MP 532: Remembering Ayrton Senna, 25 Years Later, with Terry Griffin

On the 25th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, veteran Formula 1 photographer Terry Griffin, who covered Senna's F1 career in the 1980s and 1990s, shares stories of the legendary Brazilian driver taken from his interactions with the three-time world champion, and deep insights gained up close in the corners where he bore witness to Senna's mastery from behind the lens.
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MP 518: Bryan Herta's 2002 Minardi Formula 1 Test

Former IndyCar and ALMS driver Bryan Herta takes us back to 2002 when his career was at a crossroads and he flew to England to test a Minardi Formula 1 car. As the two-time Indy 500-winning team owner shares, the experience was a mix of amazing, disappointing, and hilarious. 
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MP 503: Arie Luyendyk on Nissan's 1989 Sebring Win

Two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk helped Nissan earn its first major IMSA GTP endurance racing victory in 1989 with Geoff Brabham and Chip Robinson. The Dutchman shares his memories of the fine achievement on its 30th anniversary. 
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MP 501: Stefan Johansson's 'Planes, Tranes, and Automobiles' Sebring Adventure

Stefan Johansson is half convinced the crazy adventures and obstacles he faced while trying to reach Sebring in 1984 inspired the popular 1987 movie ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles’ starring Steve Martin and John Candy.
Some 35 years ago, Johansson was doing his best to keep a shaky Formula 1 career from flaming out. Invited to race at the famed 12-hour endurance event in Florida in an aged Porsche 935 against cutting-edge IMSA GTP models from March, Lola, and Jaguar, a battle of eras was at play. Taking paying rides when offered, Johansson accepted the challenge in the Joest-built 935 arranged by Colombian gentleman racer Mauricio de Narvaez. Along with German pro Hans Heyer, the trio weren’t expected to do more than pad an obscene entry list loaded with sports cars.
Provided Heyer and Johansson made it to Sebring.
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MP 491: IROC Origins with Roger Penske and Bobby Unser

The International Race Of Champions completed its inaugural season 45 years ago in February of 1974 where Mark Donohue claimed the first crown in the all-star series created by Roger Penske, Les Richter, and Mike Phelps. Using production-based Porsche Carrera RSRs, the modern greats from Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR came together at the Riverside road course in California and the famed Daytona circuit in Florida for four rounds to determined the best driver in a group containing A.J. Foyt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Richard Petty, and other legends of the sport.
With help from Penske to open our podcast, followed by all manner of wild tales from three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser, who placed third in 1974 while hating the Porsches, and returned to win the IROC championship in 1975 after a switch to Chevy Camaros was made, we have a fun look back at the origins of a classic series in a special edition of the Marshall Pruett Podcast.
And just wait until Uncle Bobby starts talking about cheating...
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MP 469: Busby Racing Wins The 1989 24 Hours of Daytona

Team owner Jim Busby, driver John Andretti, Busby Racing crew chief Mike Colucci, and Porsche/Andial legend Alwin Springer bring their win at the 1989 Sunbank 24 Hours of Daytona to life on the 30th anniversary of their overall win in the gorgeous No. 67 Porsche 962.
The two-car effort, with the lead No. 67 entry for the late hero Bob Wollek, all-time great Derek Bell, and Andretti, was complemented by a one-off second entry, the No. 68, as a tribute entry featuring the Holbert Racing crew and a 962 chassis for Mario and Michael Andretti, in the wake of Al Holbert’s death a few months earlier.
By the end of the 24 Hour, Porsche had won its 50th race with the 962, which would also serve as Bell's final 24-hour win, and with a long delay for fog, the windshield flying off with Andretti behind the wheel, and a titanic battle for victory with Jaguar that forced Wollek to close the race running at qualifying speeds, the 1989 event is loaded with amazing stories offered by our guests. 
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MP 468: Memo Gidley -- Five Years Later

Five years after his terrifying crash at the 2014 Rolex 24 At Daytona, Memo Gidley takes us back to the day where his life changed as a result of the leg and back injuries he sustained, and then works through the recovery process--one that was brutally painful--before breaking through and returning to the sport that's taken almost as much from him as it's given.
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MP 465: Alex Zanardi, Jimmy Vasser, Mike Hull Target Ganassi Reunion

It's a reunion of the Target Chip Ganassi Racing CART IndyCar team from 1996-1998 as Alex Zanardi, teammate Jimmy Vasser, and former chief mechanic Mike Hull visit The Marshall Pruett Podcast to laugh and relive a golden era for the team that won four straight championships and created unforgettable memories of CART at its finest.
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MP 463: Mark Martin on His 1989 Rolex 24 IMSA GTO Win

NASCAR legend Mark Martin visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share some great tales about his first class victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, taken 30 years ago in a Roush Racing Mercury XR7, and his subsequent wins, including 1995, where he drove with the late Paul Newman. It's typical Mark Martin--funny and poignant--all told with great charm.
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MP 462: PJ Jones on His 1993 IMSA GTP Lap Record at Daytona

P.J. Jones owns one of IMSA's greatest achievements--the outright lap record at the Rolex 24 At Daytona--set in 1993, and with the 2019 field of IMSA prototypes on the cusp of setting a new record in qualifying, the former All American Racers driver visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to recount his amazing feat in the AAR Eagle Mk III GTP and details its unbelievable performance capabilities.
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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 460: Racing To The Front -- The Women of Meyer Shank Racing

The all-female Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 IMSA team founded by Jackie Heinricher with co-owner Mike Shank, led by drivers Katherine Legge, Simona De Silvestro, Christina Nielsen, and Bia Figueiredo, visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast for a roundtable discussion ahead of their debut at the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
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MP 459: Justin Bell and Tommy Kendall Launch The Torque Show

My old FOX/SPEED pals Justin Bell and Tommy Kendall have created 'The Torque Show,' a new live streaming enterprise that will travel to every IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round and broadcast, at least once per day, to bring the series' drivers and personalities to you via social media. Learn about the concept and what the two crazies have in mind for this fun new venture.
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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 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 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 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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