Episode Description
This week VERY VEHICULAR welcomes JR Hildebrand: Race Driver and Veteran of THAT Indy 500 Crash back in 2011. Scotto and JR get philosophical as they break down the maybes and what-ifs they’ve each encountered through the many forks in life’s road. Mainly though, they’re here to figure out the answer to motorsports’ entertainment problem. Drawing from his deep well of experience behind the wheel, JR’s manifesto for setting racing ‘off’ rather than on the straight and narrow is compelling. Scotto, as ever, brings both a viewer’s and a director’s eye to bear on the problem at hand, because at the end of the day, don’t we all deserve to be entertained? Enjoy!
Partners:
Vyper Industrial
FCP Euro
Heatwave Visual
Wera Tools
Producer: Nick Rutter @nickrutterarts
Music: SlikSound
Patreon: https://patreon.com/u37266647
https://bio.site/321actionaction
00:00 - Welcome & Introduction
00:54 - Sponsors: Vyper Industrial, Heat Wave & Wera Tools
03:19 - Meeting JR Pre Internet
04:20 - That Crash at Indy and What Ifs
15:27 - JR’s Road to Racing and a Career in Indy
27:05 - Rufus: A Way to Fix Motorsport?
39:19 - Flow State: Did Senna Really See Himself From Above?
42:11 - Hitting the Speed Ceiling. Is Speed Even the Right Thing to Chase?
46:30 - Nostalgia for Group B, Rose-tinted Glasses?
48:02 - Sponsor: FCP Euro
56:05 - So If Not Speed, What Becomes the North Star?
59:31 - Cut Downforce Add Power
01:03:01 - Rally Style And the Loeb of it all
01:14:22 - Storytelling in Racing
01:22:56 - Meetings With NASCAR
01:25:54 - How TV Shaped Racing
01:27:39 - Mickey Thompson Tangent
01:33:47 - Can The Existing Series Evolve? Or Do We Need To Burn It Down?
01:40:09 - Check Out The Patreon
01:48:03 - Rufus - The Vision
02:09:55 - Downforce Sucks. Get Rid Of It
02:11:04 - Blackbird66 and the Mark 1
02:25:19 - Looking For A Proof As A Beacon
02:29:28 - One Off Events at Iconic Tracks
02:34:21 - Thoughts On Rob Dahm’s Laguna Seca Track Record Ambition