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It's Not the Car

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Sam Smith, Ross Bentley, Jeff Braun
itsnotthecar.com
Weekly podcast. Next episode on Tuesday.
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 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.
94 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
S2 E93
Want a 1000-hp Indy Car With No Wings? — w/ JR Hildebrand
S2 E93·
November 11
November 11
1h 1m
S2 E92
Shelby Cobras, Kimi Räikkönen, and Suspension Cork-Sniffing
S2 E92·
November 4
November 4
57 mins
S2 E91
Crashing Four Times at Your First Indy 500 — w/ Jimmy Kite
S2 E91·
October 28
October 28
56 mins
S2 E34
Learning to Love (Hate?) the Porsche 911
S2 E34·
October 22
October 22
1h 4m
S2 E33
RECAP: 2025 IndyCar Season — w/ Marshall Pruett
S2 E33·
October 14
October 14
1h 3m
S2 E32
What the 2025 IMSA Season Taught Our Pro Engineer
S2 E32·
October 7
October 7
50 mins
S2 E31
The One Where Ross Explains the Nürburgring
S2 E31·
September 30
September 30
52 mins
S2 E30
The Bloody Madness of the First Indy 500 — (1911)
S2 E30·
September 24
September 24
1h 2m

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