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After months of badgering, we finally weakened Amanda Tully enough to where she agreed to come onto our podcast.\xa0 After a disappointing 2019 where she finished 2nd, 1st, 1st, and 1st, we couldn't wait to hear what she was going to do to improve this year, LOL.\xa0 Actually, it was a great pleasure to catch up with her and learn about her racing history and how she and her team came to dominate the east coast races last year.\xa0 Amanda also discussed with us her recent transition to sim racing and we all shared some of our growing pains, as well as a lot of the fun we are having while home.\xa0 Vicki was able to put on her Amanda t-shirt and fangirl for the entire episode.\xa0 It was an unintended coincidence that she appeared in episode 111, but it fit with their results from last season.

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On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers what to do if you have an incident on the track to minimize the effect on your day, and your car.

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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 How we first met Amanda and her team at our first ever race at NJMP in 2018.

2)\xa0 How Vicki and Amanda bonded at NHMS in the 3PM overflowing hot tub last year.

3)\xa0 How Amanda progressed from full newbie racer with HPDE experience to her current successes in Lemons.\xa0 It all started with the lure of the fun $500 race car.\xa0 Her experiences indicate that even we may eventually get good at this, we shall see.

4)\xa0 Amanda may have helped Bill with the "what spares should we bring" discussions that we always seem to have.\xa0 Since Amanda said it, Vicki may finally agree.\xa0 We shall see.

5)\xa0 We try to dissect the "issues" that led to her low performance of the year at Pittsburgh last year where they "only" finished in second place.\xa0 But they did win the "I Got Screwed" Award.

6)\xa0 How HPDE and especially her past motorcycle HPDE track days may have influenced her driving style, as well as her skill.

7)\xa0 We tried getting some more info related to Amanda's latest car for Lemons.\xa0 it's still super secret, but we know it is coming.\xa0 Rumor has it that we may even be able to pass her team once this year.

8)\xa0 Amanda and Bill try to help Vicki with her nervousness in joining the races.\xa0 Both shared some of there best/poorest i-Racing performances so far.

9)\xa0 We also discuss several similarities and differences we are seeing in sim racing and our more normal meat world racing.\xa0 Peripheral vision, lack/different G force feedback, tire grip/physics, and various software settings seem to not be helping any of us at this point.\xa0 Still having fun though.

10)\xa0 Sim racing:\xa0 It's the same, but it's not.

11)\xa0 Vicki displays a story about why testing on Fridays should not be optional, especially if it's your first time at a track.

12)\xa0 Amanda was even kind enough to go into what she would recommend to improve your performance and fun at a race.\xa0 It is all fairly simple, but very important things that she has learned from others and through personal experience.

13)\xa0 Brandon and Kelly both get a quick shut out.\xa0 Kelly, you need to come out on track.

14)\xa0 We also continue our continuing discussion on in car data and lap timing.\xa0 Amanda is pretty firm in her position and her opinion isn't going to change any time soon.\xa0 Pursuit of a fast lap time has hurt\xa0 her team's performance in the race so many times.\xa0 It is far more important to get all your laps similar and all your drivers as close as possible.

15)\xa0 Our mutual friends in the Folgers car get another shout out.

16)\xa0 Bill bonds with Amanda on spares and tools for the track.\xa0 Vicki still seems less than enthused.

17)\xa0 Amanda is not a fan of our RS4 tire use but prefers the Azenis 615's.\xa0 We think it may be worth a retry at some point.\xa0 Maybe she will borrow or test ours.\xa0 Once we find a few more BMW 8.5" * 17" DSII rims (or DS2).

18)\xa0 We need to see if there are any cars that Amanda likes besides her E36 and E92.\xa0 There has to be at least one.

19)\xa0 We even bond over our poor i-Racing seats.

20)\xa0\xa0 We joke around about a recent i-Racing event with the Three Pedal Mafia at the expense of our great friends Jeff and Mental.