March 1, 2022 The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES SEASON is underway and Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin delivers with an action-packed episode featuring Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race winner Scott McLaughlin, who talks about his first career INDYCAR victory. Also, Pit Pass Indy catches up with defending NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Helio Castroneves is back as he returns to full-season INDYCAR action. Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren SP...
Mar 02, 2022•35 min
February 22, 2022 Pit Pass Indy features an in-depth and revealing interview with Team Penske driver Will Power. The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season begins with this weekend’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Team Penske driver Will Power is a two-time winner on the streets of St. Petersburg with victories in 2010 and 2014. He is also an eight-time pole winner at St. Pete, most recently in 2020. The most revealing aspect of Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin’s interview with Power is the driv...
Feb 23, 2022•54 min
February 15, 2022 Two of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES’ best drivers are also two of its youngest. It’s “Fast Foes” Pato O’Ward, a 22-year-old from Monterey, Mexico, and 21-year-old Colton Herta of Santa Clarita, California. These two drivers have been racing against each other since the karting days and are two of the main contenders for the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship. Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin conducted a lively and informative interview with both O’Ward and Herta for the latest episo...
Feb 16, 2022•32 min
February 8, 2022 The world is celebrating the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and this week’s edition of Pit Pass Indy features INDYCAR’s “Nordic Track” of drivers. It’s Sweden’s Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing and Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Although these drivers aren’t competing in any type of winter sports, they are from the Nordic Region of Europe that has produced some great Winter Olympians. For Ericsson and Lundgaard, however, they are ...
Feb 09, 2022•30 min
February 1, 2022 The latest episode of Pit Pass Indy features INDYCAR’s “Flying Frenchmen” – Romain Grosjean of Andretti Autosport and Simon Pagenaud of Meyer-Shank Racing. Both drivers are on new teams for 2022. Grosjean is a 10-year Formula One veteran who came to INDYCAR in 2021 driving for Dale Coyne Racing with RWR. After an impressive rookie season, the 35-year-old Grosjean has joined the powerful Andretti Autosport operation, driving the famed No. 28 DHL Honda in every race on the schedul...
Feb 02, 2022•32 min
January 25, 2022 The latest episode of Pit Pass Indy features “Chip’s Champions” – Six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon of New Zealand and 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou of Spain. A popular hashtag in INDYCAR is #ChipLikesWinners. The longtime team owner likes champions even more. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin interviewed both Dixon and Palou at INDYCAR’s “Content Days” at the JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Mart...
Jan 26, 2022•35 min
January 18, 2021 Popular drivers Jimmie Johnson and Tony Kanaan will both be “Reporting for Duty” with The American Legion once again in 2022. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, begins his second season in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES as the driver of the No. 48 Carvana/American Legion Honda. He will drive the full schedule this year after competing in the street and road course races in 2021. That includes his first-ever appearance in the Indianapolis 500 in May. Popular driver Tony Ka...
Jan 19, 2022•29 min
January 11, 2021 It’s Season 2 Ep. 2 in 2022 for Pit Pass Indy as we speed ahead into the new year of IndyCar action. Our special guest on the second episode of Season 2 is Michael Shank, the winning team owner in the 105th Indianapolis 500. Last May, Shank’s driver, Helio Castroneves, became just the fourth driver to win the Indy 500 four times in his career. Shank, along with co-owner Jim Meyer, enter the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season with two, full-time entries this season. Castroneves retur...
Jan 12, 2022•28 min
January 4, 2021 It’s Season No. 2 in 2022 for Pit Pass Indy as we speed ahead into the new year of IndyCar action. Our special guest in the first episode of Season 2 is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of his INDYCAR SERIES championship. It’s 1997 Indy Racing League champion Tony Stewart. Before he went on to win three NASCAR Cup Series championships and become a Cup Series championship owner with Kevin Harvick in 2014, Stewart was an Indy car racing star. In 1995, Stewart became the first drive...
Jan 05, 2022•19 min
December 28, 2021 As we get ready to close 2021, this week’s edition of Pit Pass Indy pays tribute to one of racing’s biggest winners this year. It’s Helio Castroneves, who won his fourth Indianapolis 500 on May 30. He joined AJ Foyt, the late Al Unser and Rick Mears as the only drivers to win the “World’s Biggest Race” four times in their careers. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin spent the day with Castroneves and famed sculptor William Behrends at the artist’s studio at his home in Tryon, ...
Dec 29, 2021•44 min
December 21, 2021 Al Unser was one of the greatest drivers in Indianapolis 500 history. When he won his fourth Indianapolis 500 in 1987, he joined AJ Foyt as the only drivers to win the famed race four times in a career at that time. Since then, Rick Mears joined them as a four-time winner in 1991 and Helio Castroneves won his fourth Indianapolis 500 on May 30. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin pays tribute to Unser, who died from a rare form of cancer on December 9. Unser was 82. In addition...
Dec 22, 2021•58 min
December 14, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin wraps up his two-part, in-depth conversation with one of INDYCAR’s all-time greats. It’s “Lone Star J.R.” – three-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Johnny Rutherford. Part 1 was last week as Rutherford recalled how he got his start in racing, his NASCAR victory in one of the qualifying races for the 1963 Daytona 500 and his incredible Indianapolis 500 career all the way up through his retirement. Part 2 is how Rutherford survived one of t...
Dec 15, 2021•41 min
December 7, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has Part 1 of an in-depth conversation with one of INDYCAR’s all-time greats. It’s “Lone Star J.R.” – three-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Johnny Rutherford. The driver from Kansas who later moved with his family to Fort Worth, Texas was one of the great drivers of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He came up in an era when racing was extremely dangerous but was able to survive to enjoy an incredible career. Part 1 includes how Rutherford got...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min
NOVEMBER 30, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an in-depth conversation with another one of the young, talented drivers in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. It’s 28-year-old Jack Harvey of Bassingham, England. Harvey gets a new start on a new team at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2022. He will race the No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda for the team owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winning driver and three-time CART champion Bobby Rahal, South Side Chicago Industrialist Michael Lanigan and television and c...
Dec 01, 2021•31 min
NOVEMBER 23, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an in-depth conversation with one of the current greats of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, it’s two-time INDYCAR champion Josef Newgarden. Since joining Team Penske in 2017, Newgarden has two INDYCAR championships, a fifth in the standings in 2018 and back-to-back second place finishes in the championship the past two seasons. For any driver in the series that hopes to win the championship, they have to fight off Newgarden in order to reach that...
Nov 24, 2021•29 min
NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an in-depth conversation with INDYCAR President Jay Frye. Among the topics are a quick recap of an outstanding 2021 season, as well as a look ahead to changes for 2022 and even further ahead to when the new engine/car combination hits the track in 2023. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500
Nov 17, 2021•36 min
NOVEMBER 9, 2021 Mark Miles is “The Boss” of INDYCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His actual title is CEO of Penske Entertainment, the company that owns and operates INDYCAR, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis 500 and IMS Productions. But Miles is the overall leader of Penske Entertainment and a key member of owner Roger Penske’s senior management. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin caught up with Miles last week to talk about the 2021 season and what lies ahead in 2022 ...
Nov 10, 2021•29 min
NOVEMBER 2, 2021 It’s time to catch up with 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske. He was a legend in Australia in the Supercars Series where he won three-straight championships and 56 career wins. McLaughlin switched to INDYCAR after the 2020 season. He scored a second-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in the first race of a weekend doubleheader and finished 13th in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin caught up with M...
Nov 03, 2021•30 min
OCTOBER 19, 2021 This edition of Pit Pass Indy wraps up our exclusive, deep dive interview the great Danny Sullivan, a driver that embodied the glamour and lifestyle of being a professional race driver in the 1980s and 1990s. This episode focuses on his CART IndyCar Series career, including his “Spin and Win” in the 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner and his 1988 CART IndyCar Championship. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500
Oct 27, 2021•56 min
OCTOBER 19, 2021 If ever there was a driver that embodied the glamour and lifestyle of being a professional race driver in the 1980s, it was Danny Sullivan. Beginning with this episode of Pit Pass Indy, we’re going to take a deep dive into the great career of the 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1988 CART IndyCar Champion. He dated beautiful women who were models and actresses including Christie Brinkley and Lisa Hartman before she married actor/singer Clint Black. Sullivan even modeled himself ...
Oct 20, 2021•52 min
PIT PASS INDY – EPISODE 27 – Featuring Jimmie Johnson, Roman Grosjean, team owner Michael Andretti, James Hinchcliffe and an exclusive interview with 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Champion Alex Palou from the NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. OCTOBER 12, 2021 Just a few days after Alex Palou received the awards and accolades as the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion, Jimmie Johnson and Romain Grosjean were on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval for the Rookie Orientation Program. The ROP is an i...
Oct 13, 2021•53 min
OCTOBER 4, 2021 It was a whirlwind of a week of celebration for 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing, culminating with the INDYCAR Victory Lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum on Friday night, October 1. The 24-year-old driver from Spain was honored for his first series championship along with team owner Chip Ganassi, team manager Barry Wanser and chief mechanic Ricky Davis, who won the INDYCAR Championship Chief Mechanic Award presented by Pennzoil. The wi...
Oct 06, 2021•35 min
The 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season is over and 24-year-old Alex Palou of Spain is the champion. Palou sealed the championship with a fourth-place finish in the September 26 Acura Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Twenty-one-year-old Colton Herta of nearby Santa Clarita, California scored his second-straight victory. The winner of the September 19 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey won his first Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. He started 14th but led 43 laps in the 85-lap race. Show host Bruce Martin i...
Sep 29, 2021•38 min
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 The 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship will be decided in this weekend’s final race of the season, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Pit Pass Indy has all the storylines entering this weekend’s championship as show host Bruce Martin interviews all three of the drivers still eligible for the title. That includes Alex Palou, Pato O’Ward and two-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Josef Newgarden as the last three drivers to determine the championship in Sunday’s fabled street r...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 A 35-point flip in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship race at the Grand Prix of Portland has Alex Palou back in the lead with just two races remaining. This week’s Pit Pass Indy tells how it all happened as show host Bruce Martin interviews the Chip Ganassi Racing driver as he takes a 25-point lead into the final two races of the 2021 campaign. Palou entered the Portland weekend trailing Pato O’Ward by 10 points. Palou’s dramatic win, combined with O’Ward’s 14th-place finish,...
Sep 15, 2021•40 min
There are just three races remaining in the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship with Pato O’Ward of Mexico leading Alex Palou of Spain by just 10 points and two-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Josef Newgarden of Team Penske by 22. Show host Bruce Martin talks to three drivers who hope to end the season on a positive note. It’s Andretti Autosports drivers Alexander Rossi and Colton Herta. Martin also interviews owner/driver Ed Carpenter of Ed Carpenter Racing. Carpenter drives on the oval track...
Sep 08, 2021•27 min
AUGUST 31, 2021 Longtime motorsports journalist Robin Miller passed away on August 25, 2021, after a lengthy battle with multiple Myeloma that had developed into leukemia. Show host Bruce Martin devotes the entire episode of Pit Pass Indy to Miller’s life and legacy. Martin gives his tribute to Miller and interviews some of the all-time greats, including Roger Penske, racing legend Mario Andretti, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time NTT ...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 12 min
INDYCAR returns to Iowa Speedway in 2022, and this week's episode focuses on the people who helped make this possible after a one-year layoff. Bruce Martin conducts exclusive interviews with Roger Penske, Bobby Rahal, Graham Rahal, and Hy-Vee’s CEO Randy Edeker. Also, Gateway winner Josef Newgarden and rookie driver Romain Grosjean. INDYCAR owner Roger Penske talks about leasing Iowa Speedway from NASCAR to take full control of the race track. Also, Hy-Vee chairman, President and CEO Randy Edeke...
Aug 25, 2021•46 min
It’s a jam-packed Pit Pass Indy featuring some of the biggest names in both INDYCAR and NASCAR racing on this special edition following the only INDYCAR-NASCAR Tripleheader weekend of the season. Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with former NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr., he gives his thoughts on former teammate and NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson switching gears and joining INDYCAR this season. Martin also interviews Johnson after his best complete race of the season this past Sa...
Aug 18, 2021•42 min
Featuring a tribute to Bob Jenkins, a two-part interview with Marcus Ericsson along with interviews with six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES Champion Scott Dixon and Pato O’Ward Another action-packed edition of Pit Pass Indy, as show host Bruce Martin has a tribute to the late Bob Jenkins, who passed away on August 9 from brain cancer, a two-part interview with Big Machine Music City Grand Prix winner Marcus Ericsson, six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon and Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP r...
Aug 11, 2021•48 min
