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GHiT 0774:  Race Recap - The 20th Anniversary of the 24 Hours of Lemons Race at Laguna Seca with The Italian Job Racing team

20 years is a long time and no one ever thought that the 24 Hours of Lemons race would ever lead to what it has become.  There was a race held at the legendary Laguna Seca race track and some of the best, most legendary teams and cars competed.  They would not come on (lol), so we had our friends from The Italian Job racing team review the event from their perspective.  Did they bring a bit of t...

GHiT 0773:  Race Recap - The True 24 at High Plains Raceway with the Apex Anti Heroes 

Want to race in a ture 24 event?  High Plains Raceway may be the place to be.  Our friends at the Apex Anti Heroes decided that this would be a great great idea for a second ever race as a team.  Was it?  Tune on to find out.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/the24hrAtHighPlains2026 

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GHiT 0772:  Race Recap - Lemons at GingerMan with the Judges

We revently went over our last race at GingerMan, but his time we see the whole race from the perspective of the esteemed judges, judge Janice and judge Shelley, oh and we had judge Randy on too. This may become a tradition talking to the judges is so much fun. Hope you enjoy the episode.

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/2026GingermanJudged 

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GHiT 0771:  Race Recap - Lemons at GingerMan with the Italian Job Racing Team

It is not often that we race in someone else's car but we were invited and quickly accepted a pair of seats in the Italian Job Racing Mini Cooper S (R53).  We had a great time, brought out a bit of the east coast to the midwest and tormented the judges a bit.  It was a great weekend.

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/2026Gingerman

GHiT 0770:  Eric Rood Returns to discuss the last season, upcoming races and how the 20 years of Lemons has been

Eric Rood comes on to discuss the 2026 season, several upcoming race and discussion of some of the highlights from the 20 years of the 24 Hours of Lemons ahead of the upcoming celebration at Laguna Seca.

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/20YearOldLemons 

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GHiT 0769:  Race Review GridLife at Lime Rock Park 2026 with Nick Barbato

We had our GridLife Reporter on the scenes and we get aa peek behind the curtains for all of the GLTC races during another fantastic racing weekend at Lime Rock.  Oh, Nick raced too, lol. (and had an amazing weekend and results) 

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LemonsThompson2026 

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GHiT 0768:  Race Review Thompson 2026 - Long Overdue

A bit of a delay behind the curtains, but here is our summary of the last race we had at Thompson.  The race had a lot of highs and a few lows.  So it was a normal endurance race.  Jeremy had quite a weekend. 

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LemonsThompson2026 

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WOOT 0767:  Spiderman: Brand New Day and The Odyssey - Our Thoughts

We wanted to go over the two recent summer smash hits, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Spider-Man:  Brand New Day .  We remained spoiler free until late into the Spider-Man discussion.  We then ended with a few of the recent movies that we liked and several upcoming ones that seem promising.  

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

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WOOT 0766:  GHiT's Summer (plus) Movie Preview

With the recent releases starting to really kick off the summer movie season, we decided to give our thoughts of the upcoming movie and TV schedule for the remainder of 2026.  Did we stay on subject.  Nope.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Movies2026Review 

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GHiT 0764:  GHiT's NJMP Race Weekend - A Bit Late

Rumor has it that there was a race a few weeks back at NJ Motorsports Park (NJMP) with the 24 Hours of Lemons.  The racing was great, but the theming was really some of the best we have ever seen.  Oh yeah, we were there too.  Here are some of the stories from the weekend.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/LemonsNJMP2026 

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GHiT 0763:  Apex Anti Heroes (With Vicki) Raced at High Plains

Brady is back and with his own team racing at High Plains for their first ever race.  Vicki flew out to help prepare and hopefully celebrate the small wins.  How did their first race go?  What did they do well?  More importantly what did this first time racing team learn from their first event?  Lots of great ideas and items covered in this one, especially if you are looking to race for the first time or a recently started racing team.  

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GHiT 0762:  Nick Barbato's GLTC at Road Atlanta

Gridlife went to Road Atlanta last week and we review the GLTC rces from the perspective of Nick Barbato.  It was a weekend.

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/RoadATL2026 

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GHiT 0761:  Miss Jackie is BAAAACK

We are joined this week by Miss Jackie, back by popular demand.  WE catch up with what has been going on recently with her race car build, Honda Challenge and anything else that came up.  

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

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DwD 0760:  Life Lessons From Endurance Racing

Endurance racing is not only incredibly fun but also is a great teacher of things that can apply to your home and work life.  We named a few.  Who better to talk to about this than Ben Dawson.  Let's Dominate!

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

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DwD 0758:  Race Setup Pro

When we first started racing, we always assumed that the car wasn't the problem and essentially never changed.  This error probably held us back for a good 3-4 seasons as we learned.  If only there was a way to address car setup when you don't know anything, or even when you do but you don't have a full time race engineer/setup guru on staff.  Now there is and we can't wait to tell you all about it with our guest Jeff Zisssulis.  

Also, we get to add a new discount code f...

DwD 0759:  Racing Pricey Cars - How and Why

A recent post on the book of faces had a question:  How can people ever race $50k, $100k, or even more expensive cars on track.  Plus what would be our three cars to require everyone to start with on track.  Who better to talk to about this than Ben Dawson.  Let's Dominate!

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

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DwD 0757:  Taking Charge of the Racecar

Its a race not a wait.  We hada question related to taking charge of the car and making it do what you want.  Who better to talk to about this than Ben Dawson.  Let's Dominate!

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/753FlatSpots 

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GHiT 0756:  Nick Barbato - A Great Race Weekend at CMP with GridLife GLTC

The season has started with Gridlife at Carolina Motorsport Park.  Nick Barbato was racing in the GLTC series again this year and was kind enough to review the weekend and how it went.  Hint:  It went pretty #$@^@ well.  This is another good one as we peak behind he visor with one of the top amateur racing drivers.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BabatoCMP2026 

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GHiT 0755:  Jeremy Hall Has Been Very Busy

With the recent weather starting to show signs of spring, we catch up with Santa Jeremy and see what his plans are for the season, what he's been working on all winter, and what bad ideas we can come up with for the racing season.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/755SantaJeremy

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DwD 0753:  All About the Dreaded Flat Spots

Flat Spots:  What are they, how to fix them, how to prevent them, and creative judge penalties and more.  

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GHiT 0754:  Adam Jabaay Comes on Talk About the Recent Gridlife News and More

You may have seen the headlines with GridLife being sold, even in Forbes Magazine and Grassroots Motorsports among many others.  We wanted to get the details and talk about what the changes mean and what the internet rumors were.  Adam shared an evening with us and we are very excited about the future of GridLife.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/754Gridlife

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GHiT 0752:  The Costs of Racing with the Ironbird Racing Team

We received a question from a listener about an episode themed at the costs of racing and ways to monitor and control them (lol).  We thought it might be a great idea to have them come on and ask anything they wished, so we did.  Welcome to the podcast from Ironbird Racing, Robin and Greg.

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/752Ironbird

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DwD 0751:  What is Full Throttle and More (and We're Back)

We resume with a listener question from Code Name Vicki and it is about what is full throttle, wha tit means, when to be, etc, etc, etc.  It seems simple, maybe even trivial, but it has been the cause of some confusion with our listener and several other students we have instructed in the past.  Sometimes the issue is misunderstanding a term or dare we say racing jargon.  And a few shout outs from us to (hopefully soon to be guest) Alyssa.

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GHiT 0750:  Ross Bentley Celebrates Episode 750 With Us!

Another 50 episodes in the book and we are honored, as always, to have Ross Bentley back on the podcast.  It is the off season around here, so we center on what we can do to improve and prepare for next season.  Plus we wander around and talk about a bunch of other things, as always.   

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Ross750

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GHiT 0749:  Scott Mattis and MJ Trierweller

Jeremey had a great idea and for once it was, lol.  We welcomed long time car enthusiast and instructors Scott Mattis and Mark Jon (MJ) Trierweller to the podcast and we talk about everything and still only scratched the surface.  Can't wait to have them on again.  

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

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GHiT 0746:  Mark Petronis is Back

Mark Petronis comes back on the podcast to talk about his recent fitness improvements and how it may be able to help you on our off season fitness special episode of 2026.  And we talk racing Corvettes to try to stay on brand, lol.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MarkPetronis746

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GHiT 0748:  Adam Jabaay is Back and We Talk All Things GridLife

We wanted to catch up with Adam and talk about GridLlife 2025 and 2026 and beyond.  So we did.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/AdamJabaay748

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GHiT 0747:  We Missed Mental - So He's Back

So we invited Judge Mental Ward onto the podcast ot talk about all things racing and many things unrelated.  If you know Mental, you knew that was the case. 

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

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GHiT 0745:  Our Annual (But Very Late) Goals Review and Our Goals for 2026

Bill loves goals and after many reschedulings, we get this one done in just under the wire.  We review our 2025 goals and how we did.  Then we forecast some challenging goals for 2026.  How did we do?  Not well, lol.  

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/GHiT745

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GHiT 0744:  Scott Robertson - Year in Review and Our Coach for 2026

It is always great to talk with Scott Robertson of Robertson Racing and the Track Walking podcast, but this year we are going to be working with Scott to improve our skills on track, and off.  For the first section of this episode, we go over Scott's past year and then (smoothly?) transition into what we are planning to do going into next year with the help of Scott.  2026 is about to begin!!!

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GHiT 0743:  Queers Shifting Gears - Race and Year In Review

Our friends at Queers Shifting Gears have come a long (LONG) way in the past year or so and went from knowing what Lemons racing is to KNOWING what Lemons racing is.  We saw them at our race at Summit Point and now we get to see how that race went and how the year of endurance racing progressed.  Will they be back?  Why yes, yes they will.  

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GHiT 0742:  Lemons Racing 2025 Review and 2026 Preview with Eric Rood

2025 was quite a season for the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series and we discuss the almost complete 2025 season and preview the 2026 schedule with our favorite Everything Bagel, Eric Rood. 

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 A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/Lemons2026

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GHiT 0740:  Fire Laps Returns - Even Better and Much More

It had been a wile since we spoke with David and Daniel from Fire Laps and we thought we had to catch up with how things were progressing.  Apparently, it had been way too long and things have advanced and grown in so many ways it was tough to cover them all in one podcast.  Their software has further developed and now can show you exactly what and where you can go faster on track, as well as comparing your performance with similarly capable cars.  But wait, ther...

GHiT 0741: Aero for Endurance Racing with Mario Korf

We are joined by Mario Korf to talk all things aero, but especially with a focus on the use during endurance races. We address many of the typical concerns, misunderstandings, and lore in the area of using aero in endurance racing and even using aero with a front wheel drive car.

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

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DwD 0739:  Lessons Learned from Endurance Racing

Endurance racing can teach you many different things and many are directly applicable to everyday life.  Here are some that we thought of and we are sure there are many, many more.     

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GHiT 0739:  Race Recap:  Summit Point - Part 2:  One More Time with Feeling (and Energy)

Jeff and Eric join us to go over the late race for us of the season at Summit Point.  As evidence of the post race hangover effect, this is what happens when you have a few days to recover.  One more time, with Feeling, lol.  

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DwD 0737:  Proper ABS Usage on Track

We love listener questions and this week we were asked what our thoughts were on ABS usage on track.  Do we just hammer the brake and let the system figure it out or try to stay just below engagement, etc.  Ben had some great thoughts and Bill was there too.  

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GHiT 0737: Race Recap: Summit Point - Remember We Are All Counting On You

Our team combined with the Three Pedal Mafia for Lemons return to Summit Point. How did our car do? Is a post race hangover real? That and a ton of Airplane! (the movie) jokes were shared all weekend. Part 1 of a few where we review our race weekend.

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A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/SummitPointP1

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GHiT 0736:  GHiT (finally) Goes Autocrossing/Solo

Our team showed up in force to a recent SCCA Autocross (code name Solo) event.  We had four cars, five drivers and nearly a dozen errors, lol.  Want to know what it was like?  Want to hear all that we screwed up?  Its in here.  AND We had to have Audra on for this one.  

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

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DwD 0735:  Passing Proximity - Near or Far?

We often hear people discussing how to pass, but not often do they ever review how close or far to be from a car that you are passing.  So we do.  PS  It REALLY matters.   

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