Garage Heroes In Training
613 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsAn 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 0394: How to Capitalize on Uphill and Downhill Areas of a Track
November 08, 2022 17:00 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBDwD 0394: How to Capitalize on Uphill and Downhill Areas of a Track In past Dominating with Dawsons, we have talked about the affect that camber has on track driving. During this episode, we go into the effect that uphill and downhill sections can have going into and coming out of turns. We also go into how to know when you are at the limit and what Vicki is concerned about when pushing toward the limit in various section on a track. I think we may have reached a new breakthrough for h...
GHIT 0393: Race Review - Lucky Dog Race at CMP with Read Tull and Ben Dawson
November 07, 2022 08:30 - 2 hours - 118 MBGHIT 0393: Race Review - Lucky Dog Race at CMP with Read Tull and Ben Dawson We start the episode with Read Tull who races in the southeast and had Ben as his first HPDE instructor. Read entered his E36 into the last Lucky Dog event in the southeast for the 2022 season and we share some common pain. The weekend was a mixed bag of several highs and lows, but as always, Lucky Dog ran a great event, and everyone had a great weekend. Ben showed up late to this episode and therefore we lear...
GHIT 0391: Car Control with Nik Romano
November 01, 2022 07:30 - 2 hours - 92.2 MBGHIT 0391: Car Control with Nik Romano There are a few fundamental skills that truly separate drivers. The top two that come to mind are car control and race craft. Nik Romano owns FastSideways and also currently drives professionally for Toyota. FastSideways is a driving school that specializes in holding events that offer personal coaching to focus specifically on improving your car control on skid pads and track through a sequence of drills and tests. During the episode, we talk ab...
DwD 0392: Balancing Min Distance vs Max Speed
October 31, 2022 07:30 - 15 minutes - 13.3 MBDwD 0392: Balancing Min Distance vs Max Speed On this week’s Dominating with Dawson, we start a discussion on the competing priorities of maximizing speed and minimizing distance. Obviously, the balance of these will lead to the fastest lap times, but some areas of a track or sequences of a track will be optimized by sacrificing one or the other in certain areas to reduce lap time. This concept is more often spoken about in autocross but applies to road courses as well. This is especia...
GHIT 0390: Race Update Live for NHMS with Jeremy Hall
October 30, 2022 17:19 - 23 minutes - 19 MBGHIT 0390: Race Update Live for NHMS with Jeremy Hall We caught up with Jeremy live front the paddock as Sunday morning was starting up Jeremy allows us to live vicariously through him as he provided a quick update to the weekend so far and how things were looking as the race started at New Hampshire Motor Sports this year. Saturday proved to be a challenging day for the El Jeffe Trophy truck team, as well as the MooStang. Details can be found here. It was the start of a three hour to...
DwD 0389: Catching a Car – FWD vs RWD – This one goes way, way, way off topic
October 25, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 25.8 MBDwD 0389: Catching a Car – FWD vs RWD – This one goes way, way, way off topic While we often talk about car control, we have yet to really discuss the differences between catching a car that is front wheel drive vs catching a car that is rear wheel drive. During the discussion, something comes up that Vicki does on track that totally derails the rest of the discussion. We will likely have to come back to this topic in another DwD or a guest appearance. Stay tuned for the first ever int...
GHIT 0388: Phil Wurz From Bimmerworld Returns For a Second Lap
October 24, 2022 07:30 - 55 minutes - 43.9 MBGHIT 0388: Phil Wurz From Bimmerworld Returns For a Second Lap Phil Wurz is the Sales and Operations Manager for Bimmerworld and also races with the Bimmerworld team at track across the nation. We catch up with Phil on what has been going on with the Bimmerworld team's racing team this season. We also go into the SpecE46 series and the cars involved with them. Phil and the team at Bimmerworld had put together a list with several levels of builds for the SpecE46 series that are budget a...
DwD 0387: Responding to an Incident On track In Front of You
October 18, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 21.7 MBDwD 0387: Responding to an Incident On track In Front of You Sometimes when you are on track, another car in front of you may have a problem. It could be leaking fluids, losing parts, go off track, or have contact with another car or other object. For this episode, we go into some of the more common scenarios and several options to you as a driver to minimize the potential for making the incident worse. As always, safety is most important and making the least impact on your lap/race is...
GHIT 0386: Brandon Wilson – NASA Great Lakes HPDE 4 Group Leader and Grassroots Racer
October 17, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBGHIT 0386: Brandon Wilson – NASA Great Lakes HPDE 4 Group Leader and Grassroots Racer Brandon Wilson was one of the first instructors to ride with Bill ever and has been with NASA Great Lakes for well over a decade and is now the HPDE 4 Group Leader. During this episode, we talk about how Brandon has worked his way into he driver that he is and where he would like to progress further, both as a driver and racer, as well as for the HPDE 4 group with NASA Great Lakes. We go through the HP...
DwD 0385: Tire Mounting and Balancing - For The Track
October 11, 2022 07:30 - 19 minutes - 15.9 MBDwD 0385: Tire Mounting and Balancing - For The Track For this episode, we go over what to do and what to look out for when mounting and balancing your tires, especially for track use. As with most of high performance driving, we are pushing the tire and wheel/rim more than is “normal” and therefore we are more sensitive to certain aspects and maintenance practices than a normal, daily driven vehicle. We talk about several things to look for and look out for when having your tires mount...
GHIT 0384: Justin Okamoto – JustinCFC on Instagram
October 10, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBGHIT 0384: Justin Okamoto – JustinCFC on Instagram One of the highlights of the GridLife event at Lime Rock was finally meeting Justin Okamoto in person after many months of interacting online. Justin is relatively new to racing his own vehicles but has been associated with motorsports for well over a decade. He worked himself through the GridLife HPDE sessions and has recently began racing his BMW E36 3 Series car in their Club TR Time Attack series. Justin has also given back to the ...
GHIT 0383: Our Fall Failage 2022 Lemons Rally Wrap Up
October 06, 2022 00:17 - 50 minutes - 38.2 MBGHIT 0383: Our Fall Failage 2022 Lemons Rally Wrap Up Ryan, Matt, Audra, and Vicki go through their first ever Lemons rally that started in Boston, went to Albany, NY, Burlington, Vt, and eventually ended up near Boston. As with all things Lemons, it was a ton of fun and many, many laughs were had. On this episode, we try to summarize what the rally entails and then cover some of the many highlights during the long weekend. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/FallFailageWr...
DwD 0382: Race Seat vs OEM Seats
October 04, 2022 07:30 - 20 minutes - 17.1 MBDwD 0382: Race Seat vs OEM Seats: Advantages/Disadvantages and When to Change to a Race Seat We talk about some of the key differences between a racing seat vs your OEM seat. This also includes the seat belt and harness differences. Obviously, there is a difference between the construction and installation of the race seat, but their use also makes a few “normal” use cases a bit more difficult. We cover several of the differences and advantages and disadvantages of the conversion. We...
GHIT 0381: DJ Alessandrini - Race Driver and Sim Racer
October 03, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBGHIT 0381: DJ Alessandrini - Race Driver and Sim Racer Bill first saw DJ Alessandrini when he was doing some friendly YouTube stalking of the GLTC series and has been following him ever since. DJ has also started a podcast (Lizard Brains Podcast) of his own with co-host Tom O’Gorman and it has become one of our can’t miss podcasts. We end up talking all things Sundae Cup, podcasting, driving and especially how best to learn and use SIM racing during the off season to improve our driving...
GHIT 0380: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 2 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally
October 02, 2022 16:15 - 30 minutes - 19.5 MBGHIT 0380: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 2 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally Day two has concluded and we are reporting live from a restaurant arcade somewhere in either NY State or Vermont. It has been a long trip and another long day on the road. Spirits remain high and the rain has held off to this point. In addition, we have three entrants with birthdays today, so everyone wish them all a happy birthday. On this episode we are joined by Rally Master Jeff Stobbs and Tarl and Kirk, two en...
GHIT 0379: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 1 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally
October 01, 2022 11:20 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBGHIT 0379: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 1 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally This episode is recorded live from the end point of day one for the Fall Failage Rally. The rally started near Boston and ended near Albany NY. We have a ton of photos posted to the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and many, many others can be found using the hashtag #lemonsrally on the IG. Sorry for a bit of the background noise but there is always a lot of rally activity. We plan on having a few more updates thr...
DwD 0378: Racing 101: Jargon – What is Brake Pad Walk Back or Knock Back
September 27, 2022 14:05 - 24 minutes - 20 MBDwD 0378: Racing 101: Jargon – What is Brake Pad Walk Back or Knock Back On our racing 101 series, we often go over jargon that can confuse you at the track. In this episode, we start to talk about brake pad walk back or knock back. This can occur on many cars and be caused by several sources. We try to talk about what it would feel like on your car and what you can do to minimize its effect while on track. We also speculate on what can be the sources in your braking system that can ...
GHIT 0377: Gary McCormick From Tweed Motorsports
September 26, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBGHIT 0377: Gary McCormick From Tweed Motorsports After racing, well almost racing with us, at our last race at Thompson, Gary is now a guest on the podcast and welcomed back at any event we attend in the future. We talk with Gary about his experience with rugby and his transition from traditional ball and stick sports into what is now his racing team - Tweed Motorsports. Having raced in many disciplines and with many series in a rapid succession, Gary provides his perspective on enduran...
DwD 0376: Threshold Braking – One Tool to Rule Them All ?
September 20, 2022 07:30 - 40 minutes - 31.3 MBDwD 0376: Threshold Braking – One Tool to Rule Them All ? On this Dominating with Dawson, return to the topic of threshold braking and address several aspects of the technique. In addition, we start to review several ways to practice the technique safely on track. We then discuss the proper use of the technique, where and when, as well as how to determine when to use the technique and potentially where not to utilize it. There is a bit of disagreement on the team on the utilization of ...
GHIT 0375: Ken Hill – On The Line and the Fundamentals of Performance Driving
September 19, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBGHIT 0375: Ken Hill – On The Line and the Fundamentals of Performance Driving Ken Hill returns to the podcast to discuss the racing line and the key, fundamental factors that contribute to consistent, fast, and safe lap times. As with all things related to high performance driving and racing, the optimal line is really a complex solution to a series of variables including track conditions, car performance, and driver skill, but the "line" is really fundamental with minor changes to accou...
DwD 0374: What Line Is It Anyway? – An Why Are There So Many
September 13, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes - 25.6 MBDwD 0374: What Line Is It Anyway? – An Why Are There So Many A long time listener wrote in and had a question about “The Line”. It appears that there are several lines. One line is the school line or the HPDE line. Then there is the race line or racing line. It appears that the listener is stuck between the line the “looks” correct to them, and the school line and is trying to transition to the racing line. All of this is leading to a bit of indecision and almost confusion on track. ...
GHIT 0373: JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports
September 12, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBGHIT 0373: JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports JG Pasterjak joins us for a great episode that starts off with a brief history of his driving and work with Grassroots Motorsports magazine and website. In addition to being involved with the articles, JG is also a passionate driver and tinkerer on his car and many of the project cars that are the subject of many articles and threads within the magazine and website. We are often searching the GRM website when we are trying to solve a p...
DwD 0372: Troubleshooting: Crank No Start Condition
September 06, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 22.1 MBDwD 0372: Troubleshooting a Crank No Start Condition On this Dominating with Dawson, we take advantage of a problem that we are having with our 1993 Honda Civic SI (D16Z6 for the home gamers) race car and use it as a working example of how to troubleshoot an issue. As with most parts of working on a car, we are a work in progress, some would even say “In Training”, lol. We utilize our pain to try to work through the logic of a car not working and trying to diagnose the issue. If you li...
GHIT 0371: Tim Burr – Our First Member of the Sorry For Party Racing Team
September 05, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBGHIT 0371: Tim Burr – Our First Member of the Sorry For Party Racing Team One of the fun things about meeting someone on the Sorry For Party team for the first time is whether they are in their race team regalia or in civilian clothes. We have found that often we have met the same person twice without knowing it. Tim Burr is no exception. We finally placed the name and the face at the spring PittRace event and then he joined us for the Thompson event while racing with Jeremy’s El Jeffe...
DwD 0370: Overdriving vs. Underdriving
August 30, 2022 07:30 - 24 minutes - 19.8 MBDwD 0370: Overdriving vs. Underdriving When trying to improve as a driver there are many instances where the same driver can be overdriving their car and at other points on the track can be underdriving. In addition, the best of us also can have areas where we do one or the other and our lap times area adversely affected. For this episode, we talk about some indications of a driver under driving their car and other indications where the driver driving the car. While people grow in thei...
GHIT 0369: Passing Series – Part 1 of Many
August 29, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBGHIT 0369: Passing Series – Part 1 of Many An episode that has been in the making for well over a year, we finally start our passing series with part one. Guest hosts are Ben Dawson and returning guest Blake Fields. For this episode we approach the concept and jargon of passing from the perspective of the passing car and the car being passed. The goal is always to do this as safely as possible and with minimal impact to the race of a fellow driver, especially if they are in a different...
GHIT 0368: Team Status Update
August 27, 2022 19:51 - 26 minutes - 20.9 MBGHIT 0368: Team Status Update After having a few inquiries at the track and via social media, we begin to review what we are up to and working on as a team and some of the projects and issue we are working on. This episode is a partial laundry list of some of the more significant near term items we are working on or pondering, as well as a few of our goals going into the approaching offseason. At this point, we consider these types of episodes a work in progress and expect them to come ...
DwD 0367: “Expensive” Tools That Are Worth It
August 23, 2022 17:16 - 24 minutes - 20.1 MBDwD 0367: “Expensive” Tools That Are Worth It This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at the tools that we think are worth spending the money on. These are tools that are critical to the function of your car or where accuracy is required, as well as tools where they just make things so much easier that they are worth every penny that they cost. We then go into places where you can save a significant amount without impacting your car performance. While our list is far from exhaustive, wha...
DwD 0367: Gridding (at an HPDE or Track Day)
August 23, 2022 07:30 - 25 minutes - 20.5 MBDwD 0367: Gridding at an HPDE This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at what came be source of pre-event angst and again deals with the unknown. This time we go through what is meant by gridding ahead of an HPDE stint. In addition, we discuss some of the decisions and thoughts that we have used to improve the HPDE experience. This includes why and where to grid up for the stint as a function of the car you are driving and the experience that you may have with this organization, as well a...
GHIT 0366: Brad and Eric from the Break/Fix Podcast and Gran Touring Motorsports
August 22, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBGHIT 0366: Brad and Eric from the Break/Fix Podcast and Gran Touring Motorsports Brad and Eric from the Break Fix Podcast and Gran Touring Motorsports which is a media group that is interested in helping grow and stoke the enthusiasm for all car related culture and grow the friendships that develop from our shared passion. Since our podcasts share almost identical goals, we thought it would be a great idea to do a two-episode home and home series. During this episode, we turn the tables...
DwD 0365: Gridding - HPDE or Track Days
August 16, 2022 07:30 - 25 minutes - 20.5 MBDwD 0365: Gridding at an HPDE This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at what came be source of pre-event angst and again deals with the unknown. This time we go through what is meant by gridding ahead of an HPDE stint. In addition, we discuss some of the decisions and thoughts that we have used to improve the HPDE experience. This includes why and where to grid up for the stint as a function of the car you are driving and the experience that you may have with this organization, as well a...
GHIT 0364: Reese Fokine – Racer and Damper Engineer for Rahal Letterman Racing
August 15, 2022 07:30GHIT 0364: Reese Fokine – Racer and Damper Engineer for Rahal Letterman Racing We have been racing and HPDE’ing with Reese for the past several years and he has accomplished a lifetime goal directly out of school and is working as a damper engineer for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. We talk with Reese about his racing history and how it is to be able to learn and actually earn a living in racing. Reese’s driving training has been with NASA Great Lakes, and he has progressed al the way ...
GHiT 0363: Race Review of Thompson 2022
August 10, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 61 MBGHIT 0363 Race Review of Thompson 2022 with the 24 Hours of Lemons We entered three cars into this year’s 24 Hours of lemons race with the Honda Civic/Cookie Car still limping after our GridLife event, the El Jeffe/Bad Hombre/Trophy Truck/Chevy S10/Isuzu Hombre etc. prepped and ready for battle, and the MooStang/SpiderStang/1984 Mustang GT Turbo locked and loaded, almost. This weekend was another hot and humid August race at the Thompson Motor Speedway, and we had a true Good, Bad, and t...
DwD 0362: Drivers Meetings - Racing 101/Jargon Breakdown
August 10, 2022 00:48 - 14 minutes - 12.3 MBDwD 0362: Racing 101: What is a Drivers Meeting and Why You Should Always Attend In our continuing introduction to racing series and breaking down some of the jargon involved with getting into driving on a track, we talk through with Ben what a drivers meeting is, what is usually covered, and why you should always attend, even if you have been to literally hundreds of them. We then go into a related communication technique that we use at the track, a common team text thread to communica...
WOOT 0361 Thor Love and Thunder and San Diego Comic Con 2022
August 03, 2022 16:17 - 2 hours - 120 MBWOOT 0361 Thor Love and Thunder and San Diego Comic Con 2022 Another Way Off Our Normal topic episode where we talk about our thoughts on Thor Love and Thunder movie, how the recent MCU movies and shows have been, as well as a review of last week’s San Diego Comic Con. We do manage to talk about cars for about 15 seconds but most of this is comic book movie related and FULL SPOILER rules are in play. For this episode we are joined by Benny, the Jeff and Josh duo, Vicki, Bill and a quick...
DwD 0360: Optimal Mirror Positioning Tips
August 02, 2022 15:23 - 9 minutes - 8.9 MBDwD 0360: Optimal Mirror Positioning Tips One of the fundamental aspects of racing that everyone agrees upon is the importance of your vision and constantly working to improve it. Unfortunately, when you are starting out, this is even more important since it is very likely that your relative speed is lower than some of the other more experience drivers on a track and it is demanding both in front of you and behind you. On this episode, we look at several options for selecting and instal...
GHIT 0359 GridLife's NJMP 2022 Event with E1R’s Chris and Chrissy
August 02, 2022 15:21 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBGHIT 0359 GridLife's NJMP 2022 Event with E1R’s Chris and Chrissy We were finally able to go to our first GridLife event this year at NJMP and to make it even better we were there with our friends from the Everyone Racers podcast Chris and Chrissy. Since we were all together, we decided to do a podcast mashup. We were split up among the intermediate and advanced HPDE groups for this weekend. Chris was looking to test and tune their latest K swapped 1993 Honda Civic. Chrissy wanted to ...
GHIT 0358: Rally Wrap Up: The 2022 Rust Belt Ramble
July 26, 2022 07:30 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBGHIT 0358: Rally Wrap Up: The 2022 Rust Belt Ramble Rally Master Jeff Stobbs returns to report in live from the awards ceremony of this year’s Rust Belt Ramble Rally between Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, The year there was a ceremony for dearly departed car makes of the past. We cover highlights of the trip as well as many of the entries. We are then joined by Finn, from The Car Farm channel on YouTube. They entered the rally in their Buick Grand National. Why is a Buick Grand Nationa...
DwD 0357: Roles Within a Team Defined
July 25, 2022 21:17 - 31 minutes - 25.9 MBDwD 0357: Roles Within a Team Defined It is often said that the key to winning an endurance race is a management problem and not primarily a speed problem. In this Dominating with Dawson episode, we go over some of the roles that are needed to successfully accomplish a racing or HPDE event. While each of the roles are needed, it is very often that each team member will be required to help the team with several of the roles during the weekend. This is especially true to those of us who ...
DwD 0356: Why Do We Want You to Come Race With Us?
July 19, 2022 07:30 - 12 minutes - 11 MBDwD 0356: Why Do We Want You to Come Race With Us? One of our goals for the podcast is to get everyone out to a track or autocross etc. and enjoy high performance driving or racing with us, but we are often asked why. So we take this Dominating With Dawson episode as an opportunity to explain some of the many reasons why we hope that you will try out this great and challenging sport. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ComeRaceWithUs If you would like to help grow our spor...
GHIT 0355: Cameron Conover from Conover Motorsports
July 18, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBGHIT 0355: Cameron Conover from Conover Motorsports Cameron Conover has been working in motorsports for two decades and Conover Motorsports offers sales and service support of the entire RaceCapture portfolio, as well as mechanical support for your vehicle. We worked with Cameron on our two RaceCapture installations and as always, if we can do it, anyone can. With the recent upgrade in the connectors, it is even easier to install and connect a system and any sensors that you may wish to...
DwD 0354: Overdoing It and Leading to Potential Burnout
July 12, 2022 07:30 - 23 minutes - 18.9 MBDwD 0354: Overdoing It and Leading to Potential Burnout As is often the case, we sometimes show you what not to do. This time, it was after three straight race weekends in multiple states that Bill entered a zombie state. This is not optimal for performance or enjoyment and can not only turn a fun recreational past time into a large effort/struggle, but can also impact your performance and potentially the personal safety through car preparation and/or your driving. We illustrate this b...
GHIT 0353: Chris Haase Racer, Lemons Judge, and Cookie Stealer
July 11, 2022 07:30 - 2 hours - 98.4 MBGHIT 0353: Chris Haase Racer, Lemons Judge, and Cookie Stealer Chris Haase has been racing with the 24 Hours of Lemons for more than a decade and began judging a few years ago. All was going so well until he stole a Cookie. Lol. We had been looking to have Chris on the podcast for a while but after last Month’s race at NJMP Thunderbolt, we had to bring him on and interrogate him a bit. During this episode, we talk about a wide variety of cars that he has driven and raced, judging, Lem...
GHiT 0352: Our Track Day at the NY Safety Track
July 09, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBGHIT 0352: Our Track Day at the NY Safety Track When we were invited to a new track for an HPDE we did what we always say to do – “say yes” and thank you. Our drivers for the event were Vicki, Alan, and Jen. Bill was there primarily to help instruct and to start breaking in our new race car. Even better, Kyle Lockrow said he wanted to come over and help out in any way. Finally, someone to instruct Vicki, lol. One this episode, we talk about prepping our three cars, how is this new to...
DwD 0351: What is rotation – Part 4 or maybe more?
July 06, 2022 13:40 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBDwD 0351: What is rotation – Part 4 or maybe more? We are going to take advantage of this week’s Judge Jeremy covering for Ben and go into car rotation for at least the fourth time. We try to discuss what people are talking about when they refer to a car having good or bad rotation or how they were able to get the car to rotate through a turn. The last time we looked, there are several potential axes of rotation, and many/most can result in a poor or expensive outcome. Once again, this...
GHIT 0350: Ross Bentley Returns to Help Us Celebrate Episode 350
July 03, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBGHIT 0350: Ross Bentley Returns to Help Us Celebrate Episode 350 Ross Bentley has raced in Indy cars, literally written THE book on auto racing, his Ultimate Speed Secrets and associated books, and is the preeminent racing coach for both professional and amateur racing drivers around the world. On every celebration episode since number 100, Ross has agreed to come on to celebrate the “In Training” aspect of our tea and podcast. For this episode, we had Vicki, Jennifer, Tim, Reese, and B...
GHIT 0349: Dave Carpenter from the Three Pedal Mafia’s Cheaties Car
June 30, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBGHIT 0349: Dave Carpenter from the Three Pedal Mafia’s Cheaties Car At long last, we have secured Dave Carpenter for the podcast. Dave drives in the orange Cheaties themed Cressida with the Three Pedal Mafia team. In addition, Bill drove in the Cressida at the last race in NJMP where it finished 6th overall in spite of Bill driving. With so much to talk about, we tried to limit it to the Lemons race at NJMP’s Thunderbolt track, all about the Cressida, and how Dave manages the team and ...
GHIT 0344: Race Recap: GHIT’s Ladies Team Raced In our 1993 Honda Civic
June 29, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBGHIT 0344: Race Recap: GHIT’s Ladies Team Raced In our 1993 Honda Civic Our first ever race was at NJMP’s Thunderbolt track with 24 Hours of Lemons and seems to be a lifetime ago. We started out knowing nothing and that was probably being kind. At this year’s event, we entered our 1993 Honda Civic with its full theme to thank the Everyone Racers podcast for all their help getting us started and helping us ever since. Vicki and Jennifer raced with two of the hosts from the Shifting Poi...
DwD 0348: Coasting On Track - Allowed or Not
June 28, 2022 07:30 - 38 minutes - 32.1 MBDwD 0348: Coasting On Track - Allowed or Not One of the often quoted things that may have first come from Ross Bentley’s “Speed Secrets” book series is that you should never be coasting on track, but should either be on the gas pedal/throttle or on the brake. Ross has been on the podcast several times and we have discussed this aspect of racing with him a few times both on the podcast and at the track. We decided to get into it today and with Ben discuss whether there are any scenarios ...
GHIT 0347: Jeremy Hall from Monkey House Racing
June 27, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBGHIT 0347: Jeremy Hall from Monkey House Racing Over the past few years, we had met Jeremy at many events, but it was more in passing. Jeremy usually races with his team called Monkey House Racing, but for the Pittsburgh event he was racing with the Skunk Oil Racing team and our team in a 1999 BMW 3 series, an E36 for all the cool dudes. Unfortunately, the event did not go well with two incidents, one Saturday and another Sunday, both at turn 2 of PittRace. Jeremy was driving for the s...