The Marshall Pruett Podcast

It's the short-form Day At Indy show where we catch up someone from the Indy 500. Our guest is polesitter Scott Dixon from Chip Ganassi Racing who, while sounding like soul singer Barry White, takes us inside his crazy run to pole, the mental aspect of how the performance came together, how some of the biggest teams can struggle at Indy, and what fans can look forward to on Sunday's big race. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The short-form Day At Indy show where we catch up with a driver or team member at the Indy 500. Our guest is Team Penske's amazing rookie Scott McLaughlin, who led the team in qualifying today with P17 in the No. 3 Chevy. We also dive into the weird qualifying rule that meant Penske's Will Power wasn't in the top 30 guaranteed spots while A.J. Foyt Racing's Dalton Kellett kept his slower speed and held Power out of P30. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's our short-form 'Catching Up With' interview series featuring Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing's Kevin Magnussen, who joined us for a quick chat about his first visit to the Indianapolis 500 to take in the sights and speed after finishing the IMSA race at Mid-Ohio and making the drive over to IMS. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The short-form Day At Indy show hosted by Marshall Pruett who fields a few listener questions after Thursday's practice session for the Indy 500. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 01m16s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (37m57s) General & Fun (1h01m10s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The short-form Day At Indy show where we catch up with a driver or team member at the Indy 500. Our second guest is Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou, who tells us about the team's strong performance on Wednesday, his chances as an Indy 500 sophomore, chooses his driver intro animal, and closes with strategies on how to prank his veteran teammates before they prank him... Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring NBC Sports' Leigh Diffey, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many items explored, Diffey brings us inside the commentary booth with some of the practices and approaches used by the broadcast team, then shares insights on themes and drivers to follow leading into qualifying for the Indy 500, and his ongoing efforts to help fellow commentator Paul Tracy pronounce Romain Grosjean's name. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The short-form Day At Indy show where we catch up with a driver or team member at the Indy 500. Our first guest to open the month of May is Sage Karam, who had an impressive start with placing P4 in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Chevy. From recent thoughts of leaving racing behind to channeling a WWE superstar inside the car today, Karam had some great stories to tell during his visit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Leaving the Indy GP, we have all kinds of items to explore, starting with race winner Rinus VeeKay before moving onto the non-call on Simon Pagenaud's hit that took out Conor Daly, the strange situation where Carlin Racing chose not to put another driver in its car, future TV questions on CBS and NBC, which teams are likely to get bumped at the Indy 500, and more! Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 01m02s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (25m17s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Andretti Autosport's Stefan Wilson, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many items explored, Stefan shares the amazing story of how his new No. 25 LOHLA SPORT Honda ride came together, then shares thoughts on leading the Indy 500 with five laps to go in 2018, spins a hilarious yarn about being fitted for a seat at McLaren in 2009, beats Jack Harvey's idea for the most British animal to ride onto the Indy 500 driver intro stage, and skewers an Indy winner to close the episode while discussing iRacing. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. We've broken this week's recording into two parts, starting with Top Gun Racing making its testing debut, and then move onto the underdogs coming to the Indy 500, the Indy GP, drivers and teams in need of a big turnaround in May, Paretta Autosport's pit crew, tire consistency, electric engines and the future, and more! Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's Part 2 of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Yet another avalanche of questions came in following after the doubleheader in Texas, so it's one long episode this week that starts with remembering Bobby Unser, discussing the lack of general excitement at TMS, PJ1 traction compound, the absence of qualifying on Sunday, team instructions for Pato O'Ward, the driver market, and more! Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Discussion Topics: WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 06m03s) IMSA (1h00m22s) General & Fun (1h42m43s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Meyer Shank Racing's Jack 'The Baker' Harvey using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many items explored, MSR's strong start to the season, Jack's verbal jousting with Graham Rahal, his father's racing background, traction issues at Texas, jabs at his team owner's love for cheap beer, and more items are discussed among many laughs in his visit to the podcast. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin taking center stage to preview the FIA WEC season opener at Spa, the messy introduction of the new Le Mans Hypercar formula and its entanglement with the LMP2 class, and more using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Team Penske's Will Power using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many items explored, Power dives into the strong start to the year in his No. 12 Chevy, having Scott McLaughlin on the team, what he thinks of St. Petersburg winner Colton Herta, which animal he'd ride onto the Indy 500 driver intro stage, and more in another fun visit to the podcast. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Another avalanche of questions came in following after Round 2 at St. Petersburg, so it's one long episode this week to cover Colton Herta's growth, the pair of crashes between Andretti and RLL drivers, and all manner of items from a race with a surprising amount of drama to unpack. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring reigning seven-time NASCAR champion and open-wheel rookie Jimmie Johnson, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many topics covered, Johnson discusses the big revelations from his first IndyCar start, avoiding Barber's Lap 1 crash, his initial thoughts on street racing for the first time at St. Petersburg, the culture differences between IndyCar and NASCAR, rookie hazing from his Chip Ganassi Racing teammates, memories of the Micky Thompson Off Road series, plans for the month of May, WWE driver intros, and more in a fun visit to the podcast. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's Part 2 of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 00:35s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (23m10s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. More than 5000 words of questions came in after Round 1 at Barber Motorsport Park, so in Part 1, we dive into Alex Palou's big win, Pato O'Ward and the strategy calls that made or lost the race, plus Josef Newgarden's giant crash, Sebastien Bourdais' supreme result for the Foyt team, Jimmie Johnson's debut, driving styles and differences, and lots more to process. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring reigning six-time champion Scott Dixon, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many topics covered, Dixon discusses trying to win back-to-back titles for the first time, what Jimmie Johnson brings to the team, how marriage and children changed his approach to racing, what TV shows he's watching (hello, Below Deck!), and more ahead of the season-opening race at Barber Motorsports Park. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener season preview with our friend Katie Kiel who returns to share her insights on who will run up front, who will run at the back, which teams are going to stand out, and how the Indy 500 and overall championship will be settled. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. The new season is finally here, and most of the conversation revolves around what's to come in 2021 across the 17-race championship, and those who need to perform to keep their seats in 2022... Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media.. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 1m01s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (41m01s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Team Penske's two-time champion Josef Newgarden, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many topics covered, Newgarden discusses his goals for improvement in search of a third title, then moves onto recommendations for his home race in Nashville, the 2014 Indy 500 'Veins of Milk' promo, Conor Daly's mullet, and his ADMIT1 video series. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. We open this week's episode with multiple submissions on Texas Motor Speedway and the conundrum caused by the PJ1 traction compound, then move through items like why RLL signed Santino Ferrucci for the Indy 500, whether mental health resources exist for IndyCar crew members who've experienced trauma, the biggest obstacles Jimmie Johnson will face, and more. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many topics covered, Boles focuses most of his insights on the Indy 500 and which decisions are close to being finalized and which items will take longer to solidify ahead of the May 30 race. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media.. Discussion Topics: WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 4m21s) IMSA (32m24s) General & Fun (1h09m04s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. We open this week's episode with multiple submissions and a deep dive on the series' test at IMS where it simulated a big boost of KERS power from push-to-pass, then discuss if IndyCar could use its current chassis to race on the dirt, and move through items like whether primary sponsors can veto associate sponsors, where the Carlin team finds itself in the pecking order, if Yuki Tsunoda might land in IndyCar, and which driver would win an Easter Egg hunt. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Get to know Lee Anne Patterson, one of the few women working in IndyCar during the 1990s. Prior to IndyCar, Patterson led promotions at Sonoma Raceway and ran the Shelby Can-Am feeder series, then took part in her first Indy 500 in 1996 as a team co-owner, helped introduce Sam Schmidt to IndyCar and launch Sam's team--known as Arrow McLaren SP today--in 2001, and is working with an Indy Autonomous Challenge team from her home state of Georgia. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring legendary Indy 500 broadcaster Paul Page using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many topics covered, Page shares insights on his new autobiography, learning from the great Sid Collins, handling sorrow-filled calls in the booth, and working with warring co-hosts Bobby Unser and Sam Posey. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media.. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 3m18s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (59m47s) General & Fun (1h18m57s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

When there's a decent chance your race car appeared as a blip on an airport's radar, there's a story to tell. Here's Bobby Rahal's yarn from Sebring in 1986 with the BMW North America IMSA GTP team.

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media.. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 0m46s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (42m54s) General & Fun (1h14m18s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring A.J. Foyt Racing's Sebastien Bourdais, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

We open our short-form, eight-part series of celebrating John Paul Jr's career in sports cars with veteran IMSA official Mark Raffauf, who watched Jr go from a teenage helper on his father's team to an IMSA champion and master of the fastest, craziest Porsche 935s and GTP machinery the series produced. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Part two of our eight-part celebration of John Paul Jr's career in sports cars features racer and podcaster Ryan Eversley whose life is directly tied to the Paul family. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

The third celebration of John Paul Jr's career in sports cars introduces Jr's 1984 IMSA GTP teammate John Morton who, along with his partner Sylvia Wilkinson, would become lifelong friends and play significant roles in supporting Jr throughout his battle with the neurological disorder Huntington's Disease. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Part four of our eight-part celebration of John Paul Jr's career in sports cars welcomes Bill Adam, who co-piloted the brutally fast and fragile March-Buick GTP machine with Jr in 1985. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

In the fifth installment of John Paul Jr's career in sports cars, team owner and co-driver Rob Dyson shares insights on racing with Jr after he was released from prison, and opening the door for years of racing with his IMSA GTP and WSC programs. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Part six in our celebration of John Paul Jr's career in sports cars brings his legendary teammate James Weaver into the conversation about their time spent together in the 1990s, most frequently with Dyson Racing in Riley-Ford World Sports Cars. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

The seventh of eight celebrations of John Paul Jr's career in sports car comes courtesy of Butch Leitzinger, who raced and won with Jr in his family's factory Nissan IMSA GTU program, and again at Dyson Racing in prototypes. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

We close our celebration of John Paul Jr's career in sports car racing with friend and teammate Chris Kneifel who was there from beginning to end, with the two sharing a car during Corvette Racing's first season in 1999, which also proved to be the last high-profile racing opportunity for Jr before Huntington's Disease began to make its presence felt. Follow: @MarshallPruett Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Ed Carpenter Racing's Conor Daly, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the items discussed, we talk mullets, fiery NASCAR Truck crashes, returning to ECR with the Air Force, preparing for the season ahead, and more. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media.. Discussion Topics: WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 1m46s) IMSA (53m46s) General (1h20m09s) Fun (1h34m32s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast