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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
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GHiT 0425: Retreat From Moscow 2023 - Day 2 and 3
GHiT 0425: Retreat From Moscow 2023 - Day 2 and 3 We join Rally Master Jeff from the end of Day 3 of the 2023 Retreat From Moscow Lemons Rally. Rally Master…
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WOOT 0424: Our Hero Related Preview of 2023
WOOT 0424: Our Hero Related Preview of 2023 In our latest Way Off Our Topic episode, we successfully avoided talking about racing for most of the episode and…
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GHiT 0423: Retreat From Moscow 2023 - Day 1
GHiT 0423: Retreat From Moscow 2023 - Day 1 We join Rally Master Jeff from the end of Day 1 of the 2023 Retreat From Moscow Lemons Rally. Vicki and Bill were…
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DwD 0422: Defending a Pass Attempt
DwD 0422: Defending a Pass Attempt We have a passing series that we started last year and will resume soon, but we have not talked a great deal about defending…
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GHIT 0421: Dillon "EJ2 Track Rat" Brennan Returns for a Second Lap
GHIT 0421: Dillon "EJ2 Track Rat" Brennan Returns for a Second Lap We are long overdue in having Dillon back onto the podcast. Dillon was one of our early…
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DwD 0420: What Have We Learned Since DwD's Started
DwD 0420: What Have We Learned Since DwD's Started The scariest question Bill has ever attempted. We ask Jennifer, Vicki, and Ben what they have learned since…
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GHIT 0419: WindShadow Studios Mike Woeller
GHIT 0419: WindShadow Studios Mike Woeller Want to take some better pictures of you or your team at the track? We do, so we asked for a few tips and tricks…
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DwD 0418: Jargon 101: What is Race Craft and Favorite Examples
DwD 0418: Jargon 101: What is Race Craft and Favorite Examples Ben, Jeremy, and Bill are unsupervised again this week, so why not end this session with a clean…
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GHIT 0417: GHiT Goal Review – We Review 2022 and or Goals for 2023
GHIT 0417: GHiT Goal Review – We Review 2022 and or Goals for 2023 Pre-Podcast Question: How was your 2022 season? Our team goes over our racing season for…
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DwD 0416: Traveling to a Race - What to Bring, Especially if Flying
DwD 0416: Traveling to a Race - What to Bring, Especially if Flying While Jeremy was with us, Ben and Bill took advantage of his extensive travelling schedule…
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GHIT 0415: Ken Hill on THE Fundamentals of Racing
GHIT 0415: Ken Hill on The Fundamentals of Racing Pre-Pod Question of the episode: What is the fastest way around a race track? A second lap with Ken Hill. We…
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DwD 414: The Best Track Car
DwD 0414: The Best Track Car On this episode, the first Dominating with Dawson of the new year, we try to start of with an easy one and not stir up the…
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GHIT 0413: Jackie Andrews - Lo_Buk_Motorsports
GHIT 0413: Jackie Andrews - Lo_Buk_Motorsports We start the year off with a guest Jackie Andrews. Jackie is not only a driver and a racing coach but also is…
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DwD 412: Jargon 101: What is a "Real Racer" of a "Try Hard" driver/racer
DwD 412: Jargon 101: What is a "Real Racer" of a "Try Hard" driver/racer Listener Warning: They left Bill and Ben unattended again. When in a paddock, you will…
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GHIT 0411: Adam Owens Rejoins Us For Another Lap
GHIT 0411: Adam Owens Rejoins Us For Another Lap Adam Owens is a friend we met a while back and he came on as a relatively newbie racer in our World Famous…
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GHIT 0410: Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Driver/Racers and Mechanics in Your Life
GHIT 0410: Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Driver/Racers and Mechanics in Your Life We are so very late, but here are some of our ideas for the last minute…
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DwD 0409: Tire Pressure Optimization to Track Conditions
DwD 0409: Tire Pressure Optimization to Track Conditions On this Dominating with Dawson, we try to go over how to adjust the pressure of your tires when on…
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GHIT 0408: Frank Schwartz – All About B Spec Racing and More
GHIT 0408: Frank Schwartz – All About B Spec Racing and More Frank Schwartz is a racer and owner of Grass Paddock Motorsports that rents B Spec Honda Fits and…
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GHIT 0407: Kyle Heyer The Voice of GridLife
GHIT 0407: Kyle Heyer The Voice of GridLife In our totally biased opinions, the GridLife live stream is the best motorsports events on TV/YouTube, and we lose…
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DwD 0406: Street Driving Practice and Bad Habits to Be Aware of for Track Driving
DwD 0406: Street Driving Practice and Bad Habits to Be Aware of for Track Driving Most of us are unfortunately unable to be on track as much as we would like…
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GHIT 0405: Adam Jabaay Reviews GridLife 2022 and Previews 2023
GHIT 0405: Adam Jabaay Reviews GridLife 2022 and Previews 2023 Adam Jabaay comes on the podcast before the 2023 announcements and talks about how 2022 went for…
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GHIT 0404: Race Review – NHMS 2022 Part 2: El Jeffe
GHIT 0404: Race Review – NHMS 2022 Part 2: El Jeffe Long delayed due to schedule and sickness, here is part 2 of our teams 24 Hours of Lemons race at New…
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DwD 0403: Better Race Starts - Why
DwD 0403: Better Race Starts One of Ben's favorite things to do is pass people and one of his favorite ways to accomplish this is at a race start or at a race…
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GHIT 0402: Race Review – NHMS 2022 Part 1: The MooStang
GHIT 0402: Race Review – NHMS 2022 Part 1: The MooStang Long delayed due to schedule and sickness, here is part 1 of our teams 24 Hours of Lemons race at New…
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DwD 0401: How to Install Harness Straps
DwD 0401: How to Install Harness Straps On this Dominating with Dawson, we try to go over how to install and wrap harnesses in a race car. It turns out to be…
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GHIT 0400: Celebrate Episode 400 with ROSS BENTLEY
GHIT 0400: Celebrate Episode 400 with ROSS BENTLEY Our streak continues with celebrating every fifty episodes with Ross Bentley returning to the podcast…
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DwD 0399: Why You Need to Improve Driving Off Line
DwD 0399: Why You Need to Improve Driving Off Line In the beginning, everyone is obsessively concerned with driving on "the line" when on a track. During this…
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GHIT 0398: Andrew Purvis and his Coyote Swapped Fox Body
GHIT 0398: Andrew Purvis and his Coyote Swapped Fox Body We met Andrew Purvis at our NY Safety Track track day with the brothers Korf. During the event, Alan…
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DwD 0397: Tweed Motorsports Live from the AER Race at NJMP Thunderbolt
DwD 0397: Tweed Motorsports Live from the AER Race at NJMP Thunderbolt We join Tweed Motorsports live from the season ending AER race at NJMP Thunderbolt. Gary…
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DwD 0396: Post Race Weekend Hangover Minimization
DwD 0396: Post Race Weekend Hangover Minimization The post race (weekend) hangover is real, and it has nothing to do with what your drink of choice was during…
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GHiT 0395: Team Progress Update - Nov 2022
GHiT 0395: GHiT Team Update November 2022 On this latest team update, we go into our recent efforts related to racing and preparing our cars, as well as a few…
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DwD 0394: How to Capitalize on Uphill and Downhill Areas of a Track
DwD 0394: How to Capitalize on Uphill and Downhill Areas of a Track In past Dominating with Dawsons, we have talked about the affect that camber has on track…
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GHIT 0393: Race Review - Lucky Dog Race at CMP with Read Tull and Ben Dawson
GHIT 0393: Race Review - Lucky Dog Race at CMP with Read Tull and Ben Dawson We start the episode with Read Tull who races in the southeast and had Ben as his…
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GHIT 0391: Car Control with Nik Romano
GHIT 0391: Car Control with Nik Romano There are a few fundamental skills that truly separate drivers. The top two that come to mind are car control and race…
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DwD 0392: Balancing Min Distance vs Max Speed
DwD 0392: Balancing Min Distance vs Max Speed On this week's Dominating with Dawson, we start a discussion on the competing priorities of maximizing speed and…
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GHIT 0390: Race Update Live for NHMS with Jeremy Hall
GHIT 0390: Race Update Live for NHMS with Jeremy Hall We caught up with Jeremy live front the paddock as Sunday morning was starting up Jeremy allows us to…
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DwD 0389: Catching a Car – FWD vs RWD – This one goes way, way, way off topic
DwD 0389: Catching a Car – FWD vs RWD – This one goes way, way, way off topic While we often talk about car control, we have yet to really discuss the…
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GHIT 0388: Phil Wurz From Bimmerworld Returns For a Second Lap
GHIT 0388: Phil Wurz From Bimmerworld Returns For a Second Lap Phil Wurz is the Sales and Operations Manager for Bimmerworld and also races with the…
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DwD 0387: Responding to an Incident On track In Front of You
DwD 0387: Responding to an Incident On track In Front of You Sometimes when you are on track, another car in front of you may have a problem. It could be…
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GHIT 0386: Brandon Wilson – NASA Great Lakes HPDE 4 Group Leader and Grassroots Racer
GHIT 0386: Brandon Wilson – NASA Great Lakes HPDE 4 Group Leader and Grassroots Racer Brandon Wilson was one of the first instructors to ride with Bill ever…
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DwD 0385: Tire Mounting and Balancing - For The Track
DwD 0385: Tire Mounting and Balancing - For The Track For this episode, we go over what to do and what to look out for when mounting and balancing your tires…
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GHIT 0384: Justin Okamoto – JustinCFC on Instagram
GHIT 0384: Justin Okamoto – JustinCFC on Instagram One of the highlights of the GridLife event at Lime Rock was finally meeting Justin Okamoto in person after…
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GHIT 0383: Our Fall Failage 2022 Lemons Rally Wrap Up
GHIT 0383: Our Fall Failage 2022 Lemons Rally Wrap Up Ryan, Matt, Audra, and Vicki go through their first ever Lemons rally that started in Boston, went to…
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DwD 0382: Race Seat vs OEM Seats
DwD 0382: Race Seat vs OEM Seats: Advantages/Disadvantages and When to Change to a Race Seat We talk about some of the key differences between a racing seat vs…
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GHIT 0381: DJ Alessandrini - Race Driver and Sim Racer
GHIT 0381: DJ Alessandrini - Race Driver and Sim Racer Bill first saw DJ Alessandrini when he was doing some friendly YouTube stalking of the GLTC series and…
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GHIT 0380: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 2 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally
GHIT 0380: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 2 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally Day two has concluded and we are reporting live from a restaurant arcade somewhere in…
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GHIT 0379: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 1 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally
GHIT 0379: Lemons Rally Wrap Up – Day 1 of the 2022 Fall Failage Rally This episode is recorded live from the end point of day one for the Fall Failage Rally…
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DwD 0378: Racing 101: Jargon – What is Brake Pad Walk Back or Knock Back
DwD 0378: Racing 101: Jargon – What is Brake Pad Walk Back or Knock Back On our racing 101 series, we often go over jargon that can confuse you at the track…
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GHIT 0377: Gary McCormick From Tweed Motorsports
GHIT 0377: Gary McCormick From Tweed Motorsports After racing, well almost racing with us, at our last race at Thompson, Gary is now a guest on the podcast and…
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DwD 0376: Threshold Braking – One Tool to Rule Them All ?
DwD 0376: Threshold Braking – One Tool to Rule Them All ? On this Dominating with Dawson, return to the topic of threshold braking and address several aspects…
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GHIT 0375: Ken Hill – On The Line and the Fundamentals of Performance Driving
GHIT 0375: Ken Hill – On The Line and the Fundamentals of Performance Driving Ken Hill returns to the podcast to discuss the racing line and the key…
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DwD 0374: What Line Is It Anyway? – An Why Are There So Many
DwD 0374: What Line Is It Anyway? – An Why Are There So Many A long time listener wrote in and had a question about "The Line". It appears that there are…
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GHIT 0373: JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports
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…
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DwD 0372: Troubleshooting: Crank No Start Condition
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…
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GHIT 0371: Tim Burr – Our First Member of the Sorry For Party Racing Team
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…
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DwD 0370: Overdriving vs. Underdriving
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…
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GHIT 0369: Passing Series – Part 1 of Many
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…
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GHIT 0368: Team Status Update
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…
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DwD 0367: "Expensive" Tools That Are Worth It
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…
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DwD 0367: Gridding (at an HPDE or Track Day)
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…