MP 201: The Week in IndyCar, Nov. 9, with JR Hildebrand

IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand joins Marshall Pruett as guest host for the #WeekinIndyCar to discuss the frustrating end to his 2017 season at Ed Carpenter Racing, the series' interest in giving rookies and those outside the top 10 in points an extra set of tires, Robin Miller's op-ed on giving young drivers more time to develop, the engineering changes at Rahal and SPM, SPM's possible split with the Didier Calmels Indy 500 program, and Juan Montoya's actual availability to race at the Speedway for a non-Penske team. Pruett and Hildebrand then close with a long list of Q&A items covering everything fake driver Twitter accounts to future open-wheel technology to racing at Indy with full turbo boost that push the episode out to a whopping 2h35m.

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