MP 461: Busby Brings In-Car Cameras To IMSA 1985

Veteran IMSA team owner/driver Jim Busby visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share stories of IMSA’s first adventure in live on-board footage from 1985 as his Porsche 962 GTP team, with backing from tire manufacturer BFGoodrich, took sports car fans along for some memorable rides.
Although it's become commonplace today, sitting in the passenger seat next to Busby, Jochen Mass, Pete Halsmer, John Morton, Rick Knoop, and other GTP legends was a ground-breaking viewing experience in the mid-80s.
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MP 458: Mark Raffauf, My Racing Life and Career

Mark Raffauf has spent most of his adult life as part of the IMSA family. Dating back to his teens in the 1970s where he became an integral part of the organization during its GT glory days, he went on to become the key person behind its GTP era before shifting his attention to Grand-Am, and today, the relationship continues with his leadership role in the new IMSA championship.
Raffauf sat down for an episode of My Racing Life and Career in September of 2018 to share some stories about growing up in IMSA, living through amazing times--even some of the narco controversies that his the series--and the new book, 'IMSA 1969-1989', he's written with Mitch Bishop, son of IMSA founders John and Peggy Bishop.
If there's one person who serves as the living embodiment of IMSA, it's Mark Raffauf.
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MP 453: Catching Up With Wayne Taylor

How did Wayne Taylor sign Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi to drive his Cadillac DPi-V.R at Daytona? What does he think of his son Jordan’s social media profile? Is he interested in fielding an IndyCar Series effort, and will his team assist McLaren at the Indy 500? And would Wayne Taylor Racing continue if both his sons left to drive for other IMSA teams?
The South African WeatherTech SportsCar Championship team owner pays a visit to the Marshall Pruett Podcast for an episode of Catching Up With Wayne Taylor to answer those questions an more ahead of the Roar Before The 24.
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MP 451: Catching Up With John Doonan

Mazda Motorsports director John Doonan visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the sweeping driver, management, and engineering changes made to the Mazda Team Joest IMSA DPi program.
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MP 450: The Week In IndyCar, Jan 2, Live From Portland with Bourdais, Franchitti, and Power

We're kicking off the new year with our Week In IndyCar Live! podcast from the series return to Portland where Sebastien Bourdais, Dario Franchitti, and Will Power joined a crowd of more than 100 IndyCar fans from the Cooper Tires Stage for a fun Q&A session that also featured Portland International Raceway manager E.C. Mueller and Mazda Motorsports boss John Doonan.
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MP 449: Mario Andretti on the 40th Anniversary of His Formula 1 Title

Mario Andretti visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his 1978 Formula 1 world championship earned with the pioneering Lotus 79 chassis.
From early tests in South Africa that led to the ground effects concepts, to the development highlights and missteps with the Lotus 78, 79, and 80 F1 challengers, to the sorrow-filled memories of winning the title on the day his friend and teammate Ronnie Peterson died, Andretti brings his customary charm and insights to one of America's great achievements in motor racing.
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MP 446: Catching Up With Rubens Barrichello

Rubens Barrichello visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss his upcoming return to the Rolex 24 At Daytona, his son's budding open-wheel interests on the Road To Indy, competing in the Brazilian Stock Car series, and his passion to continue racing long after his Formula 1 career came to an end.
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MP 445: The Oral History OF The Fast Masters Series

Bring some of racing’s biggest names out of retirement from Indy car, sports cars, NASCAR, and even the NHRA, wedge them into 12 of Jaguar’s brand-new, ultra-rare $1.3 million road racing XJ220C supercars, then drop the ageing heroes onto the claustrophobic 0.686-mile Indianapolis Raceway Park oval and eventually its ‘roval’ as part of the first made-for-TV racing series for 50-and-older icons.
What could go wrong?
Back in the summer of 1993, the gorgeous XJ220Cs, built in England by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, were bashed and battered for our amusement like demolition derby cars at the county fair.  The six-week special airing on ESPN, modeled off the cable channel’s Thursday Night Thunder concept, delivered five weeks of heat races to whittle down the grid for Fast Master’s grand finale. Quickly dubbed the ‘Crash Masters,’ it received the sport’s most accurate nickname.
On its 25th anniversary, the Fast Masters series continues to stand as one of the most delightfully unhinged racing concepts to become a reality.
Told by Terry Lingner, the series’ creator and producer, Bobby Unser, its first and only champion, and TWR USA boss Tony Dowe, who supplied and maintained the cars on behalf of Jaguar, here's the oral history of a racing series that barely survived its first event, presented as a special feature on the Marshall Pruett Podcast.
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MP 443: The Super Long Holiday Travel Companion Podcast

Got plenty of miles or kilometers to cover during the holidays? Here’s a blend of 10 Marshall Pruett Podcast episodes from 2018 that span IndyCar, sports cars, and the history of the sport to serve as your time-killing travel companion.
Listening Guide:
The Day At Indy, May 22, with Ricardo Juncos (starts at 5m08s)
20th Anniversary of Allan McNish’s First Le Mans Win, 1998 with Porsche (1h21m29s)
Hurley Haywood, My Racing Life and Career (2h03m53s)
Sounds of 1995 CART IndyCar at Long Beach (3h34m51s)
Stefan Johansson, My Racing Life and Career Part 2 (3h58m50s)
30th Anniversary of Jaguar’s 1988 Win at the 24 Hours of Daytona (4h50m48s)
Dave Sims on the 50th Anniversary of Jim Clark’s Death (5h36m30s)
Neel Jani on His Porsche 919 Evo Record Run at Spa (6h12m58s)
Porsche 911 RSR In-Car Audio from VIR (6h55m03s)
Bobby Unser on the Turbo Era at the Indy 500 (7h24m08s)
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MP 438: My Racing Life and Career, Bobby Unser at Pikes Peak

It's nothing but wild tales of racing and winning at Pikes Peak from the 1950s through the 1980s with the great Bobby Unser as stories of building his own cars, making tires, finding the best chassis setup for the mountain, driving for Audi in its Group B rallying beast, coaching WRC champion Walter Rohrl, his infamous 'first in-car camera' story, and more are offered by the man who conquered Pikes Peak 10 times with incredible style.
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MP 436: Catching Up With Jim Glickenhaus

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus founder/owner and future FIA WEC entrant Jim Glickenhaus visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to explore his motivations for growing SCG's footprint in the road and racing industries, and lays out a number of plans for the company in the months and years ahead that include IMSA, off-road vehicles, and more.
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MP 435: The Week In IndyCar, Dec 11, with Series CEO Mark Miles

IndyCar Series CEO Mark Miles makes his first visit to Marshall Pruett's The Week In IndyCar podcast to answer all manner of questions submitted by listeners via Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit that span signing a new title sponsor, returning to Australia to race at Surfers Paradise, international TV contracts, and more.
Discussion Threads:
Recent news and Q&A with MP (through 31m49s)
General questions with Mark (starts at 32m20s)
Future race tracks and schedules (54m59s)
 
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MP 431: Catching Up with Alex Zanardi

The incredible Alex Zanardi makes his return to the Marshall Pruett Podcast with updates on preparations for January's Rolex 24 at Daytona, the new hand controls he'll use inside the factory BMW M8 GTE, adjustments to his training regimen to suit the new controls, choosing Daytona over the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and to close, he offers thoughts on his dear friend, the late Mo Nunn.
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MP 428: The Week In Sports Cars, Nov 29, with Graham Goodwin

It’s a super-sized edition of The Week In Sports Cars as Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin catch up on two weeks of listener questions submitted via Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter that span driver ratings controversy in IMSA and cheating in the WEC.
Discussion Threads:
IMSA (starts at 1m49s)
SRO (1h6m59s)
ACO/WEC/ELMS/AsLMS (1h17m07s)
General & Fun (2h27m48s)
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MP 424: Catching Up with Simona De Silvestro

Simona De Silvestro makes her first visit to The Marshall Pruett Podcast for a catch-up on life Down Under as an Australian Supercars driver, the challenges she's faced in switching to tin-tops after a life spent in open-wheel cars, dealing with some of the negativity that has come her way on social media, her post-IndyCar efforts to land a seat in Formula 1, the W Series and her upcoming IMSA debut with an all-female lineup at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and reflections on her time in IndyCar as well as whether she'd entertain a return to the series in the future.
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MP 423: A Conversation with Sam Smith

Finally! It's a long overdue podcast with my Road & Track colleague Sam Smith whose writing is among the best in the industry, featured race car test drives have become essential reading, and new NBCSN show "Proving Grounds" brings something new and interesting to the genre.
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MP 421: The Week In Sports Cars, Nov 13, with Graham Goodwin

Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin explore IMSA, the FIA WEC, and more series through listener-supplied questions in the latest episode of The Week In Sports Cars podcast.
Discussion Threads:
ACO/WEC/ELMS/AsLMS (starts at 11m11s)
TWISC (38m07s)
IMSA (42m57s)
General (1h08m03s)
Fun (1h28m34s)
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MP 419: Michael Andretti on His Troubled 1993 Formula 1 Season

Michael Andretti and his father Mario visit the Marshall Pruett Podcast to explore Michael's ill-fated 1993 Formula 1 adventure with McLaren. On the 25th anniversary of a season that went sideways, the Andrettis shed light--and a few new insights--on why a year at McLaren alongside Ayrton Senna produced two drastically different outcomes for the Brazilian and American drivers.
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MP 417: The Week In IndyCar, Nov 6, with Arie Luyendyk

Two-time Indy 500 winner and current IndyCar race steward Arie Luyendyk makes his first visit to Marshall Pruett's The Week In IndyCar podcast to share thoughts on his career and the state of the sport today from listener questions submitted via Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit.
Discussion Threads:
Recent news and Q&A with MP (through 33m05s)
Indy 500 Q&A with Arie (starts at 33m33s)
Sports cars Q&A (starts at 49m07s)
General Q&A (starts at 53m33s)
Texas 1997 Q&A (starts at 1h23m18s)
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MP 416: Al Unser Sr on His Final Indy 500 Run

IndyCar legend and four-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Sr joins the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the 25th anniversary of his final run at the Speedway from 1993 with King Racing and what led to his decision to retire the following year as his son Al Jr went on to score a memorable win for Roger Penske.
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