Garage Heroes In Training

GHIT 0350:  Ross Bentley Returns to Help Us Celebrate Episode 350

Ross Bentley has raced in Indy cars, literally written THE book on auto racing, his Ultimate Speed Secrets and associated books, and …

GHIT 0349:  Dave Carpenter from the Three Pedal Mafia’s Cheaties Car

At long last, we have secured Dave Carpenter for the podcast.  Dave drives in the orange Cheaties themed Cressida with the Three P…

GHIT 0344:  Race Recap:  GHIT’s Ladies Team Raced In our 1993 Honda Civic

Our first ever race was at NJMP’s Thunderbolt track with 24 Hours of Lemons and seems to be a lifetime ago.  We started out k…

DwD 0348:  Coasting On Track - Allowed or Not

One of the often quoted things that may have first come from Ross Bentley’s “Speed Secrets” book series is that you should never be coasting on track, bu…

GHIT 0347:  Jeremy Hall from Monkey House Racing

Over the past few years, we had met Jeremy at many events, but it was more in passing.  Jeremy usually races with his team called Monkey House Racing,…

DwD 346:  Track Selection:  The Impact on Learning

On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we wanted to discuss an aspect of racing education that can often be overlooked.  The typical decision pa…

GHIT 0345:  Race Recap:  Bill Goes to Comp School

Our first team member is trying to get his racing license at Gingerman with NASA Great Lakes.  This is his third weekend in a row and boy does it sho…

GHiT 0343: Live Race Update from the 2022 NJMP Thunderbolt Race with the 24 Hours of Lemons

(We do plug in the microphone after ~5 minutes, lol) 

In a shortly, mostly live episode from the NJMP Thund…

GHIT 0342:  The Tyler Stank

After having better answers to several of our Dominating with Dawson’s, it was only appropriate that we invited him onto the podcast.  We first met Tyler while iRacing and…

DwD 0341:  The difference between building a car and developing a car

Race Weekend Shuffle in place:  We have talked a lot about building a race car and prepping a car for the track.  But that Is onl…

GHIT 0340: Getting the Most Out of Instruction at a Track Day or HPDE etc

Track time is a precious commodity.  It is often difficult to fit into your schedule, it takes a significant amount to prep f…

GHIT 0339:  Late to Grid Podcast Host Bill Snow

Our paths have crossed seemingly many times, but we have never met until now.  The Late to Grid podcast is aimed at covering amateur racing and helping…

GHIT 0338:  Jess From the Shifting Points podcast’s First Track Day

We have an upcoming race at NJMP’s Thunderbolt track next weekend, so we took advantage of the NASA Northeast’s HPDE event this wee…

DwD 0337:  Dashes, Switches, and Control Panels

Vicki has been hard at work upgrading our dashboard and controls in our Honda Civic race car.  She also has a favorite past time at a track by looking …

GHIT 0336:  NASA’s TREC Endurance racing series with Bryan Lingruen

As you know, we love endurance racing.  Endurance racing allows us to get a huge amount of track time and competition in a single w…

DwD 0335:  Bought Not Built?

One of best things about racing is how welcoming racing has been to us and in general to everyone we see at the track.  One related aspect of this is the application of a…

GHIT 0334:  How to Test Your Car at the Track with Scott Robertson

We often hear how important it is to test your car prior to racing.  While listening to Scott’s Track Walking podcast (a can’t miss …

GHIT 0333:  One Lap of America 2022 – Marlon Sumlin – Sundae Cup Class

In the first of a series, we reflect back on the 2022 One Lap of America with Marlon Sumlin who completed the event in his Mazda…

DwD 0332:  Pit Stops – Practicing and Some Best Practices

Once you start to progress as drivers and as a team, one of the more important aspects of racing and one of the most overlooked and potential…

GHIT 0331:  SCCA’s New Endurance Racing Series with Jon Krolewicz 

John Krolewicz has been racing for many years and helped start the Track Night In America Program for the SCCA.  Now he is organizin…