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Drivesport: The Amateur Track Driver Podcast is the show for enthusiasts who want to take their sports car beyond the street and onto the track. Hosted by DMC—leadership coach turned high-performance driving instructor—this podcast helps you build confidence, sharpen your skills, and discover what you and your car are truly capable of. Each episode breaks down the confusing world of amateur track driving into simple, practical lessons. You’ll hear real stories, expert interviews, and proven ...
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Garage Heroes In Training

Garage Heroes In Training

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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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We share the stories and inspiration that will help get more people behind the wheel and on the track. Track days, HPDE, SCCA, NASA, ChampCar, LeMons, and autocrossing - we interview drivers and industry insiders that will help drivers along their motorsports journey. The name, Late To Grid? In the past the host, Bill Snow, was always late to the track, late to get the car ready, and hence - Late To Grid. His goal with the podcast is to grow the sport and highlight the tools and resources th ...
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Join Audra, Jess, Kathy, and usually a guest or two every month as they dive into topics such as autocross, track, car prep, karting, and rallying. If you love cars and want to learn more about all the exciting opportunities to meet others who love cars, then listen up!
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Speed Secrets Podcast

Ross Bentley: Performance & Race Driver Coach

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The Speed Secrets Podcast is all about high performance and race driving. In it, Ross Bentley has conversations with guests, resulting in tips, advice and inspiration you can take to the track. Digging into topics such as trail braking, cornering lines, race track specific advice, data acquisition and video analysis, upshifting and downshifting, handling and car setup, steering techniques, and the skill of using the throttle - all while driving on track - the goal is to not just entertain yo ...
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To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Your First Car Tells The Story

Doug & Christian - Your Guides to Classic Cars & First Car Stories

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Remember your first car? That freedom with the windows down, your favorite song playing, and your best friends laughing in the backseat? Every car tells a story—and those automotive stories reveal who we really are. Welcome to our podcast, To All The Cars I've Loved Before, where we celebrate automotive nostalgia through personal car stories from everyday car enthusiasts, father-son auto restoration teams, father-daughter automotive adventurers, and families passing down car culture across g ...
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Send us a text What does it take to hit the track without destroying your car or your wallet? In this episode, I sit down with James Jenkins, owner and chief mechanic of Velocity Performance, to break down exactly how beginners can get started in amateur motorsports safely and confidently. From what choice can make or break your first track day dri…
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Send us a text What separates a good driver from a truly great one? In this episode, we sit down with racing legend Ross Bentley—professional racer, four-decade driver coach, and author of multiple Speed Secrets books—to uncover the principles behind high-performance driving and effective coaching. You will learn how to simplify complex techniques,…
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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 [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.co…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! In 1975, before he became MotorWeek's trusted voice for 45 seasons, John Davis had a purchase decision to make: Jensen Interceptor or De Tomaso Pantera? Both were exotic cars with American engines he could actually work on. He chose the Pantera—specifically a two-year-old 19…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Fifteen years ago, Adam Olalde knocked on every supercar dealership and exotic car owner's door in Chicago with an audacious pitch: "Can I borrow your Ferrari? I'm putting together this cool thing." Enough people said yes. His first track day event? Pure comedy. No helmets, …
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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 Feeling, lol. Did we miss something? Please let us know…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Late to Grid podcast, we sit down with Jon Miller—autocrosser, rally racer, and performance cooling expert from Mishimoto. Jon shares his deep-rooted motorsports journey, which began with his grandparents racing SCCA rallies in the '50s and '60s, and an early secret lesson in driving a manual transmission Ford …
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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 we miss something? Please let us know at GarageHeroes…
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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 we review our race weekend. Did we miss something? Pl…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Learning manual transmission is nerve-wracking. Learning it the day before driving your first car across the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance podium at age 11? That's how classic car dealer Colleen Sheehan started. Her first car was a 1930 BMW—nicknamed "Sputter"—that her fa…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when a 16-year-old buys a doorless, topless Jeep Wrangler with Bar Mitzvah money, then inherits his dad's Tesla with no way to pay for it? Rei Vardi turned a college student's nightmare into a thriving business. His 1995 Jeep Wrangler—complete with red rims, no …
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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 on for this one. Did we miss something? Please let us…
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Send us a text In this episode of Late to Grid, we talk to Nigel Boyce, a mechanic who went from zero wheel-to-wheel experience straight into a 24-hour endurance race! Nigel shares his unique path, starting with a lifelong love for cars, graduating to autocross and time trials in his Honda Civic Si, and finally finding his track car in a Dodge Neon…
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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 the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/PassingProximity…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Three days before his 16th birthday—days before he could finally get his license—Nigel Tunnacliffe's brother totaled his first car. The Skoda 135 GLi he'd saved $500 to buy. Gone. Most people would give up. Nigel bought a Mark 1 Toyota MR2 and proceeded to blow through FIVE …
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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 something? Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@g…
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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 instructing stories? Please let us know at GarageHeroesI…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when a daughter secretly buys her father's 27-year dream car—a 1997 Dodge Viper GTS with 140,000 miles—while he's on an RV trip across the country? Caroline and James from HH Wheels (200+ YouTube videos, 33-car collection) join us for one of the wildest father-d…
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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 know at [email protected] A link to the …
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Send us a text This week on Late to Grid, Bill sits down with Nisa Borghi to talk about her path into motorsports—from giving her VW GTI a personality on Instagram, to celebrating 100K miles at her first autocross, to taking on the challenge of a rear-wheel-drive Miata. Nisa shares what it was like stepping into the SCCA community, co-driving with …
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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 [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Ga…
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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 better. Did we miss something? Please let us know at Gar…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when a kid rebuilds a rare British Berkeley B.95 for £15 and grows up in the shadow of Silverstone Circuit? Dirk Dekker's childhood was unlike most—living near the legendary Silverstone meant rubbing shoulders with F1 royalty. But the story of how a teenage Dirk…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! At 14 years old, Jeremy and his father tackled a project most mechanics wouldn't touch: a complete 1974 Ford Mustang II rebuild. What started as grease under fingernails and late nights in the garage became an ASE certification, an IT career, and eventually entrepreneurial v…
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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 started in racing. A link to the episode is: https://…
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Send us a text This week on Late to Grid, we sit down with Jon Krolewicz to dive into his incredible motorsports journey. He shares how a third-grade book report on the Indy 500 sparked a lifelong passion , and how a chance meeting with a pro driver his own size transformed his dream into a plan. Jon offers practical wisdom for anyone looking to ge…
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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 out of them. Did we miss something? Please let us kno…
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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 podcast and high-performance driving and racing: You can s…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Every car enthusiast has THE car. For Curt Bellotti, it was always the DeLorean. But before he could afford his dream, there was a 1984 Chrysler Laser XE Turbo with a digital dashboard straight out of Knight Rider. That car taught Curt something crucial about the relationshi…
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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: https://tinyurl.com/TopTenThingsWeNeededToKnow We hope you enjoy this episode! …
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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, we talk about the recent driving event we all attend…
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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 [email protected] A link to the episode…
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GHiT 0724: Ethan and Jon - Review of The Thompson Race and Much More We caught up with the Slow and Mello team of Jon and Ethan shortly after the race at Thompson. In addition we talked about a whole bunch of others things including Jeremy's coaching at the Little League World Series, Audra's race, and also a bit about improving your race program t…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Matt wanted a Honda Civic. He ended up building Top Coat Garage, where paint jobs "swim in depth" and customers bring cars you'd see at SEMA. The journey from dreaming about an affordable Honda to running a custom paint shop specializing in show-quality finishes wasn't linea…
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GHiT 0722: Mike Beers Racing and a Ross Bentley Event Review We caught up with Mike Beers a few weeks after the Ross Bentley instructional event at Pineview Run. What did Mike think? Did it help him in his next race? That and much, much more. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GHiT722 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to …
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DwD 0721: Brad Goes to his First HPDE Solo Brad returns to discuss his first HPDE solo with NASA Rocky Mountain. We discuss the event and how things went for him. Brad has always had some of the highest level of enthusiasm for racing on track that we have ever and it is still there. Did we miss something? Please let us know at GarageHeroesInTrainin…
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Most law enforcement officers drive American muscle or practical trucks. Deputy Dave dreams about importing Japan's tiniest, most impractical vehicles: JDM Kei vans. His automotive journey started with an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme—as American as it gets. But somewhere betwe…
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GHiT 0720: Ryan Susca WINS Racing in an endurance race is not 100% skill, there is a large amount of luck involved. Added to this, when you have large fields, the odds are literally stacked against you. However, past guest and teammate was able to upgrade from GHiT and won the overall race at the 24 Hours of Lemons event at Thompson and we had to g…
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Send us a text In this episode of Late to Grid, we sit down with Mike—driver, mentor, and seasoned wrench turner—to explore how seat time, smart preparation, and family support all come together to shape a successful race weekend. Mike shares how his years on track and in the garage have sharpened his approach to racing, teaching him what really ma…
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DwD 0719: Goals After a Driving Event Unfortunately, most of us do not have unlimited track time or money, so we should be trying to make everything we can with our limited time resource. As an example, we go through the things that Vicki learned at her last event with Ross Bentley and what her plans are going to her next event, plus a bit of pract…
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GHiT 0718: GridLife Circuit Legends at Lime Rock with Adam Jabaay With the upcoming Circuit Legends Festival at Lime Rock, we thought it would be great to catch up with Adam Jabaay about the season to this point and we did. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GLCL2025 We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to help grow our podc…
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DwD 0717: After a Long Time Away From Racing - To Do/Not To Do's If its been a bit since you have been on track, here are a few things to do and a few things to avoid when getting back into the sport. We tried to dominate without Ben, but all we could muster was to denominate. However, we still covered a lot of great ideas and tips to help resume r…
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GHiT 0716: Event Recap: Ross Bentley's Driver Development Program with Ian and Mario Korf We have been to a ton of driving events aimed at developing your skills and improving your track driving and autocross. When we heard about Ross Bentley holding a driver development program, it became a cannot miss event for the year. How was it? We discuss th…
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Send us a text In this episode of Late to Grid, we sit down with Jack Butler—a rising star in grassroots motorsports. What started with video games and weekend karting sessions has transformed into real-world racing experience in Champ Car, open-wheel training at the Lucas Oil School of Racing, and competing in 14-hour endurance events at Daytona. …
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WOoT 0714: Fantastic Four Plus Mostly and No Racing Podcast and SPOILER FILLED The gang goes over the recent Fantastic Four movie and a deep dive on what we thought, what we liked, and what could have been a bit better. We also project a bit on some other upcoming movies and potential upcoming trips to Comic Con. A link to the episode is: https://t…
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