GHIT 0292: Aaron Jongbloedt
GHIT 0292: Aaron Jongbloedt
Aaron Jongbloedt from Jungle Motorsports joins us for this episode and we discuss all things racing, even ice boating.\xa0 Aaron seems to race in all series and all types of racing, we may even be able to make it to an ice racing event with him post plague.\xa0 Since he has such a wide range of experiences, we try to cover many of them as possible to show how each series and club can vary and each offers a different blend of driving and racing flavor.\xa0 The best thing you can do to start is try as many as you can and you will undoubtedly find one that matches your interests and maximizes the fun.\xa0 Plus an impromptu race car intervention, lol.
volunteering as an avenue to start getting into racing and saving on the amount of money needed.
A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AaronJongbloedt
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Highlights for this episode include:
1)\xa0 Why he selected Spec Miata as a primary racing class and why he also includes and enjoys other types of racing.\xa0
2)\xa0 Aaron opens up the trap door to a quick summary of our racing cars and HPDE cars.\xa0 We need to get a bit more focus.\xa0 Time for a garage sale.\xa0 We may have a race car (or truck) for you, lol
3)\xa0 Vicki is not familiar with the track at Brainerd, but after our discussion it sounds like we will be soon, lol.\xa0 Top tip:\xa0 Also obey the team CFO.
4)\xa0 Some of the plusses and minuses of racing Spec Miata and how it has influenced hos racing approach and philosophy.
5)\xa0 Are there significant differences between instructing in autocross and instructing on a race track?\xa0 Also a discussion of the potential benefits of autocross before driving on track.\xa0 The skills are complimentary but the approach can be quite different in some ways.
6)\xa0 Aaron discusses his experience with almost all of the amateur endurance racing series and some of the new ones starting this season.
7)\xa0 As expected, we also discuss Spec Miata and Vicki is still intimidated with the concept of bump drafting.\xa0 This will likely change with time.\xa0 We have a NB Spec Miata car that needs a bit of love to race this season, but we are hopeful.\xa0 Bilstein shocks may be in our future.
8)\xa0 Why does Aaron seem to prefer arrive and drive (Seat Rentals) for endurance racing events.\xa0 Bill has always had concerns and questions that has prevented him from doing many arrive and drives.\xa0 We discuss several of them.
9)\xa0 Money saving tips and insight into what is required and what is avoidable to be competitive in the series, locally and nationally.\xa0
10)\xa0 Somehow we return to the topic of our cars.\xa0 It appears we are in the midst of an informal race car intervention.\xa0 lol.\xa0 (Probably long overdue)
11)\xa0 We also have a discussion of the storage required for a racing car and team.\xa0 Aaron is curious about the hangar that we use as our teams primary hub.
12)\xa0 How volunteering at events can minimize or potentially eliminate the cost of racing.
13)\xa0 How our "press" claim was received by a racing series.\xa0 (as you would expect)
14)\xa0 Just when you thought it was over, we get into a discussion of some of the local midwestern tracks that Aaron suggest we try.\xa0 As always, the answer is "yes"
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To follow Aaron further:\xa0
Facebook:\xa0 https://www.facebook.com/aaron.jongbloedt\xa0
His blog:\xa0 https://junglemotorsports.blogspot.com