GHiT 0678: Everything about Vicki - Her 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. First up: Vicki A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AllAboutVicki We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscr...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 8Ep. 678
DwD 0677: Virtual Track Walk of VIR Ben knows VIR, so we had to ask him ahead of our first ever race at VIR. It is a can't miss episode before you go to VIR. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/VIRVirtualTrackWalk We hope you enjoy this episode! 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, inc...
Mar 21, 2025•37 min•Season 8Ep. 677
GHiT 0676: Everything about Jeremy - 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. First up: Jeremy A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AllAboutJeremy We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can sub...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 8Ep. 676
DwD 0675: Jargon 101: Log Book and Tech Inspection Some series require the car to be inspected at prescribed periods of time and them reinspected at the track for other items. WE talk about the log book, the process, and some of the details and variations between several of the racing series that we have competed with. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LogBookInfo We hope you enjoy this episode! If yo...
Mar 14, 2025•16 min•Season 8Ep. 675
GHiT 0674: Ecotec Miata's with Cameron Recknagel One of the most raced cars in history is the Miata. Vicki loves hers, especially when on track. EcotecMiata enables you to take you stock Miata engine out and substitute in a EcoTec motor that bolts right in and with a few other items, you can increase your Miata's horsepower by nearly double or more. We wanted to learn a bit more about this and Cameron Recknagel was kind enough to share a bit of his time away from the shop and this looks very exc...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 674
DwD 0673 How to Not Be Too Nice on Track and Why No one ever wants to be that driver, especially when on track. However, some drivers, especially when they are new, can err towards the other end of the spectrum and end up being in an even worse position when on track. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DontBeThatDriver We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-...
Mar 10, 2025•22 min•Season 8Ep. 673
GHiT 0672 Eric Rood Joins us to Talk Lemons 2025 and a 2024 Review Plus More Our favorite everything bagel, Eric Rood, joins us to talk all things Lemons, including a review of 2024 and an exciting new 2025 schedule. And if that wasn't enough, we talk about a whole lot more. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/EverythingBagel2025 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the po...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 672
DwD 0671: Traffic Management One of the key separators of endurance racers is the drivers ability to get through traffic, especially in multi class racing. For this episode, Jeff joins us again to talk about various tips and strategies to help you get through traffic, even if you might not have the faster car. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PassingInTraffic We hope you enjoy this episode! If you wo...
Feb 28, 2025•33 min•Season 8Ep. 671
GHiT 0670: Ron and Jon Capps from NHRA Drag Racing (and much more) We haven't ever drag raced, so naturally, we start at the top of the sport and we were lucky enough to have Ron and Jon Capps from the NHRA come on a discuss the current top level Funny Car racing with the NHRA. Please join us in watching them this weekend as the seasons tarts in earnest. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/FastestGuestsEver We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and ...
Feb 25, 2025•42 min•Season 8Ep. 670
DwD 0669: Best Driving Songs In a 100% fun DwD, Jeff joins us again to discuss the best driving songs of all time. Is it a song that talks about driving? Is is a song that makes you want to drive? Is it a song that makes you want to drive fast? We prefer all of the above. And if we left any songs out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DrivingSongHoF We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and hi...
Feb 21, 2025•23 min•Season 8Ep. 669
GHiT 0668: Dewey (Eric DeWitt) Returns to Talk about Qualifying Laps & Time Attack, Plus a Whole Lot More Dewey is back and we really wanted his input on what to do when trying for that one fast lap when on track. This could be when in a time attack competition or when the series you are competing in sets the starting grid by the car's qualifying lap. As expected, we wander into a whole lot more topics as the episode rolled along. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DeweyGoesFaster...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Season 8Ep. 668
DwD 0667: Renting Seats - Tips For Both Perspectives In the latest dominating with Dawson, we are joined by Jeff Wakeman, the namesake for our racing truck "El Jeffe" and member of the Three Pedal Mafia. We discuss various aspects of renting seats, primarily in endurance racing. What to do and not do from both the drivers perspective and the car owner/teams perspective. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.c...
Feb 14, 2025•24 min•Season 8Ep. 667
GHiT 0666 Ryan Goodnight and Duckia Zhang Looking to build a race car team from scratch? Duckia and Ryan are starting a team and we try to help with the process to develop their car, their team, their paddock, etc etc etc. Hoping that this one will save you some time and money by learning from us what worked and what didn't. Oh, did we mention that 4 of the 5 drivers have never driven on tack, yet.. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/DuckiaAndRyan We hope you enjoy this episode! If yo...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Season 8Ep. 666
DwD 0665: Learning Racing: What We Re-Discovered When Learning Another Sport In what may be Vicki's least favorite episode, Bill and Jeremy talk about aspects of learning Chess that directly apply to learning to race and drive on track. It may sound like it makes no sense, but this episode could easily be three times as long and may be the first of multiple parts. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Che...
Feb 07, 2025•25 min•Season 8Ep. 665
GHiT 0664: Roy Dietsch - And Then we Talk Best Brake Pads We subscribed (as you should) to Roy Dietsch's YouTube a few months ago and when his recent episode went into his new favorite brake pads (replacing our team favorite the ST-43's), we knew we had to bring him on. Nothing seems to get racers more revved up online than the best brake pads. So on your mark. Get Set. Go. Or stop in this case. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RoyDietsch We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 664
DwD 0663: Fueling for an Endurance Race Weekend - Listener Question We love our listener questions and for this episode we cover what we recommend for fueling your race car during an endurance racing weekend. This includes fuel containment options in the real world, as well as NJ. We also go into some of the options that may help save your budget early in your racing career when you need virtually everything. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A l...
Jan 31, 2025•15 min•Season 8Ep. 663
GHiT 0662: Sean Condon - A Listener's Goals for 2025 Sean Condon was one of our listeners who wrote in after our goals episode and was willing to come on the podcast. We go over his racing history and obviously his plans for the upcoming season. This is the first of what we hope will be an annual tradition. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SeanCondon We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe ...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 662
DwD 0661: What You Should Be Doing This Offseason All race cars have been known to have issues during a race and especially after a full season. We talk about what you should be doing in the offseason to prepare for a great 2025 season.. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/OffSeasonPrepIdeas We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racin...
Jan 27, 2025•34 min•Season 8Ep. 661
GHiT 0660: Best Corvette for Racing with Mark Petronis Looking to build a race car from a street car? The best answer for many types of racing may be a Corvette. But which one? What to look for? What to look out for? We get a great run down from Mark Petronis who runs a company that supports improving all corvettes for use on the track and for racing. Call Mark at AMT Motorsport if you ever need anything or just advice. online at https://amtmotorsport.com/ . A link to the episode is: https://tin...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 8Ep. 660
DwD 0657: When to Keep Racing vs When to Park the Car All race cars have been known to have issues during a race. We talk about when to drive around the problems (and how) as well as when it may be a better plan to go into the pits. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RaceCarIssues We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can...
Jan 17, 2025•21 min•Season 8Ep. 657
GHiT 0658: Aric Streeter Knows Racing We have been long time fans of what Aric Streeter has been doing with racing. We first heard of him from GridLife, possibly from the Slip Angel podcast and since then he has been all over and helping everyone improve in racing, including at the One Lap of America. We had so much to talk about going into the podcast, we knew this would be part one of many. And it is. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AricStreeter We hope you enjoy this episode! If...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 8Ep. 658
DwD 0659: Racing in Slower Cars is GREAT We often hear discussion about racing/driving on track in faster cars. Especially concerning is when the person talking is relatively new to high performance driving and/or racing. Ben and Bill discuss many of the advantages of racing in slower cars. A central point in racing and high performance driving is getting close to the limit of the vehicle on the surface at every moment. Having a more approachable limit is often more fun as the limit is the limit...
Jan 10, 2025•18 min•Season 8Ep. 659
GHiT 0656: Race Review: NHMS 2024 with Slippery Slope Our sister team Slippery Slope Racing was able to make it to the 2024 NHMS endurance race with the 24 Hours of Lemons. It was far from an easy event. What happened? Did they recover? How was the 2024 Season as a whole? It is in here. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SlipperySlope2024 If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe even our podcast, lol: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast ...
Jan 06, 2025•55 min•Season 8Ep. 656
DwD 0655: Ben Talks Instructing It had been quite a while since Ben had formally instructed on track at an HPDE. As his season ender, Ben was invited to instruct and he did. How did it go? What did his student need and where did they improve? And what car did they have? Its a good one. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BenInstructs2 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our po...
Jan 03, 2025•27 min•Season 8Ep. 655
GHiT 0654: Cage Party for Friendsgiving Having Friendsgiving has become quite the racing tradition since we started racing. This year, we elected to focus primarily on building a cage with a few other smaller racing projects. We had Jeremy and Scott McMichael up for their first ever cage build and we were guided as always by the C&C Racing Factory, Chris and Chrissy from the Three Pedal Mafia and Everyone Racers Podcast. How did it go? What did we learn? What did we bribe with? Was anyone ab...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 654
DwD 0653: Heel Toe – Part 2 In our first ever two part Dominating with Dawson, we go further into the topic of downshifting and the discussion in the “You Suck at Racing” blog by Ian Korf. If you ever pondered or even argued about downshifting on track, this may be an episode that makes you happy or sad or angry, lol. Base Article: https://yousuckatracing.com/2024/12/04/heel-toe-is-for-suckers/ And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the epis...
Dec 27, 2024•28 min•Season 8Ep. 653
GHiT 0652: Club Spec with Blair Deffenbaugh from the SCCA When we first started racing we were looking to build a car that we could race anywhere and everywhere. It did not exist. But now, we are getting closer with the Club Spec series run by the SCCA. Choose which car, make a few minor and easy upgrades and you are at the sharp tip of the field. Well your car is. The rest is up to you. We talk all things club spec and how things are progressing in this amazing series. A link to the episode is:...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Season 8Ep. 652
DwD 0651: Heel Toe – Part 1 We were all fascinated by a recent blog post by friend of the podcast Ian Korf on his “You Suck at Racing” blog that dealt with the efficacy of heel toe downshifting on track. We started off discussing the article and then meandered into a deeper discussion into what heel toe downshifting is and how to do it. I think we may have found something that will be a focus of improvement for next season. Base Article: https://yousuckatracing.com/2024/12/04/heel-toe-is-for-suc...
Dec 20, 2024•26 min•Season 8Ep. 651
GHiT 0650: Sam Smith AND Ross Bentley Help Us Celebrate #650 Ross Bentley joins us again to celebrate episode #650. In addition, Sam Smith joins Ross this time. Sam, Ross and (hopefully) future podcast guest Jeff Braun host the amazingly popular podcast called "Its Not The Car" and we were honored to have them both on our podcast. We start off with Ross revealing the two secrets that only pro racing drivers know that make them so fast. We have tons of fun with Sam and Ross for the rest of the ep...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 8Ep. 650
DwD 0649: Proper Pass Presentation Proper presentation for passing can help in both a race and especially in a HPDE/track day. We discussed why and how. Agree? Disagree? Did we miss something? Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ProperPresentationForPassing We hope you enjoy this episode! 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 y...
Dec 13, 2024•16 min•Season 8Ep. 649
