The Marshall Pruett Podcast

We kick off the 2020 Day At Indy podcasts with James Davison, who is tackling the Indy 500 and NASCAR Cup racing at the same time, and Max Chilton, who tells us about the amazing helmet livery he's carrying at the Speedway, and his thoughts on Carlin Racing's rise in competitiveness on ovals. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

A.J. Foyt Racing's Tony Kanaan calls in after the first day of Indy 500 practice for The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener's questions on: His first Indy 500 back in 2002 Whether his #TKLastLap tour will include a return to next year's Indy 500 Starting his own podcast Joining the new SRX Racing series Best teammate he's worked with over the years Memories from racing with Rubens Barrichello in 2012 the legacy he wants to leave for his kids, and fans His picks for the best, favorite, and worst IndyCar journalist (Hint: He works for RACER and has a Mailbag) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, driven by questions submitted by fans via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 7m15s mark in the episode): "We have a field of 33 entries for the 500. How close did Pippa, Oriol, Wilson, and Enerson actually come to making something happen this year? I assume all but Enerson had been in talks with Coyne for the seat that went to Davison?" "I'm seeing a lot of sentiment from people wishing that the Indy 500 be canceled rather than run without fans in attendance. Could you speak to the hypothetical impact this would have on IndyCar? Because I feel like many fans lack the imagination or understanding to grasp the impact such a decision would have." "Why is there so much variance between car performance among teams. #Mepersonally thinks that if say a Penske car sets the pole, then the rest of the cars would always be within thousandths of a second, and always between all teams. But that doesn't always happen. Is it fall off between driver talent? Car set-ups?" Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Take a trip back to the 1995 CART IndyCar Series event at Phoenix International Raceway with an ambient audio feature where the glorious sounds of the unmistakable 2.65-liter turbocharged V8 engines provide an amazing soundtrack. We also get to hear qualifying play out where young Bryan Herta scored his first IndyCar pole position for the emerging Target Chip Ganassi Racing team. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais stops in for The Week In IndyCar to answer listener's questions on: His chances of landing a seat in the Indy 500; whether he expects to race for A.J. Foyt Racing later in the year; the experience of observing the season while competing in IMSA; how the dust-up with Takuma Sato at Toronto came to be; if he holds a grudge against former competitor Robert Doornbos; whether NASCAR holds and interest, and how his weekend in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R at Road America was salvaged with a fourth-place finish. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 5m47s mark in the episode): "Marshall, is the Indy 500 in 2020 in danger of not happening? Odds? #mepersonally I am starting to get worried about it not running in 2020, given the RP mandate that it must run with fans. Follow up, how much better/worse is IMS and IndyCar financially being backed by Roger versus the HG Family?" "The race for diversity and change could be a bit self-serving in August and help Pippa get a ride. If we're short of 33 the series could do far worse than helping Pippa Mann secure a seat. My vote would go for Simona, but we all know how hard it was for Fernando to get a visa and Kat's left leg is currently above her heart." "I've heard that Helio Castroneves is looking to return to IndyCar full time starting next season following the Acura-Penske split in IMSA. Is this at all likely and if so, where would be the best place for him to land?" "If Jimmie Johnson decides to race in IndyCar in any capacity, how much crossover appeal do you think he will bring? He is one of NASCAR's biggest stars, but for some reason, I don't think he will bring many new eyes over from NASCAR." Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 1m05s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (18m21s) General (40m41s) Fun (56m39s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Arrow McLaren SP drivers Pato O'Ward and Oliver Askew make a tandem visit to The Week In IndyCar Show to field listener questions on their season to date, strength of the Chevy-powered team, their budding friendship, and how, as Askew learned, O'Ward's hair-cutting skills pale in comparison to his ability to drive race cars... Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 22m00s mark in the episode): "Of the drivers you seen throughout the years what driver made the best use of their sponsorship airtime for being slow? I use Jay Hill from 92 Detroit race as example. While off pace his Coke sponsor car would appear in the background and foreground on TV cameras finishing a serviceable 13th in his only career start." "With Portland and Laguna cancelled; there will now be 5 races as well as Indy 500 qualifying and practice in 22 days in August; given the likelihood of high temperatures at most races. Is this asking too much of drivers and mechanics just to get a meaningful season done?" "Why, instead of doing double headers of WWT and Mid-Ohio after the cancellation of the west coast races, couldn't IndyCar visit a couple ovals that NASCAR has, like Kansas or Kentucky, just for a change of pace? I do enjoy Mid-Ohio and WWT, I just feel like this would be a decent time to experiment." Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's the return of our Inside The Sports Car Paddock show, and we have four excellent interviews captured by Graham Goodwin during the recent European Le Mans Series race at Paul Ricard, starting with the WRC legend and FIA Women's Commission leader Michele Mouton. She's followed by ACO president Pierre Fillon--the man in charge of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. And we close with United Autosports co-owners Richard Dean and Zak Brown, and one of their successful drivers, Will Owen. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Ed Carpenter Racing/Carlin Racing driver Conor Daly calls into The Week In IndyCar show to field questions submitted by NTT IndyCar Series fans via social media. Among the topics covered, his pole at Iowa for the Carlin team in the No. 59 Chevy, the physical and mental toll taken after doing five hot races in 15 days, cleaning up his 'party boy' image, his friendship and rivalry with IndyCar championship Josef Newgarden, studying Scott Dixon's driving, and casting the #LCQLeague movie are highlights of the Hoosier's visit. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 2m25s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (42m53s) General & Fun (1h16m07s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media, following the doubleheader at Iowa. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 6m21s mark in the episode): "With the season more-or-less at the halfway point, on a traditional A to F scale, what grade would you give the 2020 season thus far?" "MSR and Jack Harvey showing some impressive pace has been a highlight for #mepersonally so far in this young season. Any insights to how the program has adapted so well to full time and the aero screen?" "How impressed are you by Arrow McLaren SP so far this season? Do you think they can join the Big 3 teams as potential serial winners / championship competitors? Is the current rookie driver line up strong enough to meet their ambition?" Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media, following the doubleheader at Road America. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 11m01s mark in the episode): Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's a new show on The Marshall Pruett Podcast with the introduction of the Road To Indy Report presented by Cooper Tires. We kick it off after the Road America weekend where Turn 3 Motorsport's Danial Frost won Round 1 in Indy Pro 2000 and took the points lead after finishing third in Round 2. He's our opening guest, and is followed by Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport's Devlin DeFrancesco, who leaves Wisconsin holding second in Indy Pro 2000 points after finishes of second and fourth. And we close with Christian Rasmussen, who captured both USF2000 race wins for the Jay Howard Driver Development team. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Cara Adams, Firestone's director of racing tire engineering and production, makes her return to The Week In IndyCar and answers questions submitted by NTT IndyCar Series fans via social media. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: Coping with tire production during the pandemic shutdown (starts at 1m55s) Process of preparing tires for a doubleheader weekend (4m51s) Creating Indy 500 tires that will cope with August heat (8m07s) Her work to introduce more young girls and women to racing through STEM (10m16s) What makes a new tire faster than a used tire? (15m54s) How did the new aeroscreen change Firestone's tire engineering plans? (18m59s) Dealing with traction compound and other brand's rubber on the racing surface (25m13s) What super power would she choose to help with her job? (31m14s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's an all-Swedish episode of The Week In IndyCar as Road America Round 2 winner Felix Rosenqvist, and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson, who placed fourth on Sunday, call into answer questions submitted by NTT IndyCar Series fans via social media. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: Did Felix's favorite Swedish coffee (named after a urinating fox) lead him to victory lane? (starts at 3m48s) Rosenqvist's performance on Sunday and what it meant for the no. 10 Honda team (5m41s) Ericsson's thoughts on his strong debut with Ganassi (9m42s) Felix and Marcus on difference in team culture at CGR (14m59s) Rise in Swedish talent in IndyCar and the Road To Indy (20m56s) Insights on driving with the aeroscreen (24m35s) Does Felix feel Conor Daly helped him to pass Pato O'Ward for the win? (29m44s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 1m18s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (19m15s) Fun (28m02s) General (33m18s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Roger Penske, legendary racing team entrant and new owner of the NTT IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pays a visit to the Marshall Pruett Podcast for a wide-ranging interview starting with the Race for Equality & Change program he's initiated, his quest to sign more IndyCar engine partners, thoughts on future IndyCar schedules, helping the Indy Lights series to grow its car counts, and Team Penske's ongoing sports car ambitions. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

NTT IndyCar Series veteran Graham Rahal returns to The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener questions that span his team's big gains in chemistry and speed, motivation to out-perform Josef Newgarden and Alexander Rossi, the giant growth of Graham Rahal Performance, thoughts on IndyCar's new Race for Equality & Change program, the majesty of his mustache, and more in a quick conversation recorded from the paddock at Road America. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Our friend Willy T Ribbs is back for an episode of 'Catching Up With' to dive into IndyCar's new 'Race for Equality & Change' program announced on July 4th, which he describes as a "food stamp program." If you're not keen on conversations of race, gender, and racing, or are looking for a happy episode to lighten your mood, this might be one to skip. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's the fourth installment of the RACER Magazine Reporter Roundtable feature with NASCAR reporter Kelly Crandall and Formula 1 reporter Chris Medland, along with host Marshall Pruett. A lot has changed in the world since our last episode on May 19, as Crandall can attest with NASCAR leading all forms of racing with massive positives and negatives emerging on a weekly basis. Add in F1, where Medland had a front-row seat for the series' season debut in Austria while enveloped in a new social awareness campaign, and the pair have plenty of insights to offer from inside their hemispheres. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Sebastien Bourdais and Marshall Pruett recap the NTT IndyCar Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races held on the Fourth of July where the JDC-Miller Motorsports driver and teammate Joao Barbosa earned their second consecutive podium of the year in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R, and followed all of the IndyCar sessions at the GMR Grand Prix on the IMS road course. Bourdais also answers a handful of listener questions, which proves to be rather entertaining and possibly a bit too revealing... Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media, following the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 19m00s mark in the episode): "Alexander Rossi, two races in a row: Electrical Failures. Do you think this is a string of bad luck, something up with the Hondas, or something going on within the team? Do you think a string of mechanical failures could play into him jumping teams after 2021? Should Honda be worried about keeping him in a Honda car?" "Will the series allow the OEM to work with the teams to use seat cooling technology in order to help the drivers in the cockpit? Or what Pratt and Miller with the A/C used in the IMSA Corvette C8.R or HPD in the Acura NSX GT3." "Now that Road America is going to be a doubleheader weekend, is there a safety limit on the number of brats consumed, and is it per event or for the whole weekend? Is there a B.o.S. (Balance of Sausages) to equalize consumption among different-sized consumers?" "Jay Frye recently said that while IndyCar feels good about moving forward with the new 2.4-liter engine in 2022, the new car that was planned for 2022 may take several more years to realize because of the economic burden on teams. To mitigate the burden on teams, he said the new car might come about via annual updates of new parts and pieces. How would this work? What parts would come first, next, and so on?" Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's a catch-up episode of The Week In Sports Cars where show hosts Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin go back and answer the bulk of listener-supplied questions they were unable to grab during their most recent TWISC podcast. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 2m02s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (23m40s) Fun (37m43s) General (1h06m21s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It was the closest finish in CART IndyCar Series history as Mark Blundell beat Gil de Ferran and Raul Boesel in a three-wide sprint to the line at the 1997 Portland Grand Prix by 0.027 seconds. Go back to an amazing weekend where the incredible engines from Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Ford Cosworth, and Toyota, piloted by some of IndyCar's greatest drivers, filled the air with unforgettable sounds. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

NTT IndyCar Series team owner Mike Shank returns to The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener questions that range from silly to serious. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: How has Meyer Shank Racing survived financially during COVID-19? (starts at 2m02s) When will AJ Allmendinger drive an MSR Indy car? (14m16s) Eating 'Hardcore' Jack Harvey's baked goods (19m10s) Favorite SiriusXM channels (19m35s) More tales from failed 2012 IndyCar entry attempt (22m40s) Changes to doing B2B deals in a lockdown (27m06s) Should all Indy 500 entrants be given a pass in qualifying during a compromised year? (32m06s) Mike's favorite Acura and Honda products (36m47s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 12m30s mark in the episode): "Wanted to get your opinion on the Indy 500 still being blacked out in Central Indiana even though they’re capping the attendance to 50%, which essentially assures a sellout. Is there any reason why they are doing this during a time where it could be a morale booster during the pandemic? I would see it as a massive middle finger if I were a Central Indiana resident. Am I misreading the situation?" "Looking back over the last 10 years, the number of women drivers at the Indy 500 has dwindled, and will possibly be none this year (I understand Pippa Mann is struggling to get a ride). In 2010, five women were entered (Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher, Ana Beatriz, Simona de Silvestro, and Milka Duno). Over the next 3 years 4 women entered the 500 each year. What has gone wrong?" "Pick one NBA player that you think would make a good IndyCar driver. #MePersonally, I think Tim Duncan would be good a IndyCar driver. If they could fit him into one." "Let’s say I build a time machine, go back and win a ton of money sports betting and then take a small portion to start a CART team with Honda engines, Reynard chassis, Firestone tires and I employ Buddy Lazier and my team has an operating budget and engineering talent of a Team Green or Forsythe? I run '95-'98 with this setup, what is Buddy’s best championship finish? 5th? 10th? 15th?" Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast for a brisk episode of My Racing Life and Career. The entertaining Italian shares stories of his introduction to the sport through rallying and transition to Formula 1, then dives into a number of topics, including his emotional management style depicted in Netflix's Drive To Survive, unique approach to handling F1 drivers, and a supreme skill at punctuating conversations with curse words. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Veteran race engineer Jeff Braun visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the upcoming WeatherTech 240 IMSA race at Daytona International Speedway and the various chassis setup and engineering challenges teams will face. The two also field a few listener questions on topics spanning coffee roasting to air density. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 3m43s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (43m55s) General (1h04m19s) Fun (1h16m27s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Ride inside an IMSA legend as Porsche factory driver Patrick Long straps into the 800hp Fabcar Porsche 935 from 1984, and hurls it around Laguna Seca like he's hunting for lap records during the 2018 edition of the Rennsport Reunion. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

George Mack, the last African-American driver to compete in the NTT IndyCar Series, joins the Marshall Pruett Podcast for an in-depth episode of My Racing Life and Career. The Los Angeles native authored one of the most improbable open-wheel stories of the century where, with the new 310 Racing team in 2002, he went straight from karting to the all-oval Indy Racing League...with no oval experience and no experience racing cars. It's the story of a remarkable man, from a remarkable family, who had a single season 18 long years ago to demonstrate his potential while facing impossible odds. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

IndyCar veteran JR Hildebrand returns to The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener questions that range from silly to serious. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: How do you prepare differently for Indy in August? (starts at 1m41s) Interest in sports cars or sprint cars? (7m34s) His growth with societal awareness (15m12s) JR's STEM program (41m23s) What new technologies might attract more manufacturers? (1h10m11s) Interest in a future team role in IndyCar? (1m23m52s) Casting the buddy-cop show 'JR and The Sage' (1h32m51s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 18m06s mark in the episode): "Alex Zanardi is one of the few people I would consider a hero. Do you have any Zanardi stories you'd like to share?" "Are you satisfied with the response from INDYCAR regarding the social issues taking place in our country right now?" "In the last mailbag, Robin Miller rated IRL 1996-1999 years as kind of second-class racing compared to the 2000's when CART teams began to switch to IRL. What are your thoughts about IRL racing in the 1990s?" "Is it realistic that the next series of engine and/or aero regulations could be designed to induce more lifting and/or braking at large ovals?" Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 10m07s) IMSA (starts at 1h02m15s) DTM (1h39m54s) Fun (1h49m22s) General (2h04m03s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Recorded in September of 2018, Ed Justice Jr joins us for an episode of Catching Up With to discuss Legacy of Justice, the loving biography he penned with Tom Madigan that chronicles his family's deep roots in stock cars, drag racing, short track, open-wheel, and sports cars. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Championship-winning IndyCar driver and team owner Michael Andretti pays a visit to The Week In IndyCar show to answer fan questions in the listener-driven show. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: Racing within a compressed schedule (starts at 0m41s) Carl Haas story and Ferrari F1 (7m27s) Andretti Autosport's strength at the Indy 500 (12m18s) Driving for Chip Ganassi in 1994 (14m13s) Supporting Indy Lights and its future growth (16m35s) Cousin John Andretti (21m15s) Racing with his father Mario as a teammate (26m40s) Next-generation Andretti drivers in the pipeline? (28m05s) Favorite disco song (sent in by Bryan Herta)? (31m07s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show driven by questions submitted from fans via social media. Listener Q&A begins at the 10m24s mark in the episode. Among the items covered: "With the issues between the new Laguna Seca promoter and the Historic committee and between his company and the contracts issues with the volunteer group, Is the IndyCar race in peril? Is the track viable with this unproven management?" "How would you incentivize additional INDYCAR teams to field Indy Lights cars? And on the flip side, how can the series better help ladder series teams to progress up the ranks?" "Hearing that some drivers suffered from debris in their helmets delivered via the cooling system hose made me wonder - can the hose be a conduit for fire or other dangerous substance to reach the drivers?" Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 3m41s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (30m08s) General (57m09s) Fun (1h13m48s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

“The Maxxum just always felt like a fight," Scott Pruett said when answering the question of the strangest car he raced. "You were always arm-wrestling the thing. Always.” The 1987 IMSA GTP creation, run by Roush Racing, looked unique, used a bunch of different engines, and it just didn't work, as the American racing legend tells The Marshall Pruett Podcast in a short and winding interview. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull is here for The Week In IndyCar show to answer questions about his driver's win in Texas and more in the listener-driven show. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: What makes Scott Dixon so good? (starts at 0m48s) How was the Texas event different under COVID-19 restrictions, and on Michael Cannon's engineering influence (4m54s) Thoughts on sim racing for driver development? (21m29s) Felix Rosenqvist's year-to-year growth at Texas, team's reaction to his crash (25m29s) Difficulties in expanding to three cars with Marcus Ericsson? (31m44s) What does the cable that gets connected to the car do? (35m30s) Explaining the job titles and roles on an IndyCar crew (38m48s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's a packed new episode of The Week In IndyCar show following the first race of the year at Texas, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Listener Q&A begins at the 25m10s mark in the episode. Among the items covered: "Will we see a change to the impound rules for the next race? It seems that three guys had their races ruined by the fact that the IndyCar implemented special rules." "How much we should put into Ed Carpenter's comments after the race about Rinus VeeKay? Obviously, it wasn't a great weekend for Rinus and wasn't very pleased after what was a great run for him. How long do you think it will take for Rinus to build up Ed's trust in him again? "Has anyone researched whether the traction compound has ruined the Texas track for IndyCar for the long term, or whether it should be fine by next year? Would have been a really entertaining race if people could have passed, but it was brutal." "Following up on the discussion about the cancellation of Indy Lights for this year from last week, you mentioned that it looks like Indy Car was going to be putting pressure on IndyCar teams to get involved with Lights. Is your understanding that they are wanting them to field teams, and subsidize the cost for drivers to participate in the series, or simply field teams for paying drivers, like Andretti Autosport currently does? If the latter, how would that help the series with more entries, if the current demand for entries for paying drivers isn’t there already? All it would seem to do would shift from independent teams to Indy Car development teams and put the small teams out of business." "IndyCar drivers as Ninja Turtles: Who do you cast as each turtle? I'll start by casting Hinch as Michelangelo." Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Zach Veach's sophomore NTT IndyCar Series season did not go according to plan, which left the Ohioan to review his approach to driving the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda and devise a new strategy for 2020. Veach visited the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share his efforts to turn a young career around and try, provided he's successful, to earn a new sponsor contract and stay with Andretti in the future. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 2m43s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (49m02s) Fun & General (1h20m20s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

NBC Sports' Leigh Diffey joined us on March 11 to record an in-depth season preview for the NTT IndyCar Series, and with the opener at St. Petersburg being moved to the end of the year and numerous calendar changes that followed due to the coronavirus outbreak, it's time to share the insights offered for each team as they prepare to get the the season under way. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

We are back with another with in-car audio feature, courtesy of Porsche North America, with the championship-winning Porsche 911 RSR captured in the No. 912 entry driven by Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor singing to the heavens with its 4.0-liter flat-6 engines and rear-facing exhausts at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in 2019. With the Porsche GT Team and its factory 911 RSR program set to fall silent at the end of the year, the car's once-in-a-lifetime sounds will be greatly missed. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon returns for The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener questions as the five-time champion readies to go racing this weekend in Texas. Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics: Thoughts on getting back to action, and moving the Indy 500 to August (starts at 4m29s) Working with the 35-lap tire stint limits and race strategy adjustments at Texas (11m39s) How close is Dixon to his pit crew away from the track? (13m36s) His wife Emma's iRacing debut and her competitiveness (16m24s) With changing calendars, will he continue in IMSA with Wayne Taylor Racing? (22m37s) Memories of Nazareth 2001, his first IndyCar win (24m42s) Dixon's fantasy Indy 500 front row (27m36s) Reflections on racing an Aston Martin at the Bathurst 12 Hours (30m21s) Memories of racing in the Formula Holden series and the impact of Kiwi legend Kenny Smith (38m32s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Listener Q&A begins at the 23m05s mark in the episode. Among the items covered: "Why did Firestone implement a very short tire stint limit before they even turned a wheel in Texas? Why not wait and see if maybe they can make the window bigger after practice." "McLaren has been admirable in saying that there would still be a place for Robbie Wickens when he comes back, but is that a realistic prospect when they are running two full-time cars and have a list of part-timers already in mind for next year?" "Now that the Indy Lights season has been cancelled, could any of those teams use their budgets/sponsorship dollars to run a car at Indy or another IndyCar race? Could one of the bigger teams lease them one of their backup cars for a one off run somewhere?" "What can you tell us about software in IndyCar? I know it's a general question, but #mepersonally working in IT and you (I believe) having a CS background, I always wonder what type of off-the-shelf or in-house software they run. Bonus points for using as many technical terms and acronyms as possible." Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

The 1987 Austrian Grand Prix at the impossibly fast ‎Österreichring pummeled Stefan Johansson and his No. 2 McLaren Racing MP 4/3-TAG Porsche. From hitting a deer to the subsequent maladies that took place, the Swede spins yarns from the pain-riddled weekend where everything kept going wrong. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast