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Lara Vernon is our guest for this episode.\xa0 She is a racing driver that is rapidly moving up the ranks of amateur racing.\xa0 We have raced alongside her at our last event in Charlotte on the Roval and she just returned from winning the B class event with the true 24 hour race at CMP with the Sorry For Party team, driving in both their Firebird and 944 race cars during the race and posting the fastest laps for the weekend.\xa0 Lara also owns a boutique exotic car dealership called \u201cRare Exotic Vehicles\u201d in Asheville, North Carolina, that deals with very cool vintage hot rods and cars from the 1930\u2019s to excellent examples suitable for Radwood and other venues.

You can Follow Lara\u2019s racing exploits at @Lara.is.racing and her @rareexoticvehicles on Instagram or on Facebook.\xa0

On this episode\u2019s Dominating with Dawson, we talk about the importance of hydration at the track and several ways to stay hydrated.\xa0 No, not that way.\xa0 At least until after the track goes cold.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Best regards,

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:

1)\xa0 Several excellent cars Lara has currently that are looking for a new home.

2)\xa0 How autocross was (again) the gateway drug towards her wheel to wheel racing.\xa0 It\u2019s not free, but it is very good way to learn car control and is also a low cost way of getting started.\xa0 (Winning several races and a championship was also a good way to show she was on the right track) and led to Lara getting her SCCA racing license.

3)\xa0 Vicki confuses the Fiesta ST with the Fiestas that she remembered from years ago.\xa0 Bill has not done a good job of visiting car dealers with her.\xa0 This will likely be remedied shortly.

4)\xa0 How she came to first meet Ron Mexico/Jeff Caplan and then the Race Bar team.\xa0 How her first race with Race Bar went in late 2019 and then again at the Charlotte Roval a few weeks ago.\xa0 An excellent companion for getting into the wonderful abyss that is endurance racing.

5)\xa0 How Lara attempted to challenge Dick Freelane\u2019s mustache, quite a noble but usually futile effort.

6)\xa0 We hear about her experience racing at Road Atlanta in the snow.\xa0 The track is plenty exciting without having to rely on being snow covered.

7)\xa0 Lara has pursued and succeeded in amateur racing and has begun to dip her toe into some of the higher level opportunities with teams and sponsors.\xa0 It is a challenging sport to convert to making a living, or even breaking even.

8)\xa0 Lot of stories of her racing with Race Bar and some of the shared trials and tribulations both teams had at the Roval with Lucky Dog.\xa0

9)\xa0 How Lara almost met Randy Pobst at the Charlotte Roval, how she almost raced against him, and how her Lobster faired against Randy\u2019s Moose.

10)\xa0 We discuss how to make your own skid pad using cracked corn animal feed.\xa0 If she pulls it off, we hope we get an invite.

11)\xa0 She not only wins in \u201cmeat space\u201d but also won a 24 hour endurance race in iRacing.

12)\xa0 The Ayrton Senna miniseries came up again in discussion.\xa0 We cannot wait for it to come out on Netflix.\xa0 If you have not seen the Ayrton Senna documentary entitles \u201cSenna\u201d, you are missing a great one.

13)\xa0 Vicki shows off her car skills by confusing a Kia Soul with a Nissan Cube.