The Ferrari Story You Didn’t Know You Needed -- It's Not the Car #15
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Once, in the 1990s, a fancy Italian carmaker hadn’t gone sports-car racing in 20 years. Maybe they were too busy figuring out new ways to make a 348 catch fire or something. Then some influential folks made a few particularly expressive hand gestures and the Italians agreed to do it-but just this once, and then you gotta vaffanculo, alright? The shrieking red funkbullet that resulted won much and made a noise to eat your brain.
Hold onto your butts: Today, we tell the story of the Ferrari 333 SP, the last purpose-built racing Ferrari before the Le Mans Hypercar they’re running now.
Ross raced one of these flying pasta-saucers in IMSA. Jeff engineered them in the same series. The 11,000-rpm V-12 sounded like a Formula 1 car because it came from-wait for it-a Formula 1 car. It’s a good story.
This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “It’s Not Not the Car.”
Related Trivia: Ross’s 333 came with a factory man named Renzo. Renzo was there to mind the engine. Jeff later engineered the same chassis, with the same Renzo, but Ross had found another ride by then. Sam was once driving a Ferrari 488 in a track test when a wheel came off at 100 mph, but that’s unrelated. (Joke maybe three people will get: “It’s-a me! Gnar-io!”)
This episode was produced by Mike Perlman.
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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.
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Can’t believe i just found this podcast. It is brilliant and Sam is an amazing host.
Great episode. Remember watching the Rolex 24 for the first time on speedvision and Max Papas screaming down pit road in the 333and the excitement of the announcer's. Very cool
Love this channel thx u guys keep up the good work gentlemen
Excellent picture choice for the image displayed on youtube
You can see where the car lives now "The finest showroom collection you will EVER SEE." Kidd in a Sweet Shop channel
The really legendary cars win and have that amazing aura/feeling. The 333 is one of those cars that elicit that type of reaction, compare that to the Porsche RS Spyder that was equally as successful but doesnt have the same legendary status amongst the fans.
Our self proclaimed GOAT ran with Mr. Moretti against Mr Bentley in 94. Later worked with Mr. Braun in the Riley IRL car.
I use to wake up every Thursday morning looking forward to my work commute because I knew I had a new Speed Secrets podcast to listen to (back when Ross was recording more frequently).
I recently heard about this podcast and have been enjoying my commute again! For a car/racing enthusiast, these podcasts are so great to listen to. Love what you are doing so far!
SAM - I really like what you are adding to the conversations. You ask a lot of great questions that help clarify some of the complex subjects. You also do a great job of turning these into what feels like more of a story.
ROSS and JEFF - I have learned so much from over the years. I honestly don't know if I would have become so passionate about the sport if it weren't for Ross' books and podcasts. In a way, I've listened to so much Ross Bentley, that he taught me HOW TO LEARN driving at a different level of detail than I could even comprehend coming into the sport with 0 knowledge. I've even applied this to work and life in general.
Thanks for all the hard work you guys put into these!
Cheers from Central NY (Home track is Watkins Glen).
The idea that this car was the "introduction" for Dallara in the USA, makes me wonder if without this car and without Andy Evans, if Dallara would have become the de facto spec Indycar chassis.
I love stories like these. Keep up the great work guys.