Episodes

  • GHiT 0705: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G

    GHiT 0705: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G
    Jul 7 2025

    GHiT 0705: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G

    They came, they saw, they conquered. The recent Halloween Meets Gasoline winner from NJMP, The Italian Job. Oh, yeah, they drove a Mini Cooper with a full pasta dinner on the roof. And Much more.

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

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    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    Money saving tips:

    1) Enter code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • DwD 0706: The Importance of Trust on Track

    DwD 0706: The Importance of Trust on Track
    Jul 4 2025

    DwD 0706: The Importance of Trust on Track

    Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track. Why is it important? How to gain it? How to lose it? the usual things to do and thigns not to do. Part one of many.

    Did we miss something? Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@Gmail.com for a part 2.

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    Money saving tips:

    1) Enter code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry.

    2) Enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order and Apex Pro system from https://apextrackcoach.com/ and you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

    3) Need a fix of some Garage Heroes in Training swag for unknown reasons: https://garage-heroes-in-training.myspreadshop.com/

    4) Want to show you support to help keep our podcast going? Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/GarageHeroesinTraining

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    28 mins
  • GHiT 0703: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope

    GHiT 0703: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope
    Jun 23 2025

    GHiT 0703: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope

    NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In this part, we review the Slippery Slope team that was racing their SpecE30 race car for reasons explained here. It came in un-themed but the ret of the weekend led to a ton of fun.

    A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car-16

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    Money saving tips:

    1) Enter code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry.

    2) Enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order and Apex Pro system from https://apextrackcoach.com/ and you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

    3) Need a fix of some Garage Heroes in Training swag for unknown reasons: https://garage-heroes-in-training.myspreadshop.com/

    4) Want to show you support to help keep our podcast going? Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/GarageHeroesinTraining

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    51 mins
  • GHiT 0702: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight

    GHiT 0702: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight
    Jun 16 2025

    GHiT 0702: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight

    NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In the first of several parts, we review the first time at Lemons team, Never a Goodnight. They had two new to wheel to wheel racing drivers in a brand new race car build. What could go wrong with that?

    A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car44

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    Money saving tips:

    1) Enter code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry.

    2) Enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order and Apex Pro system from https://apextrackcoach.com/ and you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

    3) Need a fix of some Garage Heroes in Training swag for unknown reasons: https://garage-heroes-in-training.myspreadshop.com/

    4) Want to show you support to help keep our podcast going? Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/GarageHeroesinTraining

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 6: Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips

    GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 6: Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips
    Jun 11 2025
    Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 6: Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls “So You Wanna Racecar”. For this episode, A lot of our fellow teams recognize that our paddock game is often better than our on track game so we could not escape our Racing 101 series without covering our paddock prep and processes at a race weekend. Please let us know if we missed anything that you may want discussed in a future episode of our Racing 101 Series. The outline for the series is: Part 1: Building Your First Race Car (and options to not) Part 2: Safety and Safety Related Equipment Needed Part 3: Best Entry Points To Start Performance Driving Part 4: Buying and Selling Cars (With Special Guest Lara Vernon) Part 5: Going To and From The Event/Track – What To Expect Part 6: Paddock and Pit – Best Practices Part 7: Perspective of a New Driver (With Guest Adam Owens) Part 8: Tools, Spares, Supplies Needed for a Race Weekend Part 9: Common Issues All Drivers Will/May Experience in When On Track For the First Time Part 10: Miscellaneous Topics (& Things We Forget to Mention Earlier) Highlights from this episode include: 1) Our goal is to reduce some of the flood of information that occurs when you first go to the track for your first event. 2) Bill provides a tip to answering the dreaded question of “Do I look fat in this dress” and also goes into potentially what may be the worst response to the question. 3) Our team is founded on checklists and we provide several examples of what we use on our website at: www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com. Hot tip though, having a checklist that you don't bring with you or use won't help you at all. 4) One of the tried and true sayings from our Lemons races “Numbers are hard”. Here are several tips that try to make them a bit easier. 5) Tips on garage and paddock layouts at the track. 6) We try to walk you through the point where you arrive at the track and all the way through the event. Many tracks and series have slightly different details and procedures, but we try to give an overview of many of the most common procedures. 7) We go through the tech inspection process of both the driver’s safety equipment and the car’s mechanical and safety tech inspection. 8) Tracks also will have varying ways that they hold their practice schedule and we try to give a couple of examples that are most common. It is important to make sure you know what the schedule is and make sure you can get the value for the expense. If it does work for you, especially if you are a new driver or new to the track, we recommend signing up and getting some laps on the track, often with only a few other cars on the track. 9) If you aren't familiar with them, track walks are a great way to learn the track, especially if you can tag along with a group who is familiar with the track. If you see us taking a track walk, please feel free to join us. 10) Our endurance races usually start Saturday morning until Saturday evening, pause, and then resume Sunday morning and finish Sunday evening. As such, Saturday mornings and Sunday mornings are very similar. Also, Friday evening and Saturday evening are usually similar, but often if things are going well, Saturday has a lot more social “opportunities” (read as parties) in the paddock. 11) Organizing the paddock and pilot area are key to getting the car prepped quickly and efficiently. Tips abound. 12) Most races end Sunday evening and the track closes in a few hours after that, so there are a few tips on prepping the paddock and pit area for departure to make this possible. 13) Try to get everything done as early as possible since there are often unforeseen issues and problems that arise unexpectedly. We give a few hypothetical examples we have “heard” about. 14) How did Bill get the nickname “toddler” 15) Some factors that may need to be considered when thinking about and setting up your driver line up, especially for the first stint. 16) There are also a few of the racing etiquette details sprinkled throughout the episode. 17) Bill gets several homework assignments for providing some lists on our website. It may take a bit, but they are coming and will be updated shortly. <<...>> A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SYWRC06 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate very much. Even better, a podcast review would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we ...
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • GHiT 0701: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck

    GHiT 0701: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck
    Jun 10 2025

    GHiT 0701: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck

    NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In the first of several parts, we review the weekend race for car/truck number 23, the Bad Hombre, El Jeffe, the trophy Truck. What a weekend!

    A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car23

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

    If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing:

    You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, YouTube, etc.

    Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate 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.

    Best regards,

    Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

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

    Money saving tips:

    1) Enter code "GHIT" for a 10% discount code to all our listeners during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ for a Sentinel system to capture and broadcast live video and telemetry.

    2) Enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order and Apex Pro system from https://apextrackcoach.com/ and you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40.

    3) Need a fix of some Garage Heroes in Training swag for unknown reasons: https://garage-heroes-in-training.myspreadshop.com/

    4) Want to show you support to help keep our podcast going? Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/GarageHeroesinTraining

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 5: What to Expect At Your First Track Day

    GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 5: What to Expect At Your First Track Day
    Jun 9 2025
    Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 5: What to Expect At Your First Track Day Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls “So You Wanna Racecar”. On this episode, we go over a typical track visit from arriving at the gate to departing at the conclusion of the event. It's like you get to experience everything about racing on a track without the thrill of driving, and without the post-race hangover from your adrenaline crash. The goal of this episode is to help you to be prepared for what usually happens when you visit a track for the first time and hopefully reduce some of the anxiety of going into the “unknown”. Please let us know if we missed anything that you may want discussed in a future episode of our Racing 101 Series. The outline for the series is: Part 1: Building Your First Race Car (and options to not) Part 2: Safety and Safety Related Equipment Needed Part 3: Best Entry Points To Start Performance Driving Part 4: Buying and Selling Cars (With Special Guest Lara Vernon) Part 5: Going To and From The Event/Track – What To Expect Part 6: Paddock and Pit – Best Practices Part 7: Perspective of a New Driver (With Guest Adam Owens) Part 8: Tools, Spares, Supplies Needed for a Race Weekend Part 9: Common Issues All Drivers Will/May Experience in When On Track For the First Time Part 10: Miscellaneous Topics (& Things We Forget to Mention Earlier) Highlights from this episode include: 1) Our goal is to reduce some of the flood of information that occurs when you first go to the track for your first event. 2) Bill provides a tip to answering the dreaded question of “Do I look fat in this dress” and also goes into potentially what may be the worst response to the question. 3) Our team is founded on checklists and we provide several examples of what we use on our website at: www.GarageHeroesInTraining.com. Hot tip though, having a checklist that you don't bring with you or use won't help you at all. 4) One of the tried and true sayings from our Lemons races “Numbers are hard”. Here are several tips that try to make them a bit easier. 5) Tips on garage and paddock layouts at the track. 6) We try to walk you through the point where you arrive at the track and all the way through the event. Many tracks and series have slightly different details and procedures, but we try to give an overview of many of the most common procedures. 7) We go through the tech inspection process of both the driver’s safety equipment and the car’s mechanical and safety tech inspection. 8) Tracks also will have varying ways that they hold their practice schedule and we try to give a couple of examples that are most common. It is important to make sure you know what the schedule is and make sure you can get the value for the expense. If it does work for you, especially if you are a new driver or new to the track, we recommend signing up and getting some laps on the track, often with only a few other cars on the track. 9) If you aren't familiar with them, track walks are a great way to learn the track, especially if you can tag along with a group who is familiar with the track. If you see us taking a track walk, please feel free to join us. 10) Our endurance races usually start Saturday morning until Saturday evening, pause, and then resume Sunday morning and finish Sunday evening. As such, Saturday mornings and Sunday mornings are very similar. Also, Friday evening and Saturday evening are usually similar, but often if things are going well, Saturday has a lot more social “opportunities” (read as parties) in the paddock. 11) Organizing the paddock and pilot area are key to getting the car prepped quickly and efficiently. Tips abound. 12) Most races end Sunday evening and the track closes in a few hours after that, so there are a few tips on prepping the paddock and pit area for departure to make this possible. 13) Try to get everything done as early as possible since there are often unforeseen issues and problems that arise unexpectedly. We give a few hypothetical examples we have “heard” about. 14) How did Bill get the nickname “toddler” 15) Some factors that may need to be considered when thinking about and setting up your driver line up, especially for the first stint. 16) There are also a few of the racing etiquette details sprinkled throughout the episode. 17) Bill gets several homework assignments for providing some lists on our website. It may take a bit, but they are coming and will be updated shortly. <<...>> A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SYWRC05 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple ...
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    1 hr and 26 mins