Dominating with Dawson

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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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

DwD 0320: Error Corrections – Good Ideas and Bad Ones

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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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!

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

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.

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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

DwD 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold

Tank Slappers

– What They Are and What to Do – Probably Part 1 of a few, lol

DwD 0312: Jargon: Tank Slappers – What They Are and What to Do – Probably Part 1 of a few, lol

We ask Ben about what a tank slapper is. Then we go into what is a typical cause for this tank slappers and most importantly, what to do about it when it occurs. There are several strategies mentioned and probably a few more that would work as well. We hope this helps you if you are driving in a situation when a tank slapper happens by having a few options and responses. In addition, we have audience feedback from an earlier DwD episode on shift timing from Tyler. After reading some of Tyler’s well thought out response, we all agree that Tyler answered this question better than we did and he is invited to come on an episode of DwD or GHiT. Thank you, Tyler.

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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

DwD 0312: Jargon: Tank Slappers – What They Are and What to Do – Probably Part 1 of a few, lol

Mirror Positioning and Our Philosophy

DwD 0309: Mirror Positioning and Our Philosophy

On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go back to a fundamental of driving on track and the street. Where to position your side mirror and rearview mirrors for optimal vision, information, and safety. We also go into several mirror options and our preferred placement of our rearview mirror within our race car. It is a bit unconventional but offers significant benefits to the normal center of the window position. Towards the and we also go with a drill and practice suitable to the street to improve your driving proficiency if the mirrors aren’t adjusted properly or are “adjusted” on track by another car. This may sound trivial, but we are quite confident that everyone can learn at least one thing on this episode that will help them on street and on track.

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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

DwD 0309: Mirror Positioning and Philosophy