Garage Heroes (In Training)

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Garage Heroes In Training

Ryan Power – Life as a New Racing Driver

Ryan Power Prepping
Ryan Power dominating

GHIT 0222:  Ryan Power – Life as a New Racing Driver

Ryan Power recently graduated from comp school with his racing license. He primarily competes in wheel to wheel sprint races in his 2019 ND2 Miata.  Bill had met Ryan and been driving at HPDE’s with Ryan for the past few seasons.  While still relatively new at racing, Ryan’s results are very good for his rookie season with several podium finishes and race wins.  Unfortunately, Ryan has also experienced a significant incident on track and seen the inherent risk in racing wheel to wheel.  We wanted to cover Ryan’s recent transition from HPDE to Comp School to racing wheel to wheel, as well as what it is like to get back on track after a significant accident.  

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A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RyanPowerOnGHiT 

Ryan Power starting grid

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)  Getting his car and supplies organized for racing his car as his one person team and some of the challenges of racing solo.

2)  Tips on how to get started and what to focus on when learning to drive on track

3)  Ryan also goes into some examples of how his learning progression was non linear and where he gained some of his most valuable experience and skill gains.

4)  Plusses and minuses of racing/HPDE’ing in a single car versus multiple cars

5)  What it was like getting back into the race car after the accident, both for prepping the car and Ryan.

  • Ryan Power new livery
  • Ryan Power passing lane

GHIT 0222:  Ryan Power – Life as a New Racing Driver

Thompson 2021 Prep

For Our All Ladies Race Team

The Ladies at Thompson 2021
Elizabeth, Vicki, Jennifer, and Audra

GHIT 0221 Our All Female 24 Hours of Lemons Racing Team for Thompson 2021 Prep

We are planning for our first ever All Ladies 24 Hours of Lemons racing entry at the upcoming Thompson event.  Vicki and Jennifer will be racing in the 2003 Chevy S-10/Isuzu Hombre race truck.  They will be joined by past podcast guests Elizabeth and Audra, for her first wheel to wheel racing event.  Alan will be racing in the 1984 Mustang GT Turbo with his sons Bennett and Quinn. Quinn is joining us for his first race, and Elazar with Bill as a backup. 

We go through our Thompson 2021 prep of the drivers and cars. Next, we also discuss our team and personal goals going into the event.  We started our team with a goal of eventually having an all female team entry. Now we are finally able to do so at this event.  Elizabeth has raced in Lemons several times before. But this will be Audra’s first ever wheel to wheel race, although she has tons of experience in autocross.  The race is coming up this weekend.  We will try to keep you posted.

GHIT 0221 Our All Female 24 Hours of Lemons Racing Team for Thompson 2021

Jargon 101: What is a Log Book?

DwD 0220: Jargon 101: What is a Log Book and What Does It Entail

Log Book

In this issue of Dominating with Dawson, we go into what is meant by log booking. This is also referred to as a race car that is log booked.  It is really not terribly complicated but it is something that you may eventually need to do. And it is always better to not sound uninformed.  Let us do that for you, lol.  (PS It turns out we do have a log book from Lucky Dog, we just didn’t know that was what it was.)

If you would like to help 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. Even better, a podcast review 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” and click on the podcast to leave a (5?) star rating and/or 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

DwD 0220: Jargon 101: What is a Log Book and What Does It Entail

Scott Robertson from the Track Walking podcast

  • Track Walking Podcast logo
  • On track

GHIT 0218:  Scott Robertson from the Track Walking podcast

(Part 2 of Our GLTC Series)

For this episode, Scott Robertson reviews a variety of topics including his racing in the Grid Life GLTC series, his multiple One Lap of America entries, being a driving instructor, and his Track Walking podcast.  Scott had an ill timed racing incident earlier this year just prior to the 2021 One Lap of America.  He was somehow able to get the car back in running shape in time for the OLOA with the help of a ton of help from the racing community.  His podcast approaches our sport and driving in general from a very different perspective. The podcast is definitely unique among the racing and driving podcasts that are available.  We hope to have his podcast co-host on Seth Lemke on in a coming episode. And we cannot wait to meet his crew chief and co-driver Becky Burton at the track and hopefully our podcast.

Want to help 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, you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating. Even better, a podcast review would be greatly appreciated. This 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. 

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ScottRobertsonOnGHiT 

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)  How Scott’s racing career began and has continued to progress.

2)  We discover how versatile Scott’s Miata is in its current role, road driven, race car, tow vehicle, and sometimes hotel room and base camp.

3)  Vicki and Scott bond over their Miata love for a bit.  Scott has a super secret spare stash and upgrade kit that we will get out of him someday.  We’d love to get our NB Miata a bit more reliable and sturdy.  (and we all know Bill loves upgrading his checklists, lol)

4)  Details of his difficulties in preparing for this year’s One Lap of America after his on track incident.  It literally took a village (of racing friends) and every last minute to pull off the miracle save.

5)  The intertwining of the 2021 One Lap of America and the current GLTC season have impacted each other and how the season has gone to this point.

6)  Tips, Tricks, and Do’s and Don’ts that experience has taught Scott over the years of instructing new and soon to be drivers on the track at an HPDE.

7)  Prepping for GLTC vs One Lap of America, and especially how to One Lap in a Miata race car

8)  Several things Scott got from Coaching with (hopefully our future guest for our GLTC series) Tom O (Tom O’Gorman) but we can also confirm one item that was not part of Tom’s coaching.

9)  Podcast goals and perspectives on what they are trying to provide to our sport.

To follow Scott Robertson, you can go to:

@TrackWalkingPodcast on Facebook or Instagram

@RobertsonRacing on Instagram

@RobertsonRacingMaita on Facebook

GHIT 0218:  Scott Robertson from the Track Walking podcast (Part 2 of Our GLTC Series)

  • Monster Trailer
  • GridLife
  • At OLOA 2021
The Monster Trailer allows Scott to race at Grid Life and One Lap of America

2021 PittRace HPDE with NASA GL

PittRace Track Map

GHIT 0218:  Our 2021 PittRace HPDE with NASA Great Lakes

Our season highlight is the NASA Great Lakes HPDE event at PittRace and this year was no exception.  Our team attendees consisted of Jennifer, Vicki, and Liam in the HPDE 2 sessions, and Bill was in the HPDE 4 group, as well as auditing several of the HPDE 1 and 2 classrooms and track sessions.  As always, we were joined by our Three Pedal Mafia/Everyone racers podcast friend Chris, Chrissy, Jeff, and Jim.  In total, we had 8 drivers in our paddock area in the HPDE classes and 6 cars for this event. 

In addition, our next gen trainees were all over the go karting track there and even raced a friend from the Penn State Formula SAE team from our Lemons races in NJMP and PittRace this year, Eric Junker.  As a super special addition to the event, Ross Bentley was also an attendee and was helping out in all areas and levels of the event.  We are very sure he is tired from this weekend, but it was great to finally meet him in person.

PS  Sorry for Bill’s audio, apparently his microphone did not work during this episode.

PittRace Paddock
Paddock with friends makes this even better

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

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PittRaceHPDE2021

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Morning meeting with Ross
ROSS BENTLEY in Person!!!!!

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

GHIT 0218:  Our 2021 PittRace HPDE with NASA Great Lakes