Garage Heroes In Training

Adam Jabaay Talks GRIDLIFE

GHIT 0289: Adam Jabaay Returns to Talk All Things GRIDLIFE

GLTC, Sundae Cup, and their HPDE Program

Adam Jabaay returns to talk all things GRIDLIFE. Adam is the co-founder of the GRIDLIFE event series and the series is designed to be the track events that the GRIDLIFE team would want to attend. We had a series on last year that covered several of the wheel to wheel GLTC (Grid Life Touring Cup) series. During this episode, we go over the 2022 series and several of the other events in the series including their time attack (fast lap counts) racing series and the GRIDLIFE HPDE program. We have a plan to attend our first GRIDLIFE event this year and will be participating in the event at Lime Rock. If you haven’t heard of GRIDLIFE, it is definitely not a typical track event and in many ways, the track events are only the beginning of the festivities.

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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 are:

1) We introduce our favorite master carpenter and the Norm Abrams of racing.

2) Bill gives away one of our upcoming 300 episode listener quiz questions.

3) Adam and Bill share some podcast anecdotes. There is more post episode if you are in need of curing your insomnia.

4) Bill is very jealous of Adam’s upcoming Ice Battle racing event. Where we has been very cold enough but it does not seem to be an option anywhere nearby. Ice racing remains on our post plague bucket list.

5) Ever wonder what is GRIDLIFE? Adam does a great review if you are not already familiar.

6) We had a chance to talk with ADAM about the history that led to the creation of GRIDLIFE and has allowed them to become a very popular sprint racing series that has live streaming viewer numbers that would make many professional series jealous.

7) Adam goes into the recent changes to the GLTS series to a 200 treadwear tire series including the thought process that led to the change.

8) What did Skip Barber think of GRIDLIFE and what will be going on at the Lime Rock event.

9) How GRIDLIFE has grown and how you can participate in the event.

10) How GRIDLIFE organizes their HPDE groups, events, and instructors.

11) Bill cannot wait anymore and we get into the GRIDLIFE Sundae Cup series. Our car is being prepped for the Lime Rock event and several HPDE’s this year.

12) What is coming for GRIDLIFE and how the east and west coast can expect to see events in the 2022 and more in 2023.

13) Bill launches his appeal for a wheel to wheel Sundae Cup race. Logistics are always a concern, but we would be there. Even better for an enduro.

14) We almost got off without going into RV life, but as expected we did not try terribly hard.

To follow Adam and GRIDLIFE further:

GRIDLIFE website: https://www.grid.life/

Slip Angle Podcast: http://www.tracktuned.com/slipangle

Instagram: @gridlifeofficial or @slipangleshow

Facebook: @GRIDLIFEOfficial or @SlipAngleShow

GHIT 0289: Adam Jabaay Returns to Talk All Things GRIDLIFE

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

Increasing Grip – By the Driver – Part 1

DwD 0287: Increasing Grip – By the Driver – Part 1

On this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we start to try to go into a topic we heard on the (tremendous) Track Walking podcast. On this particular episode, they had Paul Gerrard on as a guest. They were discussing several factors that a driver can influence the limit of grip on track. The information, and especially the discussion, was so valuable we try to go into the topic and discuss it here.

We did not do a great job on this first attempt but the discussion is a good one. Hopefully the discussion serve to help you to think about the limit and how it can be affected by many factors that the driver influences. Grip is influenced just by external factors and car/setup factors. Also, Vicki’s definition of being on the limit may be a simple yet descriptive evaluation of being at the limit for some of you. It would probably help if Bill knew how to ask the actual question that would lead to the desired discussion. This podcast thing isn’t as easy as we had hoped, lol. Still in training.

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 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. On all Apex Pro systems 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.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

DwD 028https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/garageheroesintraining/Car_Grip.mp37: Increasing Grip – By the Driver – Part 1

Caroline Yun on Driver Progression

GHIT 0286: Caroline Yun – Driver Progression

Caroline Yun is an avid high performance driving enthusiast who has recently worked her way up through the Southern California NASA HPDE ladder system and has begun her wheel to wheel and time trial (TT) racing career in Honda Challenge. She recently completed here first ever endurance race at Sonoma with the award winning Initial Dingus team. As Caroline is a relatively new driver and racer, we thought we would discuss with her the experiences that she has had with working her way through her very common car progression/growth scenario, some of the plusses and minuses of racing with your partner, how it has been to be a female driver and the first driver in her family’s perceptions of a lady race driver.

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!

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) It all started with a haunting….

2) We get a second opinion on the recent 24 Hours of Lemons race at Sonoma and since this was Caroline’s first ever wheel to wheel racing, it is always exciting and surprising, especially when most of your experience is in HPDE events. Caroline and her team even took home some hardware from the event.

3) Caroline gives a great description of what she learned and how her fellow drivers were at the event.

4) We go into the differences in front wheel drive and rear wheel drive vehicles and the pleasure of driving a variety of configurations.

5) It is surprise time for Jaime and we end up making decisions for him for this season. Where we end up was exciting and perhaps even more surprising.

6) We learn how Caroline learned about track driving and several stories of her first impressions and tips for others looking to try their first event.

7) Caroline’s story of how important physical fitness is to driving in general and specifically for Caroline. It even directly led to a new Mazda Miata MX-5.

8) We share the plusses and minuses of racing with your significant other.

9) Some of the potential complications of explaining that you are racing to your family and friend circle.

10) We have a ton of fun (at Jamie’s expense) talking brake pads.

11) Caroline and Bill make plans for another racing event. We love plans.

To follow Caroline on Instagram: @msawsmr

GHIT 0286: Caroline Yun – Driver Progression

Thank You Three Pedal Mafia

GHIT 0285: Thank You Three Pedal Mafia

We have four members of the Three Pedal Mafia come up to help Vicki and Bill work on the two Honda project cars for this winter. We had originally planned a full cage party work weekend but had postponed it until February or until the COVID spike recedes. What we were able to accomplish with their skills in such a short time was amazing. They came, they saw, and they fixed. Some day we hope to be able to perform at that level and repay them in some way.

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!

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) Details of the work plan for the invasion by the Three Pedal Mafia visit this past weekend including a surprise visit by Jim.

2) Shut up we are having fun, lol.

3) Driving skill review and training was an unexpected addition to the agenda for Miss Vicki.

4) It was so very cold (for Pennsylvania) that we had to create a micro climate heating area for Miss Chrissy’s feet.

5) Why we had to replace the exhaust on the 1993 Honda Civic since we will be endurance racing the car this season. Mental led the festivities on the exhaust project while we set up several of the other projects.

6) Bill’s planning failure. And yes, this bothers him greatly.

7) How the work went on the Honda Civic radiator and oil cooler installation and required fabrication.

8) While Vicki and I were distracted, the Three Pedal Mafia assaulted the rusting carcass of the Honda Fit that we are looking to race in Grid Life’s Sundae Cup at Lime Rock this year. The Fit has yet to fully grow into the warm spot in Vicki’s heart.

9) We try to describe the depth of the love that Mental has for rust, but may not have fully achieved a full description.

10) As always, Vicki loves to provide wonderful food and drinks as a thank you. We “bribe” everyone who comes over and this weekends was no exception. Bill added in some of the new thermal barrier coating for increasing the heat control of header and exhaust wraps. The coating also creates a protective layer to protect the system from abrasion and water/chemical attack.

11) Bill’s engine disassembly is nearly complete for a replacement engine after being guided by Chris, Our Mr. Honda. Now if anyone knows of any good machine shops in north east Pennsylvania, please let us know. Either by Instagram or via our email at [email protected].

12) Vicki had a bit of a heel toe down shifting discussion with Chris and Chrissy. This should help her with her down shifting, especially at the end of the long straights. Hopefully, she will get to drive and ride with an instructor this season, hopefully with Chris. She also has some practice that she can start with ahead of that while driving on the street.

13) Obviously much more to follow in coming weeks. We need a few parts, some tools, and some machining assistance, but we will keep you posted as we learn.

GHIT 0285: Thank You Three Pedal Mafia

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