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GHIT 0101: Rob Krider from the 4X National Champion Double Nickel Nine racing team

Published: April 2, 2020, 4:32 p.m.

Rob Krider who is a driver and managing partner of the Double Nickel Nine Motorsports racing team joins us on this episode.\xa0 Rob has a problem in that he and his team won\u2019t let anyone else win, lol.\xa0 His team is the reigning 4-time national champion in NASA\u2019s Honda Challenge series, while also having both team cars on the podium each year.\xa0 Our discussion covers not only their team history but what they have learned since starting in the 24 Hours of LeMons series and progressing through other racing series and classes.\xa0 Within this episode, there is useful information that can be applied to any racing series and any racing team can improve your results with little, if any, expense.\xa0 To see a lot of Rob's team in action folks can watch the documentary film "Double Down" about racing in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill where his team took an ex-24 Hours of LeMons car and beat the factory Mazda racing team. Link to the video at www.team559.com. \xa0

In addition, Rob was kind enough to guide us through the latest in our series covering the Usual Suspects of racing car platforms and went into a deep dive about racing Hondas and Acuras, especially in endurance racing.

Finally, Ben covers both Understeer and Oversteer in the latest Dominating with Dawson series.\xa0 We just couldn\u2019t cover them separately, so we went for a double shot.\xa0

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We hope you enjoy this episode.\xa0 It will make you faster!\xa0

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PS If you are interested in watching or reading more of Rob and his teams exploits, please go to:

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KriderRacing on Instagram

www.RobKrider.com

www.Team559.com

www.DoubleNickelNineMotorsports.com

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And don\u2019t forget to get a copy of Rob\u2019s book \u201cCadet Blues\u201d, a humorous look at one of his most fun driving training events at www.cadetblues.com

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Best regards,

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Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan
Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast
and team members in the GHiT
Immature Endurance Racing Team

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Highlights from the episode include:\xa0

1)\xa0 Some of his team\u2019s best learnings since starting in LeMons several years ago
2)\xa0 Rob and Bill commiserate about putting together team communication emails and texts that are summarily ignored
3)\xa0 How Double Nickel Nine Racing team has \u201cadded\u201d to the various series rule books through creative race car engineering
4)\xa0 Jennifer asks the dirtiest of the dirty question that you can ask a race car driver
5)\xa0 The value of a spare/donor parts car and Vicki tells Bill to go buy another car.\xa0 He left the podcast to search CraigsList
6)\xa0 Team structure and organization techniques to maximize performance across all levels of racing, even a two-car team of 60 people for the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill
7)\xa0 Their scouting trip preparation for national races
8)\xa0 What is the Double Nickel Nine garage involved in
9)\xa0 A comparison of large LeMons fields to some smaller or shorter or higher performance fields
10)\xa0 How they communicate within their team, especially on track with their spotters
11)\xa0 Storytime of Alan\u2019s stint at Thompson last year where he would not come in for a driver change.\xa0 Rob fully approves.
12)\xa0 Rob gives the advantages \u201ckeys to success\u201d in Honda and Acura racing
13)\xa0 Diapers win races, well they used to anyway
14)\xa0 Rob shared some endurance racing wisdom, like pit stops practice and it\u2019s not about top lap times but it is about endurance
15)\xa0 What is a Honda Taco and how it is to drive one
16)\xa0 We finally find a way to compare ourselves to Roger Penske
17)\xa0 We go over several tips and tricks from several of Rob's helpful articles, many are linked below
18)\xa0 Be a Racing team or Beer racing team?\xa0 Correct answer is: Yes
19)\xa0 You can hear an alert for every time Bill's computer went blue screen of death if you listen closely.\xa0 It happened often
20)\xa0\xa0 Bleed brakes after every endurance session
21)\xa0 Rob and Alan bond over tire balancing. In the end, it comes down to the preparation done before coming to the track
22)\xa0 Get things done as soon as possible.\xa0 Don\u2019t start when you have just enough time left to get it done.
23)\xa0 Internal competition for fastest lap is detrimental to team performance and overall team success.
24)\xa0 Rob\u2019s team has learned that for endurance races, lap timers are not allowed within the car.
25)\xa0 EJ2 Track Rat has a fashion suggestion for next year\u2019s nationals
26)\xa0 How to choose an engine machine shop to work with
27)\xa0 Rob's documentary film about endurance racing, titled "Double Down" is available free on YouTube, 1 hour 15 minute run time on the Krider Racing YouTube channel.
28)\xa0 Tactical Ops Brewing's Double Nickel Nine IPA named after the race team with an image of their Honda Challenge car on the bottle. This stuff is high test at 10.9% ABV!

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And here are some of our favorite articles that we discussed on this episode:\xa0