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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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WOoT 0714: Fantastic Four Plus Mostly and No Racing Podcast and SPOILER FILLED The gang goes over the recent Fantastic Four movie and a deep dive on what we thought, what we liked, and what could have been a bit better. We also project a bit on some other upcoming movies and potential upcoming trips to Comic Con. A link to the episode is: https://t…
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GHiT 0713: Race Recap: Lucky Dog at PIR with Deaf Power Racing We love our friends at Lucky Dog racing and Alan was able to get out to Portland International Raceway (again) for a few days with Deaf Power Racing. Some of our home gamers may remember that our first race at PIR did not go as planned. Luckily, this one would go much better. Or did it?…
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DwD 0715: What Eyes Up Can Mean When at the track you will often hear "keep your eyes up" as a magical solution to everything. But what does that mean? What are they really saying or trying to say. After a recent discussion by TomO and DJ on their podcast, we decided to go through a vision exercise and see what Ben does and compare it to what DJ an…
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DwD 0712: Report Cards: While on Track Bill Struggles to ask the Question, but Ben comes through with an answer anyway. We review the concept of on track report cards and things to do when on track to improve. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected]. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrackREportCard…
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GHiT 0711: Racing 102- Stuff We Missed Before Their First Race We have covered several newbie teams before their first race. On this episode, we talk with one of them about stuff that we missed and forgot to discuss. Our first How To on Race Number Two. Welcoming back to the podcast Tim and Cliff. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RaceT…
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WOoT 0709: Superman and F1The Movie Mostly and No Racing Podcast and SPOILER FILLED The gang goes over the recent F1 Movie and a deep dive on the newly released Superman (2025). What we thought, what we liked, and what could have been a bit better. We also project a bit on some other movies including the basis for our next WOoT episode the upcoming…
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DwD 0710: Losing vs Getting Beaten and more What started out with a simple question of what is the difference between losing and getting beaten digressed into a deeper discussion of a bunch or areas of racing. In other words, another one of our podcasts. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected]. A link to the ep…
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GHiT 0707: Race Review - GridLife GLTC @ Mid O 2025 with Nick Barbato Nick Barbato came to Bill's rescue and reviewed the recent GridLife event at Mid Ohio. Maybe Bill will stop rocking in the corner from live stream withdrawal, lol. It was quite an event and some amazing things transpired in GLTC. Oh, and NICK WON RACE4!!!!!!!!!! Way to bury the l…
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DwD 0708: Listener Question On How to Get Better At Racing - And Just About Everything Else Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track. Why is it important? How to gain it? How to lose it? the usual things to do and thigns not to do. Part one of many. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] for a part 2. A li…
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GHiT 0705: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G They came, they saw, they conquered. The recent Halloween Meets Gasoline winner from NJMP, The Italian Job. Oh, yeah, they drove a Mini Cooper with a full pasta dinner on the roof. And Much more. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/YouWannaMeatballWithDat We hope you enjoy this…
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DwD 0706: The Importance of Trust on Track Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track. Why is it important? How to gain it? How to lose it? the usual things to do and thigns not to do. Part one of many. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] for a part 2. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrustOn…
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GHiT 0704: Kelvin Arreola Wins the 25:01 Hour Race at Thunderhill and Much More Our guest has competed in Formula D and won the longest race in North America. And virtually everything in between. Welcome to the podcast Kelvin Arreola A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Thunderhill25Plus We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to…
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GHiT 0703: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In this part, we review the Slippery Slope team that was racing their SpecE30 race car for reasons explained here. It came in un-themed but the ret of the weekend led to a ton of fun. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car-1…
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GHiT 0702: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In the first of several parts, we review the first time at Lemons team, Never a Goodnight. They had two new to wheel to wheel racing drivers in a brand new race car build. What could go wrong with that? A link to the episode is: https://tin…
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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 6: Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls “So You Wanna Racecar”. For this episode, A lot of our fellow teams recognize that our paddock game is often better …
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GHiT 0701: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In the first of several parts, we review the weekend race for car/truck number 23, the Bad Hombre, El Jeffe, the trophy Truck. What a weekend! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car23 We hope you enjoy this episod…
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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 5: What to Expect At Your First Track Day Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls “So You Wanna Racecar”. On this episode, we go over a typical track visit from arriving at the gate to departing a…
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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0183: Racing 101 Part 4: Buying and Selling a Race Car or a Soon to be Race Car We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls “So You Wanna Racecar” that Bill can’t seem to say correctly. This is part 4 of the series (of ~10). On this episode, we try to summarize the pro…
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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0180: Racing 101 – Easy Entry Paths to Performance Driving and Racing aka So You Wanna Racecar - Part 3 This is part 3 of the series (of ~10) we go over several of the easiest and most popular paths to get your start performance driving and/or racing journey. This should be considered a starting point to work from…
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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0179: Racing 101 Part 2 @ Safety Related Needs We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls “So You Wanna Racecar” that Bill can’t seem to say correctly. This is part 2 of the series (of ~10). On this episode of Bill is a Piñata, we go into the various safety related it…
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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0177: Racing 101 - Building Your Race First Car We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls “So You Wanna Racecar” that Bill can’t seem to say correctly. This is part 1 of the series (of ~10) where we go over where we started and how things went at our first events. We…
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GHiT 0700: Ross Bentley Joins Us to Help Celebrate Episode 700 We celebrate episode number 700 with Ross Bentley. This time, we talk about his recent One Lap of America top ten finish in a mostly stock Honda Civic Type R. In addition, we talk about an upcoming HPDE plus plus plus event that Ross is holding at Pine View Run in upstate New York. We w…
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GHiT 0699: Post Incident Conversations In The Paddock Stuff happens on track occasionally. In this episode we discuss what should be said between the cars and drivers. Thigs to do and things not to do. Some ways of handling things are better than others and sometimes the best thing to do is wait a bit. or sometimes perhaps bring a beverage of choic…
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DwD 0695: What a "Good" Racing Car Feels Like One of the toughest parts of learning to race on track involves developing your feel. So, in this episode, we go into trying to describe what a good car feels like and what a bad car may feel like. It's a tough one for an audio podcast, but let us know if we missed anything or if you have any questions …
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GHiT 0697: Racing and Photography with Mike Woeller from WindShadow Mike Woeller returns to talk all things racing and racing photography, as well as his home taking the grand prize in our listener Fantasy F1 league last year. Who knew there were prizes? Plus we give Miss Vicki a bit of grief over never taking any pictures when we are at the track.…
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DwD 0696: Top Tips to Save Time for Every Level of Racer We give our top tips to save time on track for every level of driver. We start with early on, maybe even your first time on track, low hanging fruit that can save up to about 10 second per lap. Then we move to experienced drivers and racers and look to shave a full second or more off of their…
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GHiT 0693: The Importance of Corner Min Speed with Mario Korf Everyone always hear in slow, fast out. That's the key to being fast on track. Is it? Lets discuss this and more with Mario Korf. Maybe we can all learn a bit. And get faster! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/VMinImportance We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like t…
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DwD 0694: Getting Too Comfortable Racing Early in Your Racing Career (that you don't get paid for) Getting too comfortable on track too early in your career is a great prescription for a terrible day. We give tips as to how to avoid any Dunning-Kruger effects. . And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A l…
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WOOT 0692: Thunderbolts and Beyond!!! Up, Up, and Away Spoiler filled episode where we go over the recent release of Marvel's Thunderbolts and then we go into many of the upcoming movies that we are most excited about. And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/T…
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DwD 0691: THE Budget Endurance Racing Grand Slam What are the four Grand Slam Events of budget amateur endurance events from each of the four major organizers? We have been thinking about this for a while and ecied to dedicate/waste an epeuisde od Dominating with Dawson on the subject. How did we do? Do you agree? Let us know at GarageHeroesInTrain…
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GHiT 0690: Race Review: CMP GLTC 2025 with Nick Barbato Through the magic of podcasting, we were able to catch up with Nick Barbato before the GLTC kickoff race at CMP for the 2025 season. Tons of work over the offseason should lead to an improved season overall. And magically, we then talked with Nick after the event and go through his weekend. Tw…
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DwD 0689: Top Ten Tips For Racing in a New to You Racecar What to do and what not to do when racing in a new to you car. Every car has a first time, especially when you are an arrive and drive or a guest driver. We go over the best ways to learn a new to you car and get up to speed safely. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHe…
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GHiT 0688: John Rudolf Races What We All Want to When Jeremy said" We need to have John on the pod", I said yes please. After John came on the podcast, we can't wait to have him on again and again. Racer, instructor, coach, and a whole lot better than any of us (and in much better cars). Welcome John Rudolf to the podcast. A link to the episode is:…
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DwD 0687: Top Ten Adjustments For Racing On a Wet Track Racing on a wet track can be intimidating at first, but is some of the most fun that you can have on a race track. On this episode, Ben discusses his top ten (or so) adjustments to excel at driving on a wet track. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.…
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GHiT 0686: Our 2025 PittRace Race with TWO New Racecars (and a win) We took two new cars to the race track for the first time. That is usually a recipe for a disaster weekend. But we came away from the weekend with some new hardware. And both cars finished the race. Well done by everyone who prepped both cars all winter. A link to the episode is: h…
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DwD 0685: Listener Feedback and PittRace Prep We catch up with Ben and babble on about our upcoming PittRace prep and some listener feedback, and a bunch of other topics, comments, and discussion. And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PittRacePrep We hope yo…
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GHiT 0684: Amazing New Telemetry Integration as Brent Picasso Returns Brent Picasso has made several significant contributions to racing telemetry, data, and video collection over the years. With the introduction of their newest device, Brent and the team solved several issues with real time data collection and use live, during the race, and increa…
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DwD 0683: Top Ten Tips For Building a Race Car- And How to Save Time and Money Want to build a race car? We share many of our best lessons learned from buying and building a bunch of cars along the way. Special guest Kaan Canturk from the Blind Apex podcast. And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A link …
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GHiT 0682: Everything about Bill - 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. Next up: Bill A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.c…
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DwD 0681: Proper Clutch Adjustment for Racing Our first ever Dominating with Dawson with a question that we had from the recent Blind Apex Podcast with future guest James Houghton, he just doesn't know it yet. Where should your clutch engagement point be for racing and how to do so. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInT…
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GHiT 0680: What's Been Going On We have had quite the offseason this year and are looking forward to our eighth season. What tragedies have befallen our race cars. Why did we do that to our street cars/HDPE cars. Why is that bear limping? What races will we be at? All this, and more. Same Bat time. Same Bat channel. A link to the episode is: https:…
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DwD 0679: Jargon 101: Bore, Stroke, etc. Plus Bill's Bad Math and Vicki's Delaware Accent Ever wonder about engine displacement, bore, stroke etc? Just in case you did, we go into it a bit. Plus a bunch of rambling along the way. And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://ti…
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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://tinyur…
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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 [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/VIRVirtualTrackWalk We hope you enjoy this episode! If you wou…
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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://tiny…
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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, …
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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…
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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 [email protected]
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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 …
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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 le…
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