GHIT 0165: Loni Unser

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 9 a.m.

Loni Unser is our guest racing driver for this episode.\xa0 She is a fourth generation racing driver and has quickly worked her way up through several racing series in all types of cars and racing.\xa0 She has recently announced that she will be driving the Swamp Dragon Hot Sauce car in the MX5 Cup.\xa0 She graciously accepted our invitation to the podcast and is easily one of the nicest and friendliest guests we have ever had.\xa0 We hope everyone will be following her career and we hope to see her at a track in the future (most likely as she is passing us, lol)

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On this week\u2019s Dominating with Dawson, we begin to cover one of the key aspects of a driver\u2019s personality and tendency by looking at helping two types of drivers progress.\xa0 If you look at drivers as a spectrum, each will fall somewhere between a driver who tends to push a car hard and perhaps even overdrive a car naturally vs a driver who tends to approach the limit more slowly and gradually.\xa0 Every driver is different, but each of us will likely share aspects of each type, but it is always useful to look at the way the driver\u2019s personality can impact their driving and optimal learning approach.

You can follow Loni as Loni Unser on all the various social medias.

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We hope you enjoy this episode!

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:

1)\xa0 We go over many of the positives and potential negatives of being an Unser at a racetrack.\xa0 We really want to go to the family go cart race for the holidays.

2)\xa0 Some great stories and perspectives on how racing has grown and evolved since her family started racing, things like the addition and improvement safety systems and fire suits etc.

3)\xa0 Jen brings up her crash at Charlotte as a preemptive strike before Bill broke out the video.\xa0 Maybe her new nickname will be Quickdraw.

4)\xa0 It turns out that Loni is also an instructor at B.R.A.K.E.S.\xa0 We have been with our son and it has helped him and thousands of other new drivers to learn so much more than most driving classes.\xa0 We hope will have someone from the B.R.A.K.E.S. program on soon.

5)\xa0 Loni raced with WRL last year and will be driving the Swamp Dragon Hot Sauce ND Miata in the MX5 Cup next week.\xa0 Loni\u2019s approach to learning is very impressive.\xa0 She is trying to learn as much as she can, in as many areas as she can, to help her become a better, faster, and well-rounded driver that can assist in any way needed to help the team perform.\xa0

6)\xa0 Loni\u2019s perspective on racing and her philosophy shows that she has chosen the correct path and is headed for a great career.

7)\xa0 The benefits and the accompanying pressures of being an Unser at the race track, as well as how her family is coping with their daughter racing.

8)\xa0 We also cover how Loni\u2019s background with downhill skiing and racing compliments her approach to track driving.\xa0 There is a great deal of similarities that may not be apparent initially.

9)\xa0 Loni also goes into how it was balancing her college studies with her racing schedule.\xa0 We think she may still be catching up on her sleep.

10)\xa0 We bet that you cannot guess what Loni\u2019s tap root car is.\xa0 Garage Heroes In Training decals will be sent to anyone who guesses it before listening.\xa0 Two free decals if you actually listen.

11)\xa0 We think we may have a business idea to help fund Loni\u2019s racing teams.\xa0

12)\xa0 One of Loni\u2019s favorite racing drivers is Katherine Legge.\xa0 We are hoping to have her on the podcast at some point.\xa0 We apologize ahead of time to Miss Legge, lol.

13)\xa0 We show a bit of why we edit.\xa0 Still in training.

14)\xa0 Another vote for us going to VIR.\xa0 It must happen this year.