Ross Bentley returns to the podcast to review the 2021 One Lap of America event that finished last week. This was Ross’s first One Lap and he seemed to have a blast. I think the hook has been set and Ross’s inherent competitiveness will likely lead to him trying to win it in the future. We go into the event as a whole, its history, how the 2021 event went, and every detail we could think of to scout for Bill’s eventual entry in a coming year. It sounded like a great time and should probably be o...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 198
We met the Nittany Lemons at our recent 24 Hours of Lemons race at PittRace. Their team includes Eric Junker, who gets blamed for any electronics and powertrain issues, Jared Sable, who is the past SAE team captain and responsible for the team overall, and Becca Baker who takes care of the driver controls, brakes and safety systems, and car ergonomics. They were a great group and seemed to have a great time and fully embrace the Lemons racing paddock. Even with all their SAE team background, the...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Season 4Ep. 197
Jennifer takes the lead for this episode as we discuss the recent HPDE at Mid Ohio with the NASA Great Lakes group that Bill and Vicki attended as an early Father’s Day gift. The weekend was a bit chilly and started off with two dry stints Saturday and ended with two very wet stints. Sunday was the reverse. We go into the event as a whole and also go into what transpires at Mid O when it gets wet. Mid Ohio is widely known as one of the lowest traction tracks in the US when it gets wet and it did...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 196
We initially met Elizabeth Jolly at our second ever race at the 2018 24 Hours of Lemons race in Thompson CT. We then listened to her on the first few Shifting Points podcast. Then we met her at our recent skid pad and autocross event at Lime Rock Park with the SCDA group. It was at this point, we realized that these three ladies were all the same person. We could say we were overwhelmed at our second race; we could also say that we didn't recognize her since she was in her “Flo” costume, but it ...
Apr 26, 2021•2 hr 37 min•Season 4Ep. 195
This is our Post Race hangover Episode Notes. We will replace later with a normal review when coherent, likely later this week. In this episode, we go over how our first race weekend went for 2021. We had a great time racing and meeting all our friends. Oh yeah, we WON our first race ever in the S10 El Jeffe Trophy Truck in Class C!!!! Further proof that anyone really can do this. Why not start today? We'd love to see you on track with us.
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 4Ep. 194
The Semi Sentient Centenarians are a relatively new endurance racing team that are in the midst of an engine swap for their 1996 front wheel drive Buick Century A-body. Their team started much like every other team, including ours, and in their case they can blame Matthew, lol. They are a great bunch of guys learning as they go and trying to come up with the magical plan to dominate the C division of an upcoming race. They are another example of a group of people who were interested in racing bu...
Apr 12, 2021•2 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 193
Our 2021 season started off with another skid pad and autocross event at Lime Rock Park. This time the event was held by the SCDA. We go into our goals for the event, how we did, and hopefully a long list of what we learned. The weather was great and more than we could have asked for this early in the season. In addition to a great event with tons of track time, we also met Elizabeth Jolly and her new to her E30 BMW 3 series race car. Actually, it was for the second time, as we had met at our te...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 192
This is the last part of our 10-part Racing 101 series where we go over several topics we didn't mention in the other episodes and things that our listeners reminded us to mention. We are always 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”. We are sure that there are many more topics to cover and we will do so in upcoming episodes, as we are always learning. We also went over a recent podcast rev...
Mar 31, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 191
GHIT 0190: Mike Skeen is our Guest We were honored to have Mike Skeen join our podcast as a guest. He is an amazing driver and has seemingly competed in every type of driving we can think of and it seems he usually wins. We go over a bit about how he progressed and what he is currently racing, as well as a great discussion on the skills and abilities that can separate a great driver from a typical amateur driver. He has a talent for explaining racing that rivals his driving skills. I think Vicki...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 190
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”. In this episode, we go into the dark recesses of Bill’s mind and enter the world of Lists. We have lists for what tools to bring if it is an HPDE or an endurance race, what parts to bring, what to pack for the paddock, etc, etc. All will be available on our website at www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com and we update them at least once a sea...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 188
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 have Adam Owens on to talk about his first track events he had last summer. Adam has a lot of fresh memories from these events and is a good friend of our team (and potentially future team GHiT member). In talking with Adam, it is even more apparent that the biggest thing stopping anyone from trying to drive at an au...
Mar 22, 2021•2 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 187
Our podcast is always 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 list of the most common errors and issues that a first time driver may have on track. We taped the episode in two pieces and the editor (Bill) was not able to hide it well. We apologize. Do not fear or feel bad about any and all of these areas. These are the most commonly seen areas that you will be ...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 189
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 our Racing 101 series without covering our paddock prep and processes at a race weekend. Please let us know if we missed anything that you may want discussed in a future episode of our Racing 101 Seri...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 186
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 get to experience everything about racing on a track without the thrill of driving, and without the post-race hangover from your adrenaline crash. The goal of this episode is to help you to be prepared f...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 185
After a very long delay in editing, here is the episode we recorded several weeks ago (pre-Christmas) as a farewell wish to Jandy before he went on a long-term deployment. We did not expect to take as long editing, but we easily had triple the number of guests we have ever had and that made things a bit complicated. This is a fun episode with a good bit of Storytime from past racing events. Good luck to Jim on your deployment. We hope to see you back soon. And thank you so much for your service!...
Mar 15, 2021•2 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 184
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 you” car, or for those with a problem (Like Bill) how to best prepare to sell your car. Lara Vernon is on as our guest for a second time and is involved with buying and selling cars in her real life where she owns a b...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 4Ep. 183
We are continuing our bonus series on Racing 101 – So You Wanna Racecar with GHIT podcast #182: Racing 101 Part 3 – The Best Entry Points to Start High Performance Driving or Racing 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 3 of the series (of ~10). On this episode, we try to summarize the easiest ways that we know of to start performance driving and racing your car. We sele...
Mar 10, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 182
When Brian was on with us last year, we started talking about identifying sponsors, working with potential sponsors, and how to get and treat sponsors to assist with the expenses related to racing. Since then, Brian has given several talks on this topic, as well as appearances on several podcasts. As always, our goal was to provide a complete summary of the area of sponsorship and allow you to be able to identify potential sponsors and find a way to help their business and your racing. If you us...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 181
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 are many other potential paths and organizations available across the globe. We have already talked through several of these areas in prior episodes and will continue to cover each of these areas in future episodes. As always, each if us if f...
Mar 05, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 180
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 the racing series. There are a large number of items and many different options and features to take into consideration. We try to summarize each item and area and provide a high level ...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 179
When we started this podcast, we had a list of guests that would compose our school of white whales that we dreamed of getting. One of the top was Randy Pobst. He is an excellent driver, instructor and television personality and has seemingly won every race event he has entered, sometimes multiple times. As good as a driver as he is, he is an even better person. He routinely attends amateur races, many times bringing his own “Flying Moose” team Volvo and walks the paddock and talks to everyone t...
Mar 01, 2021•2 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 178
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 car. In case it isn't clear, Vicki strongly feels its better to purchase a car that already races in the series you wish to enter. So, if you need to build your first race car or only if ...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 177
The fundamental basis for our podcast has always been to help drivers at all levels improve and while we still have a fun on every episode, we are always trying to improve and help others improve. One of the best received additions to our podcast has been the Dominating with Dawson topics that Ben Dawson was kind enough to help us with. Here is the first annual episode that compiles all of the segments for this year. If you could let us know what your favorite topic was, we would love to know. A...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 176
Jacob Simonsen joined us to talk all things NaZCAR which is leading the way in New Zealand for opening up racing to everyone with their entry-level low-cost endurance racing series and he is also starting a series to graduate to for the more serious and faster cars and drivers called NaZCAR Pro. NaZCAR was formerly the New Zealand affiliate of the 24 Hours of Lemons but has split off to form its own brand, two racing series, and a licensing/sanctioning body for racing in New Zealand. We would lo...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 175
The fundamental basis for our podcast has always been to help drivers at all levels improve and while we still have a fun on every episode, we are always trying to improve and help others improve. One of the best received additions to our podcast has been the Dominating with Dawson topics that Ben Dawson was kind enough to help us with. Here is the first annual episode that compiles all of the segments for this year. If you could let us know what your favorite topic was, we would love to know. A...
Feb 19, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 174
The fundamental basis for our podcast has always been to help drivers at all levels improve and while we still have a fun on every episode, we are always trying to improve and help others improve. One of the best received additions to our podcast has been the Dominating with Dawson topics that Ben Dawson was kind enough to help us with. Here is the first annual episode that compiles all of the segments for this year. If you could let us know what your favorite topic was, we would love to know. A...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 173
We are enthusiastic podcast listeners and found a podcast hosted by our guests called Shifting Points. Their podcast is also aimed at helping people get started in our sport. Luckily, they approach it from the perspective of autocross, so we haven’t lost our entire audience to them, yet. Since we all share the same passion, we had to invite them onto our podcast and talk all things cars and driving. They are a great group of ladies and we will be going up to an autocross event with them this sea...
Feb 15, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 172
The fundamental basis for our podcast has always been to help drivers at all levels improve and while we still have a fun on every episode, we are always trying to improve and help others improve. One of the best received additions to our podcast has been the Dominating with Dawson topics that Ben Dawson was kind enough to help us with. Here is the first annual episode that compiles all of the segments for this year. If you could let us know what your favorite topic was, we would love to know. A...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 171
The fundamental basis for our podcast has always been to help drivers at all levels improve and while we still have a fun on every episode, we are always trying to improve and help others improve. One of the best received additions to our podcast has been the Dominating with Dawson topics that Ben Dawson was kind enough to help us with. Here is the first annual series if episodes that compiles all of the segments for this year. If you could let us know what your favorite topic was, we would love...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 170
Brad Brownell is an automotive journalist and is also well known for his involvement with starting Radwood and their newest car festival that is for electrified cars entitled Autopia 2099. His passion for cars and the people who love them is evident throughout the episode, especially by the excitement he displays when talking about the cars that have come to events in the past and will hopefully come to festivals in the future. Threshold braking is often the braking method of choice on track, wi...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 4Ep. 169
