16)  In the after credits B roll, Phil mentions a tool to remove the rear wheel bearing from an E36.  Where was that when we needed it.  Well, actually, we still need it.  And Bill begs for some spare E36 rear control arms.  For a friend.   We hope to see Phil at the Charlotte Roval with Lucky Dog on the weekend of August 14-16.

Phil Wurz, fellow racing driver and the short straw drawing team member at BimmerWorld was kind enough to join us for a discussion on his racing history and add to our Usual Suspects discussion related to racing BMW, especially E36's and E46's, including a good amount about Spec E46.   Phil has been with BimmerWorld since 2007 and conducted this interview from in front of his E30 race car, one of the best backgrounds we have had during our podcast.  BimmerWorld supplies a very wide variety of parts and also prepares cars for racing in two national GT4 series.  During this episode we learn a bit about Phil and his driving history as well as his thoughts on racing BMW's across may types of racing and what can be done to improve performance, handling, and reliability. To follow along with Phil and the team at BimmerWorld, please like their Facebook page or email them from the website where everyone's company email is available. On Dominating with Dawson, Ben discusses all of the wide variety of types of racing apexes, and how best to think about approaching a turn and what considerations can affect the desired approach for each turn. We hope you enjoy the episode! Best regards, Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team Highlights from the episode include: 1)  His philosophy on replacing and upgrading as you grow and learn with your car 2)  Vicki shockingly brings up the E36 rear wheel bearing removal and then won't let anyone ask any questions for a bit.  Well, really, much more than a bit. 3)  Alan "compliments" Bill on his skills with using the press on the rear bearing and finally admits his running away from the operation once the slide hammer came into the picture. 4)  Bill impersonates the sound of the control arm breaking in the press. 5)  Alan calls Bill an Axle, by mistake/mispronunciation. 6)  Alan admits to adding a bit more wear and tear, since he is the mechanic. 7)  Alan gets very excited over Phil's tow vehicle and that leads into the area of an upcoming flat nose school bus "ramp truck", potentially with a rear airbag suspension. 8)  Our first podcast that is interrupted with the sounds of freedom.  Mental likely scheduled it to mess with us. 9)  We then walk through where the current sweet spot is for BMW's in terms of value, performance, and parts availability.  We even compare the E36 vs the E46 which seem to be swarming the endurance racing fields.  Yes, we are guilty. 10)  Stunningly, and fir the first time, Alan hears that it's not necessary to drive at 10 tenths all the time.  We shall see if it helps. 11)  Vicki learns what a money shift is without costing us an engine.  And Alan breaks out the FNG acronym in honor of the Three Pedal Mafia trip to Laguna Seca. 12)  A good review of the growing Spec E46 series and other uses for these cars, as well as some of the advantages of spec classes, especially for people relatively new to racing and setting up of a race car. 13)  Vicki requests a spare Spec E46 car for the team.  Bill is currently searching on Autotempest. 14)  Bill was bored and added some new questions to the Fast and The Furious questions 15)  We are still looking for a good LSD solution for our M240i and Bill Begs for a spare E36 rear control arm, for a friend of course. 16)  In the after credits B roll, Phil mentions a tool to remove the rear wheel bearing from an E36.  Where was that when we needed it.  Well, actually, we still need it.  And Bill begs for some spare E36 rear control arms.  For a friend. We hope to see Phil at the Charlotte Roval with Lucky Dog on the weekend of August 14-16.

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