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Prep is EverythingWelcome to Everyone Racers Episode 426 — the full four-host chaos is back.This week is a true HOW TO episode:How to paint your own race car — and more importantly — how much prep it actually takes.Because here’s the truth:Painting isn’t the hard part.Prep is.We break down:🛠 The real cost of single-stage vs. base/clear🛠 What a “$70,000 paint job” actually pays for (hint: sanding. Endless sanding.)🛠 Why wet sanding between coats separates decent from show-quality🛠 How many hours you’re actually signing up for (25–40 hours over 3–5 days… plus cure time)🛠 The budget method that works for endurance racing🛠 Spray guns vs. rattle cans vs. rollers vs. duct tape🛠 Reducer, hardener, pearl powder — what matters and what doesn’t🛠 Why you probably don’t need to cut and polish a Lemons carWe talk about dusting coats, flash times, clearing with pearl for glow, and when it’s totally fine to say:“It’s a race car. Don’t care.”Because if you don’t want donuts down the side, don’t race it.There’s a reason pros spend tens of hours sanding, wet sanding, cutting, polishing, and curing. The TV version of paint is fantasy. The garage version is sweat, time, and patience.But the upside?You built it.You painted it.You can fix it when someone inevitably tags your fender at Sonoma.🔧 News & NotesWe also hit:Breadvan and turbo progress updatesCam gear chaos and Loctite lessonsBrake line routing mistakes and diff redesign fixesCooling system refresh realitiesThe infamous paddock party poll resultsRange Rover impulse buying consequencesSame paddock energy. Same questionable decisions.🏎️ WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR24 Hours of Lemons racersChampCar teamsSCCA & NASA track day addictsBudget race car buildersDIY fabricatorsAnyone debating painting their own race carIf you’ve Googled:“how to paint a race car yourself”“race car paint prep steps”“DIY endurance race build tips”“budget race car bodywork”This episode is for you.We’re also kicking off our Everyone Racers Fantasy League for 2026.Before the season starts, drop your predictions in the comments:1️⃣ 2026 Constructors Champion2️⃣ 2026 Drivers Champion3️⃣ One bold, wild prediction (rookie podium? dominant loophole? total team collapse?)We’re revisiting this at the end of the season and receipts will be shown.If you think you understand racing momentum, regulation shifts, and team development curves — prove it.Join our F1 Fantasy League https://fantasygp.com/leagues/Use code 74259541 to join in the funIf you love grassroots racing, DIY builds, garage mistakes, and motorsport debates:👍 Like the video💬 Comment your paint method AND your 2026 predictions🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodesMake a well-informed bad decision.NYC Octane Ratings are Lying (Andrew Kalmowitz @ Jalopnik)https://www.jalopnik.com/2110934/96-percent-inspected-nyc-gas-stations-lying-about-octane-levels/No Refresh for the Ford Bronco (Byron Hurd @ The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-ford-bronco-is-selling-so-well-it-wont-get-a-refreshYes, Your Regular Car Can Tow (Nic Demitia @ Jalopnik) https://www.jalopnik.com/2110629/towing-with-sedan-possibilities/1984 VW Rabbit Class C Car on Racing Junkhttps://www.racingjunk.com/24-hours-of-lemons-cars-and-equipment-for-sale/184756014/1984-vw-rabbit-.html?category_id=4&aces_make_id=&mileage_min=&mileage_max=&photos=&video=&location_distance=&location_zip=&year_min=&year_max=&price_min=&price_max=&seller_type=&condition=&search=&keyword=&state=&country=&province=&date=&order=price-low-high&np_offset=42#3Check out Driven Garage:Web: https://drivengarage.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SweatEveryDetail3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVFThose cool light number panels from Amazonhttps://a.co/d/9wDuvek2026 Lemons Rally Schedulehttps://24hoursoflemons.com/lemons-rally/

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Welcome to Everyone Racers Episode 425 - It’s Hhhhyyydromatic, it’s the podcast for grassroots racing, low-dollar builds, endurance racing, and oddball car culture.
In this episode, we sit down with Goeff Gates of Driven Garage; builder, fabricator, Lemons judge, and the guy behind a shop that proves you don’t need a million-dollar budget to build something incredible.
We dive into:
🏁 The origin story of his $500 Chevy LUV race truck build
🏁 What REALLY happens when your car fails tech at Thunderhill
🏁 Building custom solutions like a bespoke dipstick for an Ecotec swap
🏁 Life running a multi-project shop with everything from Rolls-Royce restorations to hot rod Studebakers and GTO tri-power builds
🏁 How Lemons racing hooks you for life
🏁 And how he turned a lifetime of wrenching into a growing YouTube channel
We also cover:
🔥 The looming death of manual transmissions and what it means for enthusiasts
🔥 The scary future of ads inside your car and data tracking
🔥 The latest ChampCar endurance racing events
🔥 A ridiculously tempting Alfa Romeo vintage race car find
🔥 And the usual chaos from the Everyone Racers crew: welding disasters, Corvette rebuilds, Hyundai daily drivers, backyard work and race prep
This episode is packed with real garage talk, real race stories, and real mistakes you can learn from.
🏎️ WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR
If you love:
amateur endurance racing
24 Hours of Lemons
ChampCar racing
SCCA / NASA track days
budget race car builds
DIY fabrication and welding
weird cars, classic cars, and odd swaps
👉 you’re in the right paddock.
🔧 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How to get started in budget endurance racing
What to fix before your first race weekend
Common race car build mistakes (and how to avoid them)
Why creativity beats money in grassroots motorsports
How small garage shops turn passion into a business
🧰 FOLLOW & SUPPORT
If you enjoy real racing stories, garage builds, and unfiltered car culture:
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Head of BMW’s M division, Frank van Meel on Manuals
 (Jack Fitzgerald @ Car and Driver)  https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70422813/bmw-m-ceo-says-era-of-manual-transmissions-nearly-over/
Your Car Will Become Another Ad Platform (Jim Motivalli @ Autoweek)
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a70409460/in-car-advertising-a-625-billion-opportunity/
21K Alfa Race car in New Jersey on Racing Junk 
https://www.racingjunk.com/vintage/184770857/1979-alfa-romeo-alfetta-gt-2.0-scca-vrg-logbooked.html?category_id=4&aces_make_id=&mileage_min=&mileage_max=&photos=1&video=&location_distance=&location_zip=&year_min=&year_max=&price_min=1500&price_max=25000&seller_type=0&condition=&search=&keyword=&state=&country=&province=&date=&order=time-new-old&np_offset=12#3
3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVF
Those cool light number panels from Amazon
https://a.co/d/9wDuvek
2026 Lemons Rally Schedule
https://24hoursoflemons.com/lemons-rally/ 
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Welcome to Everyone Racers episode 424, because grassroots racing is built on bad ideas, education about cheap tools, and learning the hard way. Endurance racing at the highest level is all carbon fiber, hybrid powertrains, and factory budgets…
…and then there’s the rest of us.
In this Alpine 424 episode, the crew kicks things off breaking down the new Alpine A424 hypercar—a purpose-built Le Mans prototype with cutting-edge aero, hybrid power, and real factory support—before immediately spiraling into what that means for the rest of us racing on duct tape budgets and questionable decisions.
This episode dives into the gap between pro-level endurance racing and grassroots reality, and what amateur racers can actually learn (and what we absolutely cannot afford to copy). From paddock problem-solving and race prep decisions, to the stuff that breaks, the stuff that shouldn’t break but does anyway, and the stuff we absolutely should not have attempted ourselves… it’s all here.
Kangaroos might be worse than Deer at the Track
What amateur racers can actually learn from pro teams
Why grassroots racers constantly try to “engineer their way out of problems”
Race weekend prep, last-minute fixes, and paddock chaos
Honest conversations about reliability, budgets, and the real cost of “doing it right”
Or you could skip the hassle and buy a sweet C3 vintage Race Corvette from Racing Junk! Link below!
The usual Everyone Racers mix of bench racing, bad ideas, and comedy
If you’re an amateur racer, Lemons or ChampCar driver, HPDE addict, track day junkie, mechanic, or garage builder, this episode will feel painfully familiar.
We release new episodes every week covering grassroots racing, garage-built cars, and the mistakes that somehow make the best stories.
👉 Subscribe if you want real racing talk — not influencer builds. 👉 Comment your worst race weekend failure (we’ve probably done worse).
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Christopher Mies "I can tell you The Inside of a Kangaroo Doesn’t Smell Very Nice." after hitting a Kangaroo at 250 kph (Victoria Beaver @ Road & Track) 
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a70360389/fords-mustang-gt3-bathurst-12-hour-debut-cut-short-following-collision-kangaroo/
CHECK THIS LIST IF YOU TOW WITH A JEEP, DODGE OR RAM (Caleb Jacobs @ The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/more-than-450000-rams-and-jeeps-recalled-because-their-trailer-brakes-might-not-work
Alpine is out of LeMans After 2026 (Fred Smith @ Road & Track) https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a70330334/alpine-ending-le-mans-program-after-2026/
Swayze Be Praised! A C3 Corvette Vintage Racer With Trailer & Spares on Racing Junk for only $15K - cue bald eagle screech - Hell yeah!
https://www.racingjunk.com/vintage/184752368/c3-race-car-and-trailer.html?category_id=4&aces_make_id=&mileage_min=&mileage_max=&photos=1&video=&location_distance=&location_zip=&year_min=&year_max=&price_min=1500&price_max=25000&seller_type=0&condition=&search=&keyword=&state=&country=&province=&date=&order=time-new-old&np_offset=11#1
3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVF
Get in touch with John Pagel - Tech Boss here:
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TOW STRAP LINKS
Crash bar wrap around 5500lb https://www.enjukuracing.com/products/bridgemoto-crash-bar-wrap-around-tow-strap.html
Sparco 6600 lb Tow Strap https://www.sparcousa.com/towing
Those cool light number panels from Amazon
https://a.co/d/9wDuvek
2026 Lemons Rally Schedule
https://24hoursoflemons.com/lemons-rally/ 
Weaber Valley Speedway on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Weabersvalleyspeedway2 
Free Bingo Card Generator
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Play Cardle!
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Weldcome (see what we did there?) to Everyone Racers episode 423, hot like welding!  
Tim is planning to burn himself 
Chris prefers a tight puddle, Sloppy puddles need not apply. 
Chrissy yells at a cat, again. Same cat. The cat doesn’t care, because…well, it’s a cat.  
Amateur racing isn’t glamorous — and that’s exactly why this episode hits so hard.
In this Everyone Racers Moskvich-423 Episode, the gang spirals from “should we buy a cheap welder?” into a brutally honest conversation about learning fabrication the hard way, blowing budgets in the garage, and why grassroots racers keep doing things the most difficult (and funniest) way possible.
This episode covers what it’s really like to be an amateur racer trying to level up your skills without lighting your project — or your wallet — on fire. From debating entry-level vs. “probably good enough” welders, to the realities of teaching yourself fabrication in a cramped garage, to why racing forums both save and destroy projects, this one is painfully relatable if you’ve ever said “I can probably do that myself.”
You’ll hear:
The real cost of getting into welding and fabrication for racing
Why cheap tools sometimes work… until they absolutely don’t
The difference between good enough for the track and dangerous optimism
Lessons learned from broken parts, bad advice, and late-night garage decisions
Not t mention our racing news tangents, questionable logic, and the kind of bench-racing comedy that only happens when friends have known each other too long
If you’re an amateur race car driver, weekend track rat, mechanic, Lemons/ChampCar/HPDE addict, or automotive enthusiast who laughs at mistakes because you’ve made the same ones — this episode is for you.
New episodes every week.
Subscribe if you like real racing talk, real failures, and real laughs — not influencer fantasy builds.
👇 Drop a comment with your worst garage mistake. We promise we’ve done something dumber.
Porsche Carrera World Cup Cancelled Due to “economic and geopolitical challenges” (John Dagys @ Sports Car 365) https://sportscar365.com/imsa/porsche-carrera-cup-na/porsche-carrera-world-cup-canceled/
Scout EV’s Extended Range Uses a Gas Generator (ia Good Way) (Tim Levin @ insideevs.com) https://insideevs.com/news/785904/scout-erev-harvester-reservations-ceo-expectations/
Mice Resistant Car Covers!. (Andrew Collins @ The Drive)  
https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/this-extra-heavy-car-cover-has-a-secret-weapon-against-mice 
$4k Mazda Protege Race Car on Racing Junk!
https://www.racingjunk.com/24-hours-of-lemons-cars-and-equipment-for-sale/184767950/mazda-protege-race-car.html?category_id=4520&np_offset=1#2
3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVF
Get in touch with John Pagel - Tech Boss here:
[email protected]
Or even here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1D9iex667J/
Those cool light number panels from Amazon
https://a.co/d/9wDuvek
2026 Lemons Rally Schedule
https://24hoursoflemons.com/lemons-rally/ 
Free Bingo Card Generator
https://myfreebingocards.com/bingo-card-generator 
Play Cardle!
Playcardle.com 
Chris Blizzard Lighting Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W0Wk6fGSO2G7y3fDUMeBcsJ58XCZF6w0E77wXuqNrV8/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwY2xjawKaAtVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjTmRidmN2bWFreVpWTVJMAR4qfvXupatPN52a6j2I2NhnvvfyNGFdmVcIZs37A3fWaYkKm-is8vJxOedoWw_aem_U2NDwxufdWEd0Pn-9DU3Hw
Mental’s Porsche 912 - https://youtu.be/_AEg7U4mWgI?feature=shared  
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Daytona!
Welcome to Everyone Racers 422 still sucks!  
Tim is back!! And he’s fully decked out in all the right PPE courtesy of Erica the Welder. 
Chris actually did car work and falls down  
Chrissy lays on top of a pile of brush
Mental isn’t working on cars, which is probably for the best, but he did get a haircut, which is probably for the best. 
 
Really, Timmy regals us with tales from the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona where he was this past week.
422 Sucks on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3203240153313414/
422 Sucks on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/422sucks/?hl=en 
3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVF
Seriously, some jag-ff tried AI photos on Bring A Trailer, and fooled no one….except the editors at Bring a Trailer. (Justin Hughs @ Jalopnik)
https://www.jalopnik.com/2080577/bring-a-trailer-lists-ai-altered-cadillac-for-sale/
 
Hungover Driving is Also Drunk(ish) driving (Max Taylor @ Autoblog) Also, there’s a thing called a hangover suit?!?
https://www.autoblog.com/news/is-it-safe-to-drive-when-hungover-what-most-drivers-get-wrong
 
Sweet Honda Lego Sets! (Ronan Glon @ Hagerty) 
https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/mattel-brick-shop-honda-ef-civic-s2000-kits/
Real Time Racing’s Acura NSX on Racing Junk!
https://www.racingjunk.com/gt3/184503210/acura-nsx-gt3evo22.html?category_id=4&aces_make_id=&mileage_min=&mileage_max=&photos=1&video=&location_distance=&location_zip=&year_min=&year_max=&price_min=&price_max=&seller_type=0&condition=&search=&keyword=imsa&state=&country=&province=&date=&order=score&np_offset=11#2
Get in touch with John Pagel - Tech Boss here:
[email protected]
Or even here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1D9iex667J/
TOW STRAP LINKS
Crash bar wrap around 5500lb https://www.enjukuracing.com/products/bridgemoto-crash-bar-wrap-around-tow-strap.html
Sparco 6600 lb Tow Strap https://www.sparcousa.com/towing
Those cool light number panels from Amazon
https://a.co/d/9wDuvek

2026 Lemons Rally Schedule
https://24hoursoflemons.com/lemons-rally/ 
Weaber Valley Speedway on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Weabersvalleyspeedway2 
 
Free Bingo Card Generator
https://myfreebingocards.com/bingo-card-generator 
Play Cardle!
Playcardle.com 
Chris Blizzard Lighting Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W0Wk6fGSO2G7y3fDUMeBcsJ58XCZF6w0E77wXuqNrV8/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwY2xjawKaAtVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjTmRidmN2bWFreVpWTVJMAR4qfvXupatPN52a6j2I2NhnvvfyNGFdmVcIZs37A3fWaYkKm-is8vJxOedoWw_aem_U2NDwxufdWEd0Pn-9DU3Hw
Mental’s Porsche 912 - https://youtu.be/_AEg7U4mWgI?feature=shared  
Download or stream here -⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/5NsFZDTcaFlu4IhjbG6fV9   
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