MP 813: The Week In IndyCar, May 6, with Stefan Johansson

CART IndyCar Series and Formula 1 veteran Stefan Johansson, who manages a number of current NTT IndyCar Series drivers, joins us for The Week In IndyCar to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show.
Episode Time Stamps:
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Stefan on driver contracts and iRacing (starts at 2m42s)
Driving 1000HP Indy cars, F1 cars, and sports cars (12m47s)
Setting the lap record in a 1983 Porsche 956 at the Nurburgring (20m25s)
Developing the 2009 Acura ARX-02a LMP1 car (23m28s)
Tales of driving for the Onxy F1 team in 1989 and sponsor Jean-Pierre Van Rossem (27m17s)
Driving for Tony Bettenhausen (35m25s)
Owning a Champ Car team with Ryan Hunter-Reay as his driver (39m17s)
Thoughts on Marcus Ericsson (41m55s)
Thoughts on Felix Rosenqvist (44m21s)
Friendship with Dire Straights' Mark Knopfler (45m21s)
Passion for painting (46m57s)
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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 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 332: Stefan Johansson, My Racing Life and Career, Pt 2

The incomparable Stefan Johansson is back for part two of his interview with Marshall Pruett, and this time, the Swede's richest years in Formula 1 is the subject as his time going up against Ayrton Senna, driving for Ferrari, and competing next to three-time F1 champ Alain Prost at McLaren leads the conversation.
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MP 276: Strangest Cars I've Raced with Stefan Johansson, 1988 Ligier JS31-Judd

Among the many strange Formula 1 cars that have been produced, the French Ligier JS31 chassis from 1988 was doomed from the start after team owner Guy Ligier and chief designer Michel Tetu came up with a crazy idea for placing the fuel cell. Former F1 ace Stefan Johansson tells the quick story of Judd V8-powered car's numerous shortcomings with his usual color and honesty. 
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MP 251: Rolex 24 Roundtable with Franchitti, Haywood, Johansson and Wilson

Take sports car legend Hurley Haywood, open-wheel legend Dario Franchitti, the incredible Stefan Johansson, and Major League Baseball All Star-turned-IMSA driver/owner CJ Wilson, put them together for more than an hour at the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona, and all kinds of interesting topics spring to life about motor racing. 
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MP 214: Stefan Johansson, My Racing Life and Career, Pt 1

Stefan Johansson, whose career spanned Formula 1 with Ferrari and McLaren, IndyCar, sports cars with a Le Mans victory and success in the ALMS, joins the Marshall Pruett Podcast for the first part of a look back at his life growing up in Sweden, entry into the sport, and those wild early turbo years in F1 where he was the guinea pig for Honda's explosive 1.5-liter twin-turbo V6. As someone who drove more 1000hp race cars than most, Johansson's experiences behind the wheel are unparalleled.
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