GHIT 0205: Our HPDE at Mid Ohio - Lap 2 for 2021 - With NASA Great Lakes

We went back to Mid Ohio for a second lap in 2021 with Vicki, Jennifer, and Bill attending the May NASA Great Lakes event.  It started out as a wet track and at Mid Ohio and that is always especially entertaining.  We raced a turbo 1999 Mazda Miata (NB), a 2019 Mazda Miata, and a 2004 BMW M3 (E46) all were on street tires and racing brake pads and fluid.  We go over the event where Vicki and Jen were in the HPDE 2 run group and Bill was in the HPDE 3 group.  It all started out innocently enough and then the forecast went from warm and sunny to ridiculously cold and wet for Saturday and gradually warm and sunny on Sunday.  The event was fantastic as always and the goals going in were designed for success.  How did we do?  We shall discover together within this episode.  Special thanks to all the NASA Great Lakes team and the staff at Mid Ohio for a great weekend. In this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go over a variety of methods that can be used to improve your preparation for a "new to you" track and help you learn the track ahead of time and maximize your driving comfort on your first laps.  Any Guesses? 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.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/2021MidOhioLap2 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)  We go into the details of the HPDE group 2 and compare it to the HPDE 1 and HPDE 3 groups.  We also try to summarize the various drills that we did during the weekend. 2)  Jennifer (and Vicki) have a difficult time prepping for a new track and since this was Jennifer's first time at Mid Ohio, we worked our way through it, but we need to work on a better plan.  Bill has ideas.  Stay tuned. 3)  Vicki tries to break a very bad habit that is really holding her back.  She has a difficult time staying at full throttle until the brake zone, especially in high speed areas.  There are some aspects of racing that require a great deal of commitment and even a bit of courage to work through.  Her resolve to break through did lead to a quality 720 at the end of the big straight leading into China Beach. 4)  How did Bill earn a steak dinner that somehow turned into Crack Barrel Meat Loaf.