Best Endurancerace Podcasts (2025)

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GHiT 0729: The Costs of Racing with Frank Schwartz 1:14:16

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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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GHiT 0728: What to Do to Recover From a Mistake on Track (and learn from it) 18:50

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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 53:34

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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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GHiT 0726: The Top 10 Things WE Wish We Knew When WE Started 29:42

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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 1:42:10

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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 20:57

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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 1:20:23

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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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GHiT 0722: Dave Beers Racing and a Ross Bentley Event Review 1:00:55

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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 58:45

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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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Ultra Shorts: What's the Issue w/ Amy Clark 23:33

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Host Scotty Sandow and editor-in-chief of UltraRunning, Amy Clark, sit down to discuss the August/September issue including tips on how to train on technical terrain, a sports bras 101 feature, a review of essential gear for running 100 miles and coverage of Western States, Bighorn 100 and much more. Subscribe to UltraRunning Watch this episode on …

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GHiT 0720: Ryan Susca WINS 1:02:08

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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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DwD 0719: Goals After a Driving Event 23:00

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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 1:15:50

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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 27:31

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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 1:47:10

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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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WOoT 0714: Fantastic Four Plus 1:53:05

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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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Craig Thornley on Waldo 100k 51:15

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Waldo 100k race director, Craig Thornley, sits down with host Scotty Sandow to talk about the history of this Oregon ultramarathon and why it's such a classic, old school race. As one of UltraRunning Magazine's 2025 Old School Ultas, there's a lot more to the event that makes it so special including the volunteers, unique awards for on-course activ…

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GHiT 0713: Race Recap: Lucky Dog at PIR with Deaf Power Racing 1:08:10

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GHiT 0713: Race Recap: Lucky Dog at PIR with Deaf Power Racing We love our friends at Lucky Dog racing and Alan was able to get out to Portland International Raceway (again) for a few days with Deaf Power Racing. Some of our home gamers may remember that our first race at PIR did not go as planned. Luckily, this one would go much better. Or did it?…

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DwD 0715: What Eyes Up Can Mean 21:46

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DwD 0715: What Eyes Up Can Mean When at the track you will often hear "keep your eyes up" as a magical solution to everything. But what does that mean? What are they really saying or trying to say. After a recent discussion by TomO and DJ on their podcast, we decided to go through a vision exercise and see what Ben does and compare it to what DJ an…

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DwD 0712: Report Cards: While on Track 26:09

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DwD 0712: Report Cards: While on Track Bill Struggles to ask the Question, but Ben comes through with an answer anyway. We review the concept of on track report cards and things to do when on track to improve. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected]. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrackREportCard…

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80 Year-Old Bob Becker's Badwater 135 Race Report 52:12

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Host Scotty Sandow sits down with Bob Becker. As a race director and ultrarunner, Becker recently became the oldest finisher of Badwater 135 at age 80. But this isn't the first time Becker has crossed the finish line of a major ultramarathon. As a pillar in the ultrarunning community, Becker talks more about his finish at Badwater, his ultrarunning…

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GHiT 0711: Racing 102- Stuff We Missed Before Their First Race 2:11:58

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GHiT 0711: Racing 102- Stuff We Missed Before Their First Race We have covered several newbie teams before their first race. On this episode, we talk with one of them about stuff that we missed and forgot to discuss. Our first How To on Race Number Two. Welcoming back to the podcast Tim and Cliff. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RaceT…

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WOoT 0709: Superman and F1The Movie 2:18:35

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WOoT 0709: Superman and F1The Movie Mostly and No Racing Podcast and SPOILER FILLED The gang goes over the recent F1 Movie and a deep dive on the newly released Superman (2025). What we thought, what we liked, and what could have been a bit better. We also project a bit on some other movies including the basis for our next WOoT episode the upcoming…

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DwD 0710: Losing vs Getting Beaten and more 28:34

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DwD 0710: Losing vs Getting Beaten and more What started out with a simple question of what is the difference between losing and getting beaten digressed into a deeper discussion of a bunch or areas of racing. In other words, another one of our podcasts. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected]. A link to the ep…

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GHiT 0707: Race Review - GridLife GLTC @ Mid O 2025 with Nick Barbato 47:03

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GHiT 0707: Race Review - GridLife GLTC @ Mid O 2025 with Nick Barbato Nick Barbato came to Bill's rescue and reviewed the recent GridLife event at Mid Ohio. Maybe Bill will stop rocking in the corner from live stream withdrawal, lol. It was quite an event and some amazing things transpired in GLTC. Oh, and NICK WON RACE4!!!!!!!!!! Way to bury the l…

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DwD 0708: Listener Question On How to Get Better At Racing - And Just About Everything Else 21:05

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DwD 0708: Listener Question On How to Get Better At Racing - And Just About Everything Else Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track. Why is it important? How to gain it? How to lose it? the usual things to do and thigns not to do. Part one of many. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] for a part 2. A li…

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GHiT 0705: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G 1:13:34

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GHiT 0705: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - The Italian Job Wins G&G They came, they saw, they conquered. The recent Halloween Meets Gasoline winner from NJMP, The Italian Job. Oh, yeah, they drove a Mini Cooper with a full pasta dinner on the roof. And Much more. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/YouWannaMeatballWithDat We hope you enjoy this…

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DwD 0706: The Importance of Trust on Track 27:51

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DwD 0706: The Importance of Trust on Track Ben is BACK and we talk about trust on track. Why is it important? How to gain it? How to lose it? the usual things to do and thigns not to do. Part one of many. Did we miss something? Please let us know at [email protected] for a part 2. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TrustOn…

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GHiT 0704: Kelvin Arreola Wins the 25:01 hour Race at Thunderhill and Much More 1:23:30

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GHiT 0704: Kelvin Arreola Wins the 25:01 Hour Race at Thunderhill and Much More Our guest has competed in Formula D and won the longest race in North America. And virtually everything in between. Welcome to the podcast Kelvin Arreola A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Thunderhill25Plus We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like to…

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Ryan Montgomery 38:56

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Fresh off a standout performance at the 2025 Canyons 100k, Ryan Montgomery secured a Golden Ticket and is headed back to Western States for the third time. With a previous 8th-place finish under his belt, Ryan returns with sharper strategy, bigger goals and deeper intention. But his story goes far beyond his success. As one of the few openly gay el…

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GHiT 0703: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope 50:39

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GHiT 0703: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Slippery Slope NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In this part, we review the Slippery Slope team that was racing their SpecE30 race car for reasons explained here. It came in un-themed but the ret of the weekend led to a ton of fun. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car-1…

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Adam Popp & Dave Mackey 49:21

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In this episode, host Scotty Sandow sits down with two remarkable athletes whose stories push the boundaries of resilience and possibility: Adam Popp and Dave Mackey. Popp, a retired US Air Force veteran and above-knee amputee, made history as the first above-knee amputee to finish a 100-mile ultramarathon. This June, he’s taking on the iconic West…

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GHiT 0702: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight 1:21:17

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GHiT 0702: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - Never a Goodnight NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In the first of several parts, we review the first time at Lemons team, Never a Goodnight. They had two new to wheel to wheel racing drivers in a brand new race car build. What could go wrong with that? A link to the episode is: https://tin…

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Ultra Shorts: What's the Issue w/ Amy Clark 21:49

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In this episode, Scotty talks with editor-in-chief Amy Clark about the latest Trails issue. With in-depth articles about rhabdomyolysis, a 200-mile ultramarathon in a one-mile tunnel and much more, they get into the nitty gritty of what makes this issue so special. Watch this episode on YouTube. Subscribe to UltraRunning Magazine. Thanks to our epi…

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GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 6: Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips 1:37:51

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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 6: Paddock and Pit Area - Prep and Tips Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls “So You Wanna Racecar”. For this episode, A lot of our fellow teams recognize that our paddock game is often better …

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GHiT 0701: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck 1:02:35

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GHiT 0701: Race Review - NJMP 2025 - El Jeffe/The Trophy Truck NJMP is always a blast and this year was no exception. In the first of several parts, we review the weekend race for car/truck number 23, the Bad Hombre, El Jeffe, the trophy Truck. What a weekend! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2025Car23 We hope you enjoy this episod…

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GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 5: What to Expect At Your First Track Day 1:25:40

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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0185 Racing 101 Part 5: What to Expect At Your First Track Day Our podcast is trying to encourage people to try high performance driving and racing, so Vicki wanted to start a special series she calls “So You Wanna Racecar”. On this episode, we go over a typical track visit from arriving at the gate to departing a…

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GHIT 0183: Racing 101 Part 4: Buying and Selling a Race Car or a Soon to be Race Car 1:35:21

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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0183: Racing 101 Part 4: Buying and Selling a Race Car or a Soon to be Race Car We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls “So You Wanna Racecar” that Bill can’t seem to say correctly. This is part 4 of the series (of ~10). On this episode, we try to summarize the pro…

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GHIT 0180: Racing 101 – Easy Entry Paths to Performance Driving and Racing aka So You Wanna Racecar - Part 3 56:06

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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0180: Racing 101 – Easy Entry Paths to Performance Driving and Racing aka So You Wanna Racecar - Part 3 This is part 3 of the series (of ~10) we go over several of the easiest and most popular paths to get your start performance driving and/or racing journey. This should be considered a starting point to work from…

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GHIT 0179: Racing 101 Part 2 @ Safety Related Needs 1:34:23

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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0179: Racing 101 Part 2 @ Safety Related Needs We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls “So You Wanna Racecar” that Bill can’t seem to say correctly. This is part 2 of the series (of ~10). On this episode of Bill is a Piñata, we go into the various safety related it…

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GHIT 0171 - Building Your Race First Car - Re-Release 1:19:03

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Listener Request - Re-Release GHIT 0177: Racing 101 - Building Your Race First Car We are getting back to our podcast roots and wanted to start a special series Vicki calls “So You Wanna Racecar” that Bill can’t seem to say correctly. This is part 1 of the series (of ~10) where we go over where we started and how things went at our first events. We…

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GHiT 0700: Ross Bentley Joins Us to Help Celebrate Episode 700 1:06:53

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GHiT 0700: Ross Bentley Joins Us to Help Celebrate Episode 700 We celebrate episode number 700 with Ross Bentley. This time, we talk about his recent One Lap of America top ten finish in a mostly stock Honda Civic Type R. In addition, we talk about an upcoming HPDE plus plus plus event that Ross is holding at Pine View Run in upstate New York. We w…

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GHiT 0699: Post Incident Conversations In The Paddock 30:25

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GHiT 0699: Post Incident Conversations In The Paddock Stuff happens on track occasionally. In this episode we discuss what should be said between the cars and drivers. Thigs to do and things not to do. Some ways of handling things are better than others and sometimes the best thing to do is wait a bit. or sometimes perhaps bring a beverage of choic…

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DwD 0695: What a "Good" Racing Car Feels Like 22:37

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DwD 0695: What a "Good" Racing Car Feels Like One of the toughest parts of learning to race on track involves developing your feel. So, in this episode, we go into trying to describe what a good car feels like and what a bad car may feel like. It's a tough one for an audio podcast, but let us know if we missed anything or if you have any questions …

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GHiT 0697: Racing and Photography with Mike Woeller from WindShadow 1:12:28

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GHiT 0697: Racing and Photography with Mike Woeller from WindShadow Mike Woeller returns to talk all things racing and racing photography, as well as his home taking the grand prize in our listener Fantasy F1 league last year. Who knew there were prizes? Plus we give Miss Vicki a bit of grief over never taking any pictures when we are at the track.…

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DwD 0696: Top Tips to Save Time for Every Level of Racer 26:25

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DwD 0696: Top Tips to Save Time for Every Level of Racer We give our top tips to save time on track for every level of driver. We start with early on, maybe even your first time on track, low hanging fruit that can save up to about 10 second per lap. Then we move to experienced drivers and racers and look to shave a full second or more off of their…

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What's the Issue w/ Amy Clark (Apr/May 2025) 26:45

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Host Scotty Sandow sits down with editor in chief Amy Clark to dive into the latest issue of UltraRunning Magazine including the spring shoe review, a feature on the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning and lots of great training advice for upcoming race season. Subscribe to UltraRunning Magazine Thank you to our episode sponsor Drymax…

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GHiT 0693: The Importance of Corner Min Speed with Mario Korf 1:05:36

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GHiT 0693: The Importance of Corner Min Speed with Mario Korf Everyone always hear in slow, fast out. That's the key to being fast on track. Is it? Lets discuss this and more with Mario Korf. Maybe we can all learn a bit. And get faster! A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/VMinImportance We hope you enjoy this episode! If you would like t…

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DwD 0694: Getting Too Comfortable Racing Early in Your Racing Career (that you don't get paid for) 15:09

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DwD 0694: Getting Too Comfortable Racing Early in Your Racing Career (that you don't get paid for) Getting too comfortable on track too early in your career is a great prescription for a terrible day. We give tips as to how to avoid any Dunning-Kruger effects. . And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A l…

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WOOT 0692: Thunderbolts and Beyond!!! Up, Up, and Away 1:38:51

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WOOT 0692: Thunderbolts and Beyond!!! Up, Up, and Away Spoiler filled episode where we go over the recent release of Marvel's Thunderbolts and then we go into many of the upcoming movies that we are most excited about. And if we left anything out, please let us know at [email protected] A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/T…