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GHIT 0286:\xa0 Caroline Yun - Driver Progression

Caroline Yun is an avid high performance driving enthusiast who has recently worked her way up through the Southern California NASA HPDE ladder system and has begun her wheel to wheel and time trial (TT) racing career in Honda Challenge.\xa0 She recently completed here first ever endurance race at Sonoma with the award winning Initial Dingus team.\xa0 As Caroline is a relatively new driver and racer, we thought we would discuss with her the experiences that she has had with working her way through her very common car progression/growth scenario, some of the plusses and minuses of racing with your partner, how it has been to be a female driver and the first driver in her family's perceptions of a lady race driver.

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/CarolineYun286

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Highlights for this episode are:

1)\xa0 It all started with a haunting....

2)\xa0 We get a second opinion on the recent 24 Hours of Lemons race at Sonoma and since this was Caroline's first ever wheel to wheel racing, it is always exciting and surprising, especially when most of your experience is in HPDE events.\xa0 Caroline and her team even took home some hardware from the event.

3)\xa0 Caroline gives a great description of what she learned and how her fellow drivers were at the event.

4)\xa0 We go into the differences in front wheel drive and rear wheel drive vehicles and the pleasure of driving a variety of configurations.

5)\xa0 It is surprise time for Jaime and we end up making decisions for him for this season.\xa0 Where we end up was exciting and perhaps even more surprising.

6)\xa0 We learn how Caroline learned about track driving and several stories of her first impressions and tips for others looking to try their first event.

7)\xa0 Caroline's story of how important physical fitness is to driving in general and specifically for Caroline.\xa0 It even directly led to a new Mazda Miata MX-5.

8)\xa0 We share the plusses and minuses of racing with your significant other.

9)\xa0 Some of the potential complications of explaining that you are racing to your family and friend circle.

10)\xa0 We have a ton of fun (at Jamie's expense) talking brake pads.

11)\xa0 Caroline and Bill make plans for another racing event.\xa0 We love plans.

To follow Caroline on Instagram:\xa0 @msawsmr