Safety

James Candelaria

GHiT 0299: James Candelaria from Candelaria Racing Products (makers of the Sentinel System) and Hagerty’s The Drive Within with Round 3 Racing

We continue our introduction to Round 3 Racing (R3R) and Hagerty’s “The Drive Within” with another team member James Candelaria. James races with the R3R team in the WRL endurance racing series. Last season James was racing in the #601 Porsche Boxster and this season he will be in their new #609 M4 GT4 BMW. If you watch the series, James was present but his on screen role was slightly diminished a bit as a result of a racing incident which we also discuss during this episode.

In addition, James races in a variety of cars and series, and in his “spare” time he started up Candelaria Racing Products. The lead offering is the Sentinel Streaming System that solves one of our teams issues and allows us to combine the race car data with our in car video and race standings in one simple package. In addition, all of this information is available live through streaming. We are in the midst of installing the system in two of our cars and will cover the installation and use of the Sentinel system in future episodes. If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, James was kind enough to offer a 10% discount code to all of our listeners. Please enter “GHIT” during the checkout process.

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

For instance, leaving an Apple Podcast rating is very 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 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 for this episode include:

1) What do you do when you find our you are about to have your first child? Well, James goes out and buys a Corvette. We knew we would get along immediately.

2) The story that illustrates what to do on track with a bad “feeling” brake pedal. And also the importance of pre-planning your reactions as a driver ahead of time for as many potential situations as possible.

3) If you want to hear the sound of Vicki’s brain bending, Its here. When James goes into a description of driving a car with aero.

4) A bit more behind the scenes stories of R3R and the Drive Within show.

5) We go into some depth on the Sentinel System. The Sentinel integrates your car’s telemetry data with the current racing results. It also combines this with any in car video and can be streamed live and recorded.

6) Bill and James bond over being robots. And it dawns on Vicki that the data and video she wants may not be exactly what she wants, lol.

7) James has been into Vette’s for a long time, even the super rare 1983 model he had at a young age.

To follow James further:

Candelaria Racing: https://candelaria-racing.com/

Instagram: @CandelariaRacingProducts

The Drive Within: https://www.hagerty.com/media/series/drive-within/

Round Three Racing: https://www.round3racing.com/

GHiT 0299: James Candelaria from Candelaria Racing Products (makers of the Sentinel System) and Hagerty’s The Drive Within with Round 3 Racing

Racing Suits, Shoes, and Gloves with AlpineStars

GHiT 0298: Racing Suits, Shoes, and Gloves with AlpineStars

Fabryce Kutyba is with the North American Alpinestars group and was kind enough to join us for a quick discussion on driver protection equipment, including racing suits, racing shoes, and gloves. We cover several key aspects of each component and the overall system to protect the driver. For instance, one piece vs two piece drivers suits, grades and certifications, proper care, and approximate replacement/upgrade guidelines. We also go through a very high level review of the Alpinestars product line offerings. Hopefully, this is the first part of a many part series.

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) One piece suits vs two piece racing suits

2) What the latest certifications for equipment is from the FIA and SFI.

3) Alpinestars custom drivers suit program.

4) What is the proper/optimal use, care and lifespan for replacing a suit while maintaining proper safety performance.

5) Several types of shoes that are available, as well as Alpinestars pit crew shoes.

6) Bill recalls one of our teams improper care of his first pair of racing shoes.

7) Racing gloves construction, including inside vs outside stitching as well as the palm surface texture.

8) We break a paddock “rule” that Bill was told early in our racing career

9) Why karting suits and equipment is designed to a different construction and standards

10) Several methods to assure that the equipment you purchase is not counterfeit and is offering all the expected protection.

To follow Alpinestars or to get more information:

website: www.alpinestars.com

Instagram: @alpinestars

or you can email Fabryce directly at: [email protected]

GHiT 0298: Racing Suits, Shoes, and Gloves with AlpineStars

GHIT 0291: Mark Petronis – Answers of F&F Story Time Questions – Part 2

GHIT 0291: Mark Petronis – Answers of F&F Story Time Questions – Part 2

Mark Petronis has set track many records and won more than his share of races but recently had a very serious on track incident and thankfully it looks like he is in the process winning his recovery battle as well. We talk with Mark about all things racing and how he is a great example for the importance and effectiveness of the current safety equipment that is available to every driver. In Part 1, we go over Mark’s history as a driver, his accident and the safety equipment that literally saved his life. Part 2 will largely be Mark indulging us and answering our fast and furious story time questions.

Mark’s story is another great example of the great people involved in racing

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

To follow Mark Petronis further:

AMT Motorsport: https://amtmotorsport.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.petronis

GHIT 0291: Mark Petronis – Answers of F&F Story Time Questions – Part 2

Mark Petronis – On Safety – Part 1

GHIT 0288: Mark Petronis – On Driver and Car Safety and Recovering from an On Track Incident – Part 1

Mark Petronis has set track many records and won more than his share of races. But recently he had a very serious on track incident and thankfully it looks like he is in the process winning his recovery battle. We talk with Mark about all things racing. He is a great example for the importance and effectiveness of the current safety equipment available to every driver. In Part 1, we go over Mark’s history as a driver. Then we review his accident and the safety equipment that literally saved his life. Part 2 will largely be Mark indulging us and answering our fast and furious story time questions.

Mark’s story is another great example of the great people involved in racing

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

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. When purchasing any 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. 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 for this episode are:

1) We cover Mark’s impressive driving and racing history. We then review some of the details of the accident last May at NJMP.

2) A great discussion on the often overlooked risk and racing responsibilities of the driver and car owner.

3) How Mark’s recovery is going and the future prognosis for him going forward, both his health and his racing future. Hint, his return to the track is coming up in March.

4) Lessons learned from the accident and how Mark is using this to help prevent something similar to anyone else in a high performance driving event.

5) A deep review of some of the safety options that are available and how many of them should not be viewed as optional to your driving and racing on track.

6) Fire suppression systems and the option of having them be self deploying if needed. Many older systems can be modified to add this capability through an addition to the system. We will be doing this in all our cars and replacing those systems that cannot be upgraded.

7) Why you should always keep your helmet visor down. In addition, we review some of the details of racing suits, boots, gloves, and balaclavas. It is amazing the protection they are designed to provide..

8) Jennifer and Mark talk about the personal recovery. Each has some of the various internal affects that a person has after a racing incident.

9) We also go into some of the improvements Mark and his team have made for many of the modern Corvette platforms.

10) Why the C5 or C6 Corvette may be the best performance value for the dollar available today. We even try measuring the relative smiles per dollar of a Corvette and a Miata.

11) Mark’s dedication to the importance of safety has led to his industry leading incentive he offers on all their performance and safety products. We will be heading up for a new suit as soon as the Survive the 25 Challenge is successfully completed.

To follow Mark further:

AMT Motorsport: https://amtmotorsport.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.petronis

GHIT 0288: Mark Petronis – On Driver and Car Safety and Recovering from an On Track Incident – Part 1

Airbags: Why Race Cars Don’t Have Them

Nor Steering Wheel Locks

DwD 0228: Why Race Cars Don’t have Airbags or Steering Wheel Locks

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go over why most of our racing series require the steering wheel lock to be removed from the vehicle and why airbags are not used in race cars. Apparently, the police were in the area during our discussion, apologies for the sirens.

Neither of these will help you on track in a race car and both can actually hurt you if left in place.

If you would like to help the podcast,

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. 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. There you can leave a (5?) star rating and enter your review.

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

DwD 0228: Why Race Cars Don’t have Airbags or Steering Wheel Locks

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