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Garage Heroes In Training
by Garage Heroes In Training
An amateur endurance auto racing team hoping to show everyone that they too can participate in performance driving or racing. We are a relatively new team and learning right along with you. Our assumption is that you know very little to nothing about the sport but are interested in learning to drive better and eventually maybe even race in a local event of interest. We will cover all forms of racing and hope to be entertaining as well as educational.
Episodes
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GHiT 0773: Race Recap - The True 24 at High Plains Raceway with the Apex Anti Heroes
GHiT 0773: Race Recap - The True 24 at High Plains Raceway with the Apex Anti Heroes Want to race in a ture 24 event? High Plains Raceway may be the place to be. Our friends at the Apex Anti Heroes decided that this would be a great great idea for a second ever race as a team. Was it? Tune on to...
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GHiT 0772: Race Recap - Lemons at GingerMan with the Judges
GHiT 0772: Race Recap - Lemons at GingerMan with the Judges We revently went over our last race at GingerMan, but his time we see the whole race from the perspective of the esteemed judges, judge Janice and judge Shelley, oh and we had judge Randy on too. This may become a tradition talking to…
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GHiT 0771: Race Recap - Lemons at GingerMan with the Italian Job Racing Team
GHiT 0771: Race Recap - Lemons at GingerMan with the Italian Job Racing Team It is not often that we race in someone else's car but we were invited and quickly accepted a pair of seats in the Italian Job Racing Mini Cooper S (R53). We had a great time, brought out a bit of the east coast to the...
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GHiT 0770: Eric Rood Returns to discuss the last season, upcoming races and how the 20 years of Lemons has been
GHiT 0770: Eric Rood Returns to discuss the last season, upcoming races and how the 20 years of Lemons has been Eric Rood comes on to discuss the 2026 season, several upcoming race and discussion of some of the highlights from the 20 years of the 24 Hours of Lemons ahead of the upcoming…
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GHiT 0769: Race Review GridLife at Lime Rock Park 2026 with Nick Barbato
GHiT 0769: Race Review GridLife at Lime Rock Park 2026 with Nick Barbato We had our GridLife Reporter on the scenes and we get aa peek behind the curtains for all of the GLTC races during another fantastic racing weekend at Lime Rock. Oh, Nick raced too, lol. (and had an amazing weekend and...
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GHiT 0768: Race Review Thompson 2026 - Long Overdue
GHiT 0768: Race Review Thompson 2026 - Long Overdue A bit of a delay behind the curtains, but here is our summary of the last race we had at Thompson. The race had a lot of highs and a few lows. So it was a normal endurance race. Jeremy had quite a weekend. Did we miss something? Please let us…
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WOOT 0767: Spiderman: Brand New Day and The Odyssey - Our Thoughts
WOOT 0767: Spiderman: Brand New Day and The Odyssey - Our Thoughts We wanted to go over the two recent summer smash hits, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day . We remained spoiler free until late into the Spider-Man discussion. We then ended with a few of the recent…
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WOOT 0766: GHiT's Summer (plus) Movie Preview
WOOT 0766: GHiT's Summer (plus) Movie Preview With the recent releases starting to really kick off the summer movie season, we decided to give our thoughts of the upcoming movie and TV schedule for the remainder of 2026. Did we stay on subject. Nope. Did we miss something? Please let us know at...
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GHiT 0763: GHiT's NJMP Race Weekend - A Bit Late
GHiT 0764: GHiT's NJMP Race Weekend - A Bit Late Rumor has it that there was a race a few weeks back at NJ Motorsports Park (NJMP) with the 24 Hours of Lemons. The racing was great, but the theming was really some of the best we have ever seen. Oh yeah, we were there too. Here are some of the...
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GHiT 0763: Apex Anti Heroes (With Vicki) Raced at High Plains
GHiT 0763: Apex Anti Heroes (With Vicki) Raced at High Plains Brady is back and with his own team racing at High Plains for their first ever race. Vicki flew out to help prepare and hopefully celebrate the small wins. How did their first race go? What did they do well? More importantly what did...
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GHiT 0762: Nick Barbato's GLTC at Road Atlanta
GHiT 0762: Nick Barbato's GLTC at Road Atlanta Gridlife went to Road Atlanta last week and we review the GLTC rces from the perspective of Nick Barbato. It was a weekend. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is:...
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GHiT 0761: Miss Jackie is BAAAACK
GHiT 0761: Miss Jackie is BAAAACK We are joined this week by Miss Jackie, back by popular demand. WE catch up with what has been going on recently with her race car build, Honda Challenge and anything else that came up. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected]…
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DwD 0760: Life Lessons From Endurance Racing
DwD 0760: Life Lessons From Endurance Racing Endurance racing is not only incredibly fun but also is a great teacher of things that can apply to your home and work life. We named a few. Who better to talk to about this than Ben Dawson. Let's Dominate! Did we miss something? Please let us know at...
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DwD 0758: Race Setup Pro
DwD 0758: Race Setup Pro When we first started racing, we always assumed that the car wasn't the problem and essentially never changed. This error probably held us back for a good 3-4 seasons as we learned. If only there was a way to address car setup when you don't know anything, or even when…
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DwD 0759: Racing Pricey Cars - How and Why
DwD 0759: Racing Pricey Cars - How and Why A recent post on the book of faces had a question: How can people ever race $50k, $100k, or even more expensive cars on track. Plus what would be our three cars to require everyone to start with on track. Who better to talk to about this than Ben Dawson....
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DwD 0757: Taking Charge of the Racecar
DwD 0757: Taking Charge of the Racecar Its a race not a wait. We hada question related to taking charge of the car and making it do what you want. Who better to talk to about this than Ben Dawson. Let's Dominate! Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link...
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GHiT 0756: Nick Barbato - A Great Race Weekend at CMP with GridLife GLTC
GHiT 0756: Nick Barbato - A Great Race Weekend at CMP with GridLife GLTC The season has started with Gridlife at Carolina Motorsport Park. Nick Barbato was racing in the GLTC series again this year and was kind enough to review the weekend and how it went. Hint: It went pretty #$@^@ well. This is...
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GHiT 0755: Jeremy Hall Has Been Very Busy
GHiT 0755: Jeremy Hall Has Been Very Busy With the recent weather starting to show signs of spring, we catch up with Santa Jeremy and see what his plans are for the season, what he's been working on all winter, and what bad ideas we can come up with for the racing season. Did we miss something?...
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DwD 0753: All About the Dreaded Flat Spots
DwD 0753: All About the Dreaded Flat Spots Flat Spots: What are they, how to fix them, how to prevent them, and creative judge penalties and more. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/753FlatSpots We hope you...
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GHiT 0754: Adam Jabaay Comes on Talk About the Recent Gridlife News and More
GHiT 0754: Adam Jabaay Comes on Talk About the Recent Gridlife News and More You may have seen the headlines with GridLife being sold, even in Forbes Magazine and Grassroots Motorsports among many others. We wanted to get the details and talk about what the changes mean and what the internet…
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GHiT 0752: The Costs of Racing with the Ironbird Racing Team
GHiT 0752: The Costs of Racing with the Ironbird Racing Team We received a question from a listener about an episode themed at the costs of racing and ways to monitor and control them (lol). We thought it might be a great idea to have them come on and ask anything they wished, so we did. Welcome…
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DwD 0751: What is Full Throttle and More (and We're Back)
DwD 0751: What is Full Throttle and More (and We're Back) We resume with a listener question from Code Name Vicki and it is about what is full throttle, wha tit means, when to be, etc, etc, etc. It seems simple, maybe even trivial, but it has been the cause of some confusion with our listener and...
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GHiT 0750: Ross Bentley Celebrates Episode 750 With Us!
GHiT 0750: Ross Bentley Celebrates Episode 750 With Us! Another 50 episodes in the book and we are honored, as always, to have Ross Bentley back on the podcast. It is the off season around here, so we center on what we can do to improve and prepare for next season. Plus we wander around and talk...
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GHiT 0749: Scott Mattis and MJ Trierweller
GHiT 0749: Scott Mattis and MJ Trierweller Jeremey had a great idea and for once it was, lol. We welcomed long time car enthusiast and instructors Scott Mattis and Mark Jon (MJ) Trierweller to the podcast and we talk about everything and still only scratched the surface. Can't wait to have them…
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GHiT 0746: Mark Petronis is Back
GHiT 0746: Mark Petronis is Back Mark Petronis comes back on the podcast to talk about his recent fitness improvements and how it may be able to help you on our off season fitness special episode of 2026. And we talk racing Corvettes to try to stay on brand, lol. Did we miss something? Please let...
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GHiT 0748: Adam Jabaay is Back and We Talk All Things GridLife
GHiT 0748: Adam Jabaay is Back and We Talk All Things GridLife We wanted to catch up with Adam and talk about GridLlife 2025 and 2026 and beyond. So we did. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AdamJabaay748 We...
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GHiT 0747 We Missed Mental - So He's Back
GHiT 0747: We Missed Mental - So He's Back So we invited Judge Mental Ward onto the podcast ot talk about all things racing and many things unrelated. If you know Mental, you knew that was the case. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link to the…
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GHiT 0745: Our Annual (But Very Late) Goals Review and Our Goals for 2026
GHiT 0745: Our Annual (But Very Late) Goals Review and Our Goals for 2026 Bill loves goals and after many reschedulings, we get this one done in just under the wire. We review our 2025 goals and how we did. Then we forecast some challenging goals for 2026. How did we do? Not well, lol. Did we…
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GHiT 0744: Scott Robertson - Year in Review and Our Coach for 2026
GHiT 0744: Scott Robertson - Year in Review and Our Coach for 2026 It is always great to talk with Scott Robertson of Robertson Racing and the Track Walking podcast, but this year we are going to be working with Scott to improve our skills on track, and off. For the first section of this episode,...
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GHiT 0743: Queers Shifting Gears - Race and Year In Review
GHiT 0743: Queers Shifting Gears - Race and Year In Review Our friends at Queers Shifting Gears have come a long (LONG) way in the past year or so and went from knowing what Lemons racing is to KNOWING what Lemons racing is. We saw them at our race at Summit Point and now we get to see how that...
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GHiT 0742: Lemons Racing 2025 Review and 2026 Preview with Eric Rood
GHiT 0742: Lemons Racing 2025 Review and 2026 Preview with Eric Rood 2025 was quite a season for the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series and we discuss the almost complete 2025 season and preview the 2026 schedule with our favorite Everything Bagel, Eric Rood. Did we miss something? Please let us…
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GHiT 0740: Fire Laps Returns - Even Better and Much More
GHiT 0740: Fire Laps Returns - Even Better and Much More It had been a wile since we spoke with David and Daniel from Fire Laps and we thought we had to catch up with how things were progressing. Apparently, it had been way too long and things have advanced and grown in so many ways it was tough…
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GHiT 0741: Aero for Endurance Racing with Mario Korf
GHiT 0741: Aero for Endurance Racing with Mario Korf We are joined by Mario Korf to talk all things aero, but especially with a focus on the use during endurance races. We address many of the typical concerns, misunderstandings, and lore in the area of using aero in endurance racing and even…
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DwD 0739: Lessons Learned From Endurance Racing
DwD 0739: Lessons Learned from Endurance Racing Endurance racing can teach you many different things and many are directly applicable to everyday life. Here are some that we thought of and we are sure there are many, many more. Did we miss something? Please let us know at...
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GHiT 0739: Race Recap: Summit Point - Part 2: One More Time with Feeling (and Energy)
GHiT 0739: Race Recap: Summit Point - Part 2: One More Time with Feeling (and Energy) Jeff and Eric join us to go over the late race for us of the season at Summit Point. As evidence of the post race hangover effect, this is what happens when you have a few days to recover. One more time, with...
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DwD 0737: Proper ABS Usage on Track
DwD 0737: Proper ABS Usage on Track We love listener questions and this week we were asked what our thoughts were on ABS usage on track. Do we just hammer the brake and let the system figure it out or try to stay just below engagement, etc. Ben had some great thoughts and Bill was there too. Did…
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GHiT 0737: Race Recap: Summit Point - Remember We Are All Counting On You
GHiT 0737: Race Recap: Summit Point - Remember We Are All Counting On You Our team combined with the Three Pedal Mafia for Lemons return to Summit Point. How did our car do? Is a post race hangover real? That and a ton of Airplane! (the movie) jokes were shared all weekend. Part 1 of a few where…
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GHiT 0736: GHiT (finally) Goes Autocrossing/Solo
GHiT 0736: GHiT (finally) Goes Autocrossing/Solo Our team showed up in force to a recent SCCA Autocross (code name Solo) event. We had four cars, five drivers and nearly a dozen errors, lol. Want to know what it was like? Want to hear all that we screwed up? Its in here. AND We had to have Audra…
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DwD 0735: Passing Proximity - Near or Far?
DwD 0735: Passing Proximity - Near or Far? We often hear people discussing how to pass, but not often do they ever review how close or far to be from a car that you are passing. So we do. PS It REALLY matters. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link to...
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GHiT 0734: Prepping for NHMS and Summit Point Races - And More
GHiT 0734: Prepping for NHMS and Summit Point Races - And More We have two of our cars entering the next Lemons race at NHMS and one entering the Summit Point race, our first time at the track. What have we been doing? How has prep gone? And a whole lot of other news and updates. Did we miss...
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DwD 0733: When to Turn Off Traction Control When On Track - Plus Instructor Storytime
DwD 0733: When to Turn Off Traction Control When On Track - Plus Instructor Storytime We review when to turn off traction control when on track, as well as several of the other driver aid systems (nannies). We then meander into a few fun stories about when we were instructing. Do you have any...
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GHiT 0732: Waka Motorsports K Swap
GHiT 0734: Catching up with Rich from Waka Motorsports Our friends over at Waka Motorsports had finally gotten there 1993 Honda Civic EG Hatchback dialed in after several races on the struggle bus. Obviously that meant they needed to K Swap it. Or did they? Did we miss something? Please let us…
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GHiT 0731: Gary McCormick Returns to Talk B Spec Racing
GHiT 0731: Gary McCormick Returns to Talk B Spec Racing We love driving cars at the limit and Gary McCormick returns to discuss how his latest adventures in racing B Spec with the SCCA is going. Hint: its going pretty well. Did we miss something? Please let us know at...
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DwD 0730: Mental Bandwidth - A Limited and Vital Commodity on Track
DwD 0730: Mental Bandwidth - A Limited and Vital Commodity on Track Ben discusses the limited but essential resource of mental bandwidth when on track. The more you can convert to subconscious / muscle memory, the better you can perform on track and the more that you can respond to faster and...
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GHiT 0729: The Costs of Racing with Frank Schwartz
GHiT 0729: The Costs of Racing with Frank Schwartz We have a great discussion of the costs associated with racing and the potential advantages of renting vs owning your race car. While racing is never going to be called cheap, this is a very viable alternative, especially if you are just getting...
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GHiT 0728: What to Do to Recover From a Mistake on Track (and learn from it)
GHiT 0728: What to Do to Recover From a Mistake on Track (and learn from it) Everyone makes mistakes on track, almost all the time. Some are big, some aren't. With track time being precious and expensive, we decided to go over what you can learn from any mistakes on track and how to get the most...
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GHiT 0727: Nick Barbato Returns to Talk GLTC at Lime Rock 2025 with GridLife
GHiT 0727: Nick Barbato Returns to Talk GLTC at Lime Rock 2025 with GridLife Nick Barbato returns to talk about the recent GLTC races and more at Lime Rock Park. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LimeRockGLTC2025 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our…
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GHiT 0726: The Top 10 Things WE Wish We Knew When WE Started
GHiT 0726: The Top 10 Things WE Wish We Knew When WE Started We love a good countdown so we did one. What are the top 10 things we wish we knew when we first started. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is:...
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GHiT 0725: Peter Krause Returns and We Start a New Tradition for the GHiT Podcast with Him
GHiT 0725 : Peter Krause Returns and We Start a New Tradition for the GHiT Podcast with Him Peter Krause is back and in a moment of weakness, he has agreed to help us celebrate with him every 50 episodes!!! We could not be any happier. Welcome to our third podcast lap with Peter. In this episode,...
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GHiT 0723: Is It (Really) Worth It to Upgrade to Racing Brake Pads
GHiT 0723: Is It (Really) Worth It to Upgrade to Racing Brake Pads With Ben back, we go over a discussion we have had with many listeners about is it really needed or worth it to upgrade to racing brake pads for a race or even a track day. So we did. Did we miss something? Please let us know at...
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An amateur endurance auto racing team hoping to show everyone that they too can participate in performance driving or racing. We are a relatively new team and learning right along with you. Our assumption is that you know very little to nothing about the sport but are interested in learning to drive better and eventually maybe even race in a local event of interest. We will cover all forms of racing and hope to be entertaining as well as educational.
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