GHIT 0106: Cathy McCause Fuss discusses the 2020 Lucky Dog racing series and a whole lot more

Published: April 21, 2020, 2:32 p.m.

Cathy McCause Fuss of the Lucky Dog racing series returns for the 8th or 9th time.\xa0 Unfortunately, only one episode has ever been published due to connection errors and other computer issues.\xa0 Why she puts up with us, we don't know, perhaps it's because she is one of the best people we have met since we started racing.\xa0\xa0 During this episode, we go over a lot of the Cathy's history and her perspective of racing from the Series perspective.\xa0 We also get into her thoughts of how racing and endurance racing are progressing and helping to grow our sport.

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On this episode's Dominating with Dawson, Ben goes over what is an "Arrive and Drive" and the details of racing in that situation.\xa0 We go over a lot of the options, concerns, and advantages of being an arrive and drive driver, as well as being the team renting to the arrive and driver.

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We hope you enjoy the episode!

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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:

1)\xa0 Bill felt like he was going down the hill into turn 12 at Road Atlanta when Cathy's connection went robot a few seconds in.

2)\xa0 What the impact of the COVID 19 has been so far and speculative hopes and expectations for the rest of the season.

3)\xa0 the Lucky Dog i-Racing league and it sponsored, you can even win race entries, and other racing supplies from the Lucky Dog sponsors

4)\xa0 We develop the exchange rate between Clairol hair color and Hankook RS4's.

5)\xa0 We go into the process of working with the tracks, rescheduling, and the potential impact of the current COVID 19 related impact and issues on the tracks and the series, and the drivers, as well as some of the amazing steps Cathy and Lucky Dog have done to help the overall racing population, including paying 2021 track rental fees.

6)\xa0 Bill shamelessly plugs the upcoming Lucky Dog race at Charlotte in mid-August.

7)\xa0 Cathy threatens us with bringing the 196 car out to the race for us.\xa0 We much rather like her alternative bonfire idea.

8)\xa0 How several members of the Lucky Dog racing community, and the overall low cost endurance racing community, have helped in dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic.

9)\xa0 We brainstorm a bit, well really a mild drizzle, on what options we can come up with to help save the 2020 racing season

10)\xa0 Bill apologizes for his black flag digression earlier this year at the Lucky Dog race at Laguna Seca in January

11)\xa0 Cathy even was kind enough to go through our "Usual Suspects" but this time from a race series perspective and how her series has progressed through Miatas, into BMWs, and recently into Hondas and several Fords.

12)\xa0 Self ejecting starters as a way to save weight

13)\xa0 Speed creep and its concern as we progress to including more modern cars where horsepower increases seem easier and easier, especially with all the recent time people may have had with the stay at home orders.

14)\xa0 Cathy's strategy for classing cars in Lucky Dog and addressing the variability in car and even individual driver capability.

15)\xa0 As expected, we eventually reviewed or last race at Laguna Seca and our other Lucky Dog race in Portland.

16)\xa0 Brakes and brake pads were a big discussion point.\xa0 One way to get to a faster lap is to be able to slow down even faster.\xa0 Hopefully, we have an upcoming guest from Hawk on the show.

17)\xa0 Hilarity ensued when we started talking about the spares being brought to the track.

18)\xa0 Rally Dogs?\xa0 And yes, we had an East coast rally dog volunteer.

19)\xa0 Also, a rookie time attack challenge option came into being.

20)\xa0 How Lucky Dog is working to partner with the local Club racing, especially for the HPDE and learning aspects, hopefully raising the tide for all.

21)\xa0 How our team has been invaded by two of the drivers we know from Lucky Dog

22)\xa0 Opportunities for arrive and drives at the Charlotte race abound with teams and drivers looking to come east for the race.

23)\xa0 How the Lucky Dog racing series came to be.

24)\xa0 Cathy fears answering what car she would love to start with as a race car.

25)\xa0 How Lucky Dog's i-Racing league is helping racers scratch their itch.

26)\xa0 She is still looking for the known unknown E46 Greg has hidden.\xa0 Somewhere.

27)\xa0 There seems to be a potential for an east coast west coast race car exchange program.\xa0 Greg, Call us!