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It's Not the Car
by Sam Smith, Ross Bentley, Jeff Braun
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About the show
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.
Latest episodes
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Battling Fear at the Wheel — with Tom Roberts
September 30, 2026 · 55 minYou’re not scared. Right? Tom Roberts is a driver coach, an aerobatic pilot, a racer, a Buddhist, a former dentist, and a student of fear at the wheel. His new book, From Fear to Flow: Transform Your Ego and Uncover the Life You Were…
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Catch-Up Show! — Nürburgring Recap, Burnout Advice, and Jeff’s Big Announcement
September 15, 2026 · 53 minBig announcement in this one, kids! No spoilers! Especially not having to do with the one and only Roger Penske, no sir! This is one of our rare “chat” shows—Jeff, Ross, and Sam gone full chill hang. With this one, they're together on the…
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IndyCar’s Bravery Problem — with RACER founder Paul Pfanner
September 2, 2026 · 35 minThis summer, for the first time in 15 years, IndyCar unveiled a new chassis. The Dallara IR-28 has a chance to change everything about the world’s fastest wheel-to-wheel racing. And when the car takes its first green flag in 2028, maybe it…
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Crappy Miatas, Endurance Porsches, and Other Fun Diseases — with TJ + Ed from BFGoodrich
August 18, 2026 · 50 minThis episode is about how racing sucks you in—even (or perhaps especially) if it’s tied to your day job. And never more than with endurance racing. Last month, BFGoodrich invited Ross and Sam to co-drive a Porsche Boxster in a ChampCar…
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FREE BONUS: The Hyper-Nerdy Sim Racing FAQ — with Balázs Remenyik
August 5, 2026 · 25 minBalázs Remenyik is a professional sim racer and the official simulator development driver for the Citroën Formula E team. He’s also chief instructor at the Speed Secrets Sim Racer Academy, where INTC co-host Ross Bentley is founder and…
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You're Wrong About Sim Racing
August 5, 2026 · 54 minSome love it, some hate it. You’re probably doing at least part of it wrong, even if you’re good at it. Twenty years ago, INTC co-host Ross Bentley was a beta tester for the original version of iRacing, the world’s largest online racing…
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How to Get a Job in Racing — Ashley Baily, IMSA Tire Specialist
July 21, 2026 · 55 minOnce, Ashley Baily was a pastry chef. Now she’s the 26-year-old, Daytona-winning tire chief for an IMSA Corvette team. Landing that leap took guts, passion, and five years of working two demanding jobs at once. (Plus cake. There was a…
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What it Feels Like to Quit Le Mans
July 7, 2026 · 47 minINTC’s Jeff Braun had to do it. Just a few weeks ago, only a few hours into that epic race, with a car still fast and healthy. The 24 Hours of Le Mans. A GT3 Corvette. Months of fighting just to make the grid. Maybe you’d make the same…