Garage Heroes (In Training)

Learning as we go. Come along with us and Enjoy the Ride!

Bill Fischer

Starting a New Endurance Racing Team

with Tim Bagnall

picking up

GHIT 0272:  Tim Bagnall – Starting a New Endurance Racing Team

Tim Bagnall recently contacted us looking for any help in starting a new racing team. We thought this could be a great episode and an informal 11th episode in our how to get started series that we had earlier this year (2021).  Tim did most of the heavy lifting and asked us a ton of great questions and we answered as best we can at this point in our racing career.  We hope this episode can answer some of your questions if you are starting out and may help you with a second opinion if you are already racing.  It appears that we have come first circle since we were an early guest asking many of the same types of questions on the Everyone Racers 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 or even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it and it would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving.

For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very easy.  If you go to your podcast library and look under “Shows”.  Then click on the podcast you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review. 

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Please don’t forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don’t 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 truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc.  The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

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  • Paddock/Camp
  • Car Checklist (Generic)

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Checklists for Racing

GHIT 0272:  Tim Bagnall – Starting a New Endurance Racing Team

Survive The 25 – Full Update –

2021 Edition

Snapshot

Top 5

PositionEntrantPodcastPoints
1Alex LListener55 points
2BillGHiT37 points
3Jon 91 Octane23 points
4AmandaListener23 points
5JeffE1R22 points
As of January 13th, 2022

Full Update as of January 2, 2022

Survive the 25

Sometimes with a hobby, things can get out of balance. Especially if your hobby is in the least bit competitive and you are a competitive person. This is particularly true of racing drivers. And that is why we are starting the Survive the 25 challenge.

As such, four of the hosts from four of your favorite podcasts have joined together for a 2021 winter challenge.

We have agreed to a contest where hopefully we will all win.

By April 15th, each of us will have

  • Lost at least 25 pounds (~11.5 kg)
  • Read at least 5 racing books
  • Raced in at least 5 karting races or sim racing events for at least 1 hour

We would love it if you would like to join us.

Simply post on Instagram using the hashtag #SurviveThe25 and we will figure out how to get a leaderboard together and maybe some swag from your favorite podcasts.

Survive the 25 Podcast Host Challengers

In the South Jersey corner, we have Jeff Wakeman, one of the hosts of the Everyone Racers podcast

In the SoCal corner we have two podcast hosts.

Joining us from parts unknown, is Jamie, host of the Racer FF podcast.

Also from the SoCal corner, we have Jon who cohosts the NinetyOneOctane podcast.

And from the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, we have one of the hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast.

Who will win?

Who will not win?

Do you have a favorite?

Why aren’t you listening to all of these podcasts?

Please let us know in the comments below.

Last updated: Just started

CompetitorsPounds Lost
(1 pt per pound)
(2 pt per lb
– Sundae Cup)		Books Read
(5 pts ea)		Races Completed
(5 pts ea)		Total
max
75 pt		Winner?
Podcast Hosts
AKA
Sources of the Swag
Jaime
RaceFF
Podcast		-3 lb5 pts
1) Making Sense
of Squiggly Lines		10 pts
Nov
Dec		18TBD
Jeff
Everyone
Racers
Podcast		-7 lb5 pts
10 pts
Nov
Dec		22TBD
Jon
NinetyOne
Octane
Podcast		-8 lb10 pts
1) How to Build
a Car		5 pt
Nov		23TBD
Vicki
Garage
Heroes In
Training		-1 lb5 pts
1) Optimum
Drive		10 pts
Nov
Dec		17TBD
Bill
Garage
Heroes In
Training		-3 lb15 pts
1) Optimum
Drive
2) How to
Build a Car
3) Winning is
Not Enough		15 pts
Nov
Dec
Jan		37TBD
Tony
Unaccepted Podcast		5 pts
10 pts
Nov
Dec		15
Listeners Entered
Alex L-12.5 lb2.7515 pts
Nov
Dec
Jan		53TBD
Amanda T-4 lb1) Speed
Secrets		10 pts
Nov
Dec		23TBD
Dave C-7 lb10 pts
Nov
Dec		17TBD
Eli V-4 lb218
Eric K-4 lb19
Jake-10 lb10 pts
Nov
Dec		20
Justin-6 lb1) Race to
Win
2) Race Car
Engineer		5 pt
Nov		21
Patrick C10 pts
Nov
Dec		10
Could be YOU
Updated as of: January 13th, 2022

Survive The 25

Survive the 25

Survive the 25

Top 5’ish Scoreboard

Current PositionNamePoints Total
1Alex L57
2Bill – GHiT37
3Jon – 91 Octane23
4Jeff – E1R22
5Justin21
OtherPodcastOther Podcast Hosts
8Jaime – Race FF18
10Vicki – GHiT17
12Tony – Unaccepted15
ARE YOU IN?

Scorecard updated December 31, 2021

Our Survive the 25 Podcast Participants

Slip Angle Podcast: New Slip Angle Podcasts are posted every Tuesday and Friday (usually).  They cover track days, club racing, autocrossing, and other various driving hobbies. By drivers, for drivers. 

RaceFF Podcast: A podcast about road racing in So Cal focusing on FF cars.

Everyone Racers (E1R) Podcast : Everyone Racers is a podcast that focuses on amateur endurance racing from beginner to advanced, as well as the news, tips, and tricks that go along with our hobby. Four friends and often teammates; Chrissy Mittura, Christopher Abbott, Jeff Wakemen and Christian “Mental” Ward discuss current racing trends and news, as well as occasional interviews and guests who are interesting people with different perspectives on racing and car culture. You never know what they’ll discuss each week, but it will be entertaining!

Ninety One Octane Podcast: An automotive enthusiast and a self proclaimed track junkie break down cars, car culture, and everything in between. Randy from Detroit, and Jon from Los Angeles, offer differing and down right wild perspectives that go well past the usual car review dribble you have grown accustomed to.

Garage Heroes In Training Podcast: You are here, so you probably already know, but, we are an amateur endurance auto racing team. We hope to show everyone that they too can participate in performance driving. We are a relatively new team and learning right along with you. Our assumption is that you know very little to nothing about the sport but are interested in learning to drive better and eventually maybe even race in a local event of interest. We will cover all forms of racing and hope to be entertaining as well as educational.

DwD Storytime – The One About Fred Lobster

Fred Lobster

DwD 0271:  DwD Storytime – The One About Fred Lobster Trying to Kill Ben and Ann 

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we have our second DwD Storytime episode. Here, Ben recounts a recent track day event where he found a peculiarity in the “Fred Lobster” car. This led to a weird issue where the steering and brakes would not respond.  If this was a new car, it would likely be a safety nanny programming issue. However, since this car is far from new, the true root cause is still tbd.  The story is spectacular and the way that Ben dealt with the issue is something that we all can learn from.  You never know when something can break or behave in an unexpected manner on track. Part of growing as a racing driver is being able to deal with an ill behaved car or another car that does something unexpected.

If you would be interested in helping grow our sport of high performance driving and our 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, we would appreciate it. Even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it. That would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving.

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

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

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Please don’t forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don’t 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 truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

DwD 0271: DwD Storytime – The One About Fred Lobster Trying to Kill Ben and Ann

Jaime Garcia’s Sonoma Endurance Race Review

Starting Line
hardware

GHIT 0270:  Jaime Garcia from the Race FF Podcast Reviews their Sonoma Endurance Race

Jaime Garcia from the Race FF podcast returns to review his recent endurance race at Sonoma with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  His team prepped their Toyota Corolla for the race for the last several weeks and had a great time at the event.  They had a series of good and bad events during the race but ended up bringing home some well earned hardware.  Was it a perfect race?  Of course not.  We aren’t even sure that is possible, but each race you learn a bit more and how to solve a few more problems.  The Sonoma race was no exception.  Please download and learn what Jaime’s team battled through and learned.  They were a great group and really exemplified the true spirit of an endurance racing team.  We hope to see them on the track at an upcoming event.

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 or even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it and it would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving.

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

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Please don’t forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, don’t 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 truly invaluable in safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross etc.  The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system greatly.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

Highlights from this Sonoma Endurance Review episode include:

1)  How did the prep go for Jaime’s team

2)  Jaime learns the joy of actually having to travel to a race track as opposed to his normal local tracks. 

3)  How did check in, tech inspection, and BS inspection go 

4)  Why you should listen to the announcements and attend the rookie and drivers meetings.

5)   How Saturday go and what did the team have to do after their first racing day.

6)  Overall thoughts on the Sonoma track

7)  What their team learned and what they are looking to improve.

8)  Our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly

To follow Jaime and his team, please go to:  

Instagram:  @raceffpod

His podcast is:  Race FF Pod

The teams Vlog is on Kelvin’s YouTube channel at:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/driftmonsterr

GHIT 0270:  Jaime Garcia from the Race FF Podcast Reviews their Sonoma Endurance Race