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John Lavin and Dean Hesser join us to discuss improvements to our car preparation processes.\xa0 This includes before leaving for the racetrack, as well as at the racetrack and after the race.\xa0 We learned a ton of things that we should have been doing but weren\u2019t simply because we didn\u2019t know or hadn\u2019t thought of it yet.\xa0 We hope that this episode will save you at least one headache at the track or eliminate one breakdown or even better prevent an issue on track that causes damage to you or your car.\xa0 We don\u2019t have a lot of can't miss episodes, but this is one of them for sure.

In addition, Dominating with Dawson we discuss some of the goal options for endurance racing.\xa0 It is not simply a situation where you are either first or last, but really it is a race where you and your team are trying to work together and perform at the highest level internally and the final position is a relative measure of the team\u2019s performance versus the current bar that weekend.\xa0 While winning overall, or even your class, is a great accomplishment, it is not the only measurement available each weekend, especially early in your racing career.

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

Highlights from this episode include:

1)\xa0 Bill makes up a new word, \u201cThankYouNess\u201d, well you know what we mean.

2)\xa0 How Dean has \u201ccapitalized\u201d on being target fixated during a race.\xa0 Your results may vary.

3)\xa0 Then we go into a \u201cWeekend At Bernie\u2019s\u201d worthy moment.\xa0 For those under 40, it\u2019s a movie.

4)\xa0 A brief summary of why many of the Safety Third Motorsports team members have ended up using BMW\u2019s as their weapon of choice on track.

5)\xa0 Bill cannot help but to make fun of the test drive at John\u2019s shop where the GHIT M3 HPDE hit a deer.\xa0 Sometimes you can't make this stuff up.

6)\xa0 A discussion of their team\u2019s racing plans for 2021 and how both teams generally decide where to race.

7)\xa0 How their team has progressed and grown over the years.\xa0 It appears that our team is actually following their progression, both in how our team is organized and how our drivers are individually progressing.\xa0 Perhaps there is hope for us.\xa0 Who knew?\xa0 Lol.

8)\xa0 How Dean and Jen both ended up learning and growing as racing drivers as a result of their track incidents.

9)\xa0 What is prepping a car?\xa0 What is involved?\xa0 What do you do before the race, during/at the race, and after the race to prepare and preserve your car and make sure that it has a higher likelihood of performing well.

10)\xa0 Basic assumption:\xa0 Assume everything is broken after a race and then verify before you take it to your next event.

11)\xa0 Develop a wear rate of consumables and moving parts and then develop a preventative maintenance plan to replace before they fail at the track.

12)\xa0 Overview:\xa0 Repair things as they break or replace them ahead of time at a certain interval.\xa0 Determine your team\u2019s philosophy and plan appropriately.\xa0

13)\xa0 A standard rule of thumb is to use a margin for wear, it can range from 75% to 80% to 90% of the experienced failure rate before replacing a still good part.\xa0 This does not address issues due to abuse or an accident etc.\xa0 As an example, if your front wheel bearing fails after 100 hours or racing, you may want to replace them all before they break at 75 or 80 or 90 hours.\xa0 The balance of costs and/or effort vs your acceptable safety/failure factor is a personal/team decision.

14)\xa0 Several available options range from paint marking nuts and bolts to adding safety wires.

15)\xa0 What should you do when at the track and prepping for the race in the morning.

16)\xa0 What to do the night after are race while racing the next day.

17)\xa0 What to do post-race weekend while packing up to leave the track.

18)\xa0 Why checklists are so very important and how your team will need to develop it from your own experiences and particular car.

19)\xa0 It was good to hear that we aren't the only team to have had radio communication issues at the track.\xa0 They have come to the same solution as we have.\xa0 Painfully.

20)\xa0 The key is really to minimize the number and potential for errors.

21)\xa0 We finish up this segment with the post-race recovery process for your race car.\xa0 Don\u2019t just put it away to wait for the next track event.

22)\xa0 We wrap up with a post episode discussion of the skid pad and the value that it has had to our driving, as well as Dean\u2019s.