The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 1060: Remembering John Paul Jr's Sports Car Career with Butch Leitzinger

The seventh of eight celebrations of John Paul Jr's career in sports car comes courtesy of Butch Leitzinger, who raced and won with Jr in his family's factory Nissan IMSA GTU program, and again at Dyson Racing in prototypes.
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MP 1059: Remembering John Paul Jr's Sports Car Career with Chris Kneifel

We close our celebration of John Paul Jr's career in sports car racing with friend and teammate Chris Kneifel who was there from beginning to end, with the two sharing a car during Corvette Racing's first season in 1999, which also proved to be the last high-profile racing opportunity for Jr before Huntington's Disease began to make its presence felt.
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MP 1058: The Week In IndyCar, March 10, with Conor Daly

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Ed Carpenter Racing's Conor Daly, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit.
Of the items discussed, we talk mullets, fiery NASCAR Truck crashes, returning to ECR with the Air Force, preparing for the season ahead, and more.
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MP 1057: The Week In Sports Cars, March 10

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media..
Discussion Topics:
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 1m46s)
IMSA (53m46s)
General (1h20m09s)
Fun (1h34m32s)
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MP 1056: The Week In IndyCar, March 9, Listener Q&A

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, which include questions about Romain Grosjean's early impact on his team; which veteran drivers could be on the move to new teams or out of work at the end of the season; how to support teams and drivers without attending events this year; if Mazda's a good fit to become an engine supplier in 2023, and more.
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MP 1055: Getting To Know Jamie Chadwick

Get to know Jamie Chadwick, the inaugural champion in the W Series, co-driver of the new Veloce Racing Extreme E entry, and Williams F1 development driver.
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MP 1054: The Week In Sports Cars, March 7

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Items of interest this week include calendar changes for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the WEC, plus all manner of WEC/ACO/ELMS queries, some IMSA, and we close with a few bits of fun.
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MP 1053: The Week In IndyCar, March 4, with Taylor Kiel

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Arrow McLaren SP president Taylor Kiel, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit.
Of the items discussed: Testing in Monterey on Monday; Juan Montoya's AMSP debut; the state of integration with McLaren heading into their second season; deeper engineering ties between McLaren and SP; his college football experience and rising from changing tires to running the AMSP team, and more.
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MP 1052: The Week In IndyCar, March 3, Listener Q&A

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, which include questions about testing in Monterey; the F1-style aero rake testing device used by Arrow McLaren SP; how private tests are arranged and paid for; which Road To Indy star from the 80s and 90s was the greatest talent to have never made it to the top, and more.
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MP 1051: Getting To Know Jimmie McMillian

Get to know Jimmie McMillian, who was recently appointed as Chief Diversity Officer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the NTT IndyCar Series, as he pays a visit to the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss his upbringing, educational pursuits, passion for racing, his new role and what it entails, and how he hopes to shape the the future at IMS and IndyCar.
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MP 1050: The Week In IndyCar, Feb 24, with Simon Pagenaud

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Team Penske's Simon Pagenaud, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit.
Of the items discussed: Testing at Barber Motorsports Park and what teams try to achieve at tests; finding what was missing during his 2020 season and how to prevent it from happening this year; which items he--as a former Pikes Peak participant--would change on a Dallara DW12 Indy car to use at the event; getting his mind into the 'zone' and, of course, lots about his dog, Norman.
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MP 1049: The Week In Sports Cars, Feb 24

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media. Topics of interest this week include Ferrari's announcement of a new Hypercar program in 2023, the back-to-back Asian Le Mans Series events, the baffling Michelin Le Mans Cup driver rating rule penalizing skilled amateurs, and more.
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MP 1048: The Week In IndyCar, Feb 23, Listener Q&A

It's The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, which include the questions about Rookie of the Year expectations for Scott McLaughlin, Jimmie Johnson, and Romain Grosjean, Logan Racing and Logan Sargeant, engine development for 2023, and more.
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MP 1047: Live at Monterey with Jordan Taylor, Katherine Legge, and Ryan Eversley

Take a trip back to the Monterey IMSA weekend in 2019 where a small, live podcast was held with Jordan Taylor, Katherine Legge, and Ryan Eversley. Of the various topics discussed, podcasts, social media, and fan interaction are common themes explored by the three.
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MP 1046: The Week In IndyCar, Feb 17, with Mike Shank

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Meyer Shank Racing co-owner Mike Shank, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit.
Of the items discussed: Helio Castroneves and his impact so far on MSR, thoughts on moving to two full-time entries, the next engine and chassis package coming to IndyCar, creating a diversity program to develop new crew members within his IndyCar and IMSA teams, his love for Busch Light, and more.
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MP 1045: The Week In IndyCar, Feb 16, Listener Q&A

It's our lone episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show until next Monday, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, which include discussions of Road To Indy champ and new Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell, all kinds of IndyCar engineering and technical topics, and more.
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MP 1044: The Week In Sports Cars, Feb 12

It's The Week In Sports Cars show with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin using listener-driven Q&A topics submitted via social media..
Discussion Topics:
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 10m59s)
IMSA (49m59s)
General (1h08m39s)
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MP 1043: Catching Up With Willy T Ribbs

Willy T Ribbs pays a visit for our short-form Catching Up With interview series to celebrate two men that meant the world to him, starting with his father, William 'Bunny' Ribbs, a respected motorcycle and sports car racer, and Joie Ray, an African-American pioneer of open-wheel racing who befriended Willy T. as he attempted to qualify for the Indy 500 in 1991.
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MP 1042: The Week In IndyCar, Feb 10, with Marcus Ericsson

It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring Chip Ganassi Racing's Marcus Ericsson, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit.
Of the items discussed: Testing at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Tuesday, Romain Grosjean's 'Ericsson hit me' memes, oval racing, driving style adjustments moving from Formula 1 to IndyCar, and his favorite Spanish teammate, and more.
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MP 1041: The Week In IndyCar, Feb 9, Listener Q&A

It's our lone episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show until next Monday, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, which include the questions about attracting a third engine supplier, which driver would be the best guest on SNL, LED panels, the new rookie challengers, and more.
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