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It's Not the Car

Sports
Sam Smith, Ross Bentley, Jeff Braun
itsnotthecar.com
Weekly podcast.
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 a world-renowned performance coach. Jeff Braun is a champion race engineer with time in NASCAR and IMSA. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist, a club racer, and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine.

We don’t love motorsport for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the meatbag at the wheel.
100 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
S2 E98
Two Drunk Guys Win Le Mans — (Jaguar Works Team, 1953)
S2 E98·
Dec 24, 2025
Dec 24, 2025
1h 26m
S2 E97
Get a Job as a Race Engineer! — w/ Charlie Ping
S2 E97·
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
1h 3m
Bonus
BONUS Episode PREVIEW – Listener Q&A – 11/25
Bonus·
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025
11 mins
S2 E96
The One Where Ross Doesn't Get Hit by Lightning
S2 E96·
Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
43 mins
S2 E94
Did Patrick Dempsey Imagine His Way to Being Faster?
S2 E94·
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
49 mins
S2 E92
Shelby Cobras, Kimi Räikkönen, and Suspension Cork-Sniffing
S2 E92·
Nov 4, 2025
Nov 4, 2025
57 mins

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