Hinch is taking a much needed, mid-season, vacation, so Alex and Thim check in from Indianapolis. A lot has happened since we last talked, so we recap the Indy 500, both Detroit races, and Texas. A lot of people are curious about what it takes for a driver to stay in shape to race in IndyCar, so we sat down with PitFit's own, Jim Leo to go into the methods behind the madness. Hope you enjoy! +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . Or individually at @Hinchtown , @AlexanderRossi , and @TheTimD...
Jun 13, 2019•34 min•Ep. 41
Our 2nd annual Carb Day Live Show! We sat down at the Honda Fan Zone, in the in-field at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway! First, Chris Perkins is in the medical field, and won the chance to join us on the podcast at Hinch's Stop and Go Foundation Charity Auction, which was great for us, because he's an awesome guest! Next up, we have the star of bump day, Kyle Kaiser, giving his take on that storybook run. During the Kaiser interview, NBC jumped on stage, and broke in during their live "NASCAR A...
May 30, 2019•43 min•Ep. 40
The guys are back! James and Alex make a bet about the Toronto Raptors game, then they both go through there not-very-good days at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Plus, Alex and James talk about how eager they are to get back to racing in the Indianapolis 500. Coming to the track for Carb Day? Come see our live show, after the pit stop challenge! +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . Or individually at @Hinchtown , @AlexanderRossi , and @TheTimDurham . Check out Conor Daly and Jim Ayello's new...
May 16, 2019•23 min•Ep. 39
The guys are back together again (in the same location this time)! They talk about Rossi's experiences living as Hinch, then they get into the race recap for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. After that, the guys are joined by ESPN's Sam Alipour, to catch up on their time on Hang Time, and his experiences coming up as a premiere sports journalist, who doesn't like sports, and never studied journalism. Enjoy! +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . Or individually at @Hinchtown , @AlexanderR...
Apr 25, 2019•48 min•Ep. 38
Conor Daly joins the guys to talk about the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, what's coming up at Long Beach, and Conor's new podcast with Jim Ayello. +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . Or individually at @Hinchtown , @AlexanderRossi , and @TheTimDurham . Check out Conor Daly and Jim Ayello's new podcast here ! To buy a #GetWellWickens sticker and or shirt, visit Toronto Motorsports , all proceeds go to Sam Schmidt's Conquer Paralysis Now Foundation . +++ The music you heard in this epis...
Apr 11, 2019•41 min•Ep. 37
Bryan Herta comes on Off Track to talk about his sons surprising win at COTA, as well as his time coming up as a driver, including the front row view he got on Mario Andretti and Nigel Mansell's rivalry. Then the guys dive into Thim's absolute favorite flight ever. Please excuse the audio, while our guys are fantastic drivers, they're just absolute garbage at recording audio remotely. +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . Or individually at @Hinchtown , @AlexanderRossi , and @TheTimDurham ....
Mar 28, 2019•42 min•Ep. 36
Rossi is prepping for Sebring, but Hinch is on vacation with Marco Andretti and Robbie Wickens so Thim calls in for a chat with Robbie {Marco's napping}, and Thim is asking the important questions. (00:01 - 04:03). Not doing a breakdown of this conversation, Hinch and Robbie talk about the realities of Robbie's life post-injury, his recovery, his plans for the future, and what they can both relate to having gone through serious accidents, plus we do a shameless plug for Conor Daly and Jim Ayello...
Mar 14, 2019•32 min•Ep. 35
The guys enjoy their breakfast, and a distinct lack of Thim, who is missing this week {spoiler alert, he's asleep/hungover} (00:01 - 02:40). The guys talk about Thim's unexpected skills at Monopoly, and other weird jobs you can get out there (02:41 - 10:00). Alex talks about how much he's been testing in Sebring lately, which leads to the guys discussing the highlights of their careers so far, and what they expect in the upcoming season (10:01 - 22:28). The guys talk about what's going on outsid...
Feb 28, 2019•30 min•Ep. 34
Hinch, Rossi, and Thim are back, though all remotely from separate cities, so excuse some issues with the audio (00:01 - 01:10). Alex recaps his time at Dayton, Hinch talks about his time at the NHL All-Star game, and the guys discuss what an IndyCar All-Star event would comprise of (01:11 - 07:05). Hinch talks about the one thing Thim does that he actually likes (07:06 - 11:30). We're back with Conor Daly, and he's here to talk about his Indy 500 ride (11:31 - 19:25). Also, in Conor news, he's ...
Feb 14, 2019•35 min•Ep. 33
Hinch wants Thim to fly to San Jose to join him at the Honda NHL All-Star Game, but Thim can't fly out with only a day's notice (00:01 - 01:11). Just kidding, Thim literally hopped on a plane the next day, and flew to San Jose (01:12 - 01:43). Rossi's racing in Daytona, so it's just James and Thim this week, as guests of Honda at the NHL All-Star Game, and they're interviewing people in a 2019 Honda Passport, inside the Fan Village (01:44 - 05:11). The first guest to jump in the car with James i...
Jan 31, 2019•44 min•Ep. 32
Hinch, Rossi, and Thim are back, and they're here to shoot the breeze about their holidays, the ROAR Before the 24, and Thim's unfortunate chest hair (00:01 - 18:04). Thim asks the guys if they ever have any racing specific recurring nightmares and Alex talks about oversleeping on the morning of a race (18:05 - 26:46). Outro and credits (26:47 - 27:54). +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . To buy a #GetWellWickens sticker and or shirt, visit Toronto Motorsports , all proceeds go to Sam Sch...
Jan 10, 2019•28 min•Ep. 31
The guys are back, and they're talking about off season plans and what they want for Christmas (00:01 - 10:04). Sharna Burgess is our guest this week, to talk about Dancing With the Stars, her Mirror Ball win, and more (10:05 - 54:27) Outro and Credits (54:28 - 55:20). Does anyone actually read these things? +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . Find Sharna on Twitter at @SharnaBurgess or Instagram at @SharnaBurgess . To buy a #GetWellWickens sticker and or shirt, visit Toronto Motorsports ...
Dec 13, 2018•55 min•Ep. 30
New episode next week, but in the meantime get in on our sticker giveaway contest! Our friends at @TOMotorsports designed a special Christmas sticker for us. Reply to our pinned tweet about it with what you want for Christmas, and we'll send free stickers to people with the best answers! Get in on it now! +++ Follow us on Twitter at @askofftrack . To buy a #GetWellWickens sticker and or shirt, visit Toronto Motorsports , all proceeds go to Sam Schmidt's Conquer Paralysis Now Foundation . +++ The...
Dec 06, 2018•1 min
We're back! Thanks for bearing with us through a short break (00:01 - 03:52). It's Thanksgiving, so rather than complain about things that grind our gears, we're talking about what we're thankful for (03:53 - 10:10). Thim and Alex also talk about their holiday traditions (10:11 - 13:00) Obviously, American Thanksgiving is better than Canadian Thanksgiving, plus World Wars, Super Bowls, and landing on the moon (13:01 - 15:10). Alex takes us through his experience at the Baja 1000, including his c...
Nov 22, 2018•33 min•Ep. 29
Alex has the flu, but Thim is more than happy to fill in for him, even if James isn't happy about it all (00:01 - 04:44). Living legend, and father of a veritable litter of children, Tony Kanaan made his way to Hinchtown to sit down and chat (04:45 - 05:27). Tony tells James about his experiences doing Ironman races, and just how long he's been in IndyCar; hint, it's a weird feeling to race against former teammates' kids (05:28 - 08:08). TK talks about adjusting to moving from Miami to Indy full...
Oct 25, 2018•46 min•Ep. 28
The guys are back to bring you an interview with Red Bull Tricker, Bailey Payne! Hinch couldn't stick around for the interview, but he's there for the segments, and Conor Daly subs in (00:01 - 02:33). Uber: driver etiquette, rider etiquette, Thim's weird thing about sitting in the front, and Alex's aversion to talking with anyone, ever! Catch it all on this Grinds My Gears! (02:34 - 10:03). Bailey Payne joins Alex, Thim, and Conor to walk them through what "Tricking" is, how he got linked up wit...
Oct 11, 2018•34 min•Ep. 27
The Season is over, but we're still going strong at Off Track (00:01 - 00:27). Alex and James talk about what they've done since Sonoma: some traveling, a Spartan race, just your standard everyday life of an IndyCar driver (00:28 - 09:09). Next, the guys go into what they have planned for the not-so-down-down-time (09:10 - 14:46). Have you rated Off Track, yet? Get on it! (14:47 - 15:35). Grinds my gears! The guys talk about conference call etiquette, or rather the lack of it (15:36 - 21:31). Ou...
Sep 27, 2018•23 min•Ep. 26
The guys catch up from across the country and announce that Off Track will be bi-weekly from now on (00:01 - 4:08). Alex and James are here to talk about the amazing products offered by Dollar Shave Club again (04:09 - 05:14). Don't you hate it when someone doesn't respond to your text, but updates their social media? The guys do, and they get into it in a new segment of Grinds My Gears. What exactly do you owe people in a conversation? (05:15 - 13:20). Producer Thim tells you about another podc...
Sep 13, 2018•23 min•Ep. 25
All of our thoughts and prayers are with Robert Wickens as he recovers (0:00 - 1:30). Brought to you by the dogged CastBox, the guys record a live show at the Pocono Speedway, the night before the race, in what -thanks to PA State Representative Doyle Heffley- is legally "Hinchtown" (01:31 - 5:54). Paul Tracy talks with us about interviewing people on the grid, his Instagram, Captain Quebec, and why he thinks the series needs more rivalries and villains (05:55 - 19:38). Paul talks about his comi...
Aug 30, 2018•40 min•Ep. 24
Alex and James are live from Hinchtown, for a mailbag episode, where they answer YOUR questions; brought to you be the incontestable CastBox (0:00 - 2:12). Alex had a bit of a week, going to the Colts training camp, where he was even able to ask Andrew Luck a question from the media scrum (02:13 - 05:52). James cues up the clip of Alex and Luck, in which Rossi asks if Uncle Rico inspired Andrew's new mustache, and Luck hits him right back (05:53 - 08:59). Before the mailbag, James asks Alex if h...
Aug 15, 2018•35 min•Ep. 23
Alex and James return to Hinchtown; brought to you by the weariless CastBox (0:00 - 1:25). The guys don't have a guest this week (01:26 - 02:23). Alex and James catch up on current events, including the guy who rigged the McDonald's Monopoly game (02:24 - 07:28). Who would play who in a movie? The choices are... interesting (07:29 - 19:26). Alex and James talk about what it's like in IndyCar to interact with the fans, and what that's like for them (19:27 - 27:20). James tells a story about his m...
Aug 09, 2018•38 min•Ep. 22
Turns out our guys have another job outside of podcasting -who knew?- so Hinch couldn't join us this week; brought to you by the unwearied CastBox (0:00 - 0:46). This week they talk to American hero, IndyCar driver, Amazing Racer, and soon-to-be NASCAR driver, Conor Daly (0:47 - 2:09). Conor and Alex talk about coming up in racing together in Europe (2:10 - 6:03). The guys tell some stories about the Amazing Race shenanigans that didn't make it on camera, hotel beer pong anyone? (6:04 - 21:59). ...
Aug 02, 2018•43 min•Ep. 21
The guys try -and fail- to do a remote interview! Brought to you by the indubitable CastBox (0:00 - 1:25). This week we're talking with Hinch's brother, author extraordinaire and everyone's favorite Hinchcliffe, Christopher Hinchcliffe, plus Conor and the engagement (1:26 - 11:04). Chris Hinchcliffe comes on via skype to talk about his education, his martial arts, and his writing of Chasing Checkers, and the sequel {plus a bit about James growing up} (11:05 - 32:23). We asked Twitter if they had...
Jul 26, 2018•52 min•Ep. 20
The boys are back in Hinchtown! Brought to you by the irrefragable CastBox (0:00 - 1:01). This time around, the better halves {Becky Dalton and Kelly Mossop} have decided they're taking over (1:02 - 2:51). The girls interview Hinch and Rossi, asking the stuff everyone wants to know: "Have you googled yourself?" "Do you talk to you exes?" "How'd you get into racing?" "Do you talk to your exes?" "Seriously, do you talk to your exes?" (2:52 - 7:03). More questions: have you ever had a teammate you'...
Jul 19, 2018•45 min•Ep. 19
The boys are in Chateau d'Autre Bus, from Iowa! Brought to you by the irrefutable CastBox (0:00 - 2:24). This week, the guys sit down with 2018 Indianapolis 500 Champion, Will Power, leaving Hinch as the only one in the room that hasn't won that race -yet- (2:55 - 14:00). Alex was blown away by Will's ability to do the alphabet backwards in the Penske Games, but Slick Willy P lets our guys in on a little secret about that (14:01 - 16:10). Will opens up about his family life (16:11 - 21:29). A qu...
Jul 12, 2018•47 min•Ep. 18
Hello and welcome! We're off track again from Hinchtown! Brought to you by the often imitated, never duplicated Castbox. This week the guys are talking all about Indianapolis (0:00 - 3:08). They break down how convenient and pleasant they've found living in the Circle City, and talk about some of their favorite spots in town (3:09 - 11:53). Kristin and Danny Adams talk about how they moved from Los Angeles to Indianapolis to pursue their faith. They discuss how they fell into being Youtube stars...
Jul 05, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 17
Hello and welcome! We're off track again from Chateau de Bus via your mobile device! Brought to you by Hinch and Rossi's podcasting lead, Castbox (0:00 - 2:10). The Breaks: Alex rests while Hinch rides his chopper to world domination (2:11 - 9:30). Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson were contestants on Big Brother and the 30th season of The Amazing Race, and now run a YouTube channel called Living Jody. They discuss their time on both shows, including The Amazing Race with Rossi, Cody's time in the A...
Jun 28, 2018•47 min•Ep. 16
Hello hello hello! We're off track again from the Airbnb compound vis a vis your mobile device! Brought to you by Hinch and Rossi's podcasting captain, Castbox (0:00 - 5:34). Dave Foley is James and Alex as well as a founding member of the Canadian sketch comedy group Kids in the Hall. Plus he worked with Becky (James' girlfriend) on a show and was very complimentary (5:35 - 30:28). Lightning Round: What's the difference between Canadian comedy and American comedy, and what's the fastest you've ...
Jun 21, 2018•45 min•Ep. 15
We're off track again from the Airbnb compound! Brought to you by the dot com era Castbox (0:00 - 3:45). Grinds My Gears: Entering a domicile sans knock (3:46 - 7:30). Adam Gaynor has a beard, knows everything about sports, is a former member of Matchbox Twenty, and is CEO and founder of Creationville. He discusses his origins in music, the real reason behind the name Matchbox Twenty, his experience on Millionaire Matchmaker, and what Creationville is (an entertainment media company) (7:31 - 35:...
Jun 14, 2018•59 min•Ep. 14
The pace car couldn't slow this show down. We're off track again from the Airbnb compound! Brought to you by the trenchant Castbox (0:00 - 3:00). Hot Doggin: is a hot dog a sandwich? Tbh this debate goes throughout the whole episode so we hope you're interested (3:01 - 7:12). Ben Gleib is the host, writer, and executive producer of Idiotest, a comedian, and a regular on The Today Show. He discusses whether a hot dog is a sandwich, his intro to comedy, and his career aspirations (7:13 - 25:40). L...
Jun 07, 2018•40 min•Ep. 13
