The Marshall Pruett Podcast

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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MP 783: The Week In IndyCar, April 1, with Mike Hull

Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull makes his 22nd appearance on 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 and recent news
Mike Hull conversation (starts at 11m42s)
Stimulus package and Payroll Protection Program (13m16s)
Memories of Rod Campbell (24m24s)
Hull's shelter-in-place routine (31m34s)
Aeroscreen setup changes and cooling at a hot August Indy 500 (37m29s)
Picking three non-Ganassi IndyCar drivers for Hull's iRacing team, and why (42m42s)
Target store discounts (52m41s)
Jimmy Vasser story to close (55m18s)
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MP 782: Catching Up With Jimmie Johnson

Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson pays his first visit to The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss his first IndyCar iRacing event at Watkins Glen taking on all of the full-time NTT IndyCar Series stars, and his NASCAR iRacing event 24 hours later as the 44-year-old embraces virtual competitions during the coronavirus shutdown.
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MP 781: The Week In Sports Cars, March 30, with Pruett and Goodwin

It's Part 1 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:
IMSA (starts at 6m08s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (22m42s)
General (38m30s)
Fun (1h04m37s)
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MP 780: Racing In The Shadow of September 11--The IRL's Postponed Season Finale

The Indy Racing League’s season finale was meant to take place on Sunday, September 16. Rescheduled for October 6, the Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway was a somber affair, as were most sporting events in the weeks that followed the attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
In some ways, the feel of sports taking a back seat to the needs of the world isn’t too far removed from what we’re experiencing today with the coronavirus. Racing—our passion, our love—put in its rightful place, just as it was in the weeks between September 11 and October 6, 2001.
In a special feature on The Marshall Pruett Podcast, former IRL president Brian Barnhart, TMS president Eddie Gossage, and 2001 IRL champion Sam Hornish take us back to the last time when North American racing was postponed due to matters greater than competition and entertainment.
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MP 779: The Week In IndyCar, March 27, with Leigh Diffey

NTT IndyCar Series on NBC host Leigh Diffey returns to The Marshall Pruett Podcast ahead of calling his first IndyCar iRacing event at Watkins Glen, and helps to answer a variety of questions on the newly-modified 2020 schedule where the Indy 500 has moved to August, among other calendar adjustments in the shortened championship.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open and iRacing insights
Listener Q&A (starts at 9m04s)
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MP 778: RACER Magazine Reporter Roundtable

It's the first RACER Magazine Reporter Roundtable feature on The Marshall Pruett Podcast, featuring Formula 1 reporter Chris Medland, NASCAR reporter Kelly Crandall, and host and IndyCar and IMSA reporter Marshall Pruett who open the series with a discussion on how the COVID-19 virus has impacted their respective paddocks.
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MP 777: 9 Minutes of Nonsense, with Sage Karam on Esports

It's another short-form '9 Minutes of Nonsense' episode on the Marshall Pruett Podcast with our guest and IndyCar star Sage Karam, who walks us through the rapid move toward Esports and iRacing, where the Pennsylvanian featured at the recent IMSA event at Sebring and will take part in IndyCar's new iRacing league that launches this weekend.
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MP 776: The Week In Sports Cars, March 26, 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 championships of interest in a time of uncertainty for motor racing.
Discussion Topics:
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 2m28s)
IMSA (26m14s)
General (35m05s)
Fun (48m45s)
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MP 775: The Week In IndyCar, March 25, with Alexander Rossi

NTT IndyCar Series championship contender and 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi returns to answer listener questions submitted via social media for The Week In IndyCar show.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open, news and updates
Alexander Rossi interview (starts at 6m58s)
Getting mad at and struggling with iRacing (7m16s)
Driver contracts and training during the coronavirus shutdown (10m01s)
Thoughts on Esports (14m55s)
Off Track with Hinch and Rossi (19m18s)
Shots fired! (22m02s)
Dream vintage race car (25m48s)
Bourbon! (29m34s)
Favorite IndyCar race destination for local cuisine (38m28s)
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MP 774: The Week In IndyCar, March 24, Listener Q&A

It's a new episode of The Week In IndyCar show, with questions submitted from fans via social media on event cancellations and postponements, iRacing, Panoz DP01 vs Dallara DW12, combo race weekends, teams assisting in coronavirus-related mask and ventilator manufacturing, an IndyCar driver cage match, and more.
Listener Q&A begins at the 5m58s mark in the episode.
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MP 773: The Week In Sports Cars, March 21, 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 championships of interest in a time of change for motor racing.
Discussion Topics:
IMSA (starts at 3m20s)
WEC/AsLMS/ELMS/ACO (starts at 33m35s)
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MP 772: 9 Minutes of Nonsense, with Derek Daly on Sebring 1991

We're back right away with the new series on the Marshall Pruett Podcast as '9 Minutes of Nonsense' joins our other shows. It's short stories, rants, recollections, and whatever else comes to mind in the world of motor racing that takes nine minutes or less to capture.
Our second episode, like the first, features Derek Daly, who delivers a fresh tale of Nissan's pain-ridden GTP run at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1991.
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MP 771: 9 Minutes of Nonsense, with Derek Daly on Sebring 1990

It's the debut of a new series on the Marshall Pruett Podcast as '9 Minutes of Nonsense' joins our other shows. It's short stories, rants, recollections, and whatever else comes to mind in the world of motor racing that takes nine minutes or less to capture.
Our first episode features Irish racer Derek Daly and the bizarre tale of IMSA's 12 Hours of Sebring race in 1990.
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MP 770: The Week In IndyCar, March 18, with Mike Shank

The realest team owner in the NTT IndyCar Series (and IMSA) makes his 10th visit to the podcast as Meyer Shank Racing deals with the health and financial effects of the COVID-19 virus. Few are more direct or honest than the racer-turned-owner, which makes the Ohioan's answers to the listener questions submitted via social media for The Week In IndyCar show a perfect blend of insight and fun.
Episode Time Stamps:
Show open, news and updates
Michael Shank interview (starts at 18m49s)
Shank's thoughts on St. Petersburg cancellation and financial losses(20m50s)
Measures to keep IndyCar teams afloat during the pandemic (28m17s)
Craziest thing said by a driver over the radio (48m36s)
Shank's driving career and IndyCar prospects (49m57s)
Memories of the movie Driven (52m19s)
How fans can help support teams and sponsors during the shutdown (1h01m00s)
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