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Garage Heroes In Training

613 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratings

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.

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DwD 0592 : Ben Is Back On Track and Shaking Off Rust and Fuel Conservation

June 21, 2024 07:30 - 31 minutes - 24.3 MB

DwD 0592:  Ben Is Back On Track and Shaking Off Rust and Fuel Conservation? Ben FINALLY returns to the track and its with AER at VIR.  We talk a bit about shaking off rust and then wander into fuel conservation options and exploring ways of driving as fast as possible while conserving gas.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BenIsBackOnTrack If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe even our podcast, lol: You can subscribe to our podc...

GHiT 0591:  Race Recap – The MooStang at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024

June 19, 2024 17:50 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

GHiT 0591:  Race Recap – The MooStang at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 The MooStang has been on quite a run recently.  How did it do a this huge race at NJMP with 147 other entrants?  Its in here. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2024MooStang If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe even our podcast, lol: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube,...

GHiT 0590 Race Recap - El Jeffe Trophy Truck at NJMP

June 17, 2024 17:31 - 1 hour - 89.7 MB

GHiT 0590  Race Recap - El Jeffe Trophy Truck at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 2 The El Jeffe Trophy truck team reports in on their race at the  NJMP Thunderbolt track with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  This team truck was driven by Jeremy and Nick who were joined by JT and Ryan.  They had their ups and downs but had a great time.  Judge Tim Burr made a special guest appearance on this episode. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2024Part2 If you would like to help grow high-pe...

DwD 0589:  Power Steering - Good or Bad on Track?

June 14, 2024 07:30 - 13 minutes - 14.2 MB

DwD 0589:  Power Steering - Good or Bad on Track? In an effort to answer a listener, Bill and Ben discuss having power steering in a race car.  In a classic case of "it depends" we go over several things we like about power steering and unassisted steering.  Its seemingly never a simple thing and to some point, personal preference is another factor, but we did babble on about several things to consider before making a blanket statement or a choice for your car. A link to the episode i...

GHiT 0588:  Race Recap – NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 1

June 12, 2024 07:30 - 54 minutes - 43.8 MB

GHiT 0588:  Race Recap – NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 1 Our race season continues with a huge field at the newly resurfaced NJMP Thunderbolt track with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  Our team had 4 cars at this event and on this podcast we review the 1993 Civic (EG for the home gamers) that was driven by Vicki, Jennifer, and Bill (with a pinch hit stint from Jeremy on Saturday).  We had hurt the car a bit at PittRace, but how did it go for this event?  Really well! A link to the episode is: ht...

GHiT 0587: Team PGR Reviews their Second Overall Finish in the 2024 One Lap of America - Oh, Yes, It Was In Their EV

June 11, 2024 17:34 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB

GHiT 0587: Team PGR Reviews their Second Overall Finish in the 2024 One Lap of America - Oh, Yes, It Was In Their EV On this episode, Team PGR returns to the podcast to talk about the 2024 One Lap of America.  The last time Andrew DeKoning came on we talked about the plusses and minuses of competing in the OLoA in an electric vehicle.  This time we talk about what its like to come in SECOND overall by less than a second after the entire event.  Mission accomplished! A link to the episode...

DwD 0586:  Understeer - Types and Potential Adjustments

June 06, 2024 14:22 - 24 minutes - 20 MB

DwD 0586:  Understeer - Types and Potential Adjustments Ben and Bill discuss the different types of understeer and several options to improve your lap times.  This includes things that you can do to the car setup.  Often, you may not have time to change the setup of the car (during a race etc.) or the conditions of the tires, track etc. can change and we also cover options you may be able to use as a driver.  Please let us know if we missed something.  We love to learn and progress.  ...

GHiT 0585: Rob Fields - One Lap of America and Building Original Race Cars 

June 03, 2024 16:13 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

GHiT 0585: Rob Fields - One Lap of America and Building Original Race Cars  Rob Fields has an amazing background in aerospace and other advanced technologies but now works and runs Fields Auto Works and has designed and manufactured several original race cars, one of which competed and completed the 2024 One Lap of America.  The performance and value for these cars is amazing and honestly way too tempting.  During this episode, we discuss Rob's background, the OLoA in one of his Cardinal p...

DwD 0584:  “Good” Coilovers/Shocks – Are They Worth It

May 31, 2024 07:30 - 19 minutes - 15.9 MB

DwD 0584:  “Good” Coil Overs/Shocks – Are They Worth It In an effort to start yet another internet flame war, a listener asked us “Are the fancy coil overs really worth it”.  We answer this question with a series of questions that lead to the answer.  And for our next episode, we will answer what is the best brake pad and brake fluid, lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/CoiloversAreTheyWorthTheMoney

GHiT 0583: Autocross with Audra 

May 29, 2024 23:40 - 1 hour - 45 MB

GHiT 0583: Autocross with Audra  We were so close to going to a local autocross that we thought it would be great to talk to Audra about what to do and expect.  Autocross is a great way to start improving as a driver and helps with track driving as an excellent, low cost way to improve your skills, especially your car control skills.  Audra has been autocross'ing for well over a decade and run many events with her team at her local autocross series. A link to the episode is: https://tiny...

DwD 0582:  Weight Management On Track – AKA Friction Circle Take 6?

May 24, 2024 07:30 - 15 minutes - 13.4 MB

DwD 0582:  Weight Management On Track – AKA Friction Circle Take 6? We are looking to improve our track driving and one of the concepts that some of us are still working on is how best to manage the weight of the car on track to maximize grip and minimize our lap times. In other words, managing the friction circle.  Yep, here we go for try number 6 or so.  Did we do it this time?  Does it make sense now?  Do you have a better way of explaining it?  Let us know. A link to the episode i...

GHiT 0581:  Heyward Wagner on his One Lap of America

May 22, 2024 07:30 - 59 minutes - 48.6 MB

GHiT 0581:  Heyward Wagner on his One Lap of America Heyward Wagner is back after his recent adventure on the One Lap of America in his newly built Club Spec Mustang.  As we discussed with Heyward on one of his earlier appearances, the Club Spec Mustang series was created to make a car that was competitive and fun to race in all types of motorsports, so naturally the OLoA was a great place to show the car’s capabilities.  And to have “Fun With Cars”.  How did it go?  How did the car perfor...

GHiT 0580:  Bryan Lanham from the Adrenaline Chunkies

May 20, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 51.4 MB

GHiT 0580:  Bryan Lanham from the Adrenaline Chunkies Bryan Lanham hasn’t been racing with the 24 Hours of Lemons for a long time, but he and his team have had quite a lot happen in a relatively short time.  Once we saw the latest theme, we knew we had to have him on.  If you are thinking of racing Lemons, you can learn a lot from this team. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NinjaTurtleMiata If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe even o...

DwD 0579: Comp School Stories and Tips

May 17, 2024 07:30 - 38 minutes - 30.1 MB

DwD 0582:  Comp School Stories and Tips Ben, Vicki, and Bill talk about their comp school days, how things went, and some tips for attending Comp School.  Ben and Bill went to two different NASA regions and Vicki attended hers at a recent SCCA event.  Comp School is where you go to get qualified for a novice racing license and after several successful races, you can qualify for your full racing license. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/CompSchoolStorytime  We hope you e...

GHiT 0578:  Brad Lee Finally Races Wheel to Wheel

May 13, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB

GHiT 0578:  Brad Lee Finally Races Wheel to Wheel  Brad Lee has been working with us for several years to get to race wheel to wheel on track with us.  Obviously, he should aim much higher, but we get to hear how his first race went with us at PittRace.  This is the last and 4th part of our PittRace event, and we hope you enjoy the episode as much as Brad did the race. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BradFinallyRaces If you would like to help grow high-performance driving...

DwD 0577: Tool Organization - At Garage/Home and At the Track

May 09, 2024 22:26 - 27 minutes - 23.7 MB

DwD 0577:  Tool Organization - At Garage/Home and At the Track On a Ben-less Dominating with Dawson, we go over one of Bill's obsessions, tool organization.  He has tested almost every style of tool organization and evaluated them for use in a garage/home, as well as when travelling to and from the race track.  We initially go into several of the tool box solutions that we have tried and liked for different applications.  Then we go into several of the different tool/drawer organization sy...

GHiT 0576:  Bob Miller – Your Oil Needs for Racing

May 06, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

GHiT 0576:  Bob Miller – Your Oil Needs for Racing Bob Miller joins us to talk about motor oil and oil analysis.  Bob runs the Racers Oil Analysis Resource that will provide you with oil analysis and recommendations for your particular use case.  Are you using the correct oil?  Are you changing it too soon or not soon enough?   That and more.  Plus we talk about racing his Kia Rio in the One Lap of America, as well as a bunch of other areas of racing. A link to the episode is: https://ti...

DwD 0575: Car Livery - Part 1: Base Coat/Color Change Options

May 02, 2024 14:11 - 34 minutes - 27.5 MB

DwD 0575:  Car Livery - Part 1:  Base Coat/Color Change Options In our first emergency episode of Dominating with Dawson, without Dawson, we tried to cover an area of racing that we have investigated repeatedly, the livery.  In this episode, Vicki and Bill go over several ways to change your car’s color for a base to your livery.  We also cover difficulty, costs, and other things that we have found to help with the process.  This can be intimidating, but with a little practice and patien...

GHiT 0574:  Getting Our SCCA Racing Licenses - We Hope

April 29, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

GHiT 0574:  Getting Our SCCA Racing Licenses Vicki, Audra, and Elizabeth went to Thompson for the Thursday/Friday event that if they passed would give them their novice racing license that becomes a full racing license after 5 more races without any incidents.  How did the weekend go?  Did anyone pass?  What did we learn?  What we would recommend before, during, and after the event?  Its in here. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/OurSCCARacingLicenses Event Organizer was:...

GHiT 0573:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 3 Pedal Mafia

April 24, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 59 MB

GHiT 0573:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 3 Pedal Mafia Our race season has begun with our kickoff race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  We were joined by several members of the National Championship winning racing team, the Three Pedal Mafia.  You all know them, they are the team we always refer to as our sister team and they refer to us as “Who”.  Jeff, Jim, and Eric drove with us in our 1993 Honda Civic (EG for the home gamers) and shared in the hilarity of our Over the T...

DwD 0572:  How to Learn a Track As Quickly As Possible

April 22, 2024 17:22 - 29 minutes - 24 MB

DwD 0572:  How to Learn a Track As Quickly As Possible Bill is about to compete in the One Lap of America and will be visiting most of the tracks for the first time.  Ben discusses several ways to learn a track more quickly and may be helpful for you at your next new to you track day.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LearnATrackFast  We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe...

GHiT 0571:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 2

April 20, 2024 07:30 - 50 minutes - 52.3 MB

GHiT 0571:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 2 Our race season has begun with our kickoff race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  We were joined by the famous Slippery Slope racing team and shared a garage together.  The drove their 1991 E34 5 series BMW in class A and made a great showing with much progress over their first year of endurance racing.  We talk with Audra, Max, Larry, and Bill, and make fun of Ryan who was podcast shy. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/...

GHiT 0570:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 1

April 19, 2024 15:31 - 42 minutes - 34.5 MB

GHiT 0570:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 1 Our race season has begun with our kickoff race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  We had a large team and we over did our theming effort this time.  The race was fantastic, until it wasn’t, but we made lemonade out of it in the end.  Good racing Saturday was followed by some race ending issues, but we did end up taking home a bit of hardware.  This is part one of the race review and it covers a lot of the theming related activities fr...

GHiT 0568:  Tom Lomino Was Long Overdue

April 17, 2024 18:15 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

GHiT 0568:  Tom Lomino Was Long Overdue Racing with Tom Lomino has been racing with us since we started and long before we arrived.  He has a predisposition for VW’s and has raced a few since he started with great success and sometimes with great struggles.  We review Tom’s racing history, his VW successes and struggles, and many of the various escapades Tom has been involved with since he began racing and wrenching. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TomLomino If you would ...

DwD 0569:  How to Pass a Faster/More Powerful Car On Track

April 15, 2024 04:27 - 17 minutes - 14.7 MB

DwD 0569:  How to Pass a Faster/More Powerful Car On Track An article by Randy Pobst in Grassroots Motorsports magazine stirred up this bit of conversation related to passing fast and more powerful cars on track.  While this may initially seem to be impossible, it usually the only way we are able to pass cars on track, lol A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PassingFasterCars We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance ...

DwD 0567:  Gripping your Steering Wheel

April 12, 2024 07:30 - 14 minutes - 12.4 MB

DwD 0567:  Gripping your Steering Wheel We discuss the best way to grip a steering wheel and hand position with a bit more related topics.  This may be one of the few times where more is not better.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/HulkNoSmash We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Goo...

GHiT 0566:  Elizabeth Jolly – Lap 3, Plus a New Plan for Vicki

April 08, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 103 MB

GHiT 0566:  Elizabeth Jolly – Lap 3, Plus a New Plan for Vicki It had been too long since we had Elizabeth Jolly on the podcast.  She was at our first ever All Ladies team endurance race at Thompson and has learned a considerable amount as a driver, a racer, and as a mechanic for her race cars.  She has progressed her driving to securing her SCCA racing license and competes in her Spec E30 BMW.  We talk about how things have been going and then make a new decision and plan that affects Vic...

DwD 0565:  Car Setup Targets

April 05, 2024 07:30 - 21 minutes - 17.3 MB

DwD 0565:  Car Setup Targets What is faster, setting up a car as fast as it can be or setting it up to maximize driver comfort with the car performance.  This gets even more complicated when dealing with a team of drivers for an endurance race.  Ben discusses this and provides a few examples of what to do and what will give the best performance for a given race.  Did we miss something?  Do you have a better suggestions?  Please let us know. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl...

 GHiT 0564:  Johan Schwartz – All About Racing and Car Control

April 01, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

 GHiT 0564:  Johan Schwartz – All About Racing and Car Control We loved our car control clinic at CMP a few weeks ago and Johan Schwartz was kind enough to come onto the podcast this week.  During the episode, we talk about a lot of Johan’s past and how he has progressed to this point in his racing career.  We also talk about his car control clinic which was very helpful to us and well worth the trip.  Johan also indulges us in going through each of his three World Records in drifting and ...

DwD 0563:  Proper Preseason Preparation Performed Perfectly

March 26, 2024 07:30 - 19 minutes - 16.1 MB

DwD 0563:  Proper Preseason Preparation Performed Perfectly With the season rapidly approaching, we wanted to go over some tips to prepare you and your team for the first event.  The reduction in stress from beign prepared can actually make you perform better and safer.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ProperPrep   We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on ...

GHiT 0562:  Racing Subarus the Best way with Dewey Dewitt

March 25, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB

GHiT 0562:  Racing Subarus the Best way with Dewey Dewitt Dewey Dewitt, fresh off his 2023 Time Attack Championship with GridLife, joins us to go into the details for properly racing and preparing Subaru’s for racing and track use.  We focus on addressing basic upgrades to protect the car during high performance driving.  Then look at potential performance upgrades and the potential implications, both positives and potential negatives.  If you have ever heard of “Subaru” issues, there are ...

 GHiT 0561:  Recap of our Car Control Clinic at CMP

March 20, 2024 16:29 - 1 hour - 65.9 MB

 GHiT 0561:  Recap of our Car Control Clinic at CMP At long last, Vicki’s Christmas training gift was here.  We attended a Car Control Clinic at CMP’s skid pad with Johan Schwartz.  Vicki and Bill both grew as drivers and improved their car control, car recovery, and even a bit of drifting was had. A great event that we try to summarize for you.  If you can attend one of Johan’s events, you definitely should, and it will benefit all levels of drivers. A link to the episode is: https://ti...

DwD 0560:  What Not to Do Before Going on Track for the First Time

March 19, 2024 07:30 - 13 minutes - 25.3 MB

DwD 0560:  What Not to Do Before Going on Track for the First Time There are several things that can affect your starting up driving on track or autocrossing.  In this episode, we go over many of the things that you should not wait far.  Its almost a Jeff Foxworthy skit episode but in reverse. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/WhatNotToWaitFor We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can s...

GHiT 0559:  Trailer and Towing – Part 2 of 2

March 18, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 92.6 MB

GHiT 0559:  Trailer and Towing – Part 2 We start off with a quick review of some listener feedback.  Apparently, some of our listeners have created some pretty amazing trailer and towing setups and we would love to see them and share with everyone.  We would love nothing better than to help prevent any accidents, or even close calls, and hopefully improve everyone’s trailer and towing game to the point where we all can enjoy our time with our fellow racers and track day friends and soon to...

DwD 0558:  Listener Question:  What is the difference between a “better” driver and a “faster” driver

March 12, 2024 07:30 - 21 minutes - 18 MB

DwD 0558:  Listener Question:  What is the difference between a “better” driver and a “faster” driver In an earlier podcast, we talked about how Bill is looking to become a faster driver as opposed to becoming a better driver.  A few listeners have written in and asked why he said that and if they are the same.  While we agree with trying to improve as a driver and getting faster, they can often be the same, but are two distinct aspects of driving and racing. A link to the episode is:...

GHiT 0557:  Scott Robertson on Racing Car Setups and Optimized Data Interpretation

March 11, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour - 74.2 MB

GHiT 0557:  Scott Robertson on Racing Car Setups and Optimized Data Interpretation Scott Robertson is the co-host of the Track Walking podcast and team member of Robertson Racing.  With Scott hosting an upcoming webinar on data interpretation, we couldn’t pass up the chance to talk with him ahead of time.  While we hate to impose on fellow podcasters to come on our podcast, every time we talk with Scott he sheds a light on a new aspect of racing and especially race car setups.  This episod...

GHiT 0556:  Rally Master Jeff returns to Review the Virginia is for Clunkers Rally and Preview the upcoming Route 66 Rally

March 07, 2024 21:16 - 46 minutes - 39.3 MB

GHiT 0556:  Rally Master Jeff returns to Review the Virginia is for Clunkers Rally and Preview the upcoming Route 66 Rally Jeff Stobbs, Lemons resident Rally Master, returns to review the recent Virginia is for Clunkers rally and all the goings on for the first rally to occur in a single state.  Several great entries and several teams are still missing in action. Then we shift over to the upcoming Route 66 rally that is still open for registration.  Route 66 is one of the unofficial high...

DwD 0555:  Listener Feedback on Towing and Best Pizza

March 05, 2024 08:30 - 22 minutes - 19.4 MB

DwD 0555:  Listener Feedback on Towing and Best Pizza We received a bunch of emails and comments related to our Pizza episode and our Towing episode part 1.  Ben loves nothing more than passing everyone, but number two may be listener feedback.  So, we made a number two episode.  I should probably rephrase that.  Oh no, too late, its posted.  Lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TowingAndPizzaFeedback   We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow...

GHiT 0554:  Waka Motorsports with Rich Russo

March 04, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

GHiT 0554:  Waka Motorsports with Rich Russo We were instant fans of the Waka Motorsports YouTube channel and first met Rich Russo and teammates at NJMP and then Thompson on their initial scouting trips to Lemons racing.  They race an almost identical car to our Honda Civic and have had quite a few stories in such a short time.  We also talk about the upcoming karting contest between our two teams.  So if you have ever wondered what a Waka is, its detailed in here and we bet you didn’t gue...

DwD 0553:  Brakes:  Rotors, Pads, and Bleeding

February 27, 2024 08:30 - 36 minutes - 28.4 MB

DwD 0553:  Brakes:  Rotors, Pads, and Bleeding We have already gone deep into the area of brakes, brake pads, fluid etc. with Wendy from Porterfield’s a few years ago but we thought that it may be beneficial to go into the maintenance and replacement of these components and options that you have to replace and service the braking system.    A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BrakesPadRotorsAndBleeding We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow o...

GHiT 0552:  Anthony Magagnoli – Record Setting Racing Driver

February 26, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

GHiT 0552:  Anthony Magagnoli – Record Setting Racing Driver Anthony Magagnoli is a unique combination of racing driver, racing coach, and working for various OEMs on vehicle dynamics and set up.  In addition, he runs and owns a coaching service that focuses on improving driver’s performance centered near Michigan.  Having set several track records, including at Mid-Ohio, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get into several areas of driving MidO and what he thinks will be the result of ...

DwD 0551:  Arrive and Drive – The Hardcore Way

February 20, 2024 08:30 - 25 minutes - 20.8 MB

DwD 0551:  Arrive and Drive – The Hardcore Way Taking a note from the Mighty Car Mods YouTube channel, we take a stab at what we would do for a heroic arrive and drive.  On their episode they entered a 24 hour endurance race in another country by building their race car from scratch after they arrived.  We decided that sounded like a challenge, so we begin planning how we would do the same.  Did we miss something?  Do you have a better suggestion?  Please let us know. A link to the...

GHiT 0550:  Celebration with Ross Bentley Helping Our Team Drivers Improve - Santa Style

February 19, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour - 86.6 MB

GHiT 0550:  Celebration with Ross Bentley Helping Our Team Drivers Improve - Santa Style Ross Bentley returns to help celebrate our 550th episode.  Ross indulges us in helping refine Vicki’s racing improvement plan for the upcoming season and then helps each of our drivers refine their driver goals and plans for 2024.  Since each of our drivers is at a different point in their driving/racing journey, these can be examples of what everyone can take into account to self-assess and then devel...

GHiT 0549:  ST-4 with Griffin Gamcsik-Uly

February 13, 2024 13:23 - 58 minutes - 48.3 MB

GHiT 0549:  ST-4 with Griffin Gamcsik-Uly Griffin Gamcsik-Uly is the Super Touring Director and races in the ST-4 group with NASA Northeast.  During this episode, we finally start to break down the various run groups in wheel to wheel (ST) and time trials (TT) as well as what the numbers mean in terms of cars and performance.  It turns out that Bill may actually have a car ready to compete in ST and we may be out there with Griffin this summer.  Unfortunately, Griffin may have a bit more f...

DwD 0548:  The Pizza Episode – Where is the best pizza, where is the worst pizza, and where is the worst pizza?

February 12, 2024 12:32 - 22 minutes - 18.5 MB

DwD 0548:  The Pizza Episode – Where is the best pizza, where is the worst pizza, and where is the worst pizza? We welcomed Ben back with one of the most technical question we have ever had.  We asked Ben where to get the best pizza?  Where is the worst pizza?  And finally, what is the most overrated pizza?  We did go into pizza types and specific pizza stores.  Obviously, you may have a different opinion.  If so, please let us know. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BestP...

GHiT 0547:  Towing and Trailering for Racing-Part 1

February 08, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour - 82.3 MB

GHiT 0547:  Towing and Trailering for Racing-Part 1 While we love almost everything about racing, one thing that is at best a necessary evil is towing.  When we started, we knew nothing.  If you look at our past towing exploits, we prove that over and over.  Besides being expensive, towing errors can be dangerous.  This is part one of the episode we needed.  We start off with the tow vehicle itself and then start to go into the varieties and needs of the trailer in this part 1 of two(?), s...

DwD 0546:  You Are The Stig – How Would You Teach the Guest of the Week

February 06, 2024 08:30 - 11 minutes - 9.88 MB

DwD 0546:  You Are The Stig – How Would You Teach the Guest of the Week This question originated from a listener comment.  The premise is that you are the Stig and part of your responsibilities is to teach this week’s guest for their hot lap.  What would you do?  We discuss.  Did we get it correct or do you have a better plan? A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TheStigTeachesHow We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performa...

GHiT 0545:  Randy Bish Returns for His Second Lap

February 05, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB

GHiT 0545:  Randy Bish Returns for His Second Lap Randy Bish has been a friend for many years, even after his rally car broke down at the starting line near our home and he stayed to “fix” it for longer than the rest of the rally.  On this episode, we catch up with how things have been going, what the team The League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessmen have been up to and why he, well so many items always start with “why” with Randy.  If you listen, you will understand.  A link to the epi...

DwD 0544:  Listener Goals for 2024

January 30, 2024 08:30 - 36 minutes - 30.2 MB

DwD 0544:  Listener Goals for 2024 We love goals and apparently it is rubbing off on our listeners.  We had several write in with their 2024 goals.  We congratulate everyone on their goals and add a few suggestions to help with each of the goals mentioned.  If you have goals for this season, please let us know.  Hopefully this is part one of many. BEST OF LUCK MARY!!!!  We are rooting for you every day! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/2024ListenerGoals We hope you e...

GHiT 0543:  Spec3 Racing with Taylor Johnson

January 29, 2024 08:30 - 56 minutes - 43.4 MB

GHiT 0543:  Spec3 Racing with Taylor Johnson We love talking all thing racing and about as many series as we can.  Today, we talked with Taylor Johnson about the Spec3 series and how this may be the just the things for your E36 BMW.  The series started a few years ago but has recently been seeing significant growth in many areas of the country.  It is a very competitive series and has a high level of performance for a low price in terms of both the car build and the consumables.  If you ar...