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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.

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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 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.

from Hagerty’s The Drive Within

GHiT 0296: Mo Dadkhah from Hagerty’s The Drive Within

We first were introduced to Mo Dadkhah during our episode with Loni Unser and then we saw that he was on “The Drive Within” with the rest of the Round Three Racing team (R3R) as they competed in the WRL endurance racing series. The show is sponsored by Hagerty and appears on their site as well as the Motor Trend channel.

Mo is one of the drivers of the #701 Porsche Cayman that competes in the GP1 class within WRL. During this episode, we go over Mo’s racing history, the WRL series, the R3R team, and tons of details on the making of the show. This show is being released ahead of the season ending episode that should be released this Friday. “The Drive Within” is the first show that we have found that accurately depicts the highs and lows that each team and driver experiences during a race weekend. It is a can’t miss show and has a permanent spot on our DVR.

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) How endurance racing and consistency of effort has led to Mo’s growth as a driver and allowed him to reach his current level.

2) We go into how the Cayman #701 race car came to be the tool of choice that Mo drives with his team in WRL’s GP1 class primarily against other Caymans and E46 BMW’s.

3) What Mo gets from his racing and how drivers are “compensated” even at the higher levels in the US. Spoiler, none of us will likely be making a mortgage payment anytime soon.

4) How the R3R racing team works and interacts at the races. Also, what you can learn from them that will help your endurance racing team.

5) Mo gives a great summary of the way that the WRL series classifications work. His thoughts on the way the series functions and keeps the competition level high but still more reliant on the driver, as opposed to the budget/checkbook.

6) We also go into starting and filming “The Drive Within”. And we start to feel a bit better about our iPhone and Android race weekend videos not being quite up to this level, lol.

7) The R3R team is a perfect example that the team is not just about the drivers. Racing depends on each and every team member, both before and at the track, and when operating properly, it becomes a family.

8) Tips on how to improve as a driver and tons of little items that R3R does as a team that everyone can incorporate into their racing program and team, even if it is a “team” of one.

9) Mo uses a coach personally and we review his opinions on how a coach can help your driving and the differences between an instructor and a coach. We need to try this in 2022.

10) We come up with a new business plan. No stealing please.

PS Don’t tease Mo too hard after the least episode airing this Friday.

PS2 Please let everyone know about the show and hopefully we can get a second season

PS3 We gladly welcome Mo’s repeated offers to become a “producer” of the show and secure some great episodes

PS4 Let us know if you want to hear Mo subjected to the our fast and furious story time questions. We have a bunch of other racing and driving questions for him as well.

To follow Mo Dadkhah further:

Instagram: @therealmodadkhah

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

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

GHiT 0296: Mo Dadkhah from Hagerty’s The Drive Within

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

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

Highlights for this episode include:

To follow James further:

from Hagerty’s The Drive Within

GHiT 0296: Mo Dadkhah from Hagerty’s The Drive Within

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

Highlights for this episode include:

PS Don’t tease Mo too hard after the least episode airing this Friday.

PS2 Please let everyone know about the show and hopefully we can get a second season

PS3 We gladly welcome Mo’s repeated offers to become a “producer” of the show and secure some great episodes

PS4 Let us know if you want to hear Mo subjected to the our fast and furious story time questions. We have a bunch of other racing and driving questions for him as well.

To follow Mo Dadkhah further: