August 22, 2020
Looking back 30 years, Arie Luyendyk takes us inside the 1990 Indianapolis 500 where the Dutchman scored his first of two victories at the Speedway. And there were other milestones recorded that day in his No. 30 Shierson Racing Lola-Chevy, which he discusses, that make his first appearance on the BorgWarner trophy rather special.
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August 21, 2020
Norway's Ayla Agren headed for America with dreams of racing her way up the Road To Indy and landing a ride in the NTT IndyCar Series. Despite her obvious talent, a lack of consistent sponsorship ended her time on the American open-wheel ladder following the 2017 USF2000 season. Undeterred she's continued to work at finding a way to revive her dream. Selected as one of 20 drivers for the second season of the W Series, Agren will have to wait until the championship resumes after the 2020 calendar was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Her story of humility and perseverance is an inspiring one, and with expertise to offer, she'll be at the Indy 500 serving as Ben Hanley's spotter for the No. 81 DragonSpeed Chevy entry. Agren's goal, however, is to get her career back on track, scale the Road To Indy, and join the field of 33 drivers in a future edition of the Indy 500.
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August 21, 2020
It's the ninth installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Andretti Autosport's 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi, who offers some deep insights on what kind of ambient effects will influence race day more than others, the rise in competitiveness by his team at the Speedway, and reveals the findings of his investigation into which driver(s) are guilty in the golf cart prank pulled earlier in the week.
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August 20, 2020
It's the eighth installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's JR Hildebrand who takes us inside a challenging start to his Indy 500, working with his primary sponsor (and fighting off the advances of a driver who recently tried to steal the deal), and closes with insights on his helmet livery of RIGHTS JUSTICE OPPORTUNITY and why he chose to carry supportive social messages into Sunday's race.
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August 19, 2020
It's the seventh installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Chip Ganassi Racing'x Swedish duo of Felix Rosenqvist and Marcus Ericsson, who discuss their results so far in practice and qualifying at the Indy 500, how their COVID-affected sophomore experiences at the Speedway differ from 2019, sponsor influences, and they ponder a new caffeinated chocolate milk drink business that might make the two incredibly rich.
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August 19, 2020
Bryan Herta, co-owner of the pole-winning Andretti Herta Autosport No. 98 Honda driven by Marco Andretti, joins us for The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, driven by questions submitted by fans via social media.
A sampling of the items posed this week:
"Has Marco taken a different approach to this years 500 so far? Or has the car just been that good since the start?"
"What’s the inspiration for that calm, smooth-as-silk radio voice? ('clutch and coast' from ‘16, 'weight jacker' from Sunday)..."
"I heard you once say Dan Wheldon would encourage the team saying, 'C'mon boys, you've got to make me look good.' What work happens 30 days before the 500 prepping a car to make a driver look good? And, if you want to answer, what's a 500 memory of Dan you remember vividly?"
"With your son, a drummer in a Punk band, and Marco's love of Rap music, who controls the radio when you are in the car on a taco run? More importantly, what is coming out of those speakers?"
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August 18, 2020
It's the sixth installment of the Day At Indy podcast, and we have Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull who shares insights about the team's practice and qualifying efforts that saw Scott Dixon capture second on the Indy 500 grid. Hull also takes us inside that teams are doing this week while cars are silent until Friday, and covers a few more topics, including fans trying to watch Sunday's race high above the grandstands outside the track.
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August 17, 2020
It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, driven by questions submitted by fans via social media.
A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 12m34s mark in the episode):
"The story of the weekend seemed to be the separation between Honda and Chevrolet in qualifying times. The advantage seems to be cyclical. Did Honda teams have any idea they were going to be a class alone this time?"
"Marshall, why do the drivers move so far away from the wall on the straights at Indy? I guess air being displaced, bouncing off the wall and upsetting the car, but does that slow you down? Is the greater lap distance offset by the car not getting that resistance off the wall?"
"Was Veekay an outlier in Chevy performance who got lucky with the time he went out Saturday?"
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August 17, 2020
We open the 16-part Remembering John Andretti series, which looks back at the late race car driver's life by exploring key intervals in his unbelievable career, with the esteemed reporter and author Mark 'Bones' Bourcier, who covered Andretti's first forays into short-track racing in 1981.
With the remaining 15 episodes, captured in the days after John's passing on January 30, 2020, we move through the years in increments to hear the origins, stories, and remarkable accomplishments by one of racing's most versatile and benevolent stars.
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August 17, 2020
We welcome Jim Busby with Part 7 of the Remembering John Andretti series. The veteran sports car team owner takes us back to 1989 where John scored one of his biggest victories at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in Busby's Porsche 962, and fought to earn respect from his iconic teammate Bob Wollek over a season of IMSA GTP endurance racing.
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August 17, 2020
We welcome Bryan Herta with Part 11 of the Remembering John Andretti series. As an Indy 500 rookie in 1994 with the A.J. Foyt Racing team, Herta was fortunate to have John as a veteran teammate to learn from--all while Andretti was preparing to do the first 'Double' by racing at Indy and NASCAR's Charlotte 600 on the same day.
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