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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In tribute: Remembering the remarkable Alex Zanardi
After the sad passing of Alex Zanardi this weekend, we thought it was only right to put together a special episode of Bring Back V10s to pay tribute to a driver that is so fondly remembered by motor racing fans all over the world.
Glenn Freeman is joined by Edd Straw and Matt Beer to look back on Zanardi's incredible life and inspirational career, which included two stints in F1, championship-winning success in CART and, after the devastating crash that left him a double amputee, multiple Paralympic hand-cycling gold medals.
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26 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Free sample: Is Palou more vulnerable in 2026?
UPDATE: Due to a change in coverage plans, The Race IndyCar Podcast will appear exclusively in The Race Members' Club this season, as occasional episodes only.
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In this feed we're presenting a sample of the most recent episode, where Jack Benyon and Glenn Freeman join Matt Beer to debate the perhaps surprisingly open first three rounds of the new season.
Is Andretti finally consistently coming good, and has Penske got over its recent troubles? And do those two developments mean we really do have a title fight on our hands not just yet another Alex Palou/Ganassi walkover?
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17 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
Indycar at war! Ep. 3 - Peace in our time
Our Indycar Split series concludes by looking at how the CART/IRL war finally came to an end after more than a decade of fighting.
But before we get to that, we have to talk about one of the biggest fights that took place during the split: the battle over who really won the 2002 Indy 500.
Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw and Indy Split book author John Oreovicz dig back in great detail over what happened between Penske IRL driver Helio Castroneves and Team Green CART driver Paul Tracy, who were battling for the lead on the penultimate lap of the race when the yellow flags came out for a crash.
We also look into CART's decline and ultimate collapse, as its teams and engine manufacturers started switching full-time to the IRL.
And finally we revisit the story of how the two sides finally came together, as well as asking if there really was a winner once the war was over and Indycar racing was reunited again in 2008.
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Inside a recent episode
In tribute: Remembering the remarkable Alex Zanardi
Published 2 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You were working professionally with us. at Autosport and on the Autosport website in various ways when Zanardi was back in full-time racing in the touring car years. What did it mean to you, though, as a fan, not as a professional, that he got to come back and be a racing driver again? Just a phenomenal achievement. And the fact that he was able to be quick as well, just getting in the car at all, helping develop that technology to make it possible was incredible in itself. […]
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