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 possi...
Jul 09, 2020•58 min•Ep. 752
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...
Jul 07, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 751
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...
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 750
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...
Jul 04, 2020•25 min•Ep. 749
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 ...
Jul 01, 2020•41 min•Ep. 748
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 pa...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 747
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://marsha...
Jun 30, 2020•32 min•Ep. 746
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...
Jun 29, 2020•41 min•Ep. 745
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...
Jun 27, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 744
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...
Jun 27, 2020•16 min•Ep. 743
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 ha...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 742
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 s...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 741
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 ...
Jun 23, 2020•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 740
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...
Jun 21, 2020•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 739
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...
Jun 20, 2020•26 min•Ep. 738
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 Ma...
Jun 17, 2020•33 min•Ep. 737
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 ...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 736
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...
Jun 14, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 735
“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/M...
Jun 14, 2020•11 min•Ep. 734
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 reactio...
Jun 10, 2020•49 min•Ep. 733
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? Obvious...
Jun 09, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 732
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.face...
Jun 06, 2020•16 min•Ep. 731
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...
Jun 06, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 730
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...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 729
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. Subscrib...
Jun 04, 2020•26 min•Ep. 728
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 competitiv...
Jun 03, 2020•45 min•Ep. 727
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 ...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 726
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...
Jun 02, 2020•9 min•Ep. 725
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 1m55s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (19m46s) Fun (37m40s) General (57m41s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
May 31, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 724
Sports car champion Tommy Kendall and his former chief mechanic Dan Binks reunited at Laguna Seca in Monterey in August of 2019 to run the IMSA Mazda RX-7 GTU entry for the first time since winning championships together in the 1980s. Tears were shed in the funny and emotional visit to The Marshall Pruett Podcast as two titans of motor racing share stories from IMSA's golden era. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPrue...
May 29, 2020•27 min•Ep. 723
