The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 868: Guenther Steiner, My Racing Life and Career

Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast for a brisk episode of My Racing Life and Career.
The entertaining Italian shares stories of his introduction to the sport through rallying and transition to Formula 1, then dives into a number of topics, including his emotional management style depicted in Netflix's Drive To Survive, unique approach to handling F1 drivers, and a supreme skill at punctuating conversations with curse words.
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MP 867: Race Engineering Download, June 29, with Jeff Braun

Veteran race engineer Jeff Braun visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the upcoming WeatherTech 240 IMSA race at Daytona International Speedway and the various chassis setup and engineering challenges teams will face. The two also field a few listener questions on topics spanning coffee roasting to air density.
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MP 866: The Week In Sports Cars, June 27, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin.
Discussion Topics:
IMSA (starts at 3m43s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (43m55s)
General (1h04m19s)
Fun (1h16m27s)
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MP 865: 1984 Porsche 935 In-Car Audio with Patrick Long, Monterey 2018

Ride inside an IMSA legend as Porsche factory driver Patrick Long straps into the 800hp Fabcar Porsche 935 from 1984, and hurls it around Laguna Seca like he's hunting for lap records during the 2018 edition of the Rennsport Reunion. 
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MP 864: George Mack, My Racing Life and Career

George Mack, the last African-American driver to compete in the NTT IndyCar Series, joins the Marshall Pruett Podcast for an in-depth episode of My Racing Life and Career.
The Los Angeles native authored one of the most improbable open-wheel stories of the century where, with the new 310 Racing team in 2002, he went straight from karting to the all-oval Indy Racing League...with no oval experience and no experience racing cars. 
It's the story of a remarkable man, from a remarkable family, who had a single season 18 long years ago to demonstrate his potential while facing impossible odds.
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MP 863: The Week In IndyCar, June 24, with JR Hildebrand

IndyCar veteran JR Hildebrand returns to The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener questions that range from silly to serious. 
Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics:
How do you prepare differently for Indy in August? (starts at 1m41s)
Interest in sports cars or sprint cars? (7m34s)
His growth with societal awareness (15m12s)
JR's STEM program (41m23s)
What new technologies might attract more manufacturers? (1h10m11s)
Interest in a future team role in IndyCar? (1m23m52s)
Casting the buddy-cop show 'JR and The Sage' (1h32m51s)
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MP 862: The Week In IndyCar, June 23, Listener Q&A

It's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media.
A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 18m06s mark in the episode):
"Alex Zanardi is one of the few people I would consider a hero. Do you have any Zanardi stories you'd like to share?"
"Are you satisfied with the response from INDYCAR regarding the social issues taking place in our country right now?"
"In the last mailbag, Robin Miller rated IRL 1996-1999 years as kind of second-class racing compared to the 2000's when CART teams began to switch to IRL. What are your thoughts about IRL racing in the 1990s?"
"Is it realistic that the next series of engine and/or aero regulations could be designed to induce more lifting and/or braking at large ovals?"
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MP 861: The Week In Sports Cars, June 21, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin.
Discussion Topics:
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 10m07s)
IMSA (starts at 1h02m15s)
DTM (1h39m54s)
Fun (1h49m22s)
General (2h04m03s)
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MP 860: Catching Up With Ed Justice Jr

Recorded in September of 2018, Ed Justice Jr joins us for an episode of Catching Up With to discuss Legacy of Justice, the loving biography he penned with Tom Madigan that chronicles his family's deep roots in stock cars, drag racing, short track, open-wheel, and sports cars. 
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MP 859: The Week In IndyCar, June 17, with Michael Andretti

Championship-winning IndyCar driver and team owner Michael Andretti pays a visit to The Week In IndyCar show to answer fan questions in the listener-driven show.
Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics:
Racing within a compressed schedule (starts at 0m41s)
Carl Haas story and Ferrari F1 (7m27s)
Andretti Autosport's strength at the Indy 500 (12m18s)
Driving for Chip Ganassi in 1994 (14m13s)
Supporting Indy Lights and its future growth (16m35s)
Cousin John Andretti (21m15s)
Racing with his father Mario as a teammate (26m40s)
Next-generation Andretti drivers in the pipeline? (28m05s)
Favorite disco song (sent in by Bryan Herta)? (31m07s)
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MP 858: The Week In IndyCar, June 16, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show driven by questions submitted from fans via social media.
Listener Q&A begins at the 10m24s mark in the episode.
Among the items covered:
"With the issues between the new Laguna Seca promoter and the Historic committee and between his company and the contracts issues with the volunteer group, Is the IndyCar race in peril? Is the track viable with this unproven management?"
"How would you incentivize additional INDYCAR teams to field Indy Lights cars? And on the flip side, how can the series better help ladder series teams to progress up the ranks?"
"Hearing that some drivers suffered from debris in their helmets delivered via the cooling system hose made me wonder - can the hose be a conduit for fire or other dangerous substance to reach the drivers?"
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MP 857: The Week In Sports Cars, June 14, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin.
Discussion Topics:
IMSA (starts at 3m41s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (30m08s)
General (57m09s)
Fun (1h13m48s)
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MP 856: The 1987 Maxxum GTP Was The Strangest Car Scott Pruett Raced

“The Maxxum just always felt like a fight," Scott Pruett said when answering the question of the strangest car he raced. "You were always arm-wrestling the thing. Always.”
The 1987 IMSA GTP creation, run by Roush Racing, looked unique, used a bunch of different engines, and it just didn't work, as the American racing legend tells The Marshall Pruett Podcast in a short and winding interview.
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MP 855: The Week In IndyCar, June 10, with Mike Hull

Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull is here for The Week In IndyCar show to answer questions about his driver's win in Texas and more in the listener-driven show.
Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics:
What makes Scott Dixon so good? (starts at 0m48s)
How was the Texas event different under COVID-19 restrictions, and on Michael Cannon's engineering influence (4m54s)
Thoughts on sim racing for driver development? (21m29s)
Felix Rosenqvist's year-to-year growth at Texas, team's reaction to his crash (25m29s)
Difficulties in expanding to three cars with Marcus Ericsson? (31m44s)
What does the cable that gets connected to the car do? (35m30s)
Explaining the job titles and roles on an IndyCar crew (38m48s)
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MP 854: The Week In IndyCar, June 9, Listener Q&A

It's a packed new episode of The Week In IndyCar show following the first race of the year at Texas, with questions submitted from fans via social media.
Listener Q&A begins at the 25m10s mark in the episode.
Among the items covered:
"Will we see a change to the impound rules for the next race? It seems that three guys had their races ruined by the fact that the IndyCar implemented special rules."
"How much we should put into Ed Carpenter's comments after the race about Rinus VeeKay? Obviously, it wasn't a great weekend for Rinus and wasn't very pleased after what was a great run for him. How long do you think it will take for Rinus to build up Ed's trust in him again?
"Has anyone researched whether the traction compound has ruined the Texas track for IndyCar for the long term, or whether it should be fine by next year? Would have been a really entertaining race if people could have passed, but it was brutal."
"Following up on the discussion about the cancellation of Indy Lights for this year from last week, you mentioned that it looks like Indy Car was going to be putting pressure on IndyCar teams to get involved with Lights. Is your understanding that they are wanting them to field teams, and subsidize the cost for drivers to participate in the series, or simply field teams for paying drivers, like Andretti Autosport currently does? If the latter, how would that help the series with more entries, if the current demand for entries for paying drivers isn’t there already? All it would seem to do would shift from independent teams to Indy Car development teams and put the small teams out of business."
"IndyCar drivers as Ninja Turtles: Who do you cast as each turtle? I'll start by casting Hinch as Michelangelo."
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MP 853: Catching Up With Zach Veach

Zach Veach's sophomore NTT IndyCar Series season did not go according to plan, which left the Ohioan to review his approach to driving the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda and devise a new strategy for 2020. Veach visited the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share his efforts to turn a young career around and try, provided he's successful, to earn a new sponsor contract and stay with Andretti in the future.
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MP 852: The Week In Sports Cars, June 6, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's time for The Week In Sports Cars podcast, all driven by listener Q&A, with Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin.
Discussion Topics:
IMSA (starts at 2m43s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (49m02s)
Fun & General (1h20m20s)
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MP 851: IndyCar 2020 Season Preview with Leigh Diffey

NBC Sports' Leigh Diffey joined us on March 11 to record an in-depth season preview for the NTT IndyCar Series, and with the opener at St. Petersburg being moved to the end of the year and numerous calendar changes that followed due to the coronavirus outbreak, it's time to share the insights offered for each team as they prepare to get the the season under way.
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MP 850: Porsche 911 RSR In-Car Audio, Monterey 2019

We are back with another with in-car audio feature, courtesy of Porsche North America, with the championship-winning Porsche 911 RSR captured in the No. 912 entry driven by Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor singing to the heavens with its 4.0-liter flat-6 engines and rear-facing exhausts at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in 2019.
 
With the Porsche GT Team and its factory 911 RSR program set to fall silent at the end of the year, the car's once-in-a-lifetime sounds will be greatly missed.
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MP 849: The Week In IndyCar, June 3, with Scott Dixon

Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon returns for The Week In IndyCar show to answer listener questions as the five-time champion readies to go racing this weekend in Texas.
Episode Time Stamps For Select Topics:
Thoughts on getting back to action, and moving the Indy 500 to August (starts at 4m29s)
Working with the 35-lap tire stint limits and race strategy adjustments at Texas (11m39s)
How close is Dixon to his pit crew away from the track? (13m36s)
His wife Emma's iRacing debut and her competitiveness (16m24s)
With changing calendars, will he continue in IMSA with Wayne Taylor Racing? (22m37s)
Memories of Nazareth 2001, his first IndyCar win (24m42s)
Dixon's fantasy Indy 500 front row (27m36s)
Reflections on racing an Aston Martin at the Bathurst 12 Hours (30m21s)
Memories of racing in the Formula Holden series and the impact of Kiwi legend Kenny Smith (38m32s)
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