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Driver Education

Overdriving Observations and Indications  

overdriving

DwD 0474:  Overdriving Observations and Indications  

Ben is joined on this episode by both special guests Mental Ward and Santa Jeremy to discuss some indications that you may be overdriving on track.  Ben is a firm believer in driving to the limit but for some of our less experienced listeners driving at the limit can be difficult and sometimes dangerous.  In addition, this is significantly increasing the wear and tear on your car and can impact your team’s ability to successfully complete an endurance race.  Less of a concern for Time Trials and Sprint racing.

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PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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“.  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection & automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0474:  Overdriving Observations and Indications  

How to Recover after Missing a Corner on Track

after an accident

DwD 0467:  How to Recover after Missing a Corner on Track

We try to get Ben to imagine what he would do if he ever missed a corner on track.  There are ways to minimize the impact and there are definitely ways to compound the mistake and lose more time or the race, or even your car.  There are a ton of factors within the race that will also affect how you should recover or even if you can recover.

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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“.  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection & automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0467:  How to Recover after Missing a Corner on Track

Proper Use of a Handbrake On Track

DwD 0465:  Proper Use of a Handbrake On Track

On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about what to do and what not to with your handbrake on track.  We also talk about what a handbrake turn is and why drifters use the handbrake to help in their competitions.  Many of our cars do not even have handbrakes, so it is easy to answer for those cars, lol.  Plus we have a bit of story time from many years ago.

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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“.  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection & automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0465:  Proper Use of a Handbrake On Track

Steering Wheel Grip Pressure  

steering wheel

DwD 0459:  Steering Wheel Grip Pressure – More is not Better  

On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, Jeremy joins in to discuss one of the aspects of driving that is often neglected and can be holding you back:  the grip pressure that you use to hold the steering wheel.  This can impact your response speed on track and create a lot of fatigue in your hands, forearms, and shoulders.  Another aspect of this is the harder you grip something, the less sensitive you are to the inputs that you will receive through the wheel.  This last aspect may be holding your driving back more than you can imagine. 

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Are you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with 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“.  This will give a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

PS2  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.  Please enter the code “ghitlikesapex!”.  You will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection & automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

GHIT 0458:  Passing Series – Part 2 of Many

GHIT 0458:  Passing Series – Part 2 of Many

Sometimes life gets in the way of great podcasts.  And sometimes it gets in the way of our podcasts.  This is a long overdue part 2 of our series on passing with guest hosts Ben Dawson and returning guest Blake Fields.  For this episode we approach the concepts related with passing cars that have a similar pace overall and some ideas on capitalizing on areas of relative weakness that always exist.  We then cover several things that should be avoided when trying to make a pass.  The third aspect of passing that we cover is ways to make the pass stick and avoid the dreaded re-pass.

Please let us know if we missed something or if there is an aspect that could add to the discussion and we will include that in part 3 for this important topic.

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS  Are you 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 amid 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 at https://candelaria-racing.com/

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 from https://apextrackcoach.com/

PS3  Do you collect data and never use it or have time to use it?  Is data analysis almost another job at the track?  Fire Laps may be what you need.  Quick collection & automatic analysis.  Enter “GHiT” and you will get a free 3-months onto your annual membership.  Firelaps.com

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

GHIT 0458:  Passing Series – Part 2 of Many