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Garage Heroes In Training

Garage Heroes In Training

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An amateur endurance auto racing team hoping to show everyone that they too can participate in performance driving or racing. We are a relatively new team and learning right along with you. Our assumption is that you know very little to nothing about the sport but are interested in learning to drive better and eventually maybe even race in a local event of interest. We will cover all forms of racing and hope to be entertaining as well as educational.
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GHiT 0639 Lena Chin Past to Present and Promising Future We finally met Lena Chin at the GridLife PittRace event a few weeks back. (Thank you Nick) and could not wait to have her on the podcast. In this episode, we cover some of Lena's racing history, how she got involved with GridLife and GLTC, as well as what some of her upcoming plans are for th…
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DwD 0638: Race Review on Dominating with Dawson from PittRace with Lucky Dog We review our first ever race with Ben. And there is hardware involved. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LDRLHardware 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 po…
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DwD 0637: Our First Ever LIVE Dominating with Dawson from PittRace with Lucky Dog It finally happened, we recorded our first ever in person Dominating with Dawson from PittRace while we were racing with Lucky Dog. It was quite the weekend. Here is our update after our first racing day on Saturday. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PittR…
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GHiT 0636: Ryan Susca - Upgrades to Your Trailer and RV for Racing (and life) We catch up with Ryan Susca and interrogate him on what he has done to his trailers and RV's that make them the envy of everyone in the paddock. With the season winding down and winter project season starting locally, this may be the best time to do a little upgrade proje…
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GHiT 0635: PittRace: GridLife Review and Lucky Dog Preview Racing schedule for 2024 ends this year with the national championship with GridLife and then the first Lucky Dog race in the northeast. Nick Barbato was/will be with us at both, so we cover a post GridLife and a pre Lucky Dog. Two of our favorite racing series and a time for us to test and…
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GHiT 0634: Tires Age and Feel Like What We had a recent podcast related to tires and maintaining the tires, but upon further review, we did not go into how the tires can degrade and what that can feel like. So we did. What did we miss? A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TireDeg If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and …
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GHiT 0633: Matt Romanowski on Data 101(+) A long overdue podcast dealing with data and data interpretation. We are joined by Matt Romanowski and discuss the first few steps in data when driving on track. The focus is on what you can get the maximum benefit from with minimum amount of time, effort, money, and difficulty. This is part one of an almos…
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DwD 0632: What is the Best Racing to Watch on TV/YouTube Being racers, many people have asked us what is our favorite forms of racing to watch on TV and/or YouTube. We go into some of our favorites both current and past and then wander into the what are the ones that are driving us crazy and why. There What did we miss? What did we get wrong? Pleas…
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GHiT 0631: Scott McMichael and Bill Drive Pineview Run in an Integra Type S When Scott asked if we could come to watch a race, we said why don’t you come up and we can go race ourselves. An easy ask for a friend who is one of the webmasters of the Unofficial 24 Hours of Lemons page in the book of faces. Scott and Bill took to the track in a 2024 Ac…
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DwD 0630: Listener Questions & Comments and How to Shake Off the Rust We had three listeners write in to comment on a few comments on our how to get fast the fastest/bestest. Then we had two listeners with questions. The first pair were not technically racing related (but always welcomed) and the last one was on how to shake off the rust after bein…
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GHiT 0629: Nick Pon Returns from the 24 Hours of Lemons We always love catching up with Nick Pon from the 24 Hours of Lemons and get a few stories from long ago and a bit of a peek behind the wizard’s curtain. Nick was kind enough to come on and we caught up with him on what is going on and how the 2025 season has been to this point. A link to the …
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DwD 0628: What You Can/Should Feel When On Track We realized recently that we haven't ever really gone into some of the details of what you can (and should) feel when driving at the limit on the track. We even take a shot at describing the feeling, what it means, and the potential set of responses that you may need to do or be aware of. No doubt th…
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GHiT 0627: Talking Tires with Samir Abid from the Your Data Driven podcast We catch back up with Samir Abid from Your Data Driven to try to dig into the key determinate in improving your driving: the tires. Most of our driving is focused on the use, management, selection, and maintenance of those four black cylinders that contact the surface we are…
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DwD 0626: Starts and Restarts Are “Golden Times” In Racing Listener question: Our long time listener Ben D wrote in this morning: What are the benefits and risks of being a bit more aggressive during starts and restarts of races. Nothing makes Ben happier than listener questions, so please keep them coming. And if we left anything out, please let u…
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GHiT 0625: Peter Krause Returns for His Second Lap It has been way too long since we had Peter Krause on the podcast. It all started out with a very clear set of questions that we intended to ask Peter. As is customary on a great podcast, we ended up talking about none of them. However, the good news is that we both have an excuse to have Peter bac…
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DwD 0623: What Happens After an Accident With our recent racing incident at Thompson, we realized we haven’t ever really covered what to do after a racing incident. There is much more to discuss and at least another episode or few to come. This one focuses on what to do if there is another car/driver involved and a few stories from our past. Agree?…
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GHiT 0624: TomO's Back - Tom O'Gorman on Endurance Racing and a Whole Bunch more Tom O'Gorman is back on our podcast as his week just got a bit busier with the recent announcement that he will be returning to IMSA this weekend. In spite of having much better things to do, Tom came on this week to talk about the differences in driving endurance raci…
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GHiT 0622: Why Lemons is the Best Racing Series In one of our podcasts that is sure to have 100% agreement on all the social medias, we discuss why the 24 Hours of Lemons is the best grass roots racing org and why you should be out there. On this week's podcast we are joined by Ian and Mario Korf. Each has a blog that will help your racing and are …
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DwD 0621: How to Get Fast the Fastest Listener question: We were asked a very good question: How can I get fastest the fastest. We talk about several ways that will accelerate your driving progression and increase your overall speed on track and decrease your lap time. We also go into whether the fastest is the bestest. And if we left anything out,…
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GHiT 0620: Theming HARD with Eric Kritzler One of the best aspects of racing with Lemons is theming the car and the weekend. We invited Eric Kritzler from the Three Pedal Mafia to come on a discuss themes. What to do. What not to do. How to make it better and better. Who knows, if you listen to this one, you might be able to win the $1,000 for Hall…
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DwD 0619: In Class passing vs Out of Class Passing We take a bit of a deeper dive into the various aspects of passing in multi class racing. Often this can be a big deal, especially in sprint racing. We have thoughts. Agree? Disagree? Did we miss something? Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tin…
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GHiT 0618: Justin Okamoto's Recap of GridLife Lime Rock In part 4 of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Justin Okamoto. It was a wild weekend for Justin who was racing Time Attack in the Club TR division in his E36 BMW. Also, Justin was working the event with GridLife so his weekend was quite full, as always. A…
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GHiT 0617: Adam Jabaay After Lime Rock Festival In part 3 of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Adam Jabaay. In addition to talking about the Lime Rock Festival, we also go into the remainder of the GridLife season and some rather weird ideas that Bill had. Why Adam tolerates us, we will never know, lol. A link…
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DwD 0616: Starting Racing and Advantages of Spec Racing Listener Question: Looking to start racing, should i get a Spec Miata? Ben has ideas. Bill has some too. Vicki's are best. Agree? Disagree? Did we miss something? Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/616SpecRacing We hope you enjo…
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GHiT 0615: Nick Barbato Rocked GridLife's Lime Rock Festival In part 2 of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Nick Barbato. We had Nick on earlier after his scouting trip to GridLife Mid Ohio and his goals were to improve his car development and driving to get a top ten finish. Boy did he ever! A link to the epi…
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GHiT 0614: Robertson Racing Recap with Becky and Scott In part one of our review from GridLife's festival event at Lime Rock, we catch up with Scott and Becky from Robertson Racing. In addition to racing in his Miata with Becky as Crew Chief and Lead Mechanic, they were also working with two of their coaching clients and they produced amazing resul…
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DwD 0613: Endurance Racing vs Sprint Racing One of the more popular discussions in the paddock is the difference in racing intensity, usually measured by “tenths”. We almost avoid the use of the tenths reference but we do go into the differences between racing in an endurance race and a sprint race and why there can/should be differences in the app…
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GHiT 0612: Yuri Shnirman Yuri Shnirman has been racing with us and long before. Long overdue and a ton of fun. Yuri is active in the lemons community, and also instructing with Hooked On Driving. Never bored, he is venturing forward and starting up racing in Formula Vee. Given his experience, we also go into what to do to develop a car for low budg…
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WOoT 0611: Deadpool & Wolverine plus Mindless Meandering Jeff, Josh, Benny, Alex, Vicki, and Bill go over the latest Deadpool movie and the recent SDCC announcements before D23. With the dearth of recent superhero and related movies, we had to bring back the team in another Way Off Our Topic / Non Racing related episode. A link to the episode is: h…
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DwD 0610: Multi Car Teams Listener question: What and how should we run a multi car team and anything to look out for. Nothing makes Ben happier than listener questions, so please keep them coming. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MultiCarTeams We hope …
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GHiT 0609: Brian Parrish Brian Parrish started out his racing from zero and has grown into a racer that has finished in the top four for season and tenth at last years nationals at PittRace, is an instructor and may be a great/bad influence on the next generation of his family, lol. During this episode, we learn how Brian started out as a volunteer…
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GHiT 0608: Race Review - Thompson 2024 In the Civic It is often said it is not a matter of if you wreck a car when racing, but only a matter of when. This was one of our When's. It was quite the race at Thomson this year with the 24 Hours of Lemons. Our 1993 EG Civic Hatchback was to be Driven by Jennifer, Vicki, and Bill. The weather was great but…
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GHiT 0607: Brian Wiltfang We welcomed Brian Wiltfang to the podcast this week. He is a very accomplished racing driver and instructor at Brainerd Raceway and also with Xtreme Xperience. It will be awesome to be racing with Brian at our upcoming Lucky Dog race at PittRace. Part of coming on the podcast is the honorary position of being a host and a …
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GHiT 0606: Mike Marzo – From The Italian Job team and Racing Mini’s We have a few soft spots. One is a team with a great attitude and a great theme. Another is racing Mini’s. This team hit both, hard. We are joined by Mike Marzo and talk about their racing mini and the tremendous theming they did at their first ever lemons race. Then we turn to tal…
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GHiT 0604: Tim Fokine on Racing with Rush and our Recent Event with NASA Great Lakes at PittRace Tim Fokine returns to the podcast and we start with a quick discussion of our recent weekend at PittRace with Nasa Great Lakes. Then we move on to discuss Tim’s recent racing with the Rush Series. We talk about the race car, the series the drivers and i…
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GHiT 0605: Isaac Rodriguez – Sundae Cup and Beyond We first met Isaac Rodriguez at the GridLife NJMP event where he was dominating Bill in Sundae Cup. Since then, we have stayed in contact and followed along with his racing. We thought it was overdue to have him come on the podcast and catch up with his racing history and see where he is planning o…
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GHiT 0603: GHiT Garage Update – July 2024 Preparations have begun for a quick flurry of track events and as usual, the cars hate us. We try to catch up on the race car prep and the debacle of our relatively new tow pig. The worst part of racing is the cars. Lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TowPigsSuck If you would like to help gro…
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GHiT 0602: Nick Barbato – How To Properly Setup Your Race Car Nick Barbato is back from his first race in GridLife’s GLTC series at the newly repaved Mid Ohio. In addition to talking about the event, we get into the long awaited part three of our series on setting up a race car. In spite of Bill’s horrible questions, Nick is able to steer the discu…
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DwD 0601: Tool Storage and Transportation Part 2 - Audience Recommendations In an earlier episode, we discussed some of the alternatives and options for tool storage and transportation to and from the track. It appears that our audience has several other options that we discuss here. Links to the items discussed are included below. A link to the ep…
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GHiT 0600: Ross Bentley Celebrating 600 Episodes Since we first started our podcast, we were hoping to show everyone that they could go racing and to help everyone to get better. One of the best guests for our podcast we could ever hope for was Ross Bentley. Being the kind person that he is, he agreed to come on and help us celebrate our 100th epis…
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GHiT 0599: Team Crocs Racing We are joined by a fairly new team that has an awesome livery. Team Crocs Racing drivers Dan, Collin and Nick have had several entries into endurance racing and some have gone well, some a bit less. We talk about the car, their driving histories, and work towards some creative problem solving and potential solution path…
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GHiT 0598: Dealing with Difficulties at the Track Kaan Canturk (host of the Blind Apex Podcast) joins us to discuss a topic that happens to everyone who drives on track, difficulties with the car. Things happen on track. That can be mechanical issues, driver induced issues, and/or externally induced issues. During this podcast we go over many examp…
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GHiT 0597: Waka Motorsports Finishes the Races One of the teams that has had some terrible luck has been Waka Motorsports. However, at the recent NJMP race, things changed a bit and they had some issues, but conquered them all and finished the race. A great accomplishment for any endurance race and well earned. Hear all about it in this episode. A …
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DwD 0595: Breaking Through Limits, Self Preservation, and Plateaus In an effort to answer a listener, Ben discusses several methods of breaking through plateaus, limits, and fear on track. We get into things we can do on track, off track, and with the help of others, data, and instructors/coaches/friends. Ben even makes a gracious offer to personal…
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GHiT 0596: Double Header with the Brooklyn Bomb Squad and Slow and Mello Teams With BOTH teams winning their classes at the recent NJMP race, we wanted to talk with the Brooklyn Bomb Squad team about its (VERY) long overdue class victory and our friends at Slow and Mello who also won their class and nearly won overall. A link to the episode is: htt…
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New, Slower Version GHiT 0591: Race Recap – The MooStang at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 The MooStang has been on quite a run recently. How did it do a this huge race at NJMP with 147 other entrants? Its in here. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2024MooStang3 If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe eve…
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New and Improved, now even slower, lol. GHiT 0594: Race Recap - Slippery Slope Slides into NJMP Team Slippery Slope joins us to go over their race at NJMP Thunderbolt. In addition to Audra, Max, Bill, and Larry, they have introduced two new racers, Laura and Doug, to endurance racing. How did the BMW 5 Series perform this week? Is having your first…
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GHiT 0593: Nick Barbato Nick Barbato has accomplished a TON in a relatively short career in racing. So many great stories. We catch up with Nick just after breaking his lap record at NJMP Thunderbolt and just before his debut at Mid Ohio with GridLife. We know you will love this one! Part one of hopefully many. A link to the episode is: https://tin…
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DwD 0592: Ben Is Back On Track and Shaking Off Rust and Fuel Conservation? Ben FINALLY returns to the track and its with AER at VIR. We talk a bit about shaking off rust and then wander into fuel conservation options and exploring ways of driving as fast as possible while conserving gas. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BenIsBackOnTrac…
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GHiT 0590 Race Recap - El Jeffe Trophy Truck at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 2 The El Jeffe Trophy truck team reports in on their race at the NJMP Thunderbolt track with the 24 Hours of Lemons. This team truck was driven by Jeremy and Nick who were joined by JT and Ryan. They had their ups and downs but had a great time. Judge Tim Burr made a speci…
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