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It's Not the Car — 120 episodes · page 1 of 2
How to Build a Racing School
Battling Fear at the Wheel — with Tom Roberts
Catch-Up Show! — Nürburgring Recap, Burnout Advice, and Jeff’s Big Announcement
IndyCar’s Bravery Problem — with RACER founder Paul Pfanner
Crappy Miatas, Endurance Porsches, and Other Fun Diseases — with TJ + Ed from BFGoodrich
FREE BONUS: The Hyper-Nerdy Sim Racing FAQ — with Balázs Remenyik
You're Wrong About Sim Racing
How to Get a Job in Racing — Ashley Baily, IMSA Tire Specialist
What it Feels Like to Quit Le Mans
Sliding Hoopties with a NASCAR Legend — (Live in Grattan, MI - 6/13/26)
The 10 Greatest Myths in Racing
Getting Used to Big Power
"Don't Drive It, You're Going to Die"
What the Hell is Going on With Formula 1?
Saying No to a $20 Million Porsche
Jeff and the Glorious Mazda Fail-Diesels
How Pro Race Cars Blow Up!
The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Jeff’s Car on Fire
Postwar Madness on Public Roads — (1948 Watkins Glen GP)
Racing Stories That Change Your Life
Two Drunk Guys Win Le Mans — (Jaguar Works Team, 1953)
Get a Job as a Race Engineer! — with Charlie Ping
BONUS Episode PREVIEW – Listener Q&A – 11/25
The One Where Ross Doesn't Get Hit by Lightning
Impossible Gear, Impossible Finish — (Schumacher 1994 Spanish GP)
Did Patrick Dempsey Imagine His Way to Being Faster?
Racing is Broken, and Blackbird 66 Might Fix It — w/ J.R. Hildebrand
Shelby Cobras, Kimi Räikkönen, and Suspension Cork-Sniffing
Crashing Four Times at Your First Indy 500 — w/ Jimmy Kite
Learning to Love (Hate?) the Porsche 911
RECAP: 2025 IndyCar Season — w/ Marshall Pruett
What the 2025 IMSA Season Taught Our Pro Engineer
The One Where Ross Explains the Nürburgring
The Bloody Madness of the First Indy 500 — (1911)
So . . . What is Handling, Actually?
[BEST OF] – Belief, Death, and the Fastest Man Alive — 6/4/24
[BEST OF] – The Ferrari Story You Didn’t Know You Needed — 4/16/24
[BEST OF] – The One Where a Cobra Eats Europe — 8/13/24
What the Perfect Driver Knows
How NASCAR Cheats – Part 2! — w/ Chris Andrews
INTC Movie Club – “Days of Thunder” (1990)
Listener Q&A: Track-Day Focus for Beginners
How to Get a Racing Sponsor
Rippin' Pikes Peak in a NASCAR Sled — w/JR Hildebrand
EThe Drama of Your First Le Mans — w/ Baptiste Viala
Brakes, Boots, and a Stock Car in France — (Le Mans + Cale, 1981)
When Miatas Ate Sam’s Brain
The Hidden Rhythm of Road America
Le Mans Race Prep 101
The Secret Life of an IMSA Team
RACE RECAP: 2025 Indy 500 + Monaco Grand Prix
Why is Racing So Boring on TV?
Free Bonus: One Lap of America with Ross and BFG!
The One Where Hitler Loses — (German GP, 1935)
The Strange World of the Amateur “Pro” Driver
How Would You Fix IndyCar?
When It All Goes Wrong
Instant Expert: Getting Used to a New Car
How Do You Know You’re Good Enough?
Jeff Tells a Story: My Favorite Cars to Engineer
Jeff and Ross Didn’t Win Sebring!
How Do You Become a Pro Driver?
Mythbusting: The Brakes Just Failed!
Off-Topic Show — You Asked For It!
Jeff Just Won Daytona!
Two-Wheel Science 101 — w/Nick Ienatsch
Drifting is Harder Than You Think — w/Vaughn Gittin, Jr.
Flowing Into the Zone — w/Dr. Sue Jackson
When NASCAR Broke America — (1979 Daytona 500 Fistfight)
Jeff Tells a Story: Meeting 1967 Formula 1
Inside Car and Driver's "Lightning Lap" — w/Tony Quiroga
The One Where Jeff Explains Race Strategy
Whoop, There It Is — (Mazda Le Mans Win, 1991)
Why We Love Laguna Seca
You Can Be Fast in Anything — w/Colin Braun
How NASCAR Teams Cheat — w/Chris Andrews
All Hail Dan and Uncle Bobby — (Gurney Flap, 1971)
The Why of a Racing Coach
How to Drive It: Porsche 911
Sex, Shocks, and Rock ’n’ Roll
ETo Pilot a Mercedes — (Le Mans CLR Crashes, 1999)
How to Watch F1 . . . and Learn Its Secrets
Paul Newman in a Race Car
How Pro Racers Cheat – Part Two!
The One Where a Cobra Eats Europe — (Daytona Coupe, 1965)
What Does a Race Engineer Do, Really?
The Worst Race Car I’ve Ever Met
To Be Dumb in Racing
Instant Expert: How Do Tires Work?
The Last Great F1 Fairy Tale — (Brawn GP, 2009)
When Sam Drove Alonso’s F1 Car
Listener Q&A: Does Driving Style Matter in F1?
Instant Expert: What is Oversteer?
Belief, Death, and the Fastest Man Alive — (Parry-Thomas & Babs, 1927)
BONUS: Sam Reads From His New Book — “Indoor Storage”
RACE RECAP: Monaco G.P. + Indy 500
How Pro Racers Cheat
BONUS: Sam Reads From His New Book — "Dajiban!"
337 MPH in 3.7 Seconds — (GUEST: Top Fuel Driver Clay Millican)
BONUS: Sam Reads From His New Book — “Mears and My Feet”