Garage Heroes In Training

GHIT 0373: JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports

JG Pasterjak joins us for a great episode that starts off with a brief history of his driving and work with Grassroots Motorsports magazine and website. In addition to being involved with the articles, JG is also a passionate driver and tinkerer on his car and many of the project cars that are the subject of many articles and threads within the magazine and website. We are often searching the GRM website when we are trying to solve a problem or improve our cars for the track. We also cover a recent fire that JG had in his MR2 and what he has learned from the experience. JG was even kind enough to indulge us when we tried to discuss a few of the recent articles that have helped us and our friends. Including the project of converting a road car to a track car. We can't wait to have him on again.

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

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

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training racing team

DwD 0372: Troubleshooting a Crank No Start Condition

On this Dominating with Dawson, we take advantage of a problem that we are having with our 1993 Honda Civic SI (D16Z6 for the home gamers) race car and use it as a working example of how to troubleshoot an issue. As with most parts of working on a car, we are a work in progress, some would even say "In Training", lol. We utilize our pain to try to work through the logic of a car not working and trying to diagnose the issue. If you like these types of Dominating with Dawson, please let us know. We break enough and have plenty of issues with our cars to make this into a near limitless series long into the future. Guest appearance from Jeremy during this issue. We end with a diatribe on why we don't let Bill fix our cars and rarely leave him unattended.

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

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

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GHIT 0371: Tim Burr – Our First Member of the Sorry For Party Racing Team

One of the fun things about meeting someone on the Sorry For Party team for the first time is whether they are in their race team regalia or in civilian clothes. We have found that often we have met the same person twice without knowing it. Tim Burr is no exception. We finally placed the name and the face at the spring PittRace event and then he joined us for the Thompson event while racing with Jeremy's El Jeffe Trophy Truck team. This episode gave us an opportunity to get to know Tim a bit better and how he has progressed to this point in racing and life. A great episode with a great person. In addition, during this episode, we go into the history of the Sorry For Party team, What to do and what not to do or look out for as an arrive and drive driver, as well as an in seat review of both the El Jeffe Trophy Truck and the 3PM Cheaties Cressida. And then we begin to make a great plan.

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

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

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training racing team

DwD 0370: Overdriving vs. Underdriving

When trying to improve as a driver there are many instances where the same driver can be overdriving their car and at other points on the track can be underdriving. In addition, the best of us also can have areas where we do one or the other and our lap times area adversely affected. For this episode, we talk about some indications of a driver under driving their car and other indications where the driver driving the car. While people grow in their driver education and skills, most will have a personality predisposition towards one side of the spectrum generally. We use this episode of DwD to try to explain the jargon and help you determine where and when you may be under or over driving and some things to do to continue to improve.

A link to the episode is: https://tiny.one/OvervsUnderDriving

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

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

GHIT 0369: Passing Series – Part 1 of Many

An episode that has been in the making for well over a year, we finally start our passing series with part one. Guest hosts are Ben Dawson and returning guest Blake Fields. For this episode we approach the concept and jargon of passing from the perspective of the passing car and the car being passed. The goal is always to do this as safely as possible and with minimal impact to the race of a fellow driver, especially if they are in a different class of the race. If you think we missed something or have misspoken, please let us know and we will cover that in part 2 and likely 3 for this important topic.

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PassingSeriesPart1

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

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training racing team

GHIT 0368: Team Status Update

After having a few inquiries at the track and via social media, we begin to review what we are up to and working on as a team and some of the projects and issue we are working on. This episode is a partial laundry list of some of the more significant near term items we are working on or pondering, as well as a few of our goals going into the approaching offseason. At this point, we consider these types of episodes a work in progress and expect them to come out less than weekly, but we hope they help everyone. Also, please feel free to ask any questions on things we are working on or any topic we may be able to help you with. We hope you enjoy the episode.

We recorded this a few days ago and then were officially hit with Covid. Sorry for the delay and that explains a bit of the lower E than normal for this one.

Also, we are looking to have a listener Fantasy football league for the season. Send an email to us and let us know if you are interested at [email protected] or on our similarly titled Instagram.

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TeamUpdate368

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DwD 0367: "Expensive" Tools That Are Worth It

This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at the tools that we think are worth spending the money on. These are tools that are critical to the function of your car or where accuracy is required, as well as tools where they just make things so much easier that they are worth every penny that they cost. We then go into places where you can save a significant amount without impacting your car performance.

While our list is far from exhaustive, what tools do YOU think are most valuable to you when working on your car. Please let us know in the comments or email us at [email protected] for a future part two for this topic.

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

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DwD 0367: Gridding at an HPDE

This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at what came be source of pre-event angst and again deals with the unknown. This time we go through what is meant by gridding ahead of an HPDE stint. In addition, we discuss some of the decisions and thoughts that we have used to improve the HPDE experience. This includes why and where to grid up for the stint as a function of the car you are driving and the experience that you may have with this organization, as well as several other items. As always, the unknown is what can be intimidating but there is really nothing to be concerned about.

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

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

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GHIT 0366: Brad and Eric from the Break/Fix Podcast and Gran Touring Motorsports

Brad and Eric from the Break Fix Podcast and Gran Touring Motorsports which is a media group that is interested in helping grow and stoke the enthusiasm for all car related culture and grow the friendships that develop from our shared passion. Since our podcasts share almost identical goals, we thought it would be a great idea to do a two-episode home and home series. During this episode, we turn the tables on Brad and Eric and ask/interrogate them on their history, goals, and podcasts. Vicki and Bill were guests on the Break Fix Podcast that is also coming out this week for those who (for unknown reason) cannot get enough of our GHiT team story. We know you will enjoy this introduction to Brad and Eric.

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

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

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DwD 0365: Gridding at an HPDE

This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at what came be source of pre-event angst and again deals with the unknown. This time we go through what is meant by gridding ahead of an HPDE stint. In addition, we discuss some of the decisions and thoughts that we have used to improve the HPDE experience. This includes why and where to grid up for the stint as a function of the car you are driving and the experience that you may have with this organization, as well as several other items. As always, the unknown is what can be intimidating but there is really nothing to be concerned about.

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

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PS2 If you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems. Please enter the code "ghitlikesapex!". You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

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

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team