Garage Heroes In Training

GHiT 0716:   Event Recap:  Ross Bentley's Driver Development Program with Ian and Mario Korf We have been to a ton of driving events aimed at developing your skills and improving your track driving and autocross.  When we heard about Ross Bentley holding a driver development program, it became a cannot miss event for the year.  How was it?  We discuss the event with two of the coaches, Mario and I...

WOoT 0714:  Fantastic Four Plus Mostly and No Racing Podcast and SPOILER FILLED The gang goes over the recent Fantastic Four movie and a deep dive on what we thought, what we liked, and what could have been a bit better.  We also project a bit on some other upcoming movies and potential upcoming trips to Comic Con.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/FFFirstStepsPlus We hope you enjoy...

GHiT 0713:   Race Recap:  Lucky Dog at PIR with Deaf Power Racing We love our friends at Lucky Dog racing and Alan was able to get out to Portland International Raceway (again) for a few days with Deaf Power Racing.  Some of our home gamers may remember that our first race at PIR did not go as planned.  Luckily, this one would go much better.  Or did it? A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.c...

DwD 0715:  What Eyes Up Can Mean When at the track you will often hear "keep your eyes up" as a magical solution to everything.  But what does that mean?  What are they really saying or trying to say.  After a recent discussion by TomO and DJ on their podcast, we decided to go through a vision exercise and see what Ben does and compare it to what DJ and Tom do.  Special thanks go out to the the Li...

DwD 0712:  Report Cards:  While on Track Bill Struggles to ask the Question, but Ben comes through with an answer anyway.  We review the concept of on track report cards and things to do when on track to improve.     Did we miss something?  Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@Gmail.com . A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrackREportCards We hope you enjoy this episode! If you...

GHiT 0711:   Racing 102- Stuff We Missed Before Their First Race We have covered several newbie teams before their first race.  On this episode, we talk with one of them about stuff that we missed and forgot to discuss.  Our first How To on Race Number Two.  Welcoming back to the podcast Tim and Cliff. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RaceTwoUpgrades We hope you enjoy this episode! If...

WOoT 0709:  Superman and F1The Movie Mostly and No Racing Podcast and SPOILER FILLED The gang goes over the recent F1 Movie and a deep dive on the newly released Superman (2025).  What we thought, what we liked, and what could have been a bit better.  We also project a bit on some other movies including the basis for our next WOoT episode the upcoming Fantastic Four film.   A link to the episode i...

DwD 0710:  Losing vs Getting Beaten and more What started out with a simple question of what is the difference between losing and getting beaten digressed into a deeper discussion of a bunch or areas of racing.  In other words, another one of our podcasts.   Did we miss something?  Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@Gmail.com . A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LostOrBeaten W...

GHiT 0707:   Race Review - GridLife GLTC @ Mid O 2025 with Nick Barbato Nick Barbato came to Bill's rescue and reviewed the recent GridLife event at Mid Ohio.  Maybe Bill will stop rocking in the corner from live stream withdrawal, lol.  It was quite an event and some amazing things transpired in GLTC.  Oh, and NICK WON RACE4!!!!!!!!!!  Way to bury the lead. A link to the episode is: https://tinyu...

DwD 0708:  Listener Question On How to Get Better At Racing - And Just About Everything Else Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track.  Why is it important?  How to gain it?  How to lose it?  the usual things to do and thigns not to do.  Part one of many.   Did we miss something?  Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@Gmail.com for a part 2. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com...

GHiT 0705:   Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G  They came, they saw, they conquered.  The recent Halloween Meets Gasoline winner from NJMP, The Italian Job.  Oh, yeah, they drove a Mini Cooper with a full pasta dinner on the roof.  And Much more.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/YouWannaMeatballWithDat We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow o...

DwD 0706:   The Importance of Trust on Track Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track.  Why is it important?  How to gain it?  How to lose it?  the usual things to do and thigns not to do.  Part one of many.   Did we miss something?  Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@Gmail.com for a part 2. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrustOnTrack We hope you enjoy this episode! If...

GHiT 0704:   Kelvin Arreola Wins the 25:01 Hour Race at Thunderhill and Much More Our guest has competed in Formula D and won the longest race in North America.  And virtually everything in between.  Welcome to the podcast Kelvin Arreola A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Thunderhill25Plus We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance dr...

GHiT 0703:   Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception.  In this part, we review the Slippery Slope team that was racing their SpecE30 race car for reasons explained here. It came in un-themed but the ret of the weekend led to a ton of fun.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car-16 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you woul...

GHiT 0702:   Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception.  In the first of several parts, we review the first time at Lemons team, Never a Goodnight. They had two new to wheel to wheel racing drivers in a brand new race car build.  What could go wrong with that? A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car44 We hope you enjoy this...

Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185  Racing 101 Part 6:  Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls "So You Wanna Racecar".  For this episode, A lot of our fellow teams recognize that our paddock game is often better than our on track game so we could not  escape...

GHiT 0701:   Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception.  In the first of several parts, we review the weekend race for car/truck number 23, the Bad Hombre, El Jeffe, the trophy Truck.  What a weekend! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car23 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast...

Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185  Racing 101 Part 5:  What to Expect At Your First Track Day Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls "So You Wanna Racecar".  On this episode, we go over a typical track visit from arriving at the gate to departing at the conclusion of the event.  It's like you g...

Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0183:  Racing 101 Part 4:  Buying and Selling a Race Car or a Soon to be Race Car We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls "So You Wanna Racecar" that Bill can't seem to say correctly.  This is part 4 of the series (of ~10). On this episode, we try to summarize the process involved with finding and buying a "new to...

Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0180:  Racing 101 – Easy Entry Paths to Performance Driving and Racing aka So You Wanna Racecar - Part 3   This is part 3 of the series (of ~10) we go over several of the easiest and most popular paths to get your start performance driving and/or racing journey.  This should be considered a starting point to work from and not an exhaustive, detailed list as there...

Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0179:  Racing 101 Part 2 @ Safety Related Needs We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls "So You Wanna Racecar" that Bill can't seem to say correctly.  This is part 2 of the series (of ~10). On this episode of Bill is a Piñata, we go into the various safety related items that may be required to get on track or by t...

Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0177:  Racing 101 - Building Your Race First Car We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls "So You Wanna Racecar" that Bill can't seem to say correctly.  This is part 1 of the series (of ~10) where we go over where we started and how things went at our first events.  We then move on to how to build your first race c...

GHiT 0700:   Ross Bentley Joins Us to Help Celebrate Episode 700  We celebrate episode number 700 with Ross Bentley.  This time, we talk about his recent One Lap of America top ten finish in a mostly stock Honda Civic Type R.  In addition, we talk about an upcoming HPDE plus plus plus event that Ross is holding at Pine View Run in upstate New York.  We will be there!!!  Also, we always talk about...

GHiT 0699:   Post Incident Conversations In The Paddock Stuff happens on track occasionally.  In this episode we discuss what should be said between the cars and drivers.  Thigs to do and things not to do.  Some ways of handling things are better than others and sometimes the best thing to do is wait a bit. or sometimes perhaps bring a beverage of choice.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyur...

DwD 0695:   What a "Good" Racing Car Feels Like One of the toughest parts of learning to race on track involves developing your feel.  So, in this episode, we go into trying to describe what a good car feels like and what a bad car may feel like.  It's a tough one for an audio podcast, but let us know if we missed anything or if you have any questions at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to...