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It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people, motorsport, and how we all work under pressure.
In other words, we tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.
Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and an internationally renowned performance coach and author. Jeff Braun is a championship-winning race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. Together, we explore the emotion at the heart of the machine.
We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts-we love it for what it asks of the bag of meat at the wheel.
In other words, we tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.
Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and an internationally renowned performance coach and author. Jeff Braun is a championship-winning race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. Together, we explore the emotion at the heart of the machine.
We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts-we love it for what it asks of the bag of meat at the wheel.
How Pro Racers Cheat — Part 2! -- It's Not the Car #33
Cheats II: Electric Boogaloo! Back by popular demand, like before but more! Firsthand accounts from an INTC host who works in the paddock!
Our first installment of “How Pro Racers Cheat” came back in May. We didn’t intend it to become a series, but you loved that show and asked for more. We could have said no, but that would be lame, and then we wouldn’t get to hear Jeff Braun talk about race cars with mercury pumps. (Yes.)
This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “Jeff Shares a Secret.”
Like last time, this episode is just Jeff and Sam. Ross was off gallivanting around the country. You know, gadding about! Jazzing around! And other such language I certainly didn’t just lift from an online thesaurus!
Related Trivia: Sam will be at this weekend’s IMSA race at VIR. He may have INTC stickers with him. If you see him and want one of those stickers, all you have to do is utter the super-secret code phrase: “Hey Sam, can I have a sticker?”
This episode was produced by Mike Perlman.
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Smithology: Thoughts, Travels, and Semi-Plausible Car Writing, 2003-2023
www.amazon.com/Smithology-Thoughts-Travels-Semi-Plausible-Writings/dp/B0D2Q3P93Z/
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ABOUT THE SHOW:
It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.
Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and an internationally renowned performance coach and author. Jeff Braun is a championship-winning race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. Together, we explore the emotion at the heart of the machine.
We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts-we love it for what it asks of the bag of meat at the wheel.
New episodes every Tuesday.
Our first installment of “How Pro Racers Cheat” came back in May. We didn’t intend it to become a series, but you loved that show and asked for more. We could have said no, but that would be lame, and then we wouldn’t get to hear Jeff Braun talk about race cars with mercury pumps. (Yes.)
This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “Jeff Shares a Secret.”
Like last time, this episode is just Jeff and Sam. Ross was off gallivanting around the country. You know, gadding about! Jazzing around! And other such language I certainly didn’t just lift from an online thesaurus!
Related Trivia: Sam will be at this weekend’s IMSA race at VIR. He may have INTC stickers with him. If you see him and want one of those stickers, all you have to do is utter the super-secret code phrase: “Hey Sam, can I have a sticker?”
This episode was produced by Mike Perlman.
**
Support It’s Not the Car:
Contribute on Patreon www.patreon.com/notthecar
**
Topic suggestions, feedback, questions? Let us know what you think!
INTCPod@gmail.com
**
Check out Sam's new book!
Smithology: Thoughts, Travels, and Semi-Plausible Car Writing, 2003-2023
www.amazon.com/Smithology-Thoughts-Travels-Semi-Plausible-Writings/dp/B0D2Q3P93Z/
**
Where to find us:
intcpod
j.v.braun
rossbentley
thatsamsmith
INTCpod
rossbentley.substack.com/
speedsecrets.com/
Drivercoach
**
ABOUT THE SHOW:
It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.
Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and an internationally renowned performance coach and author. Jeff Braun is a championship-winning race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. Together, we explore the emotion at the heart of the machine.
We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts-we love it for what it asks of the bag of meat at the wheel.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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The One Where a Cobra Eats Europe - (Daytona Coupe, 1965) -- It's Not the Car #32
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In the summer of 1965, a V-8-powered love song from California dethroned Ferrari, shut up the haters, and won America its first FIA manufacturer’s road-racing championship. Naturally, almost no one here noticed. The Californian car was a gutsy experiment from a 28-year-old ex-GM designer named Pete Brock. Their story holds bootstraps, napkin math, and one badass stab at 180-mph immortality. Thi...
What Does a Race Engineer Do, Really? -- It's Not the Car Ep. 31
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When INTC’s tape day rolled around, Sam was sick. He landed a nasty bout of food poisoning and began wreck-it ralphing. So we postponed our planned show, and then Ross and Jeff hit the mic to improvise. Their topic? The driver-engineer relationship! Questions answered in this episode: Why do you need an engineer, anyway? Why is that relationship crucial in pro racing? Should you be embarrassed ...
The Worst Race Car I’ve Ever Met -- It's Not the Car Ep. 30
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Once, Jeff and Robby Unser tried to qualify a car for the Indianapolis 500. Jeff was the engineer. Unser was the driver. The car stunk to high heaven. Unser was scared. This is that story. Here now, one man’s experience with the epically uncompetitive Riley & Scott Mk. VII Indy Racing League Indy car. Has Jeff Braun-esteemed INTC host, legendary bus driver, and championship-winning race enginee...
To Be Dumb In Racing -- It's Not the Car #29
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Gossip time! Why did Ross steal that Ferrari from Chip Ganassi? Just who dropped that tire on Jeff's toe at Daytona and became his sworn enemy for life? Which aging F1 driver did Sam give a wedgie to in the pits at Lime Rock? Listen and find out! (Warning: This episode may not actually contain the above information.) This episode's working title was "The Dumbest Things We've Seen in Racing." Wh...
Instant Expert: How Do Tires Work? - It's Not the Car Ep. 28
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Well, Timmy, when a rubber molecule and a piece of earth love each other very much, they do a special hug, you see, and . . . uh . . . hysteresis . . . wait, no, it’s heat cycles . . . er . . . glass point? Short answer: Magic! Tires are magic! Warning: We get lightly tech-nerdy here. This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. This format is called “Instant Expert.” Know squat about t...
When Sam Drove Alonso's F1 Car -- It's Not the Car #26
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If someone offered you a test in one of the fastest race cars on earth, would you do it? The catch: If you screw up, your employer will shut down your office and fire you and everyone you work with. Also, you have the entire Indianapolis Motor Speedway to yourself, a private track day, and McLaren-Mercedes people are watching and judging you and SERIOUSLY JUST RELAX ALREADY. Once, Sam belted in...
Does Driving Style Matter in Formula 1? - It's Not the Car #25
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It’s another “No Dumb Questions!” You email us to ask, we sit down to answer. There are no dumb questions, but there might be some dumb answers. Today’s focus is . . . F1 drivers! What makes one better than another? Mistakes, for one thing. No room for error in the big leagues. Unless you’re Lance Stroll, in which case, well . . . his pops owns the team, so . . . UGH, DAD, I TOLD YOU, I CLEANED...
The Limit of Our Sight - (Parry-Thomas & Babs, 1927) -- It's Not the Car Ep. 23
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Once, a long time ago, a brave man went to a beach and tried to drive faster than anyone ever had. He did not survive. This is his story. Perhaps you saw the date in this episode’s title and thought, “The 1920s? Prehistoric! Swipe left, bruh, yuck!” Which is definitely a take. Some people think the past is a dull place. Nothing to do with who we are or where we’re going. Those people are-if you...
How Pro Racers Cheat - It's Not the Car #21
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Secrets dished! Stories told! Firsthand accounts from an INTC host who works in the paddock! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll ponder the nature of human morality! This episode's title implies a question. For the long answer, press play. The short answer is, "very effectively". Sometimes. Mostly. (Insert push-to-Penske IndyCar joke here.) This show's format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We c...
337 MPH in 3.7 seconds - (Interview with Drag Racer Clay Millican)
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“You’re gonna get fired anyway so you might as well start racing!” Clay Millican, a forklift operator turned NHRA legend, has become a staple of the drag racing world and, lucky for us, he’s our very first interview on It’s Not the Car! This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “Guest Teaches Us a Thing.” If you like it, don’t worry, there are plenty more to come ...
Why Are So Many Racing Movies Terrible -- Its Not the Car #19
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“Driving a race car,” Sylvester Stallone once said, “is terrifying.” Aw, Sly, buddy-that just makes me sad, you know? A big ol’ dollop of Guy Fieri bummer sauce. You’re missing out! It’s only terrifying if you’re doing it wrong! Speaking of: What if you made a horrendously expensive movie about IndyCar while knowing almost nothing about the sport? What if, a quarter-century later, that film was...
How Roger and Mario Broke the Indy 500 - (Penske “Beast” V-8, 1994) -- It's Not the Car #18
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How Roger and Mario Broke the Indy 500 - (Penske “Beast” V-8, 1994) It's Not the Car #18
Do Car Magazines Have Secrets? -- It's Not the Car #17
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Do Car Magazines Have Secrets? It's Not the Car #17
The Ferrari Story You Didn’t Know You Needed -- It's Not the Car #15
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The Ferrari Story You Didn’t Know You Needed It's Not the Car #15
How to be a Rookie at the Indy 500 -- It's Not the Car #14
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How to be a Rookie at the Indy 500 It's Not the Car #14
For Love of the Game - (Villeneuve 1979 US GP Wet Quali) - It's Not the Car #13
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For Love of the Game - (Villeneuve 1979 US GP Wet Quali) - It's Not the Car #13
Road America: The World’s Most Charming Race Track -- It's Not the Car #12
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Road America: The World’s Most Charming Race Track It's Not the Car #12
How Do Wind Tunnels Work? -- It's Not the Car #11
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How Do Wind Tunnels Work? It's Not the Car #11
Can Friends And Family Make You Faster on Track? -- It's Not the Car #10
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Can Friends And Family Make You Faster on Track? It's Not the Car #10
How Much Power is Too Much? - (Donohue Porsche Can-Am, 1972-1973) -- It's Not the Car #9
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How Much Power is Too Much? - (Donohue Porsche Can-Am, 1972-1973) It's Not the Car #9
What You and Max Verstappen Have in Common -- It's Not the Car #8
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What You and Max Verstappen Have in Common It's Not the Car #8
When Car Magazines Test Race Cars -- It's Not the Car #7
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When Car Magazines Test Race Cars It's Not the Car #7
Rain Driving: Pushing the Limits in the Wet -- It's Not the Car #6
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Rain Driving: Pushing the Limits in the Wet It's Not the Car #6
Recreating Stirling Moss's 1955 Mille Miglia Victory -- It's Not the Car #5
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Recreating Stirling Moss's 1955 Mille Miglia Victory It's Not the Car #5
The Future of Driving Simulators in Professional Racing -- It's Not The Car #4
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The Future of Driving Simulators in Professional Racing It's Not The Car #4
We Drove a McLaren F1 Race Car -- It's Not the Car #3
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We Drove a McLaren F1 Race Car It's Not the Car #3
A Day in the Life at the 24 Hours of Le Mans - It's Not The Car Ep. 2
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A Day in the Life at the 24 Hours of Le Mans - It's Not The Car Ep. 2
Redefining Racing History: Alexander Rossi's Unbelievable 2016 Indy 500 Win - It's Not The Car Ep. 1
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Redefining Racing History: Alexander Rossi's Unbelievable 2016 Indy 500 Win - It's Not The Car Ep. 1
Did I see the race live? No, but I was in the stands the weekend before for testing. The 209 didn't scream like the OHC motors. It had a roar, and the Penske cars just ran the others down in no time flat. This was racing as it was intended. The motors in the museum were on the cutting edge for their time. The support for the 209 was at the speed of sound. A time in history never to be repeated.
You 2 guys need to read Gary's book....he spent MORE time in the shop working on his cars than both of you put together. He was winning races way, way before he ever got involved in smuggling. I know, i watched him race and WIN for years long before all that crap he got involved in. The Batmobile was 100 percent legal. They flew a tech guy out to Kenny's shop and had him Measure anything he wanted. Kenny just built a better car within the rules. In fact the Hutter engine was DOWN a cylinder and he just drove it as hard as he had to .had that not happened he would of probablbly would of lapped the field. Gary was smart and did the work to build better cars. EVERYBODY has "cheated" at one time or another. Including me. Read Gary's book. You two might learn something.
Regarding the "batmobile," I believe the majority of credit for that car belongs with Kenny Weld, not Gary.
One of the most blatant (type 1) cheats was probably the Toyota Celica turbo in the early nineties.
Looking forward to Racing Sheets. We can compare notes with my travels doing industrial machinery repair in 48 different states over 25 years. Hint: there are A LOT of really bad hotels across the country.
Mark Martin gives Gary Balough credit for him stepping up his game, because he was so hard to beat.
I would bet there are some interesting Team Scandia and Level 5 stories as well......
Seeing who can come of with creative interpretations of the rules is part of the allure of racing to me. It's also why "Spec" anything and homologated classes don't do it for me. It's hard for most people to understand that concept because usually the guy with cubic dollars can come in and lay waste. However, sometimes you get the little guy who works his ass off and discovers the new thing first. As far as bad ideas with toxic substances, that's never really stopped racers until someone tells them not to do it. Leaded race gas, Toluene/other bad things in F1 fuel, beryllium valve guides/seats, washing nasty parts in solvent tanks with no gloves, etc. Just doing what you've got to do to make the number in the Win column go up.
I stayed for the whole thing! The story of the Daytona is the story of champions, not just of victory. Thank you so much
Can confirm: When Pro teams come slum it at club weekends for testing time, they have to drive the golf cart back to the grass paddock to borrow a welder. If any of these tales of magic and backyard engineering make you wish you could be a part of it, get involved with club racing. Ferrari won't be there, but it sure gives you that feeling where you haven't felt more alive. It's a lot of work, but way less work than being on the Pro side of things.
Great show. I had no idea that Brock faced so many headwinds. Excellent story telling, guys.
The story is just amazing. thank you guys for covering it. The whole era and everyone involved in it needs to be glorified.
I've heard/read this story a few times and love it every single time. Great job :)
Absolutely loved the retelling of this story. My favorite car of all time. I was at Road America for all the races of those days. Loved that the Cobras kicked the corvettes ass. I also love almost everything Peter Brock has done. By the way Ross’s Slot car was probably a Monogram car. I have one, along with a Cobra roadster. I race them every week at Road America North west, my track ( and my UA-cam channel). Loved the whole episode. Come race with me! Mike M.
I vote keep it up with the 2 hour episodes
Stayed the whole time. I've seen the Specter car, which i thin is the prototype, run at the Simeone Museum. It's a beast. Thanks!
Brilliant. One thing with this is creating the environment to be able to put this advice into action. Trust and clear agreement on what success looks like each event, each day and each session - when the temptation is alway to obsess over the stop watch and/or not "wasting" track time. Thanks for sharing guys
Hey, you guys don't need Sam. Cut him out and take all the money he makes on the podcast. 🙂 You could probably afford a corn dog at the track.
Wow ... some stuff to point out here 🙂: Wales and England are both part of Great Britain ... aero engines even back to the first world war were built using aluminium so were not that heavy for their displacement ... the Supermarine Spitfire and the P51 were both powered by 27 litre Rolls Royce Merlin engines the latter built under licence to Rolls Royce in the US ... and neither of those aircraft had to have huge wings or flipped over from the torque. My qualification aside from having a Welsh mam? My Grandfather worked for Supermarine who built the Spitfire 🙂
Can’t believe i just found this podcast. It is brilliant and Sam is an amazing host.
IMO this is why F1 was (mostly) always a superior product. Yes their budgets support that, but the creativity and straddling that line of the Regs vs. the rules and what actually ends up on the car, what the FIA allows (like DAS on the W11) when it's in clear violation of the rules, whereas this engine was more along the lines of what happened at Le Mans in the early 90s especially in the GT1 classes that beat the prototypes, due to the homologation rules being 'flexible' at a whim. This was just truly a case of someone reading between the lines and I understand organizers can't think of everything I always hated the phrase 'spirit of the regs' because well, it's racing and people are going to do anything to win, just like Roger and his teams did here. Saw a bit on this car (PC23) being restored in an issue of 'evo' magazine, and the UA-cam rabbit trail on the car and engine has been fascinating. Well done video, will be back for other episodes!
You don't need a massive wingspan to lift a 27l engine, nor would the aircraft go slow - the Spitfire had a 27l Merlin engine in it and a wingspan of 12.2m, and that thing went ~400mph at full chat.
IRL still exists. It is the legal entity
leave lots of money!
Our self proclaimed GOAT ran with Mr. Moretti against Mr Bentley in 94. Later worked with Mr. Braun in the Riley IRL car.
I fought video until it was mandatory because I didn't want another thing to manage on a race weekend and it was one of the dumbest things I ever did. It's one of the best tuning tools out there if you can get the driver in the shot because it lets you see why things happened and how the car changes over the course of the run. It also takes load off an overworked brain trying to remember too many things. Also, it's great for return trips to the same track. "OK, we won last time. Let's put the same setup on." Well, we won but the car was doing XYZ, let's do ABC for practice and see if it fixes and we can revert for qual if it's worse.
This is fantastic, just subscribed
Fantastic as always, these conversations are great
Great episode, Thanks
Love these shows. Thanks!
44 CFD servers for a D Spec racer??
Did you mention the Lauren Hill tunnel that doesn't exist, and it is not used to test Ganassi cars
Comedy is timing, and Mr Smith is a great storyteller
So glad you guys brought this topic into discussion. The topic of tires and performance is one of my most favorite curiosities!!!
Episode suggestion: Why engineers and designers build their own prototypes in after work hours
I love the shows and everything you guys are doing, but I can’t help but feel like your video title and thumbnail to this video is a bit slanderous to the Swiift .010. Clickbait to get people in?! “Surprise the worst race car is actually a crapwagon!” (And do I owe PT a royalty for that?) Kidding aside, keep up the good work and thank you!
A very different situation but with similar problems from long ago. In the 1960's (I think) Shelby took his sports car guys to Indy for the 500. They had a great driver (Revson, maybe) but just couldn't get up to speed at all. Later, the Champion Spark Plug guy stopped by and suggested a bunch of changes they should make. One of the veterans at the track, said the Champion guy really knew his stuff. The team had tried everything they could think of so they tried the spark plug guy's set-up ideas and picked a lot of speed. The teams problem wasn't aero, it was the set-up. They had championship-winning mechanics and a fine driver. Turns out road racing and oval track racing are just two radically different animals. Borrowing from Broadway; "Ya gotta know the territory."
And in the end ... The 800-pound gorilla of CART, Roger Penske, bought up the IRL and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But rather than go back to the days of multiple car types competing, he's retained the IRL One-Design concept. So Indycar has become the automotive equivalent of sailboat one-class racing and Dallara's are the racecar version of the Catalina 22. What a shame.
I had high expectations when Roger Penske bought the speedway, and finally Tony George was gone for good, but it's been a disappointment, took me over ten years to start paying attention to Indycar again.
@@Mario_Ramirez Me too. I thought Roger would turn it into CART 2.0 (the kinder, gentler CART or maybe just "cheaper"). I don't care for One Design racing (except for junior formula's like Indy NXT, F2, etc). So, it seems like Indycar is a Junior formula now. I mean the Indy 500 was THE RACE for most of its history, until the Tony George years. What a shame that Indy has come to such a condition. Now we have 33, 34 or sometimes, if we're lucky, 35 entries. Big Whoop. In the "good old days" there seemed to always be 40+ entries plus spare, or T-cars, for every team.
Uh, CART became a spec series before the IRL did, I don't know if you realize that. Champcar went to a single chassis in 2005, Indycar was entirely full-time Dallaras in 2007, 2009 if you count Indy-only entries aswell. Engines too, the IRL was down to Honda in 2006, CART was down to Cosworth in 2003.
@@michaeldelaney7271 The reason there's no more 40 car entry lists is people aren't stupid anymore, sponsors know that Billy and his buddies aren't making the field, and aren't gonna pay much for him to plaster their name on his dumptruck of a car. To be the 40th entry of the field you basically have to put up a million dollars of your own money and pray that you're able to beat out 7 other cars, some of which will be organized by professional teams running the full season, with top level parts, and cars that are just as funded as you are. Maybe they have an experienced driver, or engineer. Then, if you qualify, maybe you find a sponsor and you'll break even on the whole thing, MAYBE. The prize money sure isn't gonna pay for it, you wouldn't make it very far up the field anyways compared to teams that have been running this track for decades and have 2, 3, 4, 5, sometimes even 6 cars gathering data for them. Sponsors realize how long of a shot that is, and pay accordingly.
To answer the question: when the car produces tire marks until the breaking point for the next corner
The American built Allison V-1710, a V-12 engine that powered the early models of the P-38 and P-40 to name a couple, was 28 liters (1710 cubic inches) the bore was 5.5 inches and the stroke was 6 inches. The pistons were about the size of a coffee can, to give you a perspective on the size of these impressive engines.
Great podcast! Great story! Btw you don't look 43, you look about 50. But it's ok because you do great at this😅. Thanks for sharing this story!
Mr. Braun is back!!! 44 CFD servers!!! Love the stories from Eliseo Salazar 's land
It's criminal how few views your videos have because your content is terrific.
Enjoyable podcast as always, delightfully offbeat. IMO, Tony George only deserves half of the blame for the "Split", the other half falls to CART. Neither side could find a compromise that was acceptable to both. The initial seeds were sewn back in 1978 with USAC's raging incompetency, the passing of Tony Hulman, and the plane crash that killed several of the USAC execs. Perhaps even earlier with the 1955 formation of USAC. Having been following Indycar racing since the mid-1980's, I remember that mid 90's time period, and it was not as good as many remember, cracks were starting to become fissures. I will also admit to somewhat of a retro-bias against CART for what they did to Gurney in their legislation against stock-blocks and BLAT in the early 80's (RIP to the Pepsi Challenger).
Parry was Welsh, born in Wrexham North Wales, His parents moved to Oswestry Shopshire when He was five years of age. Oswestry is in England but is a border town and has in its history been both in Wales and England. Wrexham has a new buzz around our football club the 3rd oldest in the world 1864, now owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McEhenney of Hollywood fame. Thank you youtube for finding this for Me.
Exceptional episode! Well done.
Loved this one guys (obviously!)
Wonderful, funny, enjoyable episode. Thank you, guys.
Alex's crash destroyed what was left of open wheel racing for me. I only started following and watching Indycar again maybe 3-4 years ago. I love that guy, he is a hero of mine. I'm thankful for your comments about him.
See Peter Egan's Speed Secrets of the Terminally Slow.