It's time to celebrate our podcast's fourth anniversary, so let's do it with one of my favorite in-car audio captures, taken in 2018 at Laguna Seca with Zak Brown in his 1988 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo SCCA Trans Am machine. Its 2.1-liter five-cylinder engine screams for our delight, and with two audio recorders running--one next to the turbo and wastegate, and the other next to the exhaust outlet--we get to hear everything that made this rally-bred beast an unstoppable force during its triumphant r...
May 08, 2020•33 min•Ep. 692
CART IndyCar Series and Formula 1 veteran Stefan Johansson, who manages a number of current NTT IndyCar Series drivers, joins us for The Week In IndyCar to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show. Episode Time Stamps: Show open Stefan on driver contracts and iRacing (starts at 2m42s) Driving 1000HP Indy cars, F1 cars, and sports cars (12m47s) Setting the lap record in a 1983 Porsche 956 at the Nurburgring (20m25s) Developing the 2009 Acura ARX-02a LMP1 car (23m28s) T...
May 07, 2020•53 min•Ep. 691
The fifth of 22 episodes for Season 2 of Who The Hell Are You? features Race Director supreme Beaux Barfield. Recorded in 2018, the 50 questions offer a window into the interviewee's character and personality using topics that range from silly to serious and sometimes naughty. Episode Keywords: Willis Spanglish David Gilmour Space-Time Continuum Scorpio Lovemaker Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
May 04, 2020•26 min•Ep. 690
The fourth of 22 episodes for Season 2 of Who The Hell Are You? features NTT IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden. Recorded in 2018, the 50 questions offer a window into the interviewee's character and personality using topics that range from silly to serious and sometimes naughty. Episode Keywords: Diehard The Christmas Movie Babyface Assassin Coldplay Boyz II Men Catfishing Pagenaud Sushi Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.co...
May 04, 2020•24 min•Ep. 689
The third of 22 episodes for Season 2 of Who The Hell Are You? features IMSA Prototype champion Ricky Taylor. Recorded in 2018, the 50 questions offer a window into the interviewee's character and personality using topics that range from silly to serious and sometimes naughty. Episode Keywords: Billions Kettle Bells Fight Dreams Toilet Lid Green Eggs & Brisket Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
May 04, 2020•23 min•Ep. 688
The second of 22 episodes for Season 2 of Who The Hell Are You? features legendary IndyCar reporter Robin Miller. Recorded in 2018, the 50 questions offer a window into the interviewee's character and personality using topics that range from the silly to serious and sometimes naughty. Episode Keywords: Apps Is Corn A Vegetable Sherry Schultz Lotus Europa Hunter S. Thompson The Bird Is The Word Fogarty & Petty Golf Ball Thief Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Fac...
May 04, 2020•27 min•Ep. 687
The first of 22 episodes for Season 2 of Who The Hell Are You? features NTT IndyCar Series star and Twitch legend Conor Daly. Recorded in 2018, the 50 questions offer a window into the interviewee's character and personality using topics that range from silly to serious and sometimes naughty. Episode Keywords: Ignorant Internet Trolls Melons The Entourage Lifestyle Meat Lovers Spelling Popcorn Halo Silent Storm Pants Aliens Joe Tanto Gravedigger Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subsc...
May 04, 2020•19 min•Ep. 686
It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin and Stephen Kilbey. Discussion Topics: General (starts at 4m21s) IMSA (49m10s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (1h01m21s) Fun (1h21m49s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 685
A brief encounter with the late Ayrton Senna at the 1993 Hockenheim Formula 1 race saved Tony Kanaan's young career when it was on the verge of collapse. TK shares the brief story of how his countryman, Brazil's three-time F1 world champion, changed his life in an instant. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
May 01, 2020•4 min•Ep. 684
Enough with simulated racing audio. We need some real racing sounds to stir the soul, so jump into the cockpit of a 2009 Lola-Aston Martin LMP1 at the 2019 Monza ELMS weekend where we get to ride along and hear the 6.0-liter V12 engine scream down the long straights and pound over the curbs during a vintage racing session at the world-famous Italian road course. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 30, 2020•18 min•Ep. 683
It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered: "I've seen pictures of the Menards Lolas with their 'hunchback' engine covers, with an aesthetic anomaly caused by the height of their engines. These were Buick V6s, correct? Did the size of the Honda and Chevy engines have any impact on the aesthetics of the universal aerokits? Or was the engine packaging tight enough that designers had free reign? Are there any cars tha...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 682
It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest. Discussion Topics: General (starts at 3m10s) IMSA (39m26s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (52m00s) Fun (1h11m38s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 681
Meyer Shank Racing driver Jack "The Baker" Harvey makes returns to The Week In IndyCar show to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show. Episode Time Stamps: Show open Jack on MSR, quarantine, and if he's a baking mobster (starts at 1m42s) Harvey's thoughts on iRacing (4m38s) The Great British Bake Off and lots of baking questions (10m01s) If the revised IndyCar schedule could help smaller teams like MSR (22m53s) Would he rather star in Driven 2 or sign the best IndyC...
Apr 23, 2020•49 min•Ep. 680
It's another short-form '9 Minutes of Nonsense' episode on the Marshall Pruett Podcast with our guest and DailySportsCar.com editor Graham Goodwin, who shares the story of the Le Mans-winning Frenchman Christophe Bouchut, a hammer, and how the two came together as a fake sponsor for The Week In Sports Cars show. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 21, 2020•9 min•Ep. 679
Simon Pagenaud's championship- and Indy 500-winning race engineer Ben Bretzman returns to The Week In IndyCar to answer listener questions on the technical side of sim racing following the virtual win he and Pagenaud secured at the recent IndyCar iRacing Challenge event on the Michigan Superspeedway. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 17, 2020•28 min•Ep. 678
Chris Pook, founder of the Long Beach Grand Prix, pays a visit for an episode of Catching Up With to discuss his new heavyweight book, 'Chris Pook & The History Of The Toyota GP Of Long Beach' written by Gordon Kirby, and available at www.racermerch.com, to discuss his origins, the efforts to launch the race in 1975 with the help of Dan Gurney, choosing F5000 as the first series for the event, the acquisition and loss of Formula 1 at Long Beach, and the rise of CART and IndyCar's biggest sta...
Apr 17, 2020•32 min•Ep. 677
It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest. Discussion Topics: IMSA (starts at 11m01s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (24m31s) General (45m48s) Fun (55m41s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 676
It's the second installment of the RACER Magazine Reporter Roundtable feature with NASCAR reporter Kelly Crandall and Formula 1 reporter Chris Medland, along with host Marshall Pruett. Topics on this episode include Kelly's handling of the Kyle Larson incident, its repercussions on her sport, plus Medland's coverage of the loss of Stirling Moss, furloughs in racing, the stigma among teams who seek or have received government funds to pay their employees, and mental health challenges faced by som...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 675
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk returns to The Week In IndyCar show to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show. Episode Time Stamps: Show open Arie Luyendyk conversation (starts at 4m29s) Life as a IndyCar driver-turned-IndyCar race steward (4m59s) Helping Dutch IndyCar rookie Rinus VeeKay (13m49s) Most frequent questions received (18m08s) Differences between 1990 and 1997 Indy 500 wins (19m52s) Thoughts on sim racing (31m49s) Driving the IMSA GTP Jagu...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 674
It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered: "What are the chances of getting Kyle Larson as a teammate for Santino Ferrucci? Santino can help him repair his image and they’d tear up IndyCar. Stupid what Larson said and he should face consequences, but I believe in second chances. What say you Marshall?" "I know a venue has to be financially feasible for IndyCar to race there. That said, with the cancellation of the...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 673
It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest. Discussion Topics: WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 7m07s) General (26m29s) Fun (43m59s) IMSA (1h03m41s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 11, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 672
Two-time Australian Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin pays his first visit to The Week In IndyCar show to discuss his upcoming debut in the series for Team Penske, success in iRacing, the Bathurst 1000, and more on our listener-driven Q&A show. Episode Time Stamps: Show opening Scott McLaughlin conversation (starts at 4m22s) Michigan IndyCar iRacing preparation (5m44s) Teammate Will Power's hilarious iRacing commentary (8m35s) iRacing continued (10m56s) Australian Supercars (14m38s) Holden...
Apr 10, 2020•50 min•Ep. 671
It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered: "Do you think the announcement of a second race at the IMS road course is a 2020-only event, or a precursor to an annual Harvest Fall Classic at the Speedway?" "Understanding you may not want to name current names, what IndyCar team owner or crew chief was closest in their approach to employee motivation as HAAS F1's Günther Steiner?" "After seeing the most recent calenda...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 670
Former CART IndyCar Series and Formula 1 star Mark Blundell joins us for an entertaining episode of The Week In IndyCar show on the Marshall Pruett Podcast to answer questions from items submitted by fans via social media. Episode Time Stamps: Show open and recent news Mark Blundell conversation (starts at 4m23s) Mark's return to racing in the British Touring Car Championship (5m16s) Memories and differences between 1990s CART and F1 (8m44s) The Brundell Brothers--Mark Blundell and Martin Brundl...
Apr 08, 2020•59 min•Ep. 669
Climb inside the insane 1976 Greenwood IMSA Corvette with Corvette Racing factory driver Jordan Taylor who does his best to tame the explosive 8.8-liter V8 engine around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and with a failing clutch adding to the challenge, the American has his hands and feet full of managing extreme wheelspin and urgent shifting while trying to keep the iconic car in one piece. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/...
Apr 08, 2020•24 min•Ep. 668
Kevin Bobbitt, iRacing's director of marketing, visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast for an episode of Catching Up With, our short-form interview series, to discuss the company's growth in popularity and awareness during the coronavirus shutdown, its role in broadcasting major events on network and cable television, and more. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 07, 2020•25 min•Ep. 667
It's Part 2 of The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest. Discussion Topics: WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 1m04s) IMSA (21m58s) General & Fun (34m44s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 05, 2020•47 min•Ep. 666
The French Fry & Hamburger Show continues as Sebastien Bourdais returns to The Marshall Pruett Podcast to answer questions for The Week In IndyCar show using items submitted by fans via social media. Episode Time Stamps: Show open Seb's shelter-in-place routine (starts at 2m04s) Thoughts on iRacing and his Ikea sim rig (6m36s) Future racing plans (16m51s) First memories of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (23m13s) Relationship with Simon Pagenaud (27m47s) Driving the Panoz DP01 Champ Car (31m10s) Fun...
Apr 04, 2020•47 min•Ep. 665
It's a short ambient sound feature with IMSA's incredible GT Le Mans class during qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the amazing sounds produced by BMW M8s, Corvette C7.Rs, Ford GTs, a Ferrari 488 GTE, and Porsche 911 RSRs. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 03, 2020•10 min•Ep. 664
Fresh from his first Esports sim racing win against fellow legends in a vintage Formula 1 car, Dario Franchitti pays a visit for an episode of Catching Up With on the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share stories from learning to drive virtual race cars, and the satisfaction of earning victory at the first All-Star Esports Battle Legends Trophy. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Apr 03, 2020•17 min•Ep. 663
