Garage Heroes In Training

DwD 0669:  Best Driving Songs

In a 100% fun DwD, Jeff joins us again to discuss the best driving songs of all time.  Is it a song that talks about driving?  Is is a song that makes you want to driv…

GHiT 0668:  Dewey (Eric DeWitt) Returns to Talk about Qualifying Laps & Time Attack, Plus a Whole Lot More 

Dewey is back and we really wanted his input on what to do when trying for that one fast …

DwD 0667:  Renting Seats - Tips For Both Perspectives

In the latest dominating with Dawson, we are joined by Jeff Wakeman, the namesake for our racing truck "El Jeffe" and member of the Three Pedal…

GHiT 0666  Ryan Goodnight and Duckia Zhang 

Looking to build a race car team from scratch?  Duckia and Ryan are starting a team and we try to help with the process to develop their car, their team,…

DwD 0665:  Learning Racing:  What We Re-Discovered When Learning Another Sport 

In what may be Vicki's least favorite episode, Bill and Jeremy talk about aspects of learning Chess that directly app…

GHiT 0664:  Roy Dietsch - And Then we Talk Best Brake Pads 

We subscribed (as you should) to Roy Dietsch's YouTube a few months ago and when his recent episode went into his new favorite brake pads…

DwD 0663:  Fueling for an Endurance Race Weekend - Listener Question 

We love our listener questions and for this episode we cover what we recommend for fueling your race car during an endurance ra…

GHiT 0662:  Sean Condon - A Listener's Goals for 2025 

Sean Condon was one of our listeners who wrote in after our goals episode and was willing to come on the podcast.  We go over his racing histo…

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 what you should be doing in the off…

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 Corvette.  But which one?  What to look fo…

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 problems (and how) as well as when it may…

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, possibly from the Slip Angel podcast and …

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 talking is relatively new to high perform…

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 Hours of Lemons.  It was far from an easy…

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 instruct and he did.  How did it go?  Wha…

GHiT 0654:  Cage Party for Friendsgiving

Having Friendsgiving has become quite the racing tradition since we started racing.  This year, we elected to focus primarily on building a cage with a few ot…

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 at Racing” blog by Ian Korf.  If you…

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 everywhere.  It did not exist.  But now, we are …

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 efficacy of heel toe downshifting on…

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 time.  Sam, Ross and (hopefully) future po…