Garage Heroes In Training

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

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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, no matter where it happens to be.

And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected]

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SlowerRaceCars

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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

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Vicki, Jennifer, Audra, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

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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 [email protected]

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BenInstructs2

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

Money saving tips:

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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 [email protected] 

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BenInstructs

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, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much.  Even better, a podcast review would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

Money saving tips:

1)  Enter code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry.

2)  Enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order and Apex Pro system from https://apextrackcoach.com/ and you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

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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 able to walk after dinner?

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/CageParty2024

If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe even our podcast, lol:

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Audra, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

Money saving tips:

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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 [email protected]

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/HeelToeOrNoPart2

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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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: https://tinyurl.com/ClubSpecWithTheSCCA

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Vicki, Jennifer, Audra, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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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-suckers/

And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected]

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/HeelToeOrNoPart1

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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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 episode. One of our best.

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RossAndSam650

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Vicki, Jennifer, Audra, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes in Training Podcast and Garage Heroes in Training racing team drivers

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