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At our recent Lucky Dog race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, we were lucky enough to be in the paddock next to Race Bar.\xa0 Yes, they are back.\xa0 Jeff/Ron even took a stint in our race truck.\xa0 On this episode we go over the entire event from their perspective and how Race Bar helped us throughout the weekend.\xa0 As we covered in our earlier race review episode, the entire event was a blast and Race Bar was a large part of the fun.\xa0 Jeff Caplan/Ron Mexico, Jandy/Daddy, Patrick McHugh/Richard "Dick" Freelane, and Kaitlyn "Pineapples" Morgan joined us for this episode.\xa0 We were greatly outnumbered.

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We deal with hydration at track days, races and on the track in our Dominating with Dawson segment for this episode.\xa0 We cover various options and what we have found to be effective at the track and in some of the highest temperature and humidity days we have seen both at the track, in the paddock and especially in the car which is usually much hotter than the local environment, especially when dressed in your safety and fire rated gear.

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Best regards,

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Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

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Highlights from this episode include:

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1)\xa0 Apparently, we have been abducted by Race Bar.\xa0 Who knew.

2)\xa0 It took less than four minutes for us to absolutely lose control of the episode.\xa0 Did we ever get it back.\xa0 Still tbd.

3)\xa0 Was Charlotte Intimidating?\xa0 Nope.\xa0 Was racing on a big oval intimidating?\xa0 Nope.\xa0 Was racing with Lucky Dog intimidating?\xa0 Nope.\xa0 Was Race Bar being next to us in the paddock intimidating?\xa0 Oh yes, yes it was.

4)\xa0 We had a great time hanging with Race Bar but, we really had to tag out around 10 or 11 in order to function.\xa0 Not sure how they do it.

5)\xa0 Race Bar strongly endorses the Lucky Dog series and it balance of good racing and lots of fun.\xa0 This was the best race ever for Race Bar.\xa0 Ever.

6)\xa0 We talk about the great highs and lows of endurance racing, sometimes at the same event in the same hour.

7)\xa0 The pleasures of being serenaded over the radio by Dick Freelane as he drove around the high banks at Charlotte during the race.\xa0 Ron Mexico has a book recommendation that you may choose to ignore.

8)\xa0 I think we made an impression on Race Bar with our track food skills.\xa0 It made their top list.\xa0 Twice.\xa0 We may be drafted to be on site food services.\xa0 we know Jeff will bring his own fork if needed.\xa0 Lol.

9)\xa0 We talk a bit about how our team tries to deal with issues and our occasional setbacks.\xa0 The priority should always be the driver and the team.\xa0 We can build more cars.

10) \xa0There appears to be a plan for the race truck/The Bad Hombre/El Jeffe.\xa0 Not sure we know what it is or if we have a vote.\xa0 I think we lost all voting rights once Ron Mexico got into the race truck and drove it around the Roval.

11)\xa0 We cover our race team theory and philosophy at the current point in our learning curve.

12)\xa0 Race Bar has a list of he top 47 highlights from the race.\xa0 It is quite a list.\xa0 Quite the list indeed.

13)\xa0 Tips for ways to help and get started at a race if you are ever interested.

14)\xa0 Why track security woke Cathy up in her Hello Kitty PJ's around 2 AM one evening.\xa0 What happens at Race Bar, stays at Race Bar.

15)\xa0 Why you should always say no to a story that starts with "Do you want to see a man in a van by a river..."

16)\xa0 Confirmation of who took the "L" off of our "Mr. Pool" E36.\xa0 Unfortunately, it does fit the car, even more now.

17)\xa0 Stories of driving the Citrus Race Truck without power steering trying to catch another Race Bar vehicle.

18)\xa0 Slap cup drinking games and rule interpretation seemed to vary and why Lonnie may have had a slow start one morning.

19)\xa0 How Deaf Power Racing came to race with us at Charlotte.\xa0 There are certain advantages to not being able to hear "Baby Shark" all weekend.\xa0 Potential options for adopting them into a Race Bar west.

20)\xa0 Apparently there is a plan.\xa0 We are now aware that there is a plan.\xa0 We still don't know the plan, but we think we probably should at some point.

21)\xa0 We reveal the story of the arrival and unloading of El Jeffe at the garage when we returned.\xa0 I'm not mentioning any names since I don't want to have to sleep in the bathtub.\xa0 Worth a listen.\xa0 And thank you to the listener who suggested we change our name to "Garage Heroes In Traction".\xa0 Thank you Blake.

22)\xa0 We may have plans for a Summit Point track event.

23)\xa0 We attempt to CSI the potential reasons behind our Chevy S10 keeps eating Steering Pumps like Seymour from "The Little Shop of Horrors"

24)\xa0 How the Oooga Booga method for fixing the Fuel Pump worked and gave us a few more hours on the track before we needed to replace it the next morning.

25)\xa0 How the speaker flew off during the race and how much of a fan some of the corner workers were of their music selections during the race.\xa0 Also, we go into the joys of having a 120 dB stereo system in your race car that is remote controlled by people that are several hundred miles away from the track.

26)\xa0 A Good, the Bad, and the Ugly to be remembered.

27)\xa0 Ah Hah moments we all learned from the Charlotte race.

28)\xa0 A good discussion of Jennifer's accident and how it feels after a bit o reflection.\xa0 A good thing for all potential racers and racing teams to hear.

29)\xa0 Potential next steps for our team to grow.

30)\xa0 VIR sweeps the best track ever for Race Bar.\xa0 And we get a bit of history of how VIR came to be.