Latest Hpde Podcast Episodes
Late to Grid: Taylor Allen - From Buick Regals to Vintage Indy Cars
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - June 16, 2024 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week on Late to Grid, Bill welcomes Taylor Allen to the Atomic Autosports studio for a chat about his motorsports journey, which has taken him from a surprising first track day experience in a Buick Regal to driving vintage Indy cars. Taylor shares his early days of autocrossing and time t...
You Have Data - Now What? Race Keeper and Data Guru Bill Stevens Shares His Wisdom
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - June 03, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGet ready to unlock the secrets of racing data! Join us as Bill Stevens, a seasoned racer and Race Keeper guru from BNS Racing Services, takes us on a thrilling ride through the world of data acquisition. Race Faster with Data: Unlock the Secrets of Race Keeper with Expert Bill Stevens 🏎️ Thin...
DwD 0582: Weight Management On Track – AKA Friction Circle Take 6?
Garage Heroes In Training - May 24, 2024 07:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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, manag...
GHiT 0581: Heyward Wagner on his One Lap of America
Garage Heroes In Training - May 22, 2024 07:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 wa...
5 Tips For Better Time Trial Results + The New TT Experience School with Dan Dennehy
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - May 20, 2024 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDan Dennehy is back for his third visit on the podcast to talk about time trials and the upcoming time trial experience at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Learn more about the TT Experience School: May 31 & June 2 TT Experience School Dan's previous episodes: You down with OPTT? SCCA En...
GHiT 0580: Bryan Lanham from the Adrenaline Chunkies
Garage Heroes In Training - May 20, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 r...
DwD 0579: Comp School Stories and Tips
Garage Heroes In Training - May 17, 2024 07:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 quali...
Get On Track with NASA HPDE - Joey Pollak and Derek Mortland
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - May 13, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJoey Pollak and Derek Mortland, who both instruct with NASA Great Lakes and AutoInterests, join Bill to talk about their motorsports journeys and how drivers can get on track with NASA and NASA's HPDE progression program. Learn more... NASA Great Lakes Drive NASA (National Website) Email Joey E...
GHiT 0578: Brad Lee Finally Races Wheel to Wheel
Garage Heroes In Training - May 13, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 Pi...
DwD 0577: Tool Organization - At Garage/Home and At the Track
Garage Heroes In Training - May 09, 2024 22:26 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 fro...
GHiT 0576: Bob Miller – Your Oil Needs for Racing
Garage Heroes In Training - May 06, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 changin...
The Late To Grid May Challenge - Make It About You
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - May 03, 2024 09:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe May Challenge is focused on what you need. Where do you need to improve? Make a list and start working on it. The goal is to be better tomorrow than you were today. Racing with Rad Air. Want to get on track in wheel to wheel racing with ChampCar? Checkout the listings on Seat4Sale. Wa...
DwD 0575: Car Livery - Part 1: Base Coat/Color Change Options
Garage Heroes In Training - May 02, 2024 14:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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...
GHiT 0574: Getting Our SCCA Racing Licenses - We Hope
Garage Heroes In Training - April 29, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 a...
GHiT 0573: Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 3 Pedal Mafia
Garage Heroes In Training - April 24, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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...
DwD 0572: How to Learn a Track As Quickly As Possible
Garage Heroes In Training - April 22, 2024 17:22 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 ...
GHiT 0571: Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 2
Garage Heroes In Training - April 20, 2024 07:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 sho...
GHiT 0570: Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 1
Garage Heroes In Training - April 19, 2024 15:31 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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...
GHiT 0568: Tom Lomino Was Long Overdue
Garage Heroes In Training - April 17, 2024 18:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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...
DwD 0569: How to Pass a Faster/More Powerful Car On Track
Garage Heroes In Training - April 15, 2024 04:27 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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...
DwD 0567: Gripping your Steering Wheel
Garage Heroes In Training - April 12, 2024 07:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 episod...
GHiT 0566: Elizabeth Jolly – Lap 3, Plus a New Plan for Vicki
Garage Heroes In Training - April 08, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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...
DwD 0565: Car Setup Targets
Garage Heroes In Training - April 05, 2024 07:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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...
April Challenge To Make You A Better Person (And A Better Driver)
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - April 02, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHow did March go for you? Are you in a better place than you were on March 1st? Let's keep the momentum rolling!! Here’s the Late To Grid April Challenge: Continue to live a healthy lifestyle, but turn it up Read one book Prepare for your events - Inventory concept Connect with people - N...
Late To Grind: Saevar Thordarson from Heritage Coffee in Solon, Ohio
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - April 01, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSaevar Thordarson joins the Late To Grind to talk about his coffee ownership journey. Learn more about Heritage Coffee: Heritage Coffee Website Heritage Coffee Instagram Heritage Coffee Facebook Connect with Saevar: Saevar on Instagram Saevar on LinkedIn The first ten (10) people that stop ...
GHiT 0564: Johan Schwartz – All About Racing and Car Control
Garage Heroes In Training - April 01, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 r...
DwD 0563: Proper Preseason Preparation Performed Perfectly
Garage Heroes In Training - March 26, 2024 07:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 epi...
Mark Nolan - Cleveland's Car Guy Is Going Racing
Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - March 25, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIf you live in Cleveland, Ohio you know Mark Nolan. He's been on air for 35 years and always has a smile. Plus, he's a car guy who is going racing. He just sold his Tex Powell build Oldsmobile GT car so that he could focus on getting more seat team, work towards his SCCA competition license, ...
GHiT 0562: Racing Subarus the Best way with Dewey Dewitt
Garage Heroes In Training - March 25, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 duri...
GHiT 0561: Recap of our Car Control Clinic at CMP
Garage Heroes In Training - March 20, 2024 16:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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...
Related Hpde Topics
- Autocross 2
- Champcar 2
- Aer 2
- Highperformancedriving 2