Best Champcar Podcasts (2024)

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The Late To Grid May Challenge - Make It About You 4:03

1h ago4:03

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The May Challenge is focused on what you need. Where do you need to improve? Make a list and start working on it. The goal is to be better tomorrow than you were today. Racing with Rad Air. Want to get on track in wheel to wheel racing with ChampCar? Checkout the listings on Seat4Sale. Want to live Life In The Fast Lane? Connect with Bill Snow to l…

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DwD 0575: Car Livery - Part 1: Base Coat/Color Change Options 34:09

11h ago34:09

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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 difficu…

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GHiT 0574: Getting Our SCCA Racing Licenses - We Hope 1:03:18

3d ago1:03:18

1:03:18

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…

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GHiT 0573: Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 3 Pedal Mafia 1:07:48

8d ago1:07:48

1:07:48

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…

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DwD 0572: How to Learn a Track As Quickly As Possible 29:09

10d ago29:09

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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 h…

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GHiT 0571: Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 2 50:03

12d ago50:03

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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 …

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GHiT 0570: Race Recap – PittRace 2024 – Part 1 42:21

13d ago42:21

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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, bu…

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GHiT 0568: Tom Lomino Was Long Overdue 1:39:18

15d ago1:39:18

1:39:18

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 escapa…

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DwD 0569: How to Pass a Faster/More Powerful Car On Track 17:34

18d ago17:34

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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: h…

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DwD 0567: Gripping your Steering Wheel 14:45

20d ago14:45

14:45

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…

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GHiT 0566: Elizabeth Jolly – Lap 3, Plus a New Plan for Vicki 1:27:19

24d ago1:27:19

1:27:19

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 raci…

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DwD 0565: Car Setup Targets 21:37

27d ago21:37

21:37

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 …

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April Challenge To Make You A Better Person (And A Better Driver) 6:26

1M ago6:26

6:26

How did March go for you? Are you in a better place than you were on March 1st? Let's keep the momentum rolling!! Here’s the Late To Grid April Challenge: Continue to live a healthy lifestyle, but turn it up Read one book Prepare for your events - Inventory concept Connect with people - Networking Finish your projects Are you up for the challenge? …

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Late To Grind: Saevar Thordarson from Heritage Coffee in Solon, Ohio 21:09

1M ago21:09

21:09

Saevar Thordarson joins the Late To Grind to talk about his coffee ownership journey. Learn more about Heritage Coffee: Heritage Coffee Website Heritage Coffee Instagram Heritage Coffee Facebook Connect with Saevar: Saevar on Instagram Saevar on LinkedIn The first ten (10) people that stop by Atomic Autosports in Wickliffe, Ohio and say that they l…

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GHiT 0564: Johan Schwartz – All About Racing and Car Control 1:26:44

1M ago1:26:44

1:26:44

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 whi…

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DwD 0563: Proper Preseason Preparation Performed Perfectly 19:14

1M ago19:14

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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 e…

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Mark Nolan - Cleveland's Car Guy Is Going Racing 32:00

1M ago32:00

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If you live in Cleveland, Ohio you know Mark Nolan. He's been on air for 35 years and always has a smile. Plus, he's a car guy who is going racing. He just sold his Tex Powell build Oldsmobile GT car so that he could focus on getting more seat team, work towards his SCCA competition license, and go racing. Mark talks about balancing everything in l…

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GHiT 0562: Racing Subarus the Best way with Dewey Dewitt 1:37:24

1M ago1:37:24

1:37:24

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 perfor…

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GHiT 0561: Recap of our Car Control Clinic at CMP 1:21:29

1M ago1:21:29

1:21:29

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…

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DwD 0560: What Not to Do Before Going on Track for the First Time 13:31

1M ago13:31

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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/WhatNotToWai…

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GHiT 0559: Trailer and Towing – Part 2 of 2 1:53:56

2M ago1:53:56

1:53:56

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 imp…

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DwD 0558: Listener Question: What is the difference between a “better” driver and a “faster” driver 21:03

2M ago21:03

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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…

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GHiT 0557: Scott Robertson on Racing Car Setups and Optimized Data Interpretation 1:30:53

2M ago1:30:53

1:30:53

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 …

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GHiT 0556: Rally Master Jeff returns to Review the Virginia is for Clunkers Rally and Preview the upcoming Route 66 Rally 46:12

2M ago46:12

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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 missi…

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DwD 0555: Listener Feedback on Towing and Best Pizza 22:43

2M ago22:43

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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…

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GHiT 0554: Waka Motorsports with Rich Russo 1:18:22

2M ago1:18:22

1:18:22

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…

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March Challenge To Make You A Better Person (And Driver) 5:50

2M ago5:50

5:50

How did you February go for you? Are you in a better place than you were on February 1st? Let's keep the momentum rolling!! Here’s the Late To Grid March Challenge: Live a healthy lifestyle Connect with three friends Register for your events Step outside your comfort zone Set (or revisit) your goals Are you up for the challenge? I know you can do i…

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DwD 0553: Brakes: Rotors, Pads, and Bleeding 36:39

2M ago36:39

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DwD 0553: Brakes: Rotors, Pads, and Bleeding We have already gone deep into the area of brakes, brake pads, fluid etc. with Wendy from Porterfield’s a few years ago but we thought that it may be beneficial to go into the maintenance and replacement of these components and options that you have to replace and service the braking system. A link to th…

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Sarin Kodappully - Asking Questions Leads To Racing Joy 1:13:43

2M ago1:13:43

1:13:43

Sarin Kodappully takes to areas we never thought of when thinking about racing and life. He proposes the question, Where do you the joy from by being involved in racing? Think about that! Powerful. Sarin is a pure racer who has been passionate about motorsports for his entire life. His pursuits in motorsports have taken him to kart racing, sim raci…

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GHiT 0552: Anthony Magagnoli – Record Setting Racing Driver 1:03:32

2M ago1:03:32

1:03:32

GHiT 0552: Anthony Magagnoli – Record Setting Racing Driver Anthony Magagnoli is a unique combination of racing driver, racing coach, and working for various OEMs on vehicle dynamics and set up. In addition, he runs and owns a coaching service that focuses on improving driver’s performance centered near Michigan. Having set several track records, i…

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DwD 0551: Arrive and Drive – The Hardcore Way 25:15

2M ago25:15

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DwD 0551: Arrive and Drive – The Hardcore Way Taking a note from the Mighty Car Mods YouTube channel, we take a stab at what we would do for a heroic arrive and drive. On their episode they entered a 24 hour endurance race in another country by building their race car from scratch after they arrived. We decided that sounded like a challenge, so we …

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30+ Years of Racing with Will Nonnamaker of Team Shalen 38:27

2M ago38:27

38:27

Will Nonnamaker from Team Shalen joins Bill on this episode to talk about racing and business. Will started racing in SCCA club racing and grew through the racing ranks eventually getting into Grand Am racing. He and the Shalen team are now focused on the ChampCar Endurance Series and are constantly on the podium. Will's great quotes from this epis…

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GHiT 0550: Celebration with Ross Bentley Helping Our Team Drivers Improve - Santa Style 1:49:48

2M ago1:49:48

1:49:48

GHiT 0550: Celebration with Ross Bentley Helping Our Team Drivers Improve - Santa Style Ross Bentley returns to help celebrate our 550th episode. Ross indulges us in helping refine Vicki’s racing improvement plan for the upcoming season and then helps each of our drivers refine their driver goals and plans for 2024. Since each of our drivers is at …

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GHiT 0549: ST-4 with Griffin Gamcsik-Uly 58:11

3M ago58:11

58:11

GHiT 0549: ST-4 with Griffin Gamcsik-Uly Griffin Gamcsik-Uly is the Super Touring Director and races in the ST-4 group with NASA Northeast. During this episode, we finally start to break down the various run groups in wheel to wheel (ST) and time trials (TT) as well as what the numbers mean in terms of cars and performance. It turns out that Bill m…

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DwD 0548: The Pizza Episode – Where is the best pizza, where is the worst pizza, and where is the worst pizza? 22:10

3M ago22:10

22:10

DwD 0548: The Pizza Episode – Where is the best pizza, where is the worst pizza, and where is the worst pizza? We welcomed Ben back with one of the most technical question we have ever had. We asked Ben where to get the best pizza? Where is the worst pizza? And finally, what is the most overrated pizza? We did go into pizza types and specific pizza…

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Beers With Bill - Devan Keeling Talks Gridlife, SCCA, And His ChampCar Mustang Build 1:11:56

3M ago1:11:56

1:11:56

It was great to have Devan on the podcast again. In this Beers with Bill episode I catch up with Devan to chat about his 2023 season and what he has planned for 2024. We cover Gridlife, SCCA Time Trials, the Ultimate Track Car Challenge, his ChampCar build, and lots more. Have a guess what tool that Devan loans out most at the track? We talk about …

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GHiT 0547: Towing and Trailering for Racing-Part 1 1:41:05

3M ago1:41:05

1:41:05

GHiT 0547: Towing and Trailering for Racing-Part 1 While we love almost everything about racing, one thing that is at best a necessary evil is towing. When we started, we knew nothing. If you look at our past towing exploits, we prove that over and over. Besides being expensive, towing errors can be dangerous. This is part one of the episode we nee…

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DwD 0546: You Are The Stig – How Would You Teach the Guest of the Week 11:15

3M ago11:15

11:15

DwD 0546: You Are The Stig – How Would You Teach the Guest of the Week This question originated from a listener comment. The premise is that you are the Stig and part of your responsibilities is to teach this week’s guest for their hot lap. What would you do? We discuss. Did we get it correct or do you have a better plan? A link to the episode is: …

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GHiT 0545: Randy Bish Returns for His Second Lap 1:11:32

3M ago1:11:32

1:11:32

GHiT 0545: Randy Bish Returns for His Second Lap Randy Bish has been a friend for many years, even after his rally car broke down at the starting line near our home and he stayed to “fix” it for longer than the rest of the rally. On this episode, we catch up with how things have been going, what the team The League of Legitimate Nigerian Businessme…

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February Challenge To Make You A Better Driver (And Person) 4:08

3M ago4:08

4:08

How did you January go for you? Are you in a better place than you were on January 1st? Let's keep the momentum rolling!! Here’s the Late To Grid February Challenge: Limit alcohol consumption Continue a weekly exercise routine Follow a nutrition plan that supports your fitness and health goals Reach out to three people that can help you Get seat ti…

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DwD 0544: Listener Goals for 2024 36:49

3M ago36:49

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DwD 0544: Listener Goals for 2024 We love goals and apparently it is rubbing off on our listeners. We had several write in with their 2024 goals. We congratulate everyone on their goals and add a few suggestions to help with each of the goals mentioned. If you have goals for this season, please let us know. Hopefully this is part one of many. BEST …

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GHiT 0543: Spec3 Racing with Taylor Johnson 56:27

3M ago56:27

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GHiT 0543: Spec3 Racing with Taylor Johnson We love talking all thing racing and about as many series as we can. Today, we talked with Taylor Johnson about the Spec3 series and how this may be the just the things for your E36 BMW. The series started a few years ago but has recently been seeing significant growth in many areas of the country. It is …

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Talking Autocross with Chip Manuel 45:27

3M ago45:27

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In this episode of the Late To Grid podcast Bill sits down with Chip Manuel to learn more about Chip's motorsports background and how he approaches autocross competitions. Chips says that he was first a car guy (think Fast & Furious) and then found motorsports. Hi did his first autocross while studying at Clemson. He shares some awesome insights ab…

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GHiT 0542: Ben Marouski on Racing Mini Cooper’s and FCP Euro 1:13:32

3M ago1:13:32

1:13:32

GHiT 0542: Ben Marouski on Racing Mini Cooper’s and FCP Euro Ben Marouski races his Mini Cooper in Grid Life’s GLTC series and is the Director of Creative Services for FCP Euro. During this episode, we talk about all things racing related in Mini Coopers, GLTC, and FCP Euro. If you haven’t seen the Mini Cupper series on YouTube already, we highly r…

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DwD 0541: Revving out the Engine: What it is, Why, and Why Not 21:25

3M ago21:25

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DwD 0541: Revving out the Engine: What it is, Why, and Why Not On this DwD, we go into what it means to rev out an engine. We also go into the reasons why you would do that from a performance perspective. We then go into some of the factors that may affect whether you want to do this routinely or whether you would prefer to shift a bit earlier or o…

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Lots of Goals & Advice Shared at the Neohio SCCA Open House at Track First 37:21

3M ago37:21

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The Neohio SCCA held its January Social at Track First in Akron Ohio and Bill set up the Atomic Autosports studio in one of the McCann Racing lounges and boy did some of the attendees have some great goals and motorsports advice to share. Listen in as attendees share their 2024 racing and motorsports goals as well as the best motorsports advice the…

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GHiT 0540: Lara Vernon Returns with Tons of Exciting News 1:33:26

3M ago1:33:26

1:33:26

GHiT 0540: Lara Vernon Returns with Tons of Exciting News It has been a while since we had Lara Vernon on the podcast. Since our last episode, she has been racing with tons of cars and in a wide variety of series. We were long overdue for an update and always love to catch up with Lara and her exceptional racing exploits, including her new race car…

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DwD 0539: Passing: On the Inside vs On The Outside 20:36

4M ago20:36

20:36

DwD 0539: Passing: On the Inside vs On The Outside One a racing driver we know has a favorite aspect of racing. His name is Ben and he is our resident expert and namesake for Dominating with Dawson. As a gift, we let him talk about the details of passing in a turn and aspects that differ when passing on the inside versus passing on the outside of a…

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GHiT 0538: Mechanical “Saves” or What to Do When Things Go Sideways 1:43:03

4M ago1:43:03

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GHiT 0538: Mechanical “Saves” or What to Do When Things Go Sideways How many times when you are working on a car have thing gone as planned? One of the things we have noticed is that as you grow as a mechanic, you learn more and more ways that things can go poorly and that one of the things that the great mechanics know is how to get out of the pro…

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Matt Harbert - Rad Air Racing & Atomic Autosports & Full Of Energy 28:11

4M ago28:11

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Matt Harbert is an automotive technician at Atomic Autosports and Rad Air in Wickliffe. He's also the team lead on the Rad Air Racing team and I finally had him on the podcast. Matt's full of energy and represents the great part of our sport. I am excited to see people like Matt taking an interest in grassroots racing and contributing to the indust…

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