Dinner with Racers
Episodes
Ep.24 – Bill Riley
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Riley is an engineer, designer, and all-around awesome dude that, along with his father, spearheads Riley Technologies, the driving force behind ...
Ep.23 – Simon Pagenaud
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Pagenaud is a driver who is proof that hard work can persevere. Having gone from closed programs to driving as a substitute to habitually showin...
Ep.22 – Sarah Fisher
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Fisher is a driver-turned-team owner who has truly carved out her own niche in IndyCar. The first woman to score a podium in Indycar, first to s...
Ep.21 – Bryan Clauson
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Clauson is a driver who is an oval legend, winning everything there is to win in USAC, before being signed at 16 to Chip Ganassi’s stock car t...
Ep.20 – Derrick Walker
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Derrick Walker is a true legend of the sport, first working in Formula One with Brabham and then on to IndyCars with Roger Penske, leading to owning h...
Ep.18 – Sean Johnson
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Johnson is a soccer goalie for the US Men’s National Team and Chicago Fire in MLS. So why is he on our podcast? Well this dude won Continental’...
Ep.17 – Gill Campbell
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Gill Campbell has been the head woman in charge of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca since 2002, and holy crap is she awesome. In our conversation she doesn’...
Ep.16 – Memo Gidley
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Memo Gidley is a driver who truly came from living on a boat in California, to driving in IndyCar just seven years later…. only to suffer a major ac...
Ep.15 – Marshall Pruett
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Marshall Pruett is a journalist who didn’t start that way, and it shows because he has an understanding of the sport and technical aspects that make...
Ep.14 – Paul Pfanner
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Pfanner has uniquely succeeded in the business of motorsports, which makes us wonder why he took the time for us. Not only did the guy start Race...
Ep.13 – Erik Valdez
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Erik Valdez is a true working actor, having starred in television shows such as Graceland, a little show called General Hospital, and more. A true rac...
Ep.12 – CJ Wilson
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
CJ Wilson is not only a bad-ass All-Star pitcher, but the Anaheim Angels star also owns a championship-winning race team, and the dude just loves cars...
Ep.11 – Oriol Servia
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Oriol Servia has been an IndyCar driver for over 15 years, proving that a random guy from Catalonia can make it if he’s actually a good person… wh...
Ep.10 – Patrick Long
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Long is the lone American Works driver for Porsche, which is too bad considering they’ll likely drop him after hearing this. Great conversat...
Ep.9 – Kenny Sargent / Crash Gladys
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The “SpeedFreaks” are used to being the ones running the interview, so we decided to put them on the other side of the microphone for a change. Ha...
Ep.8 – The Level 5 Special
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Our first special edition! After Jeff Braun talked for nearly an hour on the various projects of Level 5 Motorsports, we decided this had to be a stan...
Ep.7 – Jeff Braun
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Braun is one of the most experienced and respected engineers in all of motorsports, and now we know why. Not only does this guy have incredible s...
Ep.6 – Beaux Barfield
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Beaux Barfield has been a Race Director for over a decade, and has managed to build a career and namesake despite holding racing’s least desirable j...
Ep.5 – Katherine Legge
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Driver Katherine Legge has a few glasses of wine, and the awesomeness ensues. A veteran of IndyCar and sportscar racing, the first woman to win in pro...
Ep.4 – Spencer & Tom Pumpelly
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Driver Spencer Pumpelly and his father, Tom, a former driver himself, discuss vehicular manslaughter, flipping busses, being homeless, and the dynamic...
Ep.3 – Rutledge Wood / Tanner Foust
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Top Gear USA hosts Rutledge Wood and Tanner Foust ramble on for two hours about everything from arriving hung over on set, to dance pants, to witnessi...
Ep.2 – Bob Varsha
15 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Television commentator Bob Varsha takes us through his career through four decades of motorsports and beyond, working for networks including FOX Sport...
Ep.1 – Andy Lally
08 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary driver Andy Lally discusses everything from how people in NASCAR cheated better than him, late-80’s wrestling, and virtually no talk of sp...