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Jim Tramontano is a racing driver primarily in Spec Miata and the creative force behind the No Money Motorsports blog.\\xa0 He started racing and tries to balance a personal life and a racing hobby within the confines of a real-world budget and time availability.\\xa0 He has tried many things to save both time and money.\\xa0 Many have worked, but some, not so much.\\xa0 He shares our interest in spreading the word about how much fun can be had with our sport and how it can be accomplished by almost everyone while maintaining a low budget.\\xa0 We subscribed to his blog many months ago and hope you will too.\\xa0 He is also a fun follow on Instagram.\\xa0

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Highlights from this episode include:

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1)\\xa0 His history and growth in the sport and his blog
2)\\xa0 Vicki relearns to not stop on track with the brakes applied
3)\\xa0 The differences in Spec Miata and Spec MX-5 (and a bit Spec Mazda/MX Cup)
4)\\xa0 We discuss some of the Planet Miata visit we recently had and Miata\\u2019s in general
5)\\xa0 How he broke his Dodge/Mopar addiction, almost
6)\\xa0 Some of the details of the Spec Miata series vehicles
7)\\xa0 Scrubbed tires/Scrubs are introduced to Vicki for the first time
8)\\xa0 Several top tips and tricks to use when racing and being fiscally responsible or at least be able to buy even more toys a bit more easily
9)\\xa0 Many budget saving bookmarks and methods he uses
10)\\xa0 Camel Camel Camel as a source of parts etc
11)\\xa0 Vicki hears about ice racing for the 6th time/first time, lol
12)\\xa0 Vicki has her priorities straight, brake pads first, hubby a distant second
13)\\xa0 A no fail approach to torqueing your lug nuts, well almost
14) \\xa0Vicki learns of bump drafting for the first time and isn\\u2019t quite sure about it, yet
15)\\xa0 Vicki, ever so subtly, tries to get another female driver by luring his wife out to the track some day
16)\\xa0 We begin to make a very bad plan for his current daily driven Civic Si into a low budget endurance race car
17)\\xa0 Vicki denies an early drive experience and reminisces about here long lost Wrangler
18)\\xa0 A bit of trash talk amongst friends towards the end

You can follow Jim on his blog at:\\xa0 https://nomoneymotorsports.com/

Or on instagram at: \\xa0@ no_money_motorsports_blog

Best regards,

Bill, Vicki, and Alan

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast

and team members in the GHiT

Immature Endurance Racing Team