Garage Heroes In Training

Did you ever wonder what a driving coach does for their driver?  We were always curious.  Ross Bentley was kind enough to show us the start of the process.

  Ross Bentley was kind enough to continue …

In this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we discuss the debate between fast hands and slow hands.  The natural tendency of each driver varies, often by how they grew up.  Go karters and autocrosser…

Dave Peters started the HPDE Junkie website to help everyone to find a local HPDE track day by compiling every HPDE event across the United States at every track with every organization.  He is an HP…

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we are finally able to discuss what lift off oversteer is thanks to a recent article that Bill found on the internet.  At least we now know what it is and ho…

GHIT 0246:  Our Autobahn Country Club HPDE 2021

Vicki and Bill attended the recent NASA Great Lakes HPDE at the Autobahn Country Club.  It was the first time Vicki was on this track and she was in th…

In this Dominating with Dawson episode, we go over how to apply the throttle on a track, what our default habits are and the various reasons for deviating the application of the throttle.  We also go…

The 91 Octane podcast is hosted by our two guests, Randy and Jon.  The podcast focuses on car news and car culture, as well as their personal car passion related stories, including their projects and…

In this Dominating with Dawson episode, we use a recent article by podcast friend Ross Bentley for this first installment of the If-Then Game.  On this weeks episode, we focus on braking in track.  J…

Everyday Driver started as one of the early YouTube channels in 2007 and again they started an early podcast in 2014 that Bill first discovered in late August.  The fundamental premise for Everyday D…

Alex Levinson has a ton or racing and wrenching experience, especially with Miatas of all vintages.  So when he "volunteered" to come over for a work weekend, we quickly lined up everything we could …

In this Dominating with Dawson episode, Ben goes over his personal plateau story and what it means to be stuck at a driving plateau.  To this point, our team has not been at a plateau and has been sl…

Jaime Garcia started the Race FF Podcast to share with everyone his racing and building progress and to help everyone get started in racing by showing them that it can be done.  Since we have essenti…

It all started with a great idea, let’s go to an HPDE event with the hosts of the Shifting Points podcast. Audra had raced with us at the Thompson race in August and Jess & Kathy had visited for mora…

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we play our jeopardy jargon game with Ben and go into the topic of (Bill lost his place) oppo lock or counter steer and how it can be used on track.  

You c…

Tim Fokine is a commercial pilot and also involved with the training of pilots, as such it was no surprise that he is involved with the training of drivers and instructors within NASA Great Lakes and…

The Garage Heroes In Training team has had quite a summer on the track so far and with our racing season beginning to wind down, but far from done on the track, we thought we would bring everyone up …

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go over jargon again and cover what body roll is, how it affects your car, and how it can help and hurt you on track.  The physics of racing are consistent…

Ken Hill is an accomplished motorcycle racer and sought after coach.  Ken was kind enough to join us for a great discussion on track driving and riding.  While often thought of as very different, mos…

GHIT 0237:  Breaking News With Eric Rood - On the Saving Saturn Protest and Other Lemons Rally News

As part of our journalistic responsibility, we caught up with Eric Rood from the 24 Hours of Lemons…

DwD 0231:  Breaking Down A Turn - One Approach

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go over a way that (hopefully future guest) Ken Hill breaks down a turn into entry turns and exit turns wher…