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Garage Heroes In Training
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.
Episodes
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0661: What You Should Be Doing This Offseason
DwD 0661: What You Should Be Doing This Offseason All race cars have been known to have issues during a race and especially after a full season. We talk about…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0660: Best Corvette for Racing with Mark Petronis
GHiT 0660: Best Corvette for Racing with Mark Petronis Looking to build a race car from a street car? The best answer for many types of racing may be a…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0657: When to Keep Racing vs When to Park the Car
DwD 0657: When to Keep Racing vs When to Park the Car All race cars have been known to have issues during a race. We talk about when to drive around the…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0658: Aric Streeter Knows Racing
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0659: Racing in Slower Cars is GREAT
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0656: Race Review: NHMS 2024 with Slippery Slope
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…
Garage Heroes In Trainingfixed DwD 0655: Ben Talks Instructing
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0654: Cage Party for Friendsgiving
GHiT 0654: Cage Party for Friendsgiving Having Friendsgiving has become quite the racing tradition since we started racing. This year, we elected to focus…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0653: Heel Toe – Part 2
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0652: Club Spec with Blair Deffenbaugh from the SCCA
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0651: Heel Toe – Part 1
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0650: Sam Smith AND Ross Bentley Help Us Celebrate #650
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0649: Proper Pass Presentation
DwD 0649: Proper Pass Presentation Proper presentation for passing can help in both a race and especially in a HPDE/track day. We discussed why and how. Agree?…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0648: Peter Granberg
GHiT 0648: Peter Granberg Peter Granberg joins us this week with Vicki leading the way and Bill calling in from the road to repairing our E46 BMW race car…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0647: Do You Always Use ALL the Track
DwD 0647: Do You Always Use ALL the Track One of the things that you will often here is that you should use all of the track. While we do not disagree, there…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0645: Curbs – Friend or Foe and How to "Use" Them
DwD 0645: Curbs – Friend or Foe and How to "Use" Them Ben is mildly obsessed with passing and speed on the track. One aspect of the track that we haven't ever…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0646: Gift Ideas for the Racer and Driver
GHiT 0646: Gift Ideas for the Racer and Driver Looking for gift ideas for a driver/racer in your life? We have thoughts and try to avoid the things that we…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0644: Data for "Non Data" Drivers with Matt Romanowski
GHiT 0644: Data for "Non Data" Drivers with Matt Romanowski There seems to be two types of drivers (and people): data people and no data people. We have both…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0643: Setting up a Pass
DwD 0643: Setting up a Pass What makes Ben's eyes light up? Talking about passing on track. We make Ben happy by talking abut things to think about when…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0642: Our Season Review and 2025 Goals
GHiT 0642: Our Season Review and 2025 Goals With the last race at PittRace with Lucky Dog, our 2024 season is a wrap. How did we do? How many of our goals did…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0641: Dealing with Flags and Penalties
DwD 0641: Dealing with Flags and Penalties Lemons has a unique method of dealing with flags and penalties. We go over a few things to do and many things to…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0640: Evan McLaren – 2024 Club TR Champion
GHiT 0640: Evan McLaren – 2024 Club TR Champion With the 2024 GridLife season ending a PittRace a few weeks ago, there were two people competing for the top of…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0639: Lena Chin
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0638: Race Review on Dominating with Dawson from PittRace with Lucky Dog
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0637: Our First Ever LIVE Dominating with Dawson from PittRace with Lucky Dog
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0636: Ryan Susca - Upgrades to Your Trailer and RV for Racing (and life)
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0635: PittRace: GridLife Review and Lucky Dog Preview
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0634: Tires Age and Feel Like What
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0633: Matt Romanowski on Data 101(+)
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0632: What is the Best Racing to Watch on TV/YouTube
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0631: Scott McMichael and Bill Drive Pineview Run in an Integra Type S
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0630: Listener Questions & Comments and How to Shake Off the Rust
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0629: Nick Pon Returns from the 24 Hours of Lemons
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0628: What You Can/Should Feel When On Track
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)…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0627: Talking Tires with Samir Abid from the Your Data Driven podcast
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0626: Starts and Restarts Are "Golden Times" In Racing
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0625: Peter Krause Returns for His Second Lap
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0623: What Happens After an Accident
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0624: TomO's Back - Tom O'Gorman on Endurance Racing and a Whole Bunch more
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0622: Why Lemons is the Best Racing Series
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0621: How to Get Fast the Fastest
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0620: Theming HARD with Eric Kritzler
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0619: In Class passing vs Out of Class Passing
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0618: Justin Okamoto's Recap of GridLife Lime Rock
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0617: Adam Jabaay After Lime Rock Festival
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0616: Starting Racing and Advantages of Spec Racing
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0615: Nick Barbato Rocked GridLife's Lime Rock Festival
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0614: Robertson Racing Recap with Becky and Scott
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…
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GHiT 0614: Robertson Racing Recap with Becky and Scott
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0613: Endurance Racing vs Sprint Racing
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0612: Yuri Shnirman
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingWOoT 0611: Deadpool & Wolverine plus Mindless Meandering
WOoT 0611: Deadpool & Wolverine plus Mindless Meandering Jeff, Josh, Benny, Alex, Vicki, and Bill go over the latest Deadpool movie and the recent SDCC…
Garage Heroes In TrainingDwD 0610: Multi Car Teams
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0609: Brian Parrish
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0608: Race Review - Thompson 2024 In the Civic
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0607: Brian Wiltfang
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0606: Mike Marzo – From The Italian Job team and Racing Mini's
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0604: Tim Fokine on Racing with Rush and our Recent Event with NASA Great Lakes at PittRace
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0605: Isaac Rodriguez – Sundae Cup and Beyond
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…
Garage Heroes In TrainingGHiT 0603: GHiT Garage Update – July 2024
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…