Bill Fischer

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.

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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/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 our listeners during the checkout process.

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

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

Race Bar Wins (?)

at Lucky Dog’s Spring Race at CMP

GHIT 0317: Race Bar Wins at Lucky Dog’s Spring Race at CMP

Our review of the Lucky Dog race at CMP continues with our friends at Race Bar. The tranquilizer dart was apparently very effective and we almost kept control of the podcast, lol. This was the first ever class win for Race Bar and it was great to share it with them. Enjoy this episode with Jandy and Richard Freelane.

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

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

Highlights for this episode include:

1) A traditional Race Bar opening.

2) We cover the detailed prep that led to the Race Bar victory.

3) Dandy brings his own Top Ten list outline for the episode. A podcast first for us.

4) How it is to drive with a professional driver as part of the team and why professional drivers would want to drive with our amateur field of drivers.

5) How treating the maintenance of a car like an airplane can help reduce the issues that you may have at the track, even n a 1980’s BMW race car.

6) Ryan Susca gets a big thank you for all the help and his contributions to the Sunday victory.

7) Some of the greatest words to live by courtesy of our friends at the Track Walking podcast!!!

8) Who knew, we even go into some driving approaches to improve your times around the CMP track.

9) An example of classic Race Bar priorities in car repair. There is wisdom in there somewhere.

10) The response that you can get in Virginia when driving a Race Bar car home after a race. Some lessons of things to do and several things not to do.

11) We end with a bonus discussion of the intellectual property and team of skilled drivers contained by the Race Bar empire.

GHIT 0317: Race Bar Wins at Lucky Dog’s Spring Race at CMP

Kyle Lockrow’s Second Lap with GHiT

– On Winning the Lucky Dog Sunday Race, His Coaching, and a Big Sponsor Reveal Announcement

GHiT 0316: Kyle Lockrow’s Second Lap with GHiT – On Winning the Lucky Dog Sunday Race, His Coaching, and a Big Sponsor Reveal Announcement

We raced with Kyle Lockrow at the recent Lucky Dog event at Carolina Motorsports Park. Kyle helped our team get the BMW E36 back on track Sunday by doing an overnight parts run for us and also helped his teammates at Race Bar collect the victory in the race Sunday, a true racer. We went over the race and how Kyle approaches racing in the rain or on a wet track and the tremendous benefits of driving on a wet track. We also go into some depth of our upcoming coaching with Kyle later this season.

For more of Kyle, please listen to GHiT episode 265 at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/KyleLockrow

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

For further information or to contact Kyle Lockrow for coaching etc.:

Kyle’s Website: https://kylelockrow.com/

Instagram: @Kyle_Lockrow

Facebook: KLockrow5590

Kyle’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RUSH8RZ0WQ-8wm7tkfgjg

Tune into the ChampCar Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChampCarEnduranceSeries

Moore’s Automotive Sales and Recycling: https://www.facebook.com/MooresAutoParts/

GHiT 0316: Kyle Lockrow’s Second Lap with GHiT – On Winning the Lucky Dog Sunday Race, His Coaching, and a Big Sponsor Reveal Announcement

Driving in the Spring/Cold

DwD 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold

In an effort to be timely, driving in the early seasons can often be tricky since the temperature can often be lower than desired. We start off covering what to do to account for the decreased temperatures and then we wander off into other areas that are affected by the temperature and humidity. Then we start to cover taking care of your hands in the cold and then move into the preparation of the windshield surfaces and the potential ways to prepare the helmet visor and drivers glasses for potential fogging and streaks. We cover our best techniques for the windshield, but we are still working on the helmet visor and drivers eye glass lens. If you have any other ideas, please let us know. It will save Bill a lot of time in the lab. Lol.

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 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold

Audra Tella on Autocross and a Pre-Intervention

– on Autocross and a Pre-Intervention

GHIT 0314: Audra Tella on Autocross and a Pre-Intervention

It was almost spring, and we were thinking about ways to get out and start having fun with our cars again. We thought it may be great to go autocross’ing, especially to start the season. Since we were thinking autocross, we thought we’d invite Audra back to the podcast to talk all things autocross. Audra Tella is one of the hosts of the Shifting Points podcast and is also one of the leads for the local BMW autocross group near Boston. We talk about what to expect at your first event and what to do and more importantly what not to do to go to your first autocross event. Then we launch our intervention plan. This is part one of the plan. Part two will be revealed in the next episode of the Shifting Points podcast coming out this Wednesday. We started the podcast to get people started having fun with their cars. Audra and her fellow podcast host are already enjoying their cars but, especially after seeing Audra last year at our Thompson race, we hoped we could offer to help them start driving or maybe even tracing on track.

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

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

Highlights for this episode include:

1) What is autocross? What you need to do to prep for the event and what you should NOT do to prep for the event or prevent you from going. Bill goes full facetious for at least 15 minutes.

2) Why are the cones there, what do they do and why does everyone seem to be angry with them.

3) We break down the lingo a bit and show that your first event will be easy to start and learn. Autocross drivers are very welcoming to everyone and would love to share their sport and all the fun.

4) Audra introduces up to the internet. It is a wonderful way to find an event close to you.

5) How autocross is structured to even out the competition or break it down into groups of evenly matched cars. Some even have special classes for novices.

6) We also find out what vent is Audra Tella’s favorite event of the season. We may have to attend. Time to check the season schedule.

7) What is Audra’s schedule for the season? Can we add to the festivities? Or are we just bad influences? Still TBD on that one.

8) Why we all started podcasts?

9) The devious plan is devised and launched? Our planning for the Mini Intervention.

10) Audra makes a prediction of the potential livery theme. Is she correct? Tune into the second part of this episode on Audra’s Shifting Point podcast, coming soon, hopefully this Wednesday if life doesn’t get in the way of editing.

To hear how part two goes, subscribe to the Shifting Points podcast and the episode will be coming shortly.

GHIT 0314: Audra Tella on Autocross and a Pre-Intervention

Part 2 over on the Shifting points podcast is HERE

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