DwD 0577:  Tool Organization - At Garage/Home and At the Track On a Ben-less Dominating with Dawson, we go over one of Bill's obsessions, tool organization.  He has tested almost every style of tool organization and evaluated them for use in a garage/home, as well as when travelling to and from the race track.  We initially go into several of the tool box solutions that we have tried and liked for different applications.  Then we go into several of the different tool/drawer organization...

GHiT 0576:  Bob Miller – Your Oil Needs for Racing Bob Miller joins us to talk about motor oil and oil analysis.  Bob runs the Racers Oil Analysis Resource that will provide you with oil analysis and recommendations for your particular use case.  Are you using the correct oil?  Are you changing it too soon or not soon enough?   That and more.  Plus we talk about racing his Kia Rio in the One Lap of America, as well as a bunch of other areas of racing. A link to the episode is:...

DwD 0575:  Car Livery - Part 1:  Base Coat/Color Change Options In our first emergency episode of Dominating with Dawson, without Dawson, we tried to cover an area of racing that we have investigated repeatedly, the livery.  In this episode, Vicki and Bill go over several ways to change your car’s color for a base to your livery.  We also cover difficulty, costs, and other things that we have found to help with the process.  This can be intimidating, but with a little practice and patience...

GHiT 0574:  Getting Our SCCA Racing Licenses Vicki, Audra, and Elizabeth went to Thompson for the Thursday/Friday event that if they passed would give them their novice racing license that becomes a full racing license after 5 more races without any incidents.  How did the weekend go?  Did anyone pass?  What did we learn?  What we would recommend before, during, and after the event?  Its in here. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/OurSCCARacingLicenses Event Organizer was:   ...

GHiT 0573:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 3 Pedal Mafia Our race season has begun with our kickoff race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  We were joined by several members of the National Championship winning racing team, the Three Pedal Mafia.  You all know them, they are the team we always refer to as our sister team and they refer to us as “Who”.  Jeff, Jim, and Eric drove with us in our 1993 Honda Civic (EG for the home gamers) and shared in the hilarity of our Over the Top...

DwD 0572:  How to Learn a Track As Quickly As Possible Bill is about to compete in the One Lap of America and will be visiting most of the tracks for the first time.  Ben discusses several ways to learn a track more quickly and may be helpful for you at your next new to you track day.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LearnATrackFast  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...

GHiT 0571:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 2 Our race season has begun with our kickoff race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  We were joined by the famous Slippery Slope racing team and shared a garage together.  The drove their 1991 E34 5 series BMW in class A and made a great showing with much progress over their first year of endurance racing.  We talk with Audra, Max, Larry, and Bill, and make fun of Ryan who was podcast shy. A link to the episode is:...

GHiT 0570:  Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 1 Our race season has begun with our kickoff race at PittRace with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  We had a large team and we over did our theming effort this time.  The race was fantastic, until it wasn’t, but we made lemonade out of it in the end.  Good racing Saturday was followed by some race ending issues, but we did end up taking home a bit of hardware.  This is part one of the race review and it covers a lot of the theming related activities from...

GHiT 0568:  Tom Lomino Was Long Overdue Racing with Tom Lomino has been racing with us since we started and long before we arrived.  He has a predisposition for VW’s and has raced a few since he started with great success and sometimes with great struggles.  We review Tom’s racing history, his VW successes and struggles, and many of the various escapades Tom has been involved with since he began racing and wrenching. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TomLomino If you would like...

DwD 0569:  How to Pass a Faster/More Powerful Car On Track An article by Randy Pobst in Grassroots Motorsports magazine stirred up this bit of conversation related to passing fast and more powerful cars on track.  While this may initially seem to be impossible, it usually the only way we are able to pass cars on track, lol A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PassingFasterCars We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance...

DwD 0567:  Gripping your Steering Wheel We discuss the best way to grip a steering wheel and hand position with a bit more related topics.  This may be one of the few times where more is not better.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/HulkNoSmash 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...

GHiT 0566:  Elizabeth Jolly – Lap 3, Plus a New Plan for Vicki It had been too long since we had Elizabeth Jolly on the podcast.  She was at our first ever All Ladies team endurance race at Thompson and has learned a considerable amount as a driver, a racer, and as a mechanic for her race cars.  She has progressed her driving to securing her SCCA racing license and competes in her Spec E30 BMW.  We talk about how things have been going and then make a new decision and plan that affects...

DwD 0565:  Car Setup Targets What is faster, setting up a car as fast as it can be or setting it up to maximize driver comfort with the car performance.  This gets even more complicated when dealing with a team of drivers for an endurance race.  Ben discusses this and provides a few examples of what to do and what will give the best performance for a given race.  Did we miss something?  Do you have a better suggestions?  Please let us know. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/...

 GHiT 0564:  Johan Schwartz – All About Racing and Car Control We loved our car control clinic at CMP a few weeks ago and Johan Schwartz was kind enough to come onto the podcast this week.  During the episode, we talk about a lot of Johan’s past and how he has progressed to this point in his racing career.  We also talk about his car control clinic which was very helpful to us and well worth the trip.  Johan also indulges us in going through each of his three World Records in drifting and we...

DwD 0563:  Proper Preseason Preparation Performed Perfectly With the season rapidly approaching, we wanted to go over some tips to prepare you and your team for the first event.  The reduction in stress from beign prepared can actually make you perform better and safer.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/ProperPrep   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...

GHiT 0562:  Racing Subarus the Best way with Dewey Dewitt Dewey Dewitt, fresh off his 2023 Time Attack Championship with GridLife, joins us to go into the details for properly racing and preparing Subaru’s for racing and track use.  We focus on addressing basic upgrades to protect the car during high performance driving.  Then look at potential performance upgrades and the potential implications, both positives and potential negatives.  If you have ever heard of “Subaru” issues, there are...

 GHiT 0561:  Recap of our Car Control Clinic at CMP At long last, Vicki’s Christmas training gift was here.  We attended a Car Control Clinic at CMP’s skid pad with Johan Schwartz.  Vicki and Bill both grew as drivers and improved their car control, car recovery, and even a bit of drifting was had. A great event that we try to summarize for you.  If you can attend one of Johan’s events, you definitely should, and it will benefit all levels of drivers. A link to the episode is:...

DwD 0560:  What Not to Do Before Going on Track for the First Time There are several things that can affect your starting up driving on track or autocrossing.  In this episode, we go over many of the things that you should not wait far.  Its almost a Jeff Foxworthy skit episode but in reverse. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/WhatNotToWaitFor We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can...

GHiT 0559:  Trailer and Towing – Part 2 We start off with a quick review of some listener feedback.  Apparently, some of our listeners have created some pretty amazing trailer and towing setups and we would love to see them and share with everyone.  We would love nothing better than to help prevent any accidents, or even close calls, and hopefully improve everyone’s trailer and towing game to the point where we all can enjoy our time with our fellow racers and track day friends and soon to...

DwD 0558:  Listener Question:  What is the difference between a “better” driver and a “faster” driver In an earlier podcast, we talked about how Bill is looking to become a faster driver as opposed to becoming a better driver.  A few listeners have written in and asked why he said that and if they are the same.  While we agree with trying to improve as a driver and getting faster, they can often be the same, but are two distinct aspects of driving and racing. A link to the episode is:...

GHiT 0557:  Scott Robertson on Racing Car Setups and Optimized Data Interpretation Scott Robertson is the co-host of the Track Walking podcast and team member of Robertson Racing.  With Scott hosting an upcoming webinar on data interpretation, we couldn’t pass up the chance to talk with him ahead of time.  While we hate to impose on fellow podcasters to come on our podcast, every time we talk with Scott he sheds a light on a new aspect of racing and especially race car setups.  This episode...

GHiT 0556:  Rally Master Jeff returns to Review the Virginia is for Clunkers Rally and Preview the upcoming Route 66 Rally Jeff Stobbs, Lemons resident Rally Master, returns to review the recent Virginia is for Clunkers rally and all the goings on for the first rally to occur in a single state.  Several great entries and several teams are still missing in action. Then we shift over to the upcoming Route 66 rally that is still open for registration.  Route 66 is one of the unofficial...

DwD 0555:  Listener Feedback on Towing and Best Pizza We received a bunch of emails and comments related to our Pizza episode and our Towing episode part 1.  Ben loves nothing more than passing everyone, but number two may be listener feedback.  So, we made a number two episode.  I should probably rephrase that.  Oh no, too late, its posted.  Lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TowingAndPizzaFeedback   We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our...

GHiT 0554:  Waka Motorsports with Rich Russo We were instant fans of the Waka Motorsports YouTube channel and first met Rich Russo and teammates at NJMP and then Thompson on their initial scouting trips to Lemons racing.  They race an almost identical car to our Honda Civic and have had quite a few stories in such a short time.  We also talk about the upcoming karting contest between our two teams.  So if you have ever wondered what a Waka is, its detailed in here and we bet you didn’t guess...