Latest Ihra Podcast Episodes
Super Class 60' Consistency
Daily Driver - November 30, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsInconsistent 60' times are a common issue for super class racers... What goes into achieving predictable, tightly grouped 60's on your .90 machine? In this episode, Luke Bogacki and Justin Lamb dive into all the variables at play. This clip was taken from our free throttle stop traini...
Throttle Stop Carburetor: Is smaller better?
Daily Driver - November 28, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn our world, bigger is often better. But when it comes to carburetors, especially on a throttle stop application, this might not always be the case. Check out this video to hear 5x World Champion, Justin Lamb's experience. This clip was taken from our free throttle stop training: Supe...
The Argument for Going (real) Slow
Daily Driver - November 27, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn the midst of Champ's $500K race in a slow door car, let's talk about that argument. The argument for going slow, real slow. How could being one of the slowest competitors be an advantage?
Overcoming the Bad Run
Daily Driver - November 20, 2023 10:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe all want to have the perfect race. Be 00 every time, take 00 every time. But what happens when we have a bad run but win. Maybe we miss it on the tree or you don't execute the finish line as planned. How do you overcome that run and get back up there for the next round?
How Tight to Setup, Part 2
Daily Driver - November 13, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsContinuing on last week's episode on how tight to set up on the starting line, this week let's talk about what happens when you have those outliers. What do you do? Do you adjust your delay box? Do you throw those reaction times out?
How Tight to Setup
Daily Driver - November 06, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsOne of the most common questions I get is how tight do I set up on the starting line? There is a simple answer in my mind and it's probably not what you are expecting.
Reputation vs Character
Daily Driver - October 30, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe don't control the narrative around our lives. We can, however, look in the mirror and judge ourselves. Are you happy with what you see? How can you change what you see in the mirror to be the person you want to be?
Attitude
Daily Driver - October 23, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThere is no doubt that racing can be really frustrating. There are a lot of negative triggers everywhere. It's easy to let yourself fall into a less then positive attitude. The solution? Choosing the better attitude, optimism.
Perfect Weapon - Super Classes
Daily Driver - October 09, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsUp to this point we have talked about what is better door car or dragster. We have talked about what is the ultimate door car and the ultimate dragster. Today let's shift gears and talk Super Classes. What is the best tool for the job?
Perfect Weapon - Dragster
Daily Driver - October 02, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe've talked about the ultimate door car now let's talk about the ultimate dragster. What does the perfect weapon of choice look like? How fast should you go? What should some of the characteristics be?
Perfect Weapon - Door Car
Daily Driver - September 25, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWhere are all my door car drivers at? We are continuing our discussion on the Perfect Weapon and if you have decided that the perfect weapon for you will never be a dragster? Then your speaking my language! Let's discuss what it takes to have a great door car.
Perfect Weapon (Door Car or Dragster)
Daily Driver - September 18, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWhat is the "perfect weapon" for sportsman drag racing? The ultimate car if you will. This will be a fun series here and we'll dive into some thoughts on what the ultimate machine is for the various forms of racing in our sport. This kick off episode talks about the perfect weapon is wh...
Comparison
Daily Driver - September 11, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsRacing today is filled with social media, live feeds, podcasts, etc. It's very easy, for all of us, to put successful racers up on a pedestal. We often then judge ourselves in comparison to other racers, especially those on the pedestals. Stop saying you can't do what those successful r...
Racing and Responsibility
Daily Driver - September 04, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis episode is dedicated to the future generation of racers in our sport: Junior Dragster racers. Showcasing the impact of this new responsibility that our junior drivers acquire when they start their journey.
The Hardest Thing
Daily Driver - August 28, 2023 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn our culture, we take pride in doing the "hard thing". We lean into everyday challenges. And in our sport, we have many difficult facets we lean into. What if these difficult things are not the hardest tasks that we undertake in our pursuit for on track success?
Mentorship & Accountability
Daily Driver - August 21, 2023 12:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsYou have a goal. A vision for yourself or yourself as something more than you are today. Listen to this episode to find out about the two specific things that I have found that will help speed up this process.
Balance
Daily Driver - August 14, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsCan you be "world class" at more than one thing? In this episode, we explore the role of "balance" when it comes to choosing to be our best on the race track.
Attention
Daily Driver - August 07, 2023 14:31 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsYour attention is one of your most valuable assets. How do you protect and maximize it behind the wheel?
Cause and Effect
Daily Driver - July 31, 2023 15:14 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings“'In terms of how people react to art or entertainment, you learn that it sometimes goes well and it sometimes doesn’t. It doesn’t mean that the cause and effect are connected.' That's a quote from renowned actor/director Ben Stiller. Obviously, he's talking about art and entertainment ...
A Crisis in Confidence
Daily Driver - July 21, 2023 13:23 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWhat separates Peter Biondo from Peter Piper? Mental toughness. In this episode, I discuss how some of the best racers in our sport deal with overcoming mistakes, and how it may be one of their greatest advantages.
Racing IQ
Daily Driver - July 10, 2023 12:56 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe Daily Driver podcast presented by ThisIsBracketRacing.com is a daily podcast dedicated to helping sportsman drag racers become the best version of themselves on the race track. Each day in season 2 (which stretches from November 1 through November 30), 3-time NHRA World Champion Luke Bogacki ...
Flexibility
Daily Driver - July 10, 2023 12:46 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsFlexibility, or "versatility" is one of the common traits among the greats in our sport. Does driving a variety of cars and competing in different classes make us better drivers? In this episode, I answer this question with some recent experience in my own vehicles.
Trees in a Forest
Daily Driver - June 26, 2023 14:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsLacking a compass, an old scouting trick is this... If you're lost in a forest, unsure of the way out, or even what direction to move, you locate three trees in a row. One close by, another a little ways away, and one farther off in the distance - all in line with each other. And you mo...
Dealing with a long tree
Daily Driver - June 20, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe Daily Driver podcast presented by ThisIsBracketRacing.com is a daily podcast dedicated to helping sportsman drag racers become the best version of themselves on the race track. Each day in season 2 (which stretches from November 1 through November 30), 3-time NHRA World Champion Luke Bogacki ...
Expectation
Daily Driver - June 19, 2023 14:15 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this age, it’s easier - more natural than ever - to judge ourselves and our racing in comparison to others. Between social media, live feeds, and frankly people like Jed and I, It’s so easy to put successful racers on a pedestal: Racer X wins, and is never worse than 010 on the tree...
To stage or not to stage?
Daily Driver - May 29, 2023 17:48 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe Daily Driver podcast presented by ThisIsBracketRacing.com is a daily podcast dedicated to helping sportsman drag racers become the best version of themselves on the race track. Each day in season 2 (which stretches from November 1 through November 30), 3-time NHRA World Champion Luke Bogacki ...
Opportunity
Daily Driver - May 22, 2023 13:09 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe Daily Driver podcast presented by ThisIsBracketRacing.com is a daily podcast dedicated to helping sportsman drag racers become the best version of themselves on the race track. Each day in season 2 (which stretches from November 1 through November 30), 3-time NHRA World Champion Luke Bogacki ...
Under Reacting and Presence
Daily Driver - May 19, 2023 01:07 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsVery selfishly, part of this podcast is for my own benefit: as I work through some of these ideas in the process of my own day-to-day life. On our way here, not even halfway through our trip, our new (to us) motorhome broke down. It was certainly not the way that things were planned! ...
Happiness is Available
Daily Driver - May 15, 2023 01:14 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn racing, I think we face this juxtaposition a lot, often in settings that can elicit high emotion. We’re passionate about what we're doing. We put a lot of time & work into it. We’ve typically got aspirations surrounding competition. We’ve often got an expectations - both about ou...
The Best vs My Best
Daily Driver - May 08, 2023 19:25 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHow do you frame personal performance? Is your self talk directed toward being THE best, or toward being YOUR best? There's not necessarily a right or wrong answer; but it's interesting to dive into the connotation and the mental framework of each approach - not necessarily to think ab...
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