Garage Heroes In Training

DwD 0649:  Proper Pass Presentation

Proper presentation for passing can help in both a race and especially in a HPDE/track day.  We discussed why and how.  Agree?  Disagree?  Did we miss something?…

GHiT 0648:  Peter Granberg

Peter Granberg joins us this week with Vicki leading the way and Bill calling in from the road to repairing our E46 BMW race car.  Peter has been racing and recently focuse…

DwD 0647:  Do You Always Use ALL the Track

One of the things that you will often here is that you should use all of the track.  While we do not disagree, there are a few situations that we discuss …

DwD 0645:  Curbs – Friend or Foe and How to “Use” Them

Ben is mildly obsessed with passing and speed on the track.  One aspect of the track that we haven’t ever really discussed in detail is the pr…

GHiT 0646:  Gift Ideas for the Racer and Driver 

Looking for gift ideas for a driver/racer in your life?  We have thoughts and try to avoid the things that we really don't want or won't use.  Things …

GHiT 0644:  Data for “Non Data” Drivers with Matt Romanowski 

There seems to be two types of drivers (and people):  data people and no data people.  We have both on our team and we took the opportuni…

DwD 0643:  Setting up a Pass

What makes Ben’s eyes light up?  Talking about passing on track.  We make Ben happy by talking abut things to think about when setting up a pass.  A special guest drops…

GHiT 0642:  Our Season Review and 2025 Goals 

With the last race at PittRace with Lucky Dog, our 2024 season is a wrap.  How did we do?  How many of our goals did we hit?  Any?  And then we get to wh…

DwD 0641:  Dealing with Flags and Penalties

Lemons has a unique method of dealing with flags and penalties.  We go over a few things to do and many things to avoid.  The same can be said for many o…

GHiT 0640:  Evan McLaren – 2024 Club TR Champion 

With the 2024 GridLife season ending a PittRace a few weeks ago, there were two people competing for the top of the podium and it all came down to th…

GHiT 0639  Lena Chin

Past to Present and Promising Future

We finally met Lena Chin at the GridLife PittRace event a few weeks back.  (Thank you Nick) and could not wait to have her on the podcast.  I…

DwD 0638:  Race Review on Dominating with Dawson from PittRace with Lucky Dog

We review our first ever race with Ben.  And there is hardware involved. 

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/L…

DwD 0637:  Our First Ever LIVE Dominating with Dawson from PittRace with Lucky Dog

It finally happened, we recorded our first ever in person Dominating with Dawson from PittRace while we were racing …

GHiT 0636:  Ryan Susca - Upgrades to Your Trailer and RV for Racing (and life)

We catch up with Ryan Susca and interrogate him on what he has done to his trailers and RV's that make them the envy of …

GHiT 0635:  PittRace:  GridLife Review and Lucky Dog Preview

Racing schedule for 2024 ends this year with the national championship with GridLife and then the first Lucky Dog race in the northeast.  …

GHiT 0634:  Tires Age and Feel Like What

We had a recent podcast related to tires and maintaining the tires, but upon further review, we did not go into how the tires can degrade and what that can fe…

GHiT 0633:  Matt Romanowski on Data 101(+)

A long overdue podcast dealing with data and data interpretation.  We are joined by Matt Romanowski and discuss the first few steps in data when driving on …

DwD 0632:  What is the Best Racing to Watch on TV/YouTube

Being racers, many people have asked us what is our favorite forms of racing to watch on TV and/or YouTube.  We go into some of our favorit…

GHiT 0631:  Scott McMichael and Bill Drive Pineview Run in an Integra Type S

When Scott asked if we could come to watch a race, we said why don’t you come up and we can go race ourselves.  An easy as…

DwD 0630:  Listener Questions & Comments and How to Shake Off the Rust

We had three listeners write in to comment on a few comments on our how to get fast the fastest/bestest.  Then we had two list…