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The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally

Episodes: GHIT 0267: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally

GHIT 0268: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally – Day 2

GHIT 0269: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally – Day 3

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Day 1: If you ever wondered about what a Lemons Rally is, this series will cover the daily updates from this years Escape from Moscow rally.  This year the rally started with a pre-event kickoff event at the local Circle Drive In theater. The official initial check in was at Montage Mountain ski resort.  The end point for the rally is Road Atlanta in Brazleton, Georgia.  The route is far from direct and some of these cars may not make it very far.  We know of one for sure.  We will try to have updates each evening and hope to make you feel like you are part of the event.

Day 2: It is day two of this years Escape from Moscow rally.  We interrupt the festivities at a local Korean restaurant for an update from Jeff Stobbs. We then talk with two of the teams on the rally.  Todays events have been quite lemony.  We go through some of the highlights of the days journey. Next, we see how the teams are coping with the itinerary. We have several teams “succeeding” and gathering a ton of points.  We will try to have updates each evening and make you feel like you are part of the event.  If you are keeping score at home, you are obviously doing it wrong. As a “bonus” we hear from Randy,  and Alex as they are mid journey to return the Saab for further repairs back home.

Day 3: It is day three of this years Escape from Moscow rally.  Rally master Jeff Stobbs joins us for today’s update. We then talk to one of the two brothers (Max) from the Great Race team. They are participating in the rally in their ’67 Plymouth Valiant (former) race car.  Points are not yet updated to reflect today’s events but who cares anyway?  We will try to have a larger update tomorrow evening at the end of the rally at Road Atlanta.  We hope to make you feel like you are part of the event.

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. 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, 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.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

0267: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally

0268: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally – Day 2

0269: The 2021 Escape from Moscow Lemons Rally – Day 3

What to Do In A Turn 

DwD 0266:  What to Do In A Turn 

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we start off with a poor word choice and make the best of it.  The real subject for this episode is what to pay attention to in a turn from pre-turn in all the way through track out.  While there are many things to do and even more potential things to possibly do. We try to cover several of the fundamental things to do. also, what to look at during this complex series of events and inputs that form the key to high performance driving and racing.  This has the biggest shocking revelation in the history of our Dominating with Dawson series.  Did it surprise you as much as Bill?

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. This includes the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that would be great. Even better, a podcast review, we would greatly appreciate it. Also, 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. 

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 0266:  What to Do In A Turn 

Kyle Lockrow Professional Racing Driver

Kyle Lockrow
at Kansas
at Daytona

Professional Racing Driver and grassroots racer

GHIT 0265:  Kyle Lockrow Upcoming Professional Racing Driver

Kyle Lockrow is a racing driver who has worked his way from a grassroots racing hobby to a professional career that has reached the NASCAR level.  We had the opportunity to talk with him about his history and how amateur racing and especially amateur endurance racing has helped him progress and improve to the national level.  His story is still being written, but after meeting him, we are huge fans and wish him nothing but the best.  If that story isn’t inspiring enough, he did this in spite of racing with (our good friends at) Race Bar

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 episode include:

1)  We learn how Kyle has transitioned from amateur racing to being involved with NASCAR.  Believe it or not, racing our junk race cars has actually helped Kyle progress.

2)  What can you learn from amateur racing that transfers to higher levels and even the professional level.

3)  Kyle asks us about what our training regimen is and surprisingly, we actually had an answer he liked.

4)  Kyle’s schedule for 2022 is still to be finalized, but it sounds like a very busy year for him.

5)  How amateur endurance taught Kyle how to pass and be passed, as well as sharpens his ability to race other cars. 

6)  Several of the differences between professional racing and amateur racing.  Surprisingly, some of the pro’s can even learn a few things from our amateur teams that would help them on a race weekend.

7)  Bill rambles through a question to try to quantify what the differences are between the driver pool in the pro series and the drivers in the amateur series drivers.  Kyle makes the best of Bill’s awkwardly worded question, lol.

8)  And then Kyle actually wanted to do our fast and furious story time questions.  We thank him for tolerating our little slice of insanity.

9)  We lose count of how often we made fun of Race Bar.  RACE BAR!!!!!

To find even more from Kyle, please go to: 

Website:  www.KyleLockrow.com

Instagram:  @Kyle_Lockrow

Facebook:  KLockrow5590

or on LinkedIn and someday soon TikTok 

GHIT 0265:  Kyle Lockrow Upcoming Professional Racing Driver

Improving Your Sense of Speed on Track

Sense of Speed

DwD 0264:  Improving Your Sense of Speed on Track 

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we talk about ways to improve your sense of speed on a track.  This includes the commonly referred to “butt dyno”, but can also include several other ways and several other senses that the driver can use to determine their relative speed as well as their absolute speed.  We are sure we left out a few, but please let us know if you use something else, especially as your primary feedback. 

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. This includes the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, we would really appreciate it 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, 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.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

DwD 0264:  Improving Your Sense of Speed on Track 

Justin Barbry about Track Night In America

Racing
picking up the pace
investigating

GHIT 0263: Justin Barbry – Track Night In America

Do you know anyone who always wanted to drive on track but didn’t think it was possible?

Perhaps you talk to people about driving on track and they don’t understand but you know they would?

Do you want a bigger racing budget?  Perhaps the CFO of the house isn’t involved in our sport (yet).  

Vicki and Bill have attended several Track Night In America events and had a blast.  It is a great way to see if you or someone you know would like driving on track without a lot of prep, money, or time required.  We have often said that autocross was the gateway drug to high performance driving, but what if you don’t have a vendetta (yet) against small orange cones?  This may be the best alternative we have found without jumping in with both feet to a full track weekend etc. We will need to have Justin on again to talk about his driving and racing exploits and hopefully subject him to our F&F Storytime segment.  

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

Track Night In America:  https://www.tracknightinamerica.com/ 

SCCA:  https://www.scca.com/ 

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GHIT 0263: Justin Barbry – Track Night In America