The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 283: The Week In IndyCar, March 22, with Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastien Bourdais, winner of the opening round at St. Petersburg, joins the Week In IndyCar podcast to discuss the new TV deal struck between the series and NBC, recent testing at Texas and Barber, and the frustrations of having bad weather ruin the limited testing opportunities made available to teams. Listener Q&A items include what Bourdais would have done differently while racing for Toro Rosso in F1, thoughts on a new track to add to the IndyCar calendar and why drivers are to blame for some of the bad ones, memories of racing the fearsome Peugeot 908 LMP1, and more during a packed episode.
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MP 282: NBC's Jon Miller on the New IndyCar TV Deal

Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports and NBCSN, joins the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the new TV deal that will give the Verizon IndyCar Series a single network home starting in 2019. Miller's insights on everything from live streaming plans to the Indy Lights series lend to the positive direction that lies ahead for NBC and IndyCar.
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MP 281: 2018 Formula 1 Season Preview with Chris Medland

Chris Medland travels the world covering Formula 1 for RACER Magazine, and joins the Marshall Pruett Podcast from Australia to preview the 2018 season ahead of its launch this weekend at Albert Park.
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MP 280: The Week In Sports Cars, March 20, with Graham Goodwin

Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin walk through a manic Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring where crashing and excellence converged in Florida, and then move on to answer more awesome listener Q&A.
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MP 279: The Week In Sports Cars, March 14, with Graham Goodwin

Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin dive in the upcoming Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Pirelli World Challenge season opener at St. Petersburg and some of the GT3 production numbers and GT4 driver ratings changes in the works, and then move onto more than an hour of listener Q&A.
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MP 278: Vic Elford, My Racing Life and Career, Part 1

Porsche racing legend Vic Elford visits the Marshall Pruett Podcast to regale us with tales of winning the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona, the skills he gained in rallying that opened doors to Formula 1, Can-Am, Trans-Am, and more, testing and drifting the Porsche 917, the friendship he built with NASCAR founder Bill France, and offers his thoughts on today's drivers and their cars. F1 sophomore Lance Stroll beware...  
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MP 277: The Week In IndyCar, March 13, with Mike Hull, Piers Phillips & Rob Edwards

Following a wild and heated weekend in St. Petersburg, Chip Ganassi Racing manager Mike Hull, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports general manager Piers Phillips, and Andretti Autosport COO Rob Edwards join the Week In IndyCar podcast with Marshall Pruett to break down the event won by Sebastien Bourdais after Phillips' driver Robert Wickens and Edwards' driver Alexander Rossi clashed with two lap remaining. Which driver deserved the blame? Should Rossi have received a penalty? And why did IndyCar penalize Hull's driver Scott Dixon for Turn 1 contact but not Edwards' driver?
Listen in for their answers before Hull and Pruett close the episode by answering listener Q&A.
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MP 276: Strangest Cars I've Raced with Stefan Johansson, 1988 Ligier JS31-Judd

Among the many strange Formula 1 cars that have been produced, the French Ligier JS31 chassis from 1988 was doomed from the start after team owner Guy Ligier and chief designer Michel Tetu came up with a crazy idea for placing the fuel cell. Former F1 ace Stefan Johansson tells the quick story of Judd V8-powered car's numerous shortcomings with his usual color and honesty. 
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MP 275: John Andretti, Bob Wollek, and the 1989 Miami IMSA GTP Race

Paired with sports car racing legend Bob Wollek in the Busby Racing Porsche 962, John Andretti recounts the bizarre exchange at the 1989 IMSA GTP race in Miami where the Frenchman refused to let the American in the car during a planned driver change. The embarrassing, passive/aggressive encounter with the late Wollek continues to stand as one of the crazier moments from Andretti's long career...
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MP 274: The Week In Sports Cars, March 7, with Graham Goodwin

The sixth episode of the Week In Sports Cars with Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin is a sprint race as recent tire testing in Europe, the surprises (and unexpected absence of new racing program announcements) from Geneva, plus Pirelli World Challenge and IMSA Sebring entry lists are discussed before taking on as many listener questions as possible in a travel-shortened episode.
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MP 273: Zach and Roger Veach on Tractor Pulling

IndyCar rookie Zach Veach and his tractor pulling champion father Roger visit the Marshall Pruett Podcast to share their wild family background and how the 23-year-old chose a life in pursuit of the Indy 500 rather than continuing his father's legacy on dirt.
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MP 272: Meet IndyCar's Four New Team Owners

IndyCar's four new team owners, Trevor Carlin, Mike Harding, Ricardo Juncos, and Mike Shank visit with the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the motivations behind buying cars and moving up to the big league, along with the costs, problems, and solutions they have come across while preparing for the 2018 season.
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MP 271: The Week In IndyCar, March 6, with Derek Daly & Jon Beekhuis

Veteran IndyCar driver and color commentator Derek Daly is back as co-host for the Week In IndyCar podcast with Marshall Pruett to preview the upcoming season that starts this weekend in St. Petersburg. After answering an hour of listener Q&A with Daly, NBCSN's Jon Beekhuis takes over to discuss the major technical changes to follow in 2018.
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MP 270: 1966 Ford GT40 In-Car Audio at Laguna Seca

Ride inside a 1966 Ford GT40 with Alex MacAllister as he winds the 289 cubic-inch V8 engine to its 7500rpm redline and puts all 525hp to use around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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MP 269: The Week In IndyCar, March 1, with Townsend Bell

NBSCN commentator Townsend Bell is back as co-host for the Week In IndyCar podcast with Marshall Pruett to discuss the final pre-season tests at Sebring, the rumored existence of an IndyCar poll that ranked fans’ favorite (and least liked) TV personalities, and predictions for IndyCar champion and Indy 500 winner.
Next, they move onto listener Q&A that spans Bell’s favorite moments with Paul Tracy, thoughts on which drivers could thrive with the new 2018 bodywork, the advice he’d give to himself as a Champ Car rookie, tips for improving IndyCar broadcasts, learning to engineer a car on an oval, and more in the last episode before the new season gets under way.
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MP 268: The Week In Sports Cars, Feb. 28 with Graham Goodwin

The fifth episode of the Week In Sports Cars with Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin is here and the reporters drill into more post-test learnings from IMSA's visit to Sebring, the likely route for RealTime Racing ahead of the Pirelli World Challenge season openers in March, which manufacturer is most likely to announce a new GTE/GTLM program, Super GT regulation changes, the confirmation of a tire war in the WEC's LMP2 class, and field a stellar set of listener questions that include photo tips, declining event attendance, comments by Helio Castroneves comparing the WEC/IMSA LMP1/2 divide to IndyCar's CART/IRL split, the goal set by Toyota to achieve a distance record at Le Mans, whether Ford could repurpose its Ecoboost V6 turbo engine in other forms of racing, and which unusual support series would we like to see added to sports car events...
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MP 267: Hurley Haywood, My Racing Life and Career

With the publication of his autobiography, American racing legend Hurley Haywood has opened chapters of his life that were largely kept private in a professional career that spanned 1969-2012.
In his return to the Marshall Pruett Podcast, Haywood brings us inside his fascinating midwestern upbringing, how being drafted into the Vietnam war halted his momentum as a sports car driver and altered his outlook on life, the role Peter Gregg and Brumos Racing played in his development, and Gregg’s battle with mental health issues that eventually led to suicide.
Outside of his well-known championships and successes at Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans, Haywood’s unique forays into IndyCar, IROC, and Trans-Am are discussed, and the decision to speak publicly for the first about his sexuality in Hurley: From The Beginning closes the 90-minute conversation.
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MP 266: The Week In Sports Cars, Feb. 22, with Graham Goodwin

It’s time for a marathon episode of the Week In Sports Cars with Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin as the two reporters discuss WEC LMP1 and LMP2 testing at Aragon, a change to the start at Le Mans, CJ Wilson Racing’s new Acura GT3 entry in IMSA, Ford’s Le Mans news and sudden firing of its North American president, Sebring IMSA testing, and close with more than two hours of listener-driven Q&A items spanning every major series.
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MP 265: The Week In IndyCar, Feb. 21, with Spencer Pigot

Ed Carpenter Racing driver Spencer Pigot joins the Week In IndyCar on the Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the addition of Danica Patrick as his teammate for the Indy 500, current testing plans, bumping at the Speedway, Holmatro signing on for five more years with IndyCar's safety team, and the fake Twitter account created in his name. 
A fun Q&A session follows, ranging from Pigot's preferred method for learning a new track, his interest in fielding a 24 Hours of LeMons team with ECR, the origins of his helmet livery, how the Dallara DW12 Indy car with 2018 bodywork compares to the Dallara IL15 chassis he drove to win the 2015 Indy Lights championship, and where he'd set the downforce level at Phoenix if given free reign by the series. 
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MP 264: IndyCar CEO Mark Miles, Part 2

Verizon IndyCar Series CEO Mark Miles is back for a swift conclusion to his conversation with the Marshall Pruett Podcast as the search for a new title sponsor and pursuit of additional engine manufacturers round out his pre-season update.
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