MP 577: The Week In IndyCar, May 28, with Simon Pagenaud, Ben Bretzman, and Santino Ferrucci

It’s a marathon post-Indy 500 episode of The Week In IndyCar featuring Team Penske’s race winner Simon Pagenaud, his race engineer Ben Bretzman, Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Santino Ferrucci, a huge list of Q&A items for your host Marshall Pruett, and a personal update to close the show.
Segments:
Simon Pagenaud (starts at 15m17s)
Ben Bretzman (33m57s)
Santino Ferrucci (57m56s)
MP Q&A (1h24m16s)
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MP 576: Catching Up With Janet Guthrie Documentary Filmmakers Jenna Ricker and Greg Stuhr

Jenna Ricker, director of 'Qualified,' the new ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on racing pioneer Janet Guthrie, and producer Greg Stuhr visit the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the film and the many choices they made to honor the first woman to qualifying and compete in the Indianapolis 500.
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MP 575: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 15, The Rivals

On the final episode of our 15-part ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500’ feature, our guests are three of The Captain’s rivals, starting with Rahal Letterman Lanigan co-owner Bobby Rahal, continuing with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, and closing Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull.
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MP 574: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 14, with Helio Castroneves

Part 14 of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, welcomes the beloved three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves.
Spider-Man’s 20 years as a Team Penske driver surpass all those who’ve competed for the Captain.
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MP 573: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 13, with Tim Cindric

Part 13 of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, welcomes Team Penske president Tim Cindric.
Upon his arrival, Cindric has played a sizable role in turning The Captain’s declining fortunes in IndyCar around and restoring it to glory starting in the year 2000.
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MP 572: Catching Up With Ryan Hunter-Reay

2014 Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay returns to the Marshall Pruett Podcast for an episode of Catching Up With to detail his goals at Indianapolis and his efforts to secure a new multi-year contract to ensure his championship-winning career moves forward into the next decade.
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MP 571: Catching Up With Helio Castroneves

Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast for a quick Catching Up With episode to discuss his dual efforts in IMSA and at the Indy 500 for Team Penske, and how he's adjusting to pursuing the 4-Time Winner's Club as an Indy-only participant.
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MP 569: IndyCar Aeroscreen 2020 with Christian Horner, Dario Franchitti, and Tino Belli

Red Bull's Christian Horner, three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti, and IndyCar director of aerodynamic development Tino Belli join the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the new-for-2020 Red bull Advanced Technologies aeroscreen cockpit protection device that will be fitted to every NTT IndyCar Series entry.
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MP 567: Catching Up With IndyCar Doctors Steve Olvey and Terry Trammell

On this episode of Catching Up With, IndyCar doctors Steve Olvey and Terry Trammell discuss the new documentary 'Rapid Response' based on Olvey's book, which chronicles their efforts to save drivers' lives and advance safety technology in the sport.  
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MP 564: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 10, with Jon Bouslog

Part 10 of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, welcomes Jon Bouslog to the conversation.
Nicknamed ‘Myron,’ Bouslog’s been the closest thing to a Team Penske mascot during his four decades with the outfit as he’s risen up the ranks from junior mechanic to managing The Captain’s IMSA sports car team on behalf of Acura.
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MP 563: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 9, with Paul Ray

Part nine of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, welcomes Ilmor Engineering president Paul Ray.
Ray’s tenure with the engine company co-founded by Roger Penske marks its 30th anniversary in 2019.
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MP 562: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 8, with Jade Gurss

Part eight of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, welcomes author Jade Gurss.
His fantastic book “Beast” chronicles the unbelievable efforts expended by Roger Penske and Ilmor Engineering, along with the precarious nature of the project which could have failed on multiple occasions, to produce an unbeatable stock block engine for the 1994 Indy 500, which Al Unser Jr used to win for Team Penske.
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MP 561: The Week In IndyCar, May 22, with Ben Bretzman and Anders Krohn

Simon Pagenaud's Team Penske race engineer Ben Bretzman and NBC Sports analyst Anders Krohn join us to review a crazy weekend of qualifying and look ahead to Sunday's Indianapolis 500 where Ben's driver sits on pole and Anders will be bringing his brilliant commentary to IndyCar Radio and NBC's coverage starting on Carb Day.
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MP 560: The Day At Indy, May 20, with Chris Medland, Santino Ferrucci, and Jim Ayello

RACER.com Formula 1 reporter Chris Medland is the first of three guests on the Monday, May 20 edition of The Day At Indy as he shares insights on the McLaren team's unfortunate collapse during time trials. Dale Coyne Racing rookie Santino Ferrucci follows Medland with news of being schooled by Helio Castroneves during Monday's two-hour practice session, and we close with IndyCar reporter Jim Ayello who helps explore a wide range of topics coming out of Indy 500 qualifying. 
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MP 559: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 7, with Nigel Bennett

Part seven of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, peerless chassis designer and race engineer Nigel Bennett.
Bennett's immediate impact at Penske Cars produced the 1988 Indy 500 winner driven by Rick Mears, the 1989 winner driven by Emerson Fittipaldi, and more, including the legendary Penske PC23 chassis that carried ‘The Beast’, the 1000-horsepower Mercedes-Ilmor stock block engine from 1994.
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MP 558: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 6, with Chuck Sprague

Part six of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969, is master mechanic and team manager Chuck Sprague.
Sprague’s time at Team Penske from the late 1970s through the late 1990s helped produce countless IndyCar championships and Indy 500 wins.
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MP 557: The Day At Indy, May 19, with Kyle Kaiser, Elton Julian and Ben Hanley

Two of the biggest surprises in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 joins us for the The Day At Indy on Sunday, May 19, as Juncos Racing's Kyle Kaiser and DragonSpeed owner Elton Julian, along with driver Ben Hanley, share their amazing underdog tales.
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MP 556: The Day At Indy, May 18, with Spencer Pigot, Tim Clauson, Josef Newgarden, and Colton Herta

It's another packed episode of The Day At Indy for Saturday, May 18, as a wild day of qualifying for the Indy 500, led by our opening guest Spencer Pigot from Ed Carpenter Racing, saw McLaren Racing and Fernando Alonso miss out on securing a spot in the field for the Spaniard while Tim Clauson's Clauson-Marshall Racing USAC dirt racing program earned the 30th and final position available on Saturday.
Clauson is joined by Team Penske's Josef Newgarden who, like Pigot, earned the right to vie for pole position on Sunday after capturing a spot in the Fast 9.
We close with Harding Steinbrenner Racing's Colton Herta, who posted the fifth-fastest speed and will also take a shot at pole, and gives us some amazing insights on his amazing performance on Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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MP 555: The Day At Indy, May 17, with Chris Medland, Robin Miller, Ricardo Juncos, and Anders Krohn

It's a packed episode of The Day At Indy for Friday, May 17, as RACER's F1 reporter Chris Medland and RACER's Robin Miller review a strange day and preview who might make--and miss--the field of 33 this weekend at Indy. They're followed by Ricardo Juncos, whose team is in a fight against time to prepare a backup car for Kyle Kaiser who destroyed his primary chassis in a heavy crash on Friday, and we close with NBC Sport's analysis Anders Krohn, who adds his insights on how the week has shaped up with qualifying on the horizon.
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MP 554: How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500, Ep 5, with Rick Mears

Welcome to the feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th anniversary of his first which took place in 1969.
This 15-part series spans some of the greatest drivers, managers, mechanics, designers, and the man himself, Roger Penske, to document The Captain’s vast influence on America’s defining motor race, the Indy 500, and in many instances, the sport as a whole.
Our guest for the fifth episode is The Rocket, Rick Mears, the only man to win all four of his Indy 500s while driving for Roger Penske in a career that spanned 1978 through 1992 in the cockpit, and who continues to this day as a driver coach and consultant for Penske’s NTT IndyCar Series team.
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