Garage Heroes In Training

GHiT 0473:  Carey Rouse Hosts the Driven to Compete Podcast Carey Rouse has a passion for racing and has recently begun racing in SCCA in the B Spec and then to sink the hook even deeper, he began has podcast "Driven To Compete".   The podcast has focused on getting the stories out of fellow racers and people involved with racing.   Carey has progressed very quickly into racing and is in the midst...

DwD 0474:   Overdriving Observations and Indications   Ben is joined on this episode by both special guests Mental Ward and Santa Jeremy to discuss some indications that you may be overdriving on track.   Ben is a firm believer in driving to the limit but for some of our less experienced listeners driving at the limit can be difficult and sometimes dangerous.   In addition, this is significantly i...

DwD 0472:   Uncomfortable with your Rear Tires?   We hold an Intervention On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we talk through a recent episode comment that Vicki made about her, to that point, never feeling comfortable with her rear tires.   This area is a common trouble spot for many/most drivers as they progress in their high performance driving career.   For this episode, we were joined...

GHiT 0471:  Zach Caldwell Live from the Vannonball Great American Bro'd Trip Zach Caldwell calls in live for GingerMan raceway from his fourth straight race weekend in the race van to conclude the 2023 Great American Vannonball Bro'd Trip. Why race in a minivan? Why race 4 weekends in a row?   Why a 2006 Dodge Caravan is the world's greatest race car? How tired can one person be?   All this and mo...

DwD 0470:   Storytime – Bench Seats Storytime Leads to Racing Seat Discussion Bill had a "great idea" to go into story time from our earlier years when/if we had related to bench seats.   The plan did not go as planned, but we did end up (finally) getting to a discussion of the impact and importance of the seat when racing and how it can impact your driving, lap time, and your fatigue level at the...

GHiT 0469:  Rachel Thurow - Drag Racing and Beyond Rachel Thurow joins the podcast this week to discuss her drag racing program and rapidly expanding racing in virtually any discipline.   If there is one thing we love it is cross training and enjoying you car in as many ways as possible.   Rachel is probably the first primary drag racing guest so Vicki gets very excited to investigate something we...

GHiT 0468:  Race Recap:   NJMP 2023 with the 24 Hours of Lemons We try to record our wrap up episodes as quickly as possible, but this may have been a bit too quickly as most/all of us were still in zombie mode.   For this race, we raced the El Jeffe Chevy S-10/Isuzu Hombre trophy truck and our 1993 EG Civic.   In addition, we were also acting as ambassadors for two different entries, a 1991 BMW 5...

DwD 0467:   How to Recover after Missing a Corner on Track We try to get Ben to imagine what he would do if he ever missed a corner on track.   There are ways to minimize the impact and there are definitely ways to compound the mistake and lose more time or the race, or even your car.   There are a ton of factors within the race that will also affect how you should recover or even if you can recov...

GHiT 0466:  Heyward Wagner from the SCCA We are joined on this episode by Heyward Wagner from the SCCA to talk (almost) all things SCCA in what we hope to be a first of many episodes.   Heyward is a life long SCCA member, race driver, and now leads a variety of the aspects of the SCCA related to Rally Solo, and Experiential Programs associated with the having Fun With Cars, including autocross, ra...

DwD 0465:   Proper Use of a Handbrake On Track On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about what to do and what not to with your handbrake on track.   We also talk about what a handbrake turn is and why drifters use the handbrake to help in their competitions.   Many of our cars do not even have handbrakes, so it is easy to answer for those cars, lol.   Plus we have a b it of story tim...

GHiT 0464:  Our Recap of the Lemons Rocky Mountain Breakdown Rally Finally Escapes From Editing Purgatory Long overdue, we finally finished editing the post Rocky Mountain Breakdown rally review with Rally Master Jeff Stobbs.   Still not sure what happened to the original recording file, but we finally managed to resurrect another great rally review with Jeff.   Apparently, we have an opening on t...

DwD 0463:   How to Pick a Racing Series There are a ton of racing series and types of racing and finding the best one for you can be daunting, especially if you are just getting started.   In this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about what some of the factors that should influence your decision and can save you a lot of time and money when getting started.   We tried to cover everything...

GHiT 0462:  Prepping for Their First Endurance Race What to Expect When You Are Unsuspecting with Angry Turtle Racing We love seeing new people and teams getting out on track and driving or racing.   We especially love seeing friends enjoy themselves.   Angry Turtle Racing is a new endurance racing team with two old friends (Audra and Lisa) and several new friends who are about to race in their fi...

DwD 0461:   Transponders and Several of the Options and Tips We Have Learned On this episode we talk about the device that many organizations use to keep track of how quick your car is and how many laps you have completed during an event.   We also go into the option of owning a transponder or renting.   We then go into the often-argued area of where and how to position and charge your transponder...

GHIT 0460:  Hoopties Documentary Director Jeremy Berger In an earlier episode, we put out that we couldn't wait to have Jeremy Berger on the podcast to discuss his award winning documentary film Hoopties.   Obviously, he never listened to the podcast and was likely forced to come on the podcast by an unknown someone, thank you whoever you are.   We start with a review of how the documentary came t...

DwD 0459:   Steering Wheel Grip Pressure – More is not Better   On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, Jeremy joins in to discuss one of the aspects of driving that is often neglected and can be holding you back:   the grip pressure that you use to hold the steering wheel.   This can impact your response speed on track and create a lot of fatigue in your hands, forearms, and shoulders.   Anoth...

GHIT 0458:  Passing Series – Part 2 of Many Sometimes life gets in the way of great podcasts.  And sometimes it gets in the way of our podcasts.  This is a long overdue part 2 of our series on passing with guest hosts Ben Dawson and returning guest Blake Fields.  For this episode we approach the concepts related with passing cars that have a similar pace overall and some ideas on capitalizing on a...

WOOT 0457:   Guardians of the Galaxy and More In this non-racing Way Off Our Topic episode, we cover the recent release of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and a few other recent and upcoming movies in our area of superheroes.  We are joined by Jeff and Josh, but after this one, we may have a command performance for a part 2 by Benny and Alex who could not attend this WOOT episode. A link to the episode...

DwD 0456:   The "Hoopties" Documentary On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, with no Dawson, we talk about the recently released award winning documentary "Hoopties".  The documentary covers three race teams and compiles the results of three races, coincidentally the documentary kicks off at the first ever race for Garage Heroes In Training at NJMP Thunderbolt.  Hopefully, we can have someone...

GHiT 0455:  Lisa Keyes Driving Scholarship Winner From Grid Life, GLTC, and Instructor We first met Lisa Keyes at last year's GridLife event at NJMP where she was competing in GLTC, lead instructor for the entire event, and trying to survive the 100+F degree weekend.   Luckily, we were able to lure her into   a conversation or two over our much coveted Freezie Pop supply.   During this episode, we...

GHiT 0454:  Live From the Rocky Mountain Breakdown Rally 2023 On this episode, we talk with Rally Master Jeff Stobbs live from the 2023 Rocky Mountains Breakdown Lemons Rally.  A link to the episode is:  https://tinyurl.com/RMBR2023 If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including...

DwD 0453:   What to Do after a Racing Incident On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about what to do and what not to do after having an accident on track.   You may be surprised by what we have seen and what has been done after an accident.   There are many things to do while still being on the track and even more things that you should do after removing you and your car from the tra...

GHiT 0452:  Fire Laps Converts Telemetry Data into Useful Actionable Information Easily and Quickly Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection & automatic analysis.  Enter "GHiT" and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership. David and Daniel from Fire Laps join us...

DwD 0451:   Hand Signals for the Track On this Dominating with Dawson, we talk about several of the more common hand signals that are used on track.   While hand signals are much more common, and usually required, at HPDE events, they can be used while racing to the advantage of both cars and drivers. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/HandSignalsOnTrack If you would like to help grow o...

GHiT 0450:  Ross Bentley Returns To Help Celebrate – Plus a PittRace Track Overview Ross Bentley returns to help us celebrate our 450 th podcast episode.   We talk all things racing, including the upcoming One Lap of America and several listeners questions.   We end with a track walk overview of PittRace to help those of our listeners who will be going to NASA Nationals this year. A link to the ep...