GHiT 0497: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Corey Dickman The Lemons Judge series continues with Judge Corey. He is a racer and a judge and is trying to finish his collection of racing at every track that Lemons invades and winning the last elusive prize of the overall win at a race. Please welcome Judge Corey to the podcast. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeCorey If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on ...
Sep 11, 2023•49 min•Season 6Ep. 497
DwD 0496: Downshifting in a Turn One of the issues that several of our teams’ drivers have had is the proper process and timing when downshifting in a manual car at a turn, especially a high speed turn. During this episode, Ben goes into a proper sequence of your hands and feet during a turn where downshifting is required. Hopefully, this will help you as you progress in driving on track with a manual transmission. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DownshiftingInATurn If you would li...
Sep 06, 2023•29 min•Season 6Ep. 496
GHiT 0495: Team Update - Primary Racing Cars in PA We go back to what our podcast started with and provide an update to what cars we have and what our plans are. In this part one, we go over the primary race cars that are located in PA. We hope you enjoy this and catch up on what we are up to (and some of the debacles). If desired, we will have a future episode on the remaining team race cars and HPDE cars. As an extra bonus, we have a part B for continued escapade updates. Its a doozy. A link t...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 495
DwD 0494: Seat Fitment and Adjustment In this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go over the importance of properly installing and selecting a racing seat. While many endurance teams are forced into making compromises for all drivers’ sizes and shapes, it is more ideal to take extra time and make sure the seat and the installation are perfect for a single driver car. We do go into some of the options and strategies to minimize any issues when in a team situation. A link to the episode is: htt...
Aug 30, 2023•21 min•Season 6Ep. 494
GHiT 0493: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Craig Ledbetter The Lemons Judge series continues with Judge Craiggers. He is a racer and a judge and is in need of coming to our garage to help with all of our Honda race cars. In spite of having been on two times previously, he agreed to come back on for the judge series. We talked about setting up a seat swap site and then stumble upon the story of Craiggers inviting Ben to his first ever Lemons race. Details within. Please welcome Judge Craiggers to the...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 493
GHiT 0492: Fire Laps New AI Data Coach David and Daniel from Fire Laps returned for a second lap to discuss the recent rollout of their AI coaching and data analysis. It augments the original functionality and retains compliance with many of the top data/telemetry systems. So, if you are looking for a faster way to analyze data and interpret the data Or if you hate analyzing data Or if you aren’t yet good at interpreting the data you gather, this may be the solution you have been looking for all...
Aug 23, 2023•59 min•Season 6Ep. 492
DwD 0491: The Best Track Car We were recently asked what car we would recommend learning to drive on a track. In this episode, we go into some of the primary factors we see that would help someone to learn to drive on a track as quickly and efficiently as possible. So what do you think is the best car to learn to drive on track? A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BestCarsToLearnOnTrack If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1: Subscribe to our podca...
Aug 22, 2023•24 min•Season 6Ep. 491
GHiT 0490: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Shelly McKee The Lemons Judge series continues with Judge Shelly. She is a racer and a judge and is also involved with the SCCA so we go into that as well during this episode. If you want to follow along with Shelly and her progress, her Instagram is a must follow @shellieshouseofspeed Please welcome Judge Shelly to the podcast. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeShelly If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving ...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 490
GHiT 0489: Race Recap: Thompson 2023 with the 24 Hours of Lemons Our team had two cars that raced at the recent 24 Hours of Lemons endurance race at Thompson. This includes the 1984 Mustang GT Turbo called MooStang and the 1991 BMW 535 with team Slippery Slope. It was a tale of two cars and the results show it. Post race hangover was fully in place by the two of us who didn’t race, lol. Did the MooStang make up for last year’s debacle? Did the 535 keep on rolling along? How was the ice cream sho...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 489
DwD 0488: Lap Times at The Track We were recently asked how to tell how a teams’ car was doing in the race and how to tell what the lap times were. Luckily, there are several apps available to monitor any car’s lap times when at the track and even when not at the track. We go over two of the more popular options that are used around the world. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LapTimers If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: Awesome choice #1: Subscribe to our pod...
Aug 15, 2023•12 min•Season 6Ep. 488
GHiT 0487: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Sajeev Mehta Part 5 of still growing in our Lemons Judge Series with Sajeev Mehta. Sajeev is a long time Lemons Judge and racer who is also an automotive journalist. This sounds like recipe for episode greatness. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeSajeev 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 the Apple podcast app, ...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 487
DwD 0486: Minimizing Distance vs Maximizing a Turn’s Min Speed In Autocross, it is often correct to minimize distance to improve your time. On track, it is a bit more complicated due to the longer duration of the turns and the higher speeds and higher variation of speeds. During this episode, Ben and Bill talk through a few of the aspects of the track that can impact when to minimize distance and when to move your min speed in a turn to improve your overall lap time. Part 1 of many. A link to th...
Aug 08, 2023•19 min•Season 6Ep. 486
GHiT 0485: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Chris Overzet Part 4 of still growing in our Lemons Judge Series with Chris Overzet. Chris goes way back to original Lemons times and has personally participated in the Peoples Curse and has been racing and judging sine then. This one has stories. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/JudgeChrisO 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...
Aug 07, 2023•59 min•Season 6Ep. 485
DwD 0484: How to Tell if You are Under Driving On Track By poplar demand, we have a part two to our earlier DwD. Ben was concerned with making sure that everyone wasn’t under driving just as much as he was concerned about over driving. We also have a quick listener comment on our earlier podcast episode about driving with bench seats. Thanks again. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AreYouUnderDriving
Aug 01, 2023•29 min•Season 6Ep. 484
GHiT 0483: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Bob Griffin Part 3 of 13 (and still growing) in our Lemons Judge Series is with Bob Griffin. The fun we are having with all the judges is fantastic and this episode is no different. In addition. The Lemons Judges see the series from their own unique perspective. We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something. We recorded this episode with Bob just prior to meeting him at the NJMP event and this was a won...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 483
GHiT 0481: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Shawn Rogers Part 2 of Many TBD in our Lemons Judge Series with Shawn Rogers. While we often talk with drivers about Lemons, we thought that it might be fun to talk with some of the Lemons Judges about the series and how they see it from their perspective. We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something. Shawn has been racing in Lemons from the Altamont days and has been judging for many, many races. He h...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 481
GHiT 0482: Recap of Grid Life NJMP 2023 Our First Time Working with a Coach - Miss Jackie What a great weekend we had. Our team worked with Jackie Andrews as our coach for the Grid Life event at NJMP. Jeremy and Nick were in the advanced HPDE group in their E46 BMW 3-series street'ish cars. Jennifer was in our B Spec Fit in HPDE and Vicki was in HPDE in our new E46 race car but switched to our Honda Fit when we had a mechanical issue. Bill was also in the B Spec Fit and competed in the Sundae Cu...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 482
DwD 0480: Air, Spark, and Fuel – Plus Timing On this episode, we go into one of the areas that Vicki and Bill are worst at: Trouble shooting. One of the fundamental ways to diagnose a car not running is to look at the supply of Air, Fuel, and spark to the engine. Once they are all present at the required quantity and time, it is almost magic how the car then starts making that happy noise we all desire. Jeremy tried to explain this to us during this episode. Some of it even seems to sink in. A l...
Jul 26, 2023•24 min•Season 6Ep. 480
DwD 0479: Double Sucking What is a DwD without Ben, well we try again here with guests Mental and Jeremy standing in for Ben. One area we wanted to cover is that there are multiple factors that can affect your absolute and relative performance on track, especially as you progress. One of the hardest areas we have seen is trying to determine the relative contributions of what part is driver induced and what fraction can be attributed to the car, car setup, and track conditions. Sometimes it may n...
Jul 18, 2023•26 min•Season 6Ep. 479
GHiT 0478: Lemons Judge Series – Judge Janis While we often talk with drivers about Lemons, we thought that it might be fun to talk with some of the Lemons Judges about the series and how they see it from their perspective. We hope you enjoy this multipart series that we hope sheds some light on the, hmm, well on something, lol. We talked with Judge Janis Jerman after her first race judging, and we can tell that she is hooked. Welcome to part 1 of tbd of our Lemons Judge series. A link to the ep...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 478
WOoT 0476: Spiderverse and The Flash – Plus we rank ALL the Spiderman Movies Jeff, Josh, Benny, Alex, Vicki, and Bill go over the latest Spiderverse movie and The Flash, with a splash of a return to the Guardians of the Galaxy 3. We then end the episode with a ranking of all the Spider Man movies (and related movies). I think we did manage to squeeze in a car reference, might have been a roller skate, but maybe. So what are you rankings for the movies? Let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail...
Jul 12, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Season 6Ep. 477
DwD 0476: Racing Classes – Builder’s Classes vs Driver’s Classes (Jeremy Fill) There are generically two different types of racing series. One is a builder’s class where you can build and enter almost anything that complies with a fairly open rule book. Other racing classes are more specific on what cars and modification are allowed and focus more on the difference being largely due to the driver skill and relatively less on the car build. Spec class racing is usually more of a driver’s class ty...
Jul 11, 2023•22 min
GHiT 0475: The Great Alaska Rally Wrapup Rally Master Jeff Stobbs joins us again to review the recent Lemons rally that went to the 49th state. This was a first time event and easily one of the most memorable rallies that Lemons has hosted. How did it go? Did anyone hit a moose or have a moose hit them? What did the locals think of a Lemons rally? Did they sacrifice any cars to the Rally gods by driving them off a cliff? Tune in and find out. Same Bat Time. Same Bat Channel. A link to the episod...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 475
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 of repeatedly crossing the country to interview a ton of people in person at events. This is part 2 of o...
Jul 05, 2023•48 min•Season 6Ep. 473
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 increasing the wear and tear on your car and can impact your team’s ability to successfully complete an endur...
Jul 04, 2023•31 min•Season 6Ep. 474
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 by guest Mental Ward and Jeremy Hall. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RearTireUncomfortablenes...
Jun 28, 2023•27 min•Season 6Ep. 472
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 more in this one. Bill has some terrible ideas brewing. In summary, the Great American Bro’d trip started o...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 471
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 end of a stint or race. We would love to hear some great bench seat stories. A link to the episode is: ...
Jun 20, 2023•14 min•Season 6Ep. 470
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 haven’t done. Yet. We had great fun talking with Rachel and see a lot of things in common and potential ...
Jun 19, 2023•59 min•Season 6Ep. 469
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 535, and our friends (and future podcast guests) from Waka Motorsports in their Civic. Also, during the week...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 468
