Rosenqvist on Shank joining forces with IndyCar’s top team
Felix Rosenqvist has had another strong start to the IndyCar season with Meyer Shank Racing, and is part of an equally strong line-up on this week’s episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast.
Among other things, Rosenqvist discusses Shank’s high-profile tie-up with the team that has won four of the last five IndyCar championships - Chip Ganassi racing. He outlines how the relationship is working in practice, how it’s impacted results, and suggests where he thinks Ganassi is ahead of McLaren, the team Shank used to have an alliance with.
Jack Harvey also joins the show to discuss his new role as a pitlane reporter, plus his preparations for the Indy 500 where he’ll race for Dreyer & Reinbold in May, plus his desire to return to full-time racing.
Finally, host Jack Benyon quickly rounds-up the Thermal IndyCar weekend and points to what to watch at the next race at Long Beach.
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1:05:13
Lundgaard on silencing doubters + Buxton talks Fox debut
Two stars of IndyCar’s season opener join this week’s episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast, with Christian Lundgaard and Will Buxton joining the show.
There was plenty of talk surrounding Lundgaard and what he’d be able to achieve entering a McLaren team built around Pato O’Ward, and he discussing that and the expectation he placed on himself before his eighth-place finish which was basically the worst result possible in a weekend that could have been even better.
He discusses his affinity with Barber after a recent test and his transformation there in 2023, plus how the epic first weekend impacts his season expectations.
Buxton joins off the back of making his debut as Fox’s lead commentator for the IndyCar Series. He breaks down how the first weekend went with behind the scenes insight, talks about what to expect for the rest of 2025 and talks season and St Pete storylines with host Jack Benyon.
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1:05:29
Reviewing Palou's sensational season-opening St Pete win
The Race IndyCar Podcast shakes off the off-season rust to get its teeth into the first race of the season in St Petersburg, which provided plenty of drama.
Jack Benyon and JR Hildebrand join forces to break down another Alex Palou series victory, how he undercut Dixon, Dixon’s radio dramas, how Scott McLaughlin and Colton Herta’s races fell apart, and some of the star names and drives in the top 10.
There’s also a look at Fox’s first race as TV provider and what its big audience number could mean for the series.
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56:07
IndyCar promises new era as 2025 kicks off in St Pete
The Race IndyCar Podcast is back to preview the St Petersburg race which promises to start a new era of the championship and its future.
Jack Benyon is joined by JR Hildebrand as they assess the impact of Fox Sports taking over the series’ TV coverage and the massive amount of additional promotion that’s allowed for.
To help preview St Petersburg, Benyon asks Hildebrand to name who he thinks will win, who'll be on pole, who'll spring the biggest surprise, and which of the drivers who are absent he'd liked to have seen racing - which somehow spurs a tangent on Sebastien Bourdais!
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5 things to watch for in 2025
The IndyCar off-season always feels much longer than other series, especially for fans, but luckily The Race IndyCar Podcast is back to pick out five things to watch in 2025.
Indy 500 runner-up, IndyCar podium finisher and former Indy Lights champion JR Hildebrand is alongside The Race’s Jack Benyon to look in-depth at some big topics.
What Andretti might look like with less Michael involved, how Prema’s new IndyCar team will fair, McLaren’s personnel reshuffling and Christian Lundgaard versus Pato O’Ward there, Josef Newgarden’s chances of an Indy 500 hat-trick and the latest with IndyCar’s new car plans for 2027 are all in the mix for in-depth analysis.
Of course, we highlight some other big stories to watch for the year, too.
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Analysis, interviews and race reviews from one of the most competitive motorsport series in the world. The Race’s American Editor Jack Benyon is joined by Indy 500 regular and Indy Lights champion JR Hildebrand to dissect the main stories with the help of some of the series’ biggest names
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