HPDE

Driving What You Got

On Track – Two Ways

DwD 0326: Driving What You Got On Track – Two Ways

On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go over two aspects of driving on track with the “car” you have. This was originally intended to address the aspect of driving the car you have at the time. Adapting your driving to the car as it is during a weekend or a stint. Most of us are not fortunate enough to have the ability to dial in a car on the fly on track. Most times you have to make the best of it. The discussion also went into going to a track event with almost every one of your daily drivers. Most cars in the current condition and not waiting until you install a blank or add a new blank. In the end, the more seat time you have and the more car behaviors you learn. This allows you to drive and adapt to, the better your skills will be and the faster you will be in a different car or track or weather or tires etc. in the future. Just get started and make the best of any time that you are blessed and able to have on track.

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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 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.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, and Bill

The Return of Two Feet In

DwD 0323: The Return of Two Feet In

We return to the topic of two feet in to make sure everyone is on the same page. Also, why we would be strong supporters of knowing when it is time to employ this technique. The key aspect of this is to get your feet off of the throttle or gas pedal. you then press down hard on the clutch and brake if there are three pedals. If not driving a manual, just jump on the brake pedal if it is a two pedal car. This will reduce the kinetic energy of the car, reduce the likelihood and severity of contact. It also helps other car drivers in being able to predict the path you will be travelling. That sounds like a great technique and please use it as quickly as you can when you get to the point where you know you aren’t going to be able to correct the issue or especially when it is more dangerous to try to catch the car than manage the error and live to fight another day.

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 we would appreciate that very much. Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS If you are 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 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 result in a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

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. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, Ben, and Bill

DwD 0323: The Return of Two Feet In

Driving in the Spring/Cold

DwD 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold

In an effort to be timely, driving in the early seasons can often be tricky since the temperature can often be lower than desired. We start off covering what to do to account for the decreased temperatures and then we wander off into other areas that are affected by the temperature and humidity. Then we start to cover taking care of your hands in the cold and then move into the preparation of the windshield surfaces and the potential ways to prepare the helmet visor and drivers glasses for potential fogging and streaks. We cover our best techniques for the windshield, but we are still working on the helmet visor and drivers eye glass lens. If you have any other ideas, please let us know. It will save Bill a lot of time in the lab. Lol.

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

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS If you are 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 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” for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

DwD 0315: Driving in the Spring and Cold

Our HPDE with NASA Northeast at NJMP

GHIT 0313: Track Day Recap from our HPDE Event with NASA Northeast at NJMP’s Lightning Track

Jennifer and Vicki had their first trip the track this year at the NASA Northeast HPDE event at NJMP’s Lightning track. Our event prep had a few issues with our Honda Civic inaugural shake down. The issue is still TBD at this point. Jennifer was in the HPDE 2 group and Vicki was in the HPDE3/4 group. Bill was primarily concerned with instructing two students this weekend, both we on a track for their maiden voyage.

The weekend was a mix of highs and lows, many highs and really only one low. We go over our NASA Northeast at NJMP weekend and how everyone progressed. Both Jennifer and Vicki improved significantly over the winter off season, and we go into several of their accomplishments and the details. The post race weekend hangover is real, and we all tried to stay focused and coherent with varied results, lol. Our next event is later this month at Lime Rock Park and then our back-to-back racing weekends at PittRace with AER and then the 24 Hours of Lemons. We also cover some of the trickier aspects of growing as a driver and some of the precautions to be aware of, especially if you have a significant improvement on your speed.

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

We hope you enjoy this NASA Northeast at NJMP HPDE review episode!

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. Use it and 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 invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

GHIT 0313: Track Day Recap from our HPDE Event with NASA Northeast at NJMP’s Lightning Track

Mirror Positioning and Our Philosophy

DwD 0309: Mirror Positioning and Our Philosophy

On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go back to a fundamental of driving on track and the street. Where to position your side mirror and rearview mirrors for optimal vision, information, and safety. We also go into several mirror options and our preferred placement of our rearview mirror within our race car. It is a bit unconventional but offers significant benefits to the normal center of the window position. Towards the and we also go with a drill and practice suitable to the street to improve your driving proficiency if the mirrors aren’t adjusted properly or are “adjusted” on track by another car. This may sound trivial, but we are quite confident that everyone can learn at least one thing on this episode that will help them on street and on track.

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

We hope you enjoy this episode!

PS If you are 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 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” for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process.

Best regards,

Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

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

DwD 0309: Mirror Positioning and Philosophy