Pit Lane Parley

We talk with Senior Director of Competition for IndyCar, Jason Penix about the many hats he has to wear working for IndyCar!

Adam Stern, of Sports Business Daily joins the show to discuss the latest in off-season IndyCar news, and debate as the off-season continues!

This week we talk to Parker Thompson, who drove for Exclusive Autosport in Pro-Mazda class this year, finishing 2nd overall in the standings.

Off-season update of all news and rumors current in the IndyCar world!

On this week's episode we talk to both Harding-Steinbrenner racing drivers, Pato O'Ward and Colton Herta about racing, food choices, their anticipation for 2019, living in your racing dads shadow, and many more fun topics in this great episode!

This week Mike, Jess & Matt breakdown a number of offseason topics, James Hinchcliffe's interesting article from Racer.com and more!

Matt, Mike, and Jess along with guest from the IndyStar, Jim Ayello vote on their own 2018 IndyCar season awards. Some of them are to provide some laughs after the season! ALL of the awards will be available for a fan vote on twitter in the coming days!

This week we sit down with Sage Karam for the entire episode! We discuss what he thought happened during his accident in the Indy 500, his thoughts on the new aero kit, and plans for 2019, especially with DRR Racing. We dive further into his racing career and Sage doesn't hold anything back in his answers!

This week we talk with Dale Coyne Racing driver, Santino Ferrucci for the first half of the episode. We discuss: His weekend in Portland How he likes his car to feel while driving on track How he stays sharp in the off-season 2019 plans and more! After Santino we recap:  The awesome weekend at Portland International Raceway Discuss Colton Herta and Pato O'Ward racing for Harding Racing at Sonoma Fernando Alonso updates and the likelihood of him in an IndyCar next year after his test at Barber Motorsports Park on Tuesday! An engine manufacturer update courtesy of Bobby Rahal Matt takes a turn this week in our weekly "stump the hosts" trivia Thank you to our first Patreon subscribers Colin Taylor and George Butz!

In this week's episode, Mike, Jess & Matt recap a great weekend at Gateway Motorsports Park including discussing some highs and lows from the weekend. IndyCar's anticipated return to Portland International Raceway is previewed, Mike tries to stump Jess in Matt in the week's "Stump the Hosts", we answer numerous fan questions ( thank you to every fan who submitted!) and we discuss more silly season topics -- Juncos Racing expansion, Pato O'Wards future, Dragonspeed Racing, Dreyer and Reinbold, and we discuss what the 17th track on the schedule will be for 2019, while we also look ahead to some non-North American IndyCar race rumors for 2020! We end the episode with two pitfalls that we think all IndyCar fans and drivers can agree on!

At Gateway Motorsports Park this past weekend, Mike and Jess conducted a live show in the IndyCar fan village. It features an interview with Indy Lights points leader Pato O'Ward, some predictions and discussions about the IndyCar season so far, and we close out with an interview with the legend Al Unser Jr !

GetWellWickens - This week we give all of our well wishes to Robert Wickens and his family as he recovers from his accident at Pocono Raceway this past weekend. We speak about the race itself before discussing some more silly season topics as the schedule is nearing completion for 2019. Some driver news from Team Penske, new IndyCar villain Santino Ferruci and the great news that both Chevrolet and Honda are willing to add more engines to their programs starting in 2019! Please tune in to our social media for a special announcement on a live show at Gateway Motorsports Park Saturday before the Indy Lights autograph session which will be released on all podcast platforms later in the weekend as well as another special interviews Jess and Mike will be conducting throughout the weekend! Plenty of more content to come in the next few days!

This week we dive deep into the numerous silly season rumors and discussions that have popped up since last week. From Fernando Alonso, to Ganassi #10 car, to the Harding Racing/Andretti/McLaren partnership possibility, some more track and schedule rumors come up, we break it down and help you make sense of the chatter! We preview the ABC Supply Co 500 at Pocono Raceway, Jess tries to stump the host (hint: she only stumps one of Matt & Mike) and make some bold predictions for this weekends race.

This week, we're joined by IndyStar journalist Jim Ayello and we dive deep into everything that is "silly season" right now. From #Alonsomania to Scott Dixon to Pato O'Ward and the MRTI drivers! We discuss some thoughts on the potential 2019 + beyond schedule. We challenge Jim with some tough racing and non-racing questions. Stump the host Trivia question this week, thanks to Matt is a good one! Jim's insightful answers into all the potential driver/team/track changes that could be coming make for an awesome episode! Listen at the end for a special advertisement for the "Off Track: Hinch and Rossi Show" and look for a special ad to play during their show in the coming weeks!

Wow, even when there's no race this weekend coming up, the news keeps flying! This week Mike & Jess dive deep into how great Mid-Ohio was last weekend! We break down all of the insanity that is silly season talk (Scott Dixon, Penske, Pagenaud, McLaren, Fred) We talk about the new Road-to Indy 5 Year plan along with the disappointing news that Mazda will no longer be a part of it. We briefly discuss the introduction of the 2019 F1 front wing, the IndyCar licensing system in place starting next year, and Mike stumps Jess in our weekly trivia question! Matt will re-join us next week for our next episode!