MP 825: The Week In IndyCar, May 15, with Larry Foyt

A.J. Foyt Racing president Larry Foyt returns to The Week In IndyCar to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show.
Episode Time Stamps:
Foyt on whether the COVID-19 delay has helped or hurt the team (starts at 1m08s)
Thoughts on the team's revised engineering group (4m32s)
Where Sebastien Bourdais might fit into the revised schedule (7m08s)
How the split Texas and Indy shop setup is working out (10m43s)
Building the Foyt Museum (13m21s)
Future Lineups (16m41s)
What A.J. has been doing during the shutdown (21m26s)
Does A.J. have a softer side? (26m55s)
2011 Indy 500 and replacing Bruno Junqueira with Ryan Hunter-Reay (28m57s)
Throwback livery plans (34m34s)
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MP 824: The Week In IndyCar, May 13, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered:
"Is there concern about starting the season on a high-speed oval? Drivers have been out cars for a long time. Lots of track time in one day for drivers not race-conditioned. Texas is a scary place to brush the cobwebs off. Plus some rookies will start their very 1st IndyCar race."
"What driver clone would you want around? I am thinking Rossi for me, he is a neat freak, probably doesn’t eat much, is a smart ass and would be fun for track days."
"For those of us who aren’t familiar, can you give us the 'Inside Baseball' on what kind of data the teams have available on the timing stand when their cars are on track?"
"While replacing a turbine hydraulic line last week and cussing the GE engineer that apparently decided to build the engine around the stupid thing, I pondered if you had a particular maintenance task you loathed during your time wrenching on race cars?"
Listener Q&A begins at the 14m46s mark in the episode.
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MP 815: The Week In IndyCar, May 9, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered:
"Road America is currently slated before F1 gets back to work. Do you think McLaren would consider fielding a car for Lando Norris for that race? I imagine sponsors are looking for more exposure any way they can get it and Lando is definitely a quarantine winner with the fans."
"It seems like Simon Pagenaud is good at a lot of things but acting is not one of them. I can't help but cringe at what he did, taking out one of the most popular drivers in F1 whilst 10k+ viewers were watching Lando on Twitch is probably the worst thing he could do. Then Zak Brown tweeting out that he was surprised by what Simon did. Just a horrible look for Simon, his sponsors and the series. You and Miller had mentioned that Simon was being considered for a SPAM ride in 2021. Do you think the chances of that happening are still as strong as they once were or am I over analyzing something that happened in the virtual world?"
"Marshall you have to pick two drivers, two team member and two IndyCar officials (or media) to survive a zombie apocalypse, who would be on your team?"
Listener Q&A begins at the 7m07s mark in the episode.
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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:
Show open 
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 804: The Week In IndyCar, April 27, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered:
"I've seen pictures of the Menards Lolas with their 'hunchback' engine covers, with an aesthetic anomaly caused by the height of their engines. These were Buick V6s, correct? Did the size of the Honda and Chevy engines have any impact on the aesthetics of the universal aerokits? Or was the engine packaging tight enough that designers had free reign? Are there any cars that you can think of that were weirdly and/or negatively impacted by their engine packaging?"
"I am liking the iRaces but can you speak about the business model behind it, are drivers actually contracted to their team to do this, is there even an 'e-sports' stipulation in their contract? freelancing? And how were the ratings this week, when the races were on YouTube again?"
"MP, if you were to replace the characters in the TV show The A-Team with Indy car drivers who would you pick for Face, Murdock, BA and Hannibal? #mepersonally I see Will Power as a great Murdock."
Listener Q&A begins at the 11m17s mark in the episode.
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MP 802: The Week In IndyCar, April 23, with Jack Harvey

Meyer Shank Racing driver Jack "The Baker" Harvey makes returns to The Week In IndyCar show to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open 
Jack on MSR, quarantine, and if he's a baking mobster (starts at 1m42s)
Harvey's thoughts on iRacing (4m38s)
The Great British Bake Off and lots of baking questions (10m01s)
If the revised IndyCar schedule could help smaller teams like MSR (22m53s)
Would he rather star in Driven 2 or sign the best IndyCar contract? (24m30s)
Jack's first car (27m39s)
Technical alliance with Andretti Autosport (31m07s)
Increasing IndyCar's popularity in Britain (38m50s)
If Jack's IndyCar rivals were baked goods, which baked goods would they be? (40m56s)
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MP 800: The Week In IndyCar, April 17, with Ben Bretzman

Simon Pagenaud's championship- and Indy 500-winning race engineer Ben Bretzman returns to The Week In IndyCar to answer listener questions on the technical side of sim racing following the virtual win he and Pagenaud secured at the recent IndyCar iRacing Challenge event on the Michigan Superspeedway.
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MP 796: The Week In IndyCar, April 16, with Arie Luyendyk

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk returns to The Week In IndyCar show to discuss a wide variety of topics on our listener-driven Q&A show.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open 
Arie Luyendyk conversation (starts at 4m29s)
Life as a IndyCar driver-turned-IndyCar race steward (4m59s)
Helping Dutch IndyCar rookie Rinus VeeKay (13m49s)
Most frequent questions received (18m08s)
Differences between 1990 and 1997 Indy 500 wins (19m52s)
Thoughts on sim racing (31m49s)
Driving the IMSA GTP Jaguar XJR-14 (35m55s)
IROC memories (39m49s)
Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort (42m35s)
1987 IndyCar season with Hemelgarn Racing (47m59s)
Driving for Dick Simon (49m53s)
Driving for Chip Ganassi (52m26s)
Which driver has the best hair in racing? (1h00m45s)
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MP 795: The Week In IndyCar, April 15, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered:
"What are the chances of getting Kyle Larson as a teammate for Santino Ferrucci? Santino can help him repair his image and they’d tear up IndyCar. Stupid what Larson said and he should face consequences, but I believe in second chances. What say you Marshall?"
"I know a venue has to be financially feasible for IndyCar to race there. That said, with the cancellation of the Detroit GP, has there been any discussion of a race at Michigan International Speedway replacing Detroit for 2020? Is it even remotely feasible to speculate about? I noticed the official IndyCar Twitter account acknowledged that they saw the desire expressed by fans over the past week to return to MIS."
"Marshall, can you think of any positives that might come from the delay of the IndyCar season. For #mepersonally it seems like there might be more of a willingness of the sanctioning bodies to work together to get races scheduled and ran and I’m sure once the IndyCar season starts nobody will be bitching about the aeroscreen anymore."
"We all know every bodies house has its own 'smell.' As we know that Bourdais' house most likely smells like French fries or French toast, and yours probably smells like hamburger and a hint of cats, what do you think some other IndyCar drivers houses smell is? I'm pretty sure Rossi's smells like new carpet, because hes seems like the type of person to buy new carpet every year. And I think Conor Daly seems like it would smell like Doritos from all his sim racing time."
Listener Q&A begins at the 4m17s mark in the episode.
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MP 793: The Week In IndyCar, April 10, with Scott McLaughlin

Two-time Australian Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin pays his first visit to The Week In IndyCar show to discuss his upcoming debut in the series for Team Penske, success in iRacing, the Bathurst 1000, and more on our listener-driven Q&A show.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show opening 
Scott McLaughlin conversation (starts at 4m22s)
Michigan IndyCar iRacing preparation (5m44s)
Teammate Will Power's hilarious iRacing commentary (8m35s)
iRacing continued (10m56s)
Australian Supercars (14m38s)
Holden's upcoming Supercars exit (18m59s)
Choosing IndyCar over NASCAR (20m56s)
Insane travel (29m39s)
IndyCar chassis setup preferences (33m50s)
When he might race in IndyCar (38m23s)
Anger from Ford Supercars fans at driving a Chevy-powered Indy car (40m59s)
Perfect New Zealand circuit for hosting an IndyCar race (42m24s)
Penske Games (43m57s)
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MP 792: The Week In IndyCar, April 9, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered:
"Do you think the announcement of a second race at the IMS road course is a 2020-only event, or a precursor to an annual Harvest Fall Classic at the Speedway?"
"Understanding you may not want to name current names, what IndyCar team owner or crew chief was closest in their approach to employee motivation as HAAS F1's Günther Steiner?"
"After seeing the most recent calendar amendment, I wanted to play devil's advocate by asking if you think that Roger Penske's team's success at a track would play a part in the scheduling?"
"With Iowa now being a doubleheader, how much more treacherous will this be for teams who have to pray dearly the car doesn't get destroyed just a month before Indy?"
"Can you shed some light on some of the curious decisions by CART/IRL that lead both to Vince Neil and Jason Priestley to compete in Indy Lights?"
Listener Q&A begins at the 6m07s mark in the episode.
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MP 791: The Week In IndyCar, April 8, with Mark Blundell

Former CART IndyCar Series and Formula 1 star Mark Blundell joins us for an entertaining episode of The Week In IndyCar show on the Marshall Pruett Podcast to answer questions from items submitted by fans via social media.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open and recent news
Mark Blundell conversation (starts at 4m23s)
Mark's return to racing in the British Touring Car Championship (5m16s)
Memories and differences between 1990s CART and F1 (8m44s)
The Brundell Brothers--Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle (12m32s)
Favorite tracks (16m47s)
First F1 and CART tests (19m59s)
How the Pacwest IndyCar deal brought him to America (24m05s)
Motocross experience applied to open-wheel racing (28m16s)
Rio 400 oval crash in 1996 (32m11s)
Famous Portland 1997 CART win (41m34s)
Memories of 1992 win for Peugeot at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (47m05s)
Hiring Jimmy Bly to drive for his IndyCar team (55m25s)
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MP 787: The Week In IndyCar, April 4, with Sebastien Bourdais

The French Fry & Hamburger Show continues as Sebastien Bourdais returns to The Marshall Pruett Podcast to answer questions for The Week In IndyCar show using items submitted by fans via social media.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open 
Seb's shelter-in-place routine (starts at 2m04s)
Thoughts on iRacing and his Ikea sim rig (6m36s)
Future racing plans (16m51s)
First memories of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (23m13s)
Relationship with Simon Pagenaud (27m47s)
Driving the Panoz DP01 Champ Car (31m10s)
Fun team recollections (32m39s)
French racing legend Jean Pierre Jarier and Seb's crazy first Le Mans race (38m54s)
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MP 784: The Week In IndyCar, April 2, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media. Among the items covered:
"Any chance this iRacing could be the Winter Series (for fun of course) that Mark Miles has talked about in the past? Maybe have six races from October-December?"
"Do you suspect IndyCar may follow F1's lead and possibly postpone the mandate for KERS and a new chassis in 2022 in order to give the teams time to recover financially?"
"I know that the DW12 is a spec car but how much difference is there (besides the engine) between the cars at different teams?"
"If the drivers on the projected 2020 IndyCar Grid were lunch meats, which driver is which lunch meat?"
Listener Q&A begins at the 5m46s mark in the episode.
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MP 783: The Week In IndyCar, April 1, with Mike Hull

Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull makes his 22nd appearance on The Marshall Pruett Podcast to answer questions for The Week In IndyCar show using items submitted by fans via social media.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open and recent news
Mike Hull conversation (starts at 11m42s)
Stimulus package and Payroll Protection Program (13m16s)
Memories of Rod Campbell (24m24s)
Hull's shelter-in-place routine (31m34s)
Aeroscreen setup changes and cooling at a hot August Indy 500 (37m29s)
Picking three non-Ganassi IndyCar drivers for Hull's iRacing team, and why (42m42s)
Target store discounts (52m41s)
Jimmy Vasser story to close (55m18s)
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MP 779: The Week In IndyCar, March 27, with Leigh Diffey

NTT IndyCar Series on NBC host Leigh Diffey returns to The Marshall Pruett Podcast ahead of calling his first IndyCar iRacing event at Watkins Glen, and helps to answer a variety of questions on the newly-modified 2020 schedule where the Indy 500 has moved to August, among other calendar adjustments in the shortened championship.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open and iRacing insights
Listener Q&A (starts at 9m04s)
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MP 775: The Week In IndyCar, March 25, with Alexander Rossi

NTT IndyCar Series championship contender and 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi returns to answer listener questions submitted via social media for The Week In IndyCar show.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open, news and updates
Alexander Rossi interview (starts at 6m58s)
Getting mad at and struggling with iRacing (7m16s)
Driver contracts and training during the coronavirus shutdown (10m01s)
Thoughts on Esports (14m55s)
Off Track with Hinch and Rossi (19m18s)
Shots fired! (22m02s)
Dream vintage race car (25m48s)
Bourbon! (29m34s)
Favorite IndyCar race destination for local cuisine (38m28s)
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MP 774: The Week In IndyCar, March 24, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media on event cancellations and postponements, iRacing, Panoz DP01 vs Dallara DW12, combo race weekends, teams assisting in coronavirus-related mask and ventilator manufacturing, an IndyCar driver cage match, and more.
Listener Q&A begins at the 5m58s mark in the episode.
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MP 770: The Week In IndyCar, March 18, with Mike Shank

The realest team owner in the NTT IndyCar Series (and IMSA) makes his 10th visit to the podcast as Meyer Shank Racing deals with the health and financial effects of the COVID-19 virus. Few are more direct or honest than the racer-turned-owner, which makes the Ohioan's answers to the listener questions submitted via social media for The Week In IndyCar show a perfect blend of insight and fun.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open, news and updates
Michael Shank interview (starts at 18m49s)
Shank's thoughts on St. Petersburg cancellation and financial losses(20m50s)
Measures to keep IndyCar teams afloat during the pandemic (28m17s)
Craziest thing said by a driver over the radio (48m36s)
Shank's driving career and IndyCar prospects (49m57s)
Memories of the movie Driven (52m19s)
How fans can help support teams and sponsors during the shutdown (1h01m00s)
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MP 769: The Week In IndyCar, March 17, Listener Q&A

The effects of the coronavirus weigh heavily in the opening portion of our listener-driven Week In IndyCar show, with questions on scheduling, postponing the Indy 500, how fans can support teams/sponsors/vendors to keep the series from collapsing, gaming, and more items submitted via social media, along with a special message to close the episode.
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