It's the second of a two-part World Wide Technology Raceway doubleheader wrap-up episode of the Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show as we dive into a bunch of questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week ( Q&A begins at the 6m34s mark in the episode): "Do we need to fear Pato being swept away by F1? Kid is showing amazing things and continues to impress. I listened to his radio most of the second race and his composure and maturity showed. There’s reasons w...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 812
Bill Auberlen joins us for a success-themed edition of My Racing Life And Career after taking ownership of the record for all-time major sports car wins in North America, and goes well beyond those 61 victories as he shares insights on his family roots, long development period in IMSA's GTU category, and weaves through a series of fascinating stories of highs and lows--including a flirtation with IndyCar--through five decades of pro racing. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe ...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 811
It's the Week In IndyCar guest show with Andretti Autosport driver, NBC Sports reporter, and co-host of Off Track with Hinch & Rossi's James Hinchcliffe who joins in after the doubleheader at World wide Technology Raceway to dive into a bunch of questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week: "What were your first thoughts when the producer told you to go interview Alexander Rossi after the debacle of the start in the first race?" "James, any hope of seeing you...
Sep 03, 2020•53 min•Ep. 810
It's the first of a two-part World Wide Technology Raceway doubleheader wrap-up episode of the Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show as we dive into a bunch of questions submitted via social media. A sampling of the items posed this week ( Q&A begins at the 8m31s mark in the episode): "Michael Andretti seemed especially mad at Zach Veach after he piled into that race 1 crash. Have you heard anything about Zach’s chances of staying at Andretti? If he leaves, who gets that seat? Hinch? Conor D...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 809
The mercurial Jeff Zwart joins us for an episode of Catching Up With to discuss his Pikes Peak International Hill Climb program in a new and ultra-rare Porsche 935. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast
Aug 28, 2020•16 min•Ep. 808
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 4m08s) WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (43m11s) General (1h24m48s) Fun (1h44m44s) Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 27, 2020•2 hr•Ep. 807
1986 Indy 500-winning driver and 2020 Indy 500-winning team owner Bobby Rahal returns to The Week In IndyCar to answer listener questions submitted via social media on Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's big victory at the Speedway with Takuma Sato, and opens with a story of a good luck charm that might have made a different in RLLR's rise to prominence on Sunday. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 26, 2020•33 min•Ep. 806
It's the first of a two-part Indy 500 wrap-up Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show as we dive into a bunch of questions submitted via social media on all the happenings at the Speedway. A sampling of the items posed this week ( Q&A begins at the 5m35s mark in the episode): "Takuma Sato entered elite company with his second win on Sunday. How should we rate and evaluate his career at IMS so far?" "Do you think the race should have been red flagged following Spencer Pigot’s crash? #mepersonal...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 805
Takuma Sato became a two-time Indy 500 winner after using all of his savvy to conserve fuel while making big speed in the No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda, and spoke with The Marshall Pruett Podcast shortly after the big 2020 victory. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 24, 2020•11 min•Ep. 804
We celebrate the Justice Brothers on the 75th anniversary of the family's involvement with the Indianapolis 500. From Ed and Zeke Justice playing parts in George Robson's 1946 Indy 500 win to supporting dozens of teams with sponsorship from their automotive chemicals and lubricants business, to partnering with our podcast and three entries in the 2020 Indy 500, Ed Justice Jr shares stories of how the company has become part of the Speedway's history from the inside. Subscribe: https://marshallpr...
Aug 22, 2020•50 min•Ep. 802
Looking back 30 years, Arie Luyendyk takes us inside the 1990 Indianapolis 500 where the Dutchman scored his first of two victories at the Speedway. And there were other milestones recorded that day in his No. 30 Shierson Racing Lola-Chevy, which he discusses, that make his first appearance on the BorgWarner trophy rather special. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 22, 2020•37 min•Ep. 803
Norway's Ayla Agren headed for America with dreams of racing her way up the Road To Indy and landing a ride in the NTT IndyCar Series. Despite her obvious talent, a lack of consistent sponsorship ended her time on the American open-wheel ladder following the 2017 USF2000 season. Undeterred she's continued to work at finding a way to revive her dream. Selected as one of 20 drivers for the second season of the W Series, Agren will have to wait until the championship resumes after the 2020 calendar...
Aug 21, 2020•55 min•Ep. 801
It's the ninth installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Andretti Autosport's 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi, who offers some deep insights on what kind of ambient effects will influence race day more than others, the rise in competitiveness by his team at the Speedway, and reveals the findings of his investigation into which driver(s) are guilty in the golf cart prank pulled earlier in the week. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: http...
Aug 21, 2020•9 min•Ep. 800
It's the eighth installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's JR Hildebrand who takes us inside a challenging start to his Indy 500, working with his primary sponsor (and fighting off the advances of a driver who recently tried to steal the deal), and closes with insights on his helmet livery of RIGHTS JUSTICE OPPORTUNITY and why he chose to carry supportive social messages into Sunday's race. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Fa...
Aug 20, 2020•37 min•Ep. 799
It's the seventh installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Chip Ganassi Racing'x Swedish duo of Felix Rosenqvist and Marcus Ericsson, who discuss their results so far in practice and qualifying at the Indy 500, how their COVID-affected sophomore experiences at the Speedway differ from 2019, sponsor influences, and they ponder a new caffeinated chocolate milk drink business that might make the two incredibly rich. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook ...
Aug 20, 2020•20 min•Ep. 798
Bryan Herta, co-owner of the pole-winning Andretti Herta Autosport No. 98 Honda driven by Marco Andretti, joins us for 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: "Has Marco taken a different approach to this years 500 so far? Or has the car just been that good since the start?" "What’s the inspiration for that calm, smooth-as-silk radio voice? ('clutch and coast' from ‘16, 'weight jacker' from Sunday...
Aug 19, 2020•35 min•Ep. 797
It's the sixth installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull who shares insights about the team's practice and qualifying efforts that saw Scott Dixon capture second on the Indy 500 grid. Hull also takes us inside that teams are doing this week while cars are silent until Friday, and covers a few more topics, including fans trying to watch Sunday's race high above the grandstands outside the track. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com...
Aug 18, 2020•17 min•Ep. 796
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 12m34s mark in the episode): "The story of the weekend seemed to be the separation between Honda and Chevrolet in qualifying times. The advantage seems to be cyclical. Did Honda teams have any idea they were going to be a class alone this time?" "Marshall, why do the drivers move so far away from the wall on the straights at Indy?...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 795
We open the 16-part Remembering John Andretti series, which looks back at the late race car driver's life by exploring key intervals in his unbelievable career, with the esteemed reporter and author Mark 'Bones' Bourcier, who covered Andretti's first forays into short-track racing in 1981. With the remaining 15 episodes, captured in the days after John's passing on January 30, 2020, we move through the years in increments to hear the origins, stories, and remarkable accomplishments by one of rac...
Aug 17, 2020•22 min•Ep. 794
We welcome Cary Agajanian with Part 2 of the Remembering John Andretti series. After meeting John in 1984, Agajanian would become a fixture as Andretti's ever-present friend, lawyer, and advisor throughout the rest of his life. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast
Aug 17, 2020•41 min•Ep. 793
We welcome Erik Wensberg with Part 3 of the Remembering John Andretti series. BMW's former program manager gave John his first big pro racing break in 1986 with the brand's IMSA GTP program, and watched as Andretti passion for driving was demonstrated for BMW in smaller, more obscure series. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•23 min•Ep. 792
We welcome Davy Jones with Part 4 of the Remembering John Andretti series, who looks back to 1986 as he partnered with John in the factory BMW IMSA GTP program and went on to race with--and against--Andretti in the years that followed in IMSA and IndyCar. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•18 min•Ep. 791
We welcome Mike Curb with Part 5 of the Remembering John Andretti series. The famed record producer and label owner gave John his first shot in IndyCar and the Indy 500 in 1987, and shares the story of how they found each other and took on the establishment with one of CART's smaller teams. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•21 min•Ep. 790
We welcome Mario Andretti with Part 6 of the Remembering John Andretti series, who chronicles the all-family Porsche 962 effort at the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans where John made his debut at the French endurance racing classic alongside Mario and Michael Andretti. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•13 min•Ep. 789
We welcome Jim Busby with Part 7 of the Remembering John Andretti series. The veteran sports car team owner takes us back to 1989 where John scored one of his biggest victories at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in Busby's Porsche 962, and fought to earn respect from his iconic teammate Bob Wollek over a season of IMSA GTP endurance racing. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•34 min•Ep. 788
We welcome Derrick Walker with Part 8 of the Remembering John Andretti series as the former head of Porsche's IndyCar team details John's return to open-wheel racing in 1990. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast
Aug 17, 2020•18 min•Ep. 787
We welcome Jim Hall II with Part 9 of the Remembering John Andretti series, who shares stories of looking after his father's IndyCar program and working with John, who earned a famous win on debut in 1991 at Surfers Paradise. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast
Aug 17, 2020•24 min•Ep. 786
We welcome Major League Baseball all-star Jack Clark with Part 10 of the Remembering John Andretti series. Of all the crazy things John attempted in his career, driving Clark's NHRA Top Fuel dragster in 1993 was the wildest, which he shares in a rare interview. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•25 min•Ep. 785
We welcome Bryan Herta with Part 11 of the Remembering John Andretti series. As an Indy 500 rookie in 1994 with the A.J. Foyt Racing team, Herta was fortunate to have John as a veteran teammate to learn from--all while Andretti was preparing to do the first 'Double' by racing at Indy and NASCAR's Charlotte 600 on the same day. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast...
Aug 17, 2020•13 min•Ep. 784
We welcome Jeff Burton with Part 12 of the Remembering John Andretti series where he details a friendship that began in 1994 as rookies on the NASCAR Cup trail. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast
Aug 17, 2020•20 min•Ep. 783
