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DwD 0567:  Gripping your Steering Wheel

Garage Heroes In Training - April 12, 2024 07:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 episod...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - April 08, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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...

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DwD 0565:  Car Setup Targets

Garage Heroes In Training - April 05, 2024 07:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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...

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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 ratings
How 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...

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Late To Grind: Saevar Thordarson from Heritage Coffee in Solon, Ohio

Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - April 01, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Saevar 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 ...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - April 01, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
 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 r...

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DwD 0563:  Proper Preseason Preparation Performed Perfectly

Garage Heroes In Training - March 26, 2024 07:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 epi...

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Mark Nolan - Cleveland's Car Guy Is Going Racing

Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - March 25, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
If 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, ...

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GHiT 0562:  Racing Subarus the Best way with Dewey Dewitt

Garage Heroes In Training - March 25, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 duri...

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 GHiT 0561:  Recap of our Car Control Clinic at CMP

Garage Heroes In Training - March 20, 2024 16:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
 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...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - March 19, 2024 07:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 revers...

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GHiT 0559:  Trailer and Towing – Part 2 of 2

Garage Heroes In Training - March 18, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 pr...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - March 12, 2024 07:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 i...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - March 11, 2024 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 ah...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - March 07, 2024 21:16 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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...

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DwD 0555:  Listener Feedback on Towing and Best Pizza

Garage Heroes In Training - March 05, 2024 08:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 p...

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GHiT 0554:  Waka Motorsports with Rich Russo

Garage Heroes In Training - March 04, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 ...

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March Challenge To Make You A Better Person (And Driver)

Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - March 02, 2024 15:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
How did you February go for you?  Are you in a better place than you were on February 1st? Let's keep the momentum rolling!! Here’s the Late To Grid March Challenge: Live a healthy lifestyle Connect with three friends Register for your events Step outside your comfort zone Set (or revisit...

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DwD 0553:  Brakes:  Rotors, Pads, and Bleeding

Garage Heroes In Training - February 27, 2024 08:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 ...

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Sarin Kodappully - Asking Questions Leads To Racing Joy

Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - February 26, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Sarin Kodappully takes to areas we never thought of when thinking about racing and life.  He proposes the question, Where do you the joy from by being involved in racing?  Think about that!  Powerful. Sarin is a pure racer who has been passionate about motorsports for his entire life. His pursu...

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GHiT 0552:  Anthony Magagnoli – Record Setting Racing Driver

Garage Heroes In Training - February 26, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 c...

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DwD 0551:  Arrive and Drive – The Hardcore Way

Garage Heroes In Training - February 20, 2024 08:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 th...

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30+ Years of Racing with Will Nonnamaker of Team Shalen

Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - February 19, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Will Nonnamaker from Team Shalen joins Bill on this episode to talk about racing and business. Will started racing in SCCA club racing and grew through the racing ranks eventually getting into Grand Am racing.  He and the Shalen team are now focused on the ChampCar Endurance Series and are cons...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - February 19, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 ...

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GHiT 0549:  ST-4 with Griffin Gamcsik-Uly

Garage Heroes In Training - February 13, 2024 13:23 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 ...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - February 12, 2024 12:32 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 ...

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Beers With Bill - Devan Keeling Talks Gridlife, SCCA, And His ChampCar Mustang Build

Late to Grid - Grassroots Racing - February 12, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
It was great to have Devan on the podcast again. In this Beers with Bill episode I catch up with Devan to chat about his 2023 season and what he has planned for 2024.  We cover Gridlife, SCCA Time Trials, the Ultimate Track Car Challenge, his ChampCar build, and lots more. Have a guess what...

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GHiT 0547:  Towing and Trailering for Racing-Part 1

Garage Heroes In Training - February 08, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 err...

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

Garage Heroes In Training - February 06, 2024 08:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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 c...

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GHiT 0545:  Randy Bish Returns for His Second Lap

Garage Heroes In Training - February 05, 2024 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
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, ...

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