It's Not the Car
Sam Smith, Ross Bentley, Jeff Braun
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.
Episodes (117)
Do Car Magazines Have Secrets?
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The Dan Gurney Fan-Service Episode
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The Ferrari Story You Didn’t Know You Needed
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How to Be a Rookie at the Indy 500
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For Love of the Game — (Villeneuve 1979 US GP Wet Quali)
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The World’s Most Charming Race Track
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How Do Wind Tunnels Work?
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Listener Q&A: Can the Data Lie?
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Can You Have Too Much Power? — (Donohue 1970s Porsche Can-Am)
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What You and Max Verstappen Have in Common
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When Car Magazines Test Race Cars
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Listener Q&A: Rain Driving and You
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Ten Hours, 1000 Miles, and 170 MPH — (Moss 1955 Mille Win)
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When is a Driving Sim Worth Millions?
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At the Wheel in a McLaren F1 GTR
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Unpacking the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The Indy 500 is Harder Than You Think — (Rossi 2016 Win)
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