Pit Pass Indy

March 29, 2022 This week’s Pit Pass Indy includes exclusive and in-depth interviews with three of INDYCAR’s top drivers. Pit Pass Indy Show Host Bruce Martin talks with the current series points leader, Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin. Martin also catches up with Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing before wrapping up this week’s Pit Pass Indy with Rinus VeeKay of The Netherlands.  Also,...

March 22, 2022  Jimmie Johnson and The American Legion returned to glory in the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway on March 20, 2022, as the second-year NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver competed in an oval race for the first time in an Indy car. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion delivered with his best INDYCAR finish ever – sixth place on the 1.50-mile Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he is NASC...

This week’s Pit Pass Indy revs up with a preview of the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway, the first INDYCAR oval race of the 2022 season. It will also be the first time Jimmie Johnson drives an Indy car on an oval.  It’s a chance for the 46-year-old Johnson to display what he did best as a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion. Johnson won a NASCAR-record seven races at Texas Motor Speedway in a c...

March 8, 2022 Pit Pass Indy was at the Indiana State Capitol Building when four-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Helio Castroneves was honored by Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb on March 3. The Borg-Warner Trophy was unveiled featuring a fourth face for Castroneves on the permanent trophy that honors all winning drivers of the Indianapolis 500.  Pit Pass Indy Host Bruce Martin spoke with Cast...

March 1, 2022 The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES SEASON is underway and Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin delivers with an action-packed episode featuring Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race winner Scott McLaughlin, who talks about his first career INDYCAR victory. Also, Pit Pass Indy catches up with defending NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Helio C...

February 22, 2022 Pit Pass Indy features an in-depth and revealing interview with Team Penske driver Will Power. The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season begins with this weekend’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Team Penske driver Will Power is a two-time winner on the streets of St. Petersburg with victories in 2010 and 2014. He is also an eight-time pole winner at St. Pete, most recently in 2...

February 15, 2022 Two of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES’ best drivers are also two of its youngest. It’s “Fast Foes” Pato O’Ward, a 22-year-old from Monterey, Mexico, and 21-year-old Colton Herta of Santa Clarita, California. These two drivers have been racing against each other since the karting days and are two of the main contenders for the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship. Pit Pass Indy host Bruce...

February 8, 2022 The world is celebrating the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and this week’s edition of Pit Pass Indy features INDYCAR’s “Nordic Track” of drivers. It’s Sweden’s Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing and Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Although these drivers aren’t competing in any type of winter sports, they are from the Nordic Region of...

February 1, 2022 The latest episode of Pit Pass Indy features INDYCAR’s “Flying Frenchmen” – Romain Grosjean of Andretti Autosport and Simon Pagenaud of Meyer-Shank Racing. Both drivers are on new teams for 2022. Grosjean is a 10-year Formula One veteran who came to INDYCAR in 2021 driving for Dale Coyne Racing with RWR. After an impressive rookie season, the 35-year-old Grosjean has joined the po...

January 25, 2022  The latest episode of Pit Pass Indy features “Chip’s Champions” – Six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon of New Zealand and 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou of Spain.  A popular hashtag in INDYCAR is #ChipLikesWinners. The longtime team owner likes champions even more. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin interviewed both Dixon and Palou at INDYCAR’s “Content...

January 18, 2021 Popular drivers Jimmie Johnson and Tony Kanaan will both be “Reporting for Duty” with The American Legion once again in 2022. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, begins his second season in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES as the driver of the No. 48 Carvana/American Legion Honda. He will drive the full schedule this year after competing in the street and road course races in...

January 11, 2021  It’s Season 2 Ep. 2 in 2022 for Pit Pass Indy as we speed ahead into the new year of IndyCar action. Our special guest on the second episode of Season 2 is Michael Shank, the winning team owner in the 105th Indianapolis 500. Last May, Shank’s driver, Helio Castroneves, became just the fourth driver to win the Indy 500 four times in his career. Shank, along with co-owner Jim Meyer...

January 4, 2021 It’s Season No. 2 in 2022 for Pit Pass Indy as we speed ahead into the new year of IndyCar action. Our special guest in the first episode of Season 2 is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of his INDYCAR SERIES championship. It’s 1997 Indy Racing League champion Tony Stewart. Before he went on to win three NASCAR Cup Series championships and become a Cup Series championship owner with...

December 28, 2021 As we get ready to close 2021, this week’s edition of Pit Pass Indy pays tribute to one of racing’s biggest winners this year. It’s Helio Castroneves, who won his fourth Indianapolis 500 on May 30. He joined AJ Foyt, the late Al Unser and Rick Mears as the only drivers to win the “World’s Biggest Race” four times in their careers. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin spent the da...

December 21, 2021  Al Unser was one of the greatest drivers in Indianapolis 500 history. When he won his fourth Indianapolis 500 in 1987, he joined AJ Foyt as the only drivers to win the famed race four times in a career at that time. Since then, Rick Mears joined them as a four-time winner in 1991 and Helio Castroneves won his fourth Indianapolis 500 on May 30. Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Marti...

December 14, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin wraps up his two-part, in-depth conversation with one of INDYCAR’s all-time greats. It’s “Lone Star J.R.” – three-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Johnny Rutherford. Part 1 was last week as Rutherford recalled how he got his start in racing, his NASCAR victory in one of the qualifying races for the 1963 Daytona 500 and his incredible India...

December 7, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has Part 1 of an in-depth conversation with one of INDYCAR’s all-time greats. It’s “Lone Star J.R.” – three-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Johnny Rutherford. The driver from Kansas who later moved with his family to Fort Worth, Texas was one of the great drivers of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He came up in an era when racing was extremely...

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an in-depth conversation with another one of the young, talented drivers in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. It’s 28-year-old Jack Harvey of Bassingham, England.  Harvey gets a new start on a new team at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2022. He will race the No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda for the team owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winning driver and three-...

NOVEMBER 23, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an in-depth conversation with one of the current greats of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, it’s two-time INDYCAR champion Josef Newgarden. Since joining Team Penske in 2017, Newgarden has two INDYCAR championships, a fifth in the standings in 2018 and back-to-back second place finishes in the championship the past two seasons. For any driver in th...

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an in-depth conversation with INDYCAR President Jay Frye. Among the topics are a quick recap of an outstanding 2021 season, as well as a look ahead to changes for 2022 and even further ahead to when the new engine/car combination hits the track in 2023. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

NOVEMBER 9, 2021  Mark Miles is “The Boss” of INDYCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His actual title is CEO of Penske Entertainment, the company that owns and operates INDYCAR, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis 500 and IMS Productions. But Miles is the overall leader of Penske Entertainment and a key member of owner Roger Penske’s senior management. Pit Pass Indy show host B...

NOVEMBER 2, 2021  It’s time to catch up with 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske. He was a legend in Australia in the Supercars Series where he won three-straight championships and 56 career wins. McLaughlin switched to INDYCAR after the 2020 season. He scored a second-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in the first race of a weekend doubleheader and finish...

OCTOBER 19, 2021  This edition of Pit Pass Indy wraps up our exclusive, deep dive interview the great Danny Sullivan, a driver that embodied the glamour and lifestyle of being a professional race driver in the 1980s and 1990s.  This episode focuses on his CART IndyCar Series career, including his “Spin and Win” in the 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner and his 1988 CART IndyCar Championship.  For more I...

OCTOBER 19, 2021 If ever there was a driver that embodied the glamour and lifestyle of being a professional race driver in the 1980s, it was Danny Sullivan.  Beginning with this episode of Pit Pass Indy, we’re going to take a deep dive into the great career of the 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1988 CART IndyCar Champion. He dated beautiful women who were models and actresses including Christie...

PIT PASS INDY – EPISODE 27 – Featuring Jimmie Johnson, Roman Grosjean, team owner Michael Andretti, James Hinchcliffe and an exclusive interview with 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Champion Alex Palou from the NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. OCTOBER 12, 2021 Just a few days after Alex Palou received the awards and accolades as the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion, Jimmie Johnson and Romain Grosj...