Garage Heroes In Training

GHiT 0549:  ST-4 with Griffin Gamcsik-Uly

Griffin Gamcsik-Uly is the Super Touring Director and races in the ST-4 group with NASA Northeast.  During this episode, we finally start to break down the v…

DwD 0548:  The Pizza Episode – Where is the best pizza, where is the worst pizza, and where is the worst pizza?

We welcomed Ben back with one of the most technical question we have ever had.  We as…

GHiT 0547:  Towing and Trailering for Racing-Part 1

While we love almost everything about racing, one thing that is at best a necessary evil is towing.  When we started, we knew nothing.  If you look…

DwD 0546:  You Are The Stig – How Would You Teach the Guest of the Week

This question originated from a listener comment.  The premise is that you are the Stig and part of your responsibilities is …

GHiT 0545:  Randy Bish Returns for His Second Lap

Randy Bish has been a friend for many years, even after his rally car broke down at the starting line near our home and he stayed to “fix” it for lon…

DwD 0544:  Listener Goals for 2024

We love goals and apparently it is rubbing off on our listeners.  We had several write in with their 2024 goals.  We congratulate everyone on their goals and add …

GHiT 0543:  Spec3 Racing with Taylor Johnson

We love talking all thing racing and about as many series as we can.  Today, we talked with Taylor Johnson about the Spec3 series and how this may be the …

GHiT 0542:  Ben Marouski on Racing Mini Cooper’s and FCP Euro

Ben Marouski races his Mini Cooper in Grid Life’s GLTC series and is the Director of Creative Services for FCP Euro.  During this episo…

DwD 0541:  Revving out the Engine:  What it is, Why, and Why Not

On this DwD, we go into what it means to rev out an engine.  We also go into the reasons why you would do that from a  performance p…

GHiT 0540:  Lara Vernon Returns with Tons of Exciting News

It has been a while since we had Lara Vernon on the podcast.  Since our last episode, she has been racing with tons of cars and in a wide va…

DwD 0539:  Passing:  On the Inside vs On The Outside

One a racing driver we know has a favorite aspect of racing.  His name is Ben and he is our resident expert and namesake for Dominating with Daws…

GHiT 0538:  Mechanical “Saves” or What to Do When Things Go Sideways

How many times when you are working on a car have thing gone as planned?  One of the things we have noticed is that as you grow as…

DwD 0537:  Jargon 101:  What is Car Handling and What We Prefer

We realized that we talk a lot about the handling of a car and have never really defined it.  So We do.  Jargon 101 is back!  Plus we…

GHiT 0536:  Adam Jabaay – Discusses GridLife 2023 and 2024

Adam Jabaay returns to talk about what a great year 2023 was for the GridLife season and all the changes going forward for 2024.  If you hav…

DwD 0534:  Maintaining Your Tires in Amateur Endurance Racing

Anyone who watches Formula 1 hears all about the importance of maintaining the tires during the race and the strategy implications.  Ho…

DwD 0533:  Rubbin’s Racin’ – Welcome to Ben’s Soapbox

In this week’s Dominating with Dawson, we go into the old saying that rubbin’s racing, and out thoughts on where this belongs in amateur racing…

GHiT 0532:  Goals:  2023 Review and 2024 – The Best is Yet to Come

Pre-Podcast Question:  How was YOUR 2022 season?

In this episode, we talk about how our team did over the 2023 season.  We also go i…

DwD 0531:  Options to Balance Risk vs Lap Time

When on track, there is always a certain degree of risk.  During this episode, we cover some of the aspects where the initial assumption would be that…

GHiT 0530:  Garage Update - Cage Party and Replacing an Engine

It was a very productive series of weeks at the GHiT Garage.  During this episode, we go over our latest cage party, where we helped our…

DwD 0529:  Burnout – How to Know and How to Avoid

We start with two different definitions of burnout that are related to racing.  We then focus on what happens with “too much” racing, how to identi…