Latest Hpde Podcast Episodes
DwD 0592 : Ben Is Back On Track and Shaking Off Rust and Fuel Conservation
Garage Heroes In Training - June 21, 2024 07:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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. ...
GHiT 0591: Race Recap – The MooStang at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024
Garage Heroes In Training - June 19, 2024 17:50 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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-pe...
GHiT 0590 Race Recap - El Jeffe Trophy Truck at NJMP
Garage Heroes In Training - June 17, 2024 17:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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...
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...
DwD 0589: Power Steering - Good or Bad on Track?
Garage Heroes In Training - June 14, 2024 07:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 thin...
GHiT 0588: Race Recap – NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 1
Garage Heroes In Training - June 12, 2024 07:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 driv...
GHiT 0587: Team PGR Reviews their Second Overall Finish in the 2024 One Lap of America - Oh, Yes, It Was In Their EV
Garage Heroes In Training - June 11, 2024 17:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 com...
DwD 0586: Understeer - Types and Potential Adjustments
Garage Heroes In Training - June 06, 2024 14:22 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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 et...
GHiT 0585: Rob Fields - One Lap of America and Building Original Race Cars
Garage Heroes In Training - June 03, 2024 16:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 complet...
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 0584: “Good” Coilovers/Shocks – Are They Worth It
Garage Heroes In Training - May 31, 2024 07:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsDwD 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...
GHiT 0583: Autocross with Audra
Garage Heroes In Training - May 29, 2024 23:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGHiT 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 sk...
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...
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