Garage Heroes (In Training)

Our 2022 Lemons PittRace Event

GHIT 0322: Race Review of our 2022 Lemons PittRace Event

Tim, Vicki, and Bill are excited to review our latest race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons series. It was a great weekend and we were joined by Ben after a bit of intro discussion. This was Tim’s first Lemons experience but he is an accomplished driver, racer and instructor of instructors. We talked about Tim’s thoughts and critiques of the Lemons series and the field of cars and drivers at PittRace. This was our initial shakedown trial for our new to us 1993 Honda Civic race car.

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PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code “GHIT” for a 10% discount code to all of our listeners during the checkout process.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

Highlights for this episode include:

1) Tim’s response to the three primary (false) criticisms of racing in the 24 Hours of Lemons series: safety culture, driver skill, and the quality of cars. The cars are usually criticized for both being junk and for being too racey, a difficult thing to do at the same time, lol.

2) The weather was a series of just about everything except hot. Tim was also exposed to 110 cars on track Saturday during a snowstorm, sleet, rain, muddy track, etc. A true trial by fire in all the best ways.

3) Vicki was out for a quick Friday practice to acclimate to the front wheel drive car and shake off some winter cobwebs. Mother nature thought she was doing so well that she decided to bequeath unto Vicki almost an inch of sloppy snow/hail during her lap. Vicki returned the favor and trimmed some of the grass for her as well.

4) Tim was also able to cross off almost every type of weather during his Saturday stint. However, we still give him a little good natured ribbing about his two black flags.

5) The rest of the weekend was something you needed to be there to truly understand.

PS Tim is desperately looking for a recipe from the pot luck

GHIT 0322: Race Review of our 2022 Lemons PittRace Event

Dave Mills

Post our AER Race at PittRace

GHIT 0321: Dave Mills Post our AER Race at PittRace

Long sought after guest Dave Mills is finally on the podcast that you may know from his online presence as the Caddy Wrecker. Dave is a long-time racer, rallyist, and was working with the AER team at our race last weekend at PittRace. With so many things to talk about, we try to get a review of Dave’s rally and racing exploits as well as how he saw our race from the tower. We also cover the Flagger system that was in our car that we mistakenly called by another product in our prior race review episode. Please welcome to the podcast guest family. Please excuse any of the internet induced noises and Robot Dave that appears sporadically within the beginning of the episode.

Also, a podcast first, help Dave find a new fun daily driver. Let us know on Instagram, Facebook, or on our email at [email protected]

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

Highlights for this episode include:

1) Swag bribes work. Looks its Dave!!!

2) Some great tips about looking at what the better teams are doing and learning what they do and what they don’t do, especially in the pits and paddock areas. This literally can be the difference between winning a race and being midfield or worse.

3) Dave has had quite a few unique rally experiences, especially the rally that occurred right as Covid was ramping up early in 2020. He may hold the record for the longest time spent on a Lemons rally. We are also not sure if that is something to be proud of or not.

4) How Dave’s professional experience has helped with the Flagger system that is being used by AER and is being reviewed by several other racing organizations. Hopefully more to follow on this system in an upcoming podcast.

5) We revisit the internet video where one driver missed a vast series of yellow flags. If you missed it, the first video was on VinWiki and the actual rebuttal is available separately.

6) What it is like to be “running” the race vs running in the race.

7) As Dave is our first guest from AER, we go into a brief discussion of the differences between AER and several of the other series we usually discuss. Especially the required pit stops system and some of the technology that the AER series employs in this mostly amateur series.

8) Dave askes for some help in deciding on his next daily driver. A podcast first and perhaps our first public service announcement.

9) Dave’s experience living off grid. Its not for everyone, but he gives some tips and tricks that made it better.

For more of Dave’s exploits:

Instagram: @caddywrecker

GHIT 0321: Dave Mills Post our AER Race at PittRace

Error Corrections

– Good Ideas and Bad Ones

DwD 0320: Error Correction – Good Ideas and Bad Ones

Not having ever made a mistake on track (lol), we ask Ben what to do when an error occurs on track during a corner and what to do to get back into the rhythm and normal sequence. The core issue of error correction is to take your medicine and realize that you cannot make up any of the lost time. The worst thing that you can do is to compound the error and make the lap time even worse or potentially increase the likelihood of getting into a situation which can lead to an incident that may cost you the race, the car, etc. One thing we try to stress is to be prepared for the potential and have a predetermined series of responses for each incident or situation. This is a key part of growing as a driver and improving your skills through experience. The goal of error correction should be to make the best of the situation as possible and minimize both the loss of time and risk to you, your vehicle, and your friends/teammates/competitors on track.

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You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice. This includes the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that very much. Even better would be a podcast review. This helps us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it.

For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is amazingly easy. If you go to your podcast library, look under shows. Then click on this podcast. Here you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry and racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code “GHIT“. This will provide a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com

PS2 If you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code. When purchasing an Apex Pro system, you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system. This is a savings of $40. Just enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

DwD 0320: Error Corrections – Good Ideas and Bad Ones

Our First AER Race at PittRace

AKA Bill’s Worst Race Weekend Driving – Ever

GHiT 0319: Race Recap: Our First AER Race at PittRace – Part 1 – AKA Bill’s Worst Race Weekend Driving – Ever

In the first part of at least three parts of a series, Bill goes over his first ever race with AER (American Endurance Racing) at PittRace last weekend. AER is a series that targets more serious racing and the cars on track were quite impressive. However, the team did well and we actually came in second in class on Saturday.

Bill on the other hand had his first ever bad track day and probably drove more in his head than on track. We thought it would be useful to do a quick race recap covering what happened on track and in his head, as well as what we are going to do and change going forward.

This episode deals only with Bill’s perspective and his internal issues. While he is still processing the weekend,

Also, Ben calls in for an emergency DwD episode to talk Bill off the cliff.

On an upcoming Part 2, we have another episode coming that will cover the race from the perspective of a friend who was working with AER this weekend.

On an upcoming Part 3, we will have the entire team from the weekend if schedules allow.

We also look forward to a future AER specific episode as well.

If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast:

You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that very much. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

GHiT 0319: Race Recap: Our First AER Race at PittRace – Part 1 – AKA Bill’s Worst Race Weekend Driving – Ever

Cage and Safety Inspection

– Especially for an Arrive and Drive

DwD 0318: Cage and Safety Inspection – Especially for an Arrive and Drive

Arrive and drives can be a great way to go racing. In this episode, Ben and Bill go into some of the things that you should look for when driving a new to you race car on track. This includes general mechanical and safety inspections with a significant discussion of the cage inspection. We also go into some of the things that you as a driver should do in every car prior to each race to be able to respond quickly in case of emergency.

If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast:

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

DwD 0318: Cage and Safety Inspection – Especially for an Arrive and Drive