The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 469: Busby Racing Wins The 1989 24 Hours of Daytona

Team owner Jim Busby, driver John Andretti, Busby Racing crew chief Mike Colucci, and Porsche/Andial legend Alwin Springer bring their win at the 1989 Sunbank 24 Hours of Daytona to life on the 30th anniversary of their overall win in the gorgeous No. 67 Porsche 962.
The two-car effort, with the lead No. 67 entry for the late hero Bob Wollek, all-time great Derek Bell, and Andretti, was complemented by a one-off second entry, the No. 68, as a tribute entry featuring the Holbert Racing crew and a 962 chassis for Mario and Michael Andretti, in the wake of Al Holbert’s death a few months earlier.
By the end of the 24 Hour, Porsche had won its 50th race with the 962, which would also serve as Bell's final 24-hour win, and with a long delay for fog, the windshield flying off with Andretti behind the wheel, and a titanic battle for victory with Jaguar that forced Wollek to close the race running at qualifying speeds, the 1989 event is loaded with amazing stories offered by our guests. 
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MP 468: Memo Gidley -- Five Years Later

Five years after his terrifying crash at the 2014 Rolex 24 At Daytona, Memo Gidley takes us back to the day where his life changed as a result of the leg and back injuries he sustained, and then works through the recovery process--one that was brutally painful--before breaking through and returning to the sport that's taken almost as much from him as it's given.
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MP 467: The Week In IndyCar, Jan 24, with Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastien Bourdais returns to the The Week In IndyCar podcast while preparing to race at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and fields questions sent in by listeners via Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.
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MP 466: Catching Up With Christian Fittipaldi

Veteran Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR, and IMSA driver Christian Fittipaldi visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss his upcoming retirement from racing after the Rolex 24 At Daytona and his shift to continuing with the Action Express Racing in a new sporting director role.
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MP 465: Alex Zanardi, Jimmy Vasser, Mike Hull Target Ganassi Reunion

It's a reunion of the Target Chip Ganassi Racing CART IndyCar team from 1996-1998 as Alex Zanardi, teammate Jimmy Vasser, and former chief mechanic Mike Hull visit The Marshall Pruett Podcast to laugh and relive a golden era for the team that won four straight championships and created unforgettable memories of CART at its finest.
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MP 464: The Week In Sports Cars, Jan 23, with Juan Montoya and Graham Goodwin

Acura Team Penske's Juan Montoya joins the opening segment on the The Week In Sports Cars podcast with Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin and the fun continues as MP and GG close the show fielding the usual topics of interest submitted by listeners via Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter leading into this weekend's Rolex 24 At Daytona.
 
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MP 463: Mark Martin on His 1989 Rolex 24 IMSA GTO Win

NASCAR legend Mark Martin visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share some great tales about his first class victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, taken 30 years ago in a Roush Racing Mercury XR7, and his subsequent wins, including 1995, where he drove with the late Paul Newman. It's typical Mark Martin--funny and poignant--all told with great charm.
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MP 462: PJ Jones on His 1993 IMSA GTP Lap Record at Daytona

P.J. Jones owns one of IMSA's greatest achievements--the outright lap record at the Rolex 24 At Daytona--set in 1993, and with the 2019 field of IMSA prototypes on the cusp of setting a new record in qualifying, the former All American Racers driver visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to recount his amazing feat in the AAR Eagle Mk III GTP and details its unbelievable performance capabilities.
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MP 461: Busby Brings In-Car Cameras To IMSA 1985

Veteran IMSA team owner/driver Jim Busby visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share stories of IMSA’s first adventure in live on-board footage from 1985 as his Porsche 962 GTP team, with backing from tire manufacturer BFGoodrich, took sports car fans along for some memorable rides.
Although it's become commonplace today, sitting in the passenger seat next to Busby, Jochen Mass, Pete Halsmer, John Morton, Rick Knoop, and other GTP legends was a ground-breaking viewing experience in the mid-80s.
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MP 460: Racing To The Front -- The Women of Meyer Shank Racing

The all-female Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 IMSA team founded by Jackie Heinricher with co-owner Mike Shank, led by drivers Katherine Legge, Simona De Silvestro, Christina Nielsen, and Bia Figueiredo, visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast for a roundtable discussion ahead of their debut at the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
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MP 459: Justin Bell and Tommy Kendall Launch The Torque Show

My old FOX/SPEED pals Justin Bell and Tommy Kendall have created 'The Torque Show,' a new live streaming enterprise that will travel to every IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round and broadcast, at least once per day, to bring the series' drivers and personalities to you via social media. Learn about the concept and what the two crazies have in mind for this fun new venture.
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MP 458: Mark Raffauf, My Racing Life and Career

Mark Raffauf has spent most of his adult life as part of the IMSA family. Dating back to his teens in the 1970s where he became an integral part of the organization during its GT glory days, he went on to become the key person behind its GTP era before shifting his attention to Grand-Am, and today, the relationship continues with his leadership role in the new IMSA championship.
Raffauf sat down for an episode of My Racing Life and Career in September of 2018 to share some stories about growing up in IMSA, living through amazing times--even some of the narco controversies that his the series--and the new book, 'IMSA 1969-1989', he's written with Mitch Bishop, son of IMSA founders John and Peggy Bishop.
If there's one person who serves as the living embodiment of IMSA, it's Mark Raffauf.
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MP 457: The Week In Sports Cars, Jan 18, with Graham Goodwin

It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast with Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin and our show dedicated to topics of interest submitted by listeners via Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.
Discussion Topics:
AsLMS (starts at 11m02s)
IMSA (15m58s)
WEC/ACO (57m29s)
General (1h17m33s)
Fun (1h41m27s)
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MP 456: The Week In IndyCar, Jan 16, with Pato O'Ward

It's time for Marshall Pruett's The Week In IndyCar podcast featuring Patricio O'Ward from the Harding Steinbrenner Racing team. The young Indy Lights champion calls in from Mexico where he's preparing to compete in the Race Of Champions and shares a variety of insights on driving differences between the Lights car and his Honda-powered Indy car, where his Irish last name comes from, how he's preparing for his rookie IndyCar campaign, why he was banned from iRacing.com, and other fun questions sent in by listeners via Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.
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MP 455: The Week In IndyCar, Jan 10, with Graham Rahal

It's the first new episode of Marshall Pruett's The Week In IndyCar podcast for 2019, and we have plenty of insights and humor on offer from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Graham Rahal. What's the one big area of improvement he's identified for the upcoming season? What's the best prank he's played on his father, 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal? Why is he no longer a part of the Acura Team Penske IMSA program? And how can younger drivers learn from his off-track business development endeavors?
These questions and more, sent in by listeners via Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter, make for a fun open to a new season.
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MP 454: The Week In Sports Cars, Jan 9, with Graham Goodwin

It's The Week In Sports Cars podcast with Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin following a packed weekend of IMSA Roar Before The 24 content, plus other questions posed on the ACO/FIA and other topics of interest via listeners from Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.
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WEC/AsLMS/ACO (starts at 1m27s)
IMSA (19m03s)
General (1h26m00s)
Fun (1h38m35s)
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MP 453: Catching Up With Wayne Taylor

How did Wayne Taylor sign Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi to drive his Cadillac DPi-V.R at Daytona? What does he think of his son Jordan’s social media profile? Is he interested in fielding an IndyCar Series effort, and will his team assist McLaren at the Indy 500? And would Wayne Taylor Racing continue if both his sons left to drive for other IMSA teams?
The South African WeatherTech SportsCar Championship team owner pays a visit to the Marshall Pruett Podcast for an episode of Catching Up With Wayne Taylor to answer those questions an more ahead of the Roar Before The 24.
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MP 452: The Week In Sports Cars, Jan 3, with Graham Goodwin

It's a busy episode of The Week In Sports Cars podcast as Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin open with the big changes at Mazda Team Joest, AIM Vasser Sullivan's Lexus lineup, and then dive into questions ahead of this weekend's Roar Before The 24 and other items posed via listeners from Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.
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IMSA (starts at 18m09s)
WEC/AsLMS/ACO (1h01m07s)
General (1h22m11s)
Fun (1h50m59s)
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MP 451: Catching Up With John Doonan

Mazda Motorsports director John Doonan visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the sweeping driver, management, and engineering changes made to the Mazda Team Joest IMSA DPi program.
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MP 450: The Week In IndyCar, Jan 2, Live From Portland with Bourdais, Franchitti, and Power

We're kicking off the new year with our Week In IndyCar Live! podcast from the series return to Portland where Sebastien Bourdais, Dario Franchitti, and Will Power joined a crowd of more than 100 IndyCar fans from the Cooper Tires Stage for a fun Q&A session that also featured Portland International Raceway manager E.C. Mueller and Mazda Motorsports boss John Doonan.
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