Garage Heroes In Training

DwD 0628:   What You Can/Should Feel When On Track We realized recently that we haven't ever really gone into some of the details of what you can (and should) feel when driving at the limit on the track.  We even take a shot at describing the feeling, what it means, and the potential set of responses that you may need to do or be aware of.  No doubt this is a part one of many. What did we miss?  W...

GHiT 0627:   Talking Tires with Samir Abid from the Your Data Driven podcast We catch back up with Samir Abid from Your Data Driven to try to dig into the key determinate in improving your driving:  the tires.  Most of our driving is focused on the use, management, selection, and maintenance of those four black cylinders that contact the surface we are driving on.  Samir has a master class on them...

DwD 0626:   Starts and Restarts Are "Golden Times" In Racing Listener question:   Our long time listener Ben D wrote in this morning:   What are the benefits and risks of being a bit more aggressive during starts and restarts of races. Nothing makes Ben happier than listener questions, so please keep them coming.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com...

GHiT 0625:   Peter Krause Returns for His Second Lap It has been way too long since we had Peter Krause on the podcast.  It all started out with a very clear set of questions that we intended to ask Peter.  As is customary on a great podcast, we ended up talking about none of them.  However, the good news is that we both have an excuse to have Peter back on and our prep is already done.  A true wi...

DwD 0623:   What Happens After an Accident With our recent racing incident at Thompson, we realized we haven't ever really covered what to do after a racing incident.   There is much more to discuss and at least another episode or few to come.  This one focuses on what to do if there is another car/driver involved and a few stories from our past. Agree?   Disagree?   Did we miss something?   Pleas...

GHiT 0624:   TomO's Back - Tom O'Gorman on Endurance Racing and a Whole Bunch more Tom O'Gorman is back on our podcast as his week just got a bit busier with the recent announcement that he will be returning to IMSA this weekend.  In spite of having much better things to do, Tom came on this week to talk about the differences in driving endurance racing and sprint racing, especially at the higher...

GHiT 0622:   Why Lemons is the Best Racing Series In one of our podcasts that is sure to have 100% agreement on all the social medias, we discuss why the 24 Hours of Lemons is the best grass roots racing org and why you should be out there.  On this week's podcast we are joined by Ian and Mario Korf.  Each has a blog that will help your racing and are worth subscribing.  Ian focuses on the Driver...

DwD 0621:   How to Get Fast the Fastest Listener question:   We were asked a very good question:   How can I get fastest the fastest.   We talk about several ways that will accelerate your driving progression and increase your overall speed on track and decrease your lap time.   We also go into whether the fastest is the bestest. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTra...

GHiT 0620:   Theming HARD with Eric Kritzler One of the best aspects of racing with Lemons is theming the car and the weekend.  We invited Eric Kritzler from the Three Pedal Mafia to come on a discuss themes.  What to do.  What not to do.  How to make it better and better.  Who knows, if you listen to this one, you might be able to win the $1,000 for Halloween Meets Gasoline (and then donate it to...

DwD 0619:   In Class passing vs Out of Class Passing We take a bit of a deeper dive into the various aspects of passing in multi class racing.  Often this can be a big deal, especially in sprint racing.  We have thoughts. Agree?   Disagree?   Did we miss something?   Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/OutOfClassPassing We hope you...

GHiT 0618:   Justin Okamoto's Recap of GridLife Lime Rock In part 4 of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Justin Okamoto.  It was a wild weekend for Justin who was racing Time Attack in the Club TR division in his E36 BMW.  Also, Justin was working the event with GridLife so his weekend was quite full, as always. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/J...

GHiT 0617:   Adam Jabaay After Lime Rock Festival In part 3 of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Adam Jabaay.  In addition to talking about the Lime Rock Festival, we also go into the remainder of the GridLife season and some rather weird ideas that Bill had.  Why Adam tolerates us, we will never know, lol.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Jabaa...

DwD 0616:   Starting Racing and Advantages of Spec Racing Listener Question:  Looking to start racing, should i get a Spec Miata?  Ben has ideas.  Bill has some too.  Vicki's are best. Agree?   Disagree?   Did we miss something?   Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/616SpecRacing We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to...

GHiT 0615:   Nick Barbato Rocked GridLife's Lime Rock Festival In part 2 of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Nick Barbato.  We had Nick on earlier after his scouting trip to GridLife Mid Ohio and his goals were to improve his car development and driving to get a top ten finish.  Boy did he ever!  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NickBarbatoLimeR...

GHiT 0614:   Robertson Racing Recap with Becky and Scott In part one of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Scott and Becky from Robertson Racing.  In addition to racing in his Miata with Becky as Crew Chief and Lead Mechanic, they were also working with two of their coaching clients and they produced amazing results.  The Miata was still being dialed in, as th...

GHiT 0614:   Robertson Racing Recap with Becky and Scott In part one of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Scott and Becky from Robertson Racing.  In addition to racing in his Miata with Becky as Crew Chief and Lead Mechanic, they were also working with two of their coaching clients and they produced amazing results.  The Miata was still being dialed in, as th...

DwD 0613:   Endurance Racing vs Sprint Racing One of the more popular discussions in the paddock is the difference in racing intensity, usually measured by "tenths".   We almost avoid the use of the tenths reference but we do go into the differences between racing in an endurance race and a sprint race and why there can/should be differences in the approach depending on the racing situation. Agree...

GHiT 0612:   Yuri Shnirman Yuri Shnirman has been racing with us and long before.  Long overdue and a ton of fun.  Yuri is active in the lemons community, and also instructing with Hooked On Driving.  Never bored, he is venturing forward and starting up racing in Formula Vee.  Given his experience, we also go into what to do to develop a car for low budget endurance racing.  A ton to learn from th...

WOoT 0611:  Deadpool & Wolverine plus Mindless M eandering Jeff, Josh, Benny, Alex, Vicki, and Bill go over the latest Deadpool movie and the recent SDCC announcements before D23.  With the dearth of recent superhero and related movies, we had to bring back the team in another Way Off Our Topic / Non Racing related episode.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DeadpoolAndWolvie If you w...

DwD 0610:   Multi Car Teams Listener question:   What and how should we run a multi car team and anything to look out for.   Nothing makes Ben happier than listener questions, so please keep them coming.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MultiCarTeams We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would lik...

GHiT 0609:   Brian Parrish Brian Parrish started out his racing from zero and has grown into a racer that has finished in the top four for season and tenth at last years nationals at PittRace, is an instructor and may be a great/bad influence on the next generation of his family, lol.  During this episode, we learn how Brian started out as a volunteer and worked his way through the NASA ladder sys...

GHiT 0608:   Race Review - Thompson 2024 In the Civic It is often said it is not a matter of if you wreck a car when racing, but only a matter of when.  This was one of our When's.  It was quite the race at Thomson this year with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  Our 1993 EG Civic Hatchback was to be Driven by Jennifer, Vicki, and Bill.  The weather was great but really hot and humid.   A link to the episo...

GHiT 0607:   Brian Wiltfang We welcomed Brian Wiltfang to the podcast this week.  He is a very accomplished racing driver and instructor at Brainerd Raceway and also with Xtreme Xperience.  It will be awesome to be racing with Brian at our upcoming Lucky Dog race at PittRace. Part of coming on the podcast is the honorary position of being a host and a producer for the podcast.  Jeremy really came...

GHiT 0606:   Mike Marzo – From The Italian Job team and Racing Mini's We have a few soft spots.   One is a team with a great attitude and a great theme.   Another is racing Mini's.   This team hit both, hard.   We are joined by Mike Marzo and talk about their racing mini and the tremendous theming they did at their first ever lemons race.   Then we turn to talk about the various mini's and some "p...

GHiT 0604:   Tim Fokine on Racing with Rush and our Recent Event with NASA Great Lakes at PittRace Tim Fokine returns to the podcast and we start with a quick discussion of our recent weekend at PittRace with Nasa Great Lakes.   Then we move on to discuss Tim's recent racing with the Rush Series.   We talk about the race car, the series the drivers and it all sounds amazing.   We can't wait to wat...