Garage Heroes In Training

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...

GHiT 0697:   Racing and Photography with Mike Woeller from WindShadow  Mike Woeller returns to talk all things racing and racing photography, as well as his home taking the grand prize in our listener Fantasy F1 league last year.  Who knew there were prizes?  Plus we give Miss Vicki a bit of grief over never taking any pictures when we are at the track.  Lol. A link to the episode is: https://tiny...

DwD 0696:   Top Tips to Save Time for Every Level of Racer We give our top tips to save time on track for every level of driver.  We start with early on, maybe even your first time on track, low hanging fruit that can save up to about 10 second per lap.  Then we move to experienced drivers and racers and look to shave a full second or more off of their time.  Then we look at tip of the spear, fiel...

GHiT 0693:   The Importance of Corner Min Speed with Mario Korf Everyone always hear in slow, fast out.  That's the key to being fast on track.  Is it?  Lets discuss this and more with Mario Korf.  Maybe we can all learn a bit.  And get faster! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/VMinImportance We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performanc...

DwD 0694:   Getting Too Comfortable Racing Early in Your Racing Career (that you don't get paid for) Getting too comfortable on track too early in your career is a great prescription for a terrible day.  We give tips as to how to avoid any Dunning-Kruger effects.  .   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com...

WOOT 0692:   Thunderbolts and Beyond!!!  Up, Up, and Away Spoiler filled episode where we go over the recent release of Marvel's Thunderbolts and then we go into many of the upcoming movies that we are most excited about.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ThundeboltsPlus We hope you enjoy this episo...

DwD 0691:   THE Budget Endurance Racing Grand Slam What are the four Grand Slam Events of budget amateur endurance events from each of the four major organizers?  We have been thinking about this for a while and ecied to dedicate/waste an epeuisde od Dominating with Dawson on the subject.  How did we do?  Do you agree? Let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: htt...

GHiT 0690:   Race Review:  CMP GLTC 2025 with Nick Barbato  Through the magic of podcasting, we were able to catch up with Nick Barbato before the GLTC kickoff race at CMP for the 2025 season.  Tons of work over the offseason should lead to an improved season overall.  And magically, we then talked with Nick after the event and go through his weekend.  Two episodes for the same low price! A link t...

DwD 0689:   Top Ten Tips For Racing in a New to You Racecar What to do and what not to do when racing in a new to you car.  Every car has a first time, especially when you are an arrive and drive or a guest driver.  We go over the best ways to learn a new to you car and get up to speed safely.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the epi...

GHiT 0688:   John Rudolf Races What We All Want to  When Jeremy said" We need to have John on the pod", I said yes please.  After John came on the podcast, we can't wait to have him on again and again.  Racer, instructor, coach, and a whole lot better than any of us (and in much better cars).  Welcome John Rudolf to the podcast.   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JohnRudolfRacer We ho...

DwD 0687:   Top Ten Adjustments For Racing On a Wet Track Racing on a wet track can be intimidating at first, but is some of the most fun that you can have on a race track.  On this episode, Ben discusses his top ten (or so) adjustments to excel at driving on a wet track.    And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tiny...

GHiT 0686:   Our 2025 PittRace Race with TWO New Racecars (and a win) We took two new cars to the race track for the first time.  That is usually a recipe for a disaster weekend.  But we came away from the weekend with some new hardware.  And both cars finished the race.  Well done by everyone who prepped both cars all winter. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/WhatCouldGoWrongLol We ho...

DwD 0685:   Listener Feedback and PittRace Prep We catch up with Ben and babble on about our upcoming PittRace prep and some listener feedback, and a bunch of other topics, comments, and discussion.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PittRacePrep We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to h...

GHiT 0684:   Amazing New Telemetry Integration as Brent Picasso Returns Brent Picasso has made several significant contributions to racing telemetry, data, and video collection over the years.  With the introduction of their newest device, Brent and the team solved several issues with real time data collection and use live, during the race, and increases the potential data usage and communication...

DwD 0683:   Top Ten Tips For Building a Race Car- And How to Save Time and Money Want to build a race car?  We share many of our best lessons learned from buying and building a bunch of cars along the way.  Special guest Kaan Canturk from the Blind Apex podcast.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Bui...

GHiT 0682:  Everything about Bill - His Racing Past, Present, and Future Our team has a lot going on for this season and we start with reviewing where we have been, what we have learned, and what we still need to do and learn.  Kaan, from The Blind Apex, has agreed to host this series with us.  Next up:  Bill A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AllAboutBill We hope you enjoy this episode...

DwD 0681:   Proper Clutch Adjustment for Racing Our first ever Dominating with Dawson with a question that we had from the recent Blind Apex Podcast with future guest James Houghton, he just doesn't know it yet.  Where should your clutch engagement point be for racing and how to do so.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is:...

GHiT 0680:  What's Been Going On We have had quite the offseason this year and are looking forward to our eighth season.  What tragedies have befallen our race cars.  Why did we do that to our street cars/HDPE cars.  Why is that bear limping?  What races will we be at?  All this, and more.   Same Bat time.  Same Bat channel. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GHiTSeason8Prep We hope you...

DwD 0679:  Jargon 101:  Bore, Stroke, etc. Plus Bill's Bad Math and Vicki's Delaware Accent Ever wonder about engine displacement, bore, stroke etc?  Just in case you did, we go into it a bit.  Plus a bunch of rambling along the way.   And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com   A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JargonBoreStroke We hope you enj...