Jim Tramontano is a racing driver primarily in Spec Miata and the creative force behind the No Money Motorsports blog.  He started racing and tries to balance a personal life and a racing hobby within the confines of a real-world budget and time availability.  He has tried many things to save both time and money.  Many have worked, but some, not so much.  He shares our interest in spreading the word about how much fun can be had with our sport and how it can be accomplished by almost everyone while maintaining a low budget.  We subscribed to his blog many months ago and hope you will too.  He is also a fun follow on Instagram. 

 

Highlights from this episode include:

 

1)  His history and growth in the sport and his blog 2)  Vicki relearns to not stop on track with the brakes applied 3)  The differences in Spec Miata and Spec MX-5 (and a bit Spec Mazda/MX Cup) 4)  We discuss some of the Planet Miata visit we recently had and Miata’s in general 5)  How he broke his Dodge/Mopar addiction, almost 6)  Some of the details of the Spec Miata series vehicles 7)  Scrubbed tires/Scrubs are introduced to Vicki for the first time 8)  Several top tips and tricks to use when racing and being fiscally responsible or at least be able to buy even more toys a bit more easily 9)  Many budget saving bookmarks and methods he uses 10)  Camel Camel Camel as a source of parts etc 11)  Vicki hears about ice racing for the 6th time/first time, lol 12)  Vicki has her priorities straight, brake pads first, hubby a distant second 13)  A no fail approach to torqueing your lug nuts, well almost 14)  Vicki learns of bump drafting for the first time and isn’t quite sure about it, yet 15)  Vicki, ever so subtly, tries to get another female driver by luring his wife out to the track some day 16)  We begin to make a very bad plan for his current daily driven Civic Si into a low budget endurance race car 17)  Vicki denies an early drive experience and reminisces about here long lost Wrangler 18)  A bit of trash talk amongst friends towards the end

You can follow Jim on his blog at:  https://nomoneymotorsports.com/

Or on instagram at:  @ no_money_motorsports_blog

Best regards,

Bill, Vicki, and Alan

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast

and team members in the GHiT

Immature Endurance Racing Team