The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 803: The Week In Sports Car, April 23, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest.
Discussion Topics:
General (starts at 3m10s)
IMSA (39m26s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (52m00s)
Fun (1h11m38s) 
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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 801: 9 Minutes of Nonsense, with Graham Goodwin on Christophe Bouchut's Hammer

It's another short-form '9 Minutes of Nonsense' episode on the Marshall Pruett Podcast with our guest and DailySportsCar.com editor Graham Goodwin, who shares the story of the Le Mans-winning Frenchman Christophe Bouchut, a hammer, and how the two came together as a fake sponsor for The Week In Sports Cars show.
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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 799: Catching Up With Chris Pook

Chris Pook, founder of the Long Beach Grand Prix, pays a visit for an episode of Catching Up With to discuss his new heavyweight book, 'Chris Pook & The History Of The Toyota GP Of Long Beach' written by Gordon Kirby, and available at www.racermerch.com, to discuss his origins, the efforts to launch the race in 1975 with the help of Dan Gurney, choosing F5000 as the first series for the event, the acquisition and loss of Formula 1 at Long Beach, and the rise of CART and IndyCar's biggest stars in the 1980s and 1990s on the world-famous street circuit.
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MP 798: The Week In Sports Cars, April 17, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest.
Discussion Topics:
IMSA (starts at 11m01s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (24m31s)
General (45m48s)
Fun (55m41s) 
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MP 797: RACER Magazine Reporter Roundtable 2

It's the second installment of the RACER Magazine Reporter Roundtable feature with NASCAR reporter Kelly Crandall and Formula 1 reporter Chris Medland, along with host Marshall Pruett.
Topics on this episode include Kelly's handling of the Kyle Larson incident, its repercussions on her sport, plus Medland's coverage of the loss of Stirling Moss, furloughs in racing, the stigma among teams who seek or have received government funds to pay their employees, and mental health challenges faced by some during the first month of coronavirus-related isolation.
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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 794: The Week In Sports Cars, April 11, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest.
Discussion Topics:
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 7m07s)
General (26m29s)
Fun (43m59s)
IMSA (1h03m41s)
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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 790: 1976 Greenwood IMSA Corvette In-Car Audio with Jordan Taylor, Monterey 2019

Climb inside the insane 1976 Greenwood IMSA Corvette with Corvette Racing factory driver Jordan Taylor who does his best to tame the explosive 8.8-liter V8 engine around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and with a failing clutch adding to the challenge, the American has his hands and feet full of managing extreme wheelspin and urgent shifting while trying to keep the iconic car in one piece.
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MP 789: Catching Up With iRacing's Kevin Bobbitt

Kevin Bobbitt, iRacing's director of marketing, visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast for an episode of Catching Up With, our short-form interview series, to discuss the company's growth in popularity and awareness during the coronavirus shutdown, its role in broadcasting major events on network and cable television, and more.
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MP 788: The Week In Sports Cars, April 5, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's Part 2 of The Week In Sports Cars podcast, driven by listener Q&A, with hosts Marshall Pruett and DailySportsCar.com's Graham Goodwin, who delve into IMSA, the FIA WEC, and other topics of interest.
Discussion Topics:
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 1m04s)
IMSA (21m58s)
General & Fun (34m44s)
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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 786: The Sounds of IMSA GTLM at Laguna Seca 2017

It's a short ambient sound feature with IMSA's incredible GT Le Mans class during qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the amazing sounds produced by BMW M8s, Corvette C7.Rs, Ford GTs, a Ferrari 488 GTE, and Porsche 911 RSRs.
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MP 785: Catching Up With Dario Franchitti

Fresh from his first Esports sim racing win against fellow legends in a vintage Formula 1 car, Dario Franchitti pays a visit for an episode of Catching Up With on the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share stories from learning to drive virtual race cars, and the satisfaction of earning victory at the first All-Star Esports Battle Legends Trophy. 
 
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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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