Trackside Podcast

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they start the show by answering Twitter questions that they needed more time to answer like which drivers need to have a good month of May to secure their spot with their team next year, the official details of the Prime 47 Burger Bash that’s happening in a few weeks, and what their overall thoughts on the first two episodes of the 100 Days to Indy docuseries. Turn announcer for the IndyCar Radio Network in Nick Yeoman joins Curt on Trackside tonight to give a behind the scenes look at broadcasting the Indy 500, what some storylines that he would focus on if he was a producer of the docuseries, and which Indy 500 from his childhood that he really cemented his love for IndyCar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they start the show by answering some more Twitter questions regarding future winners of the NTT IndyCar Series, which team has the best chance to sweep the front row of qualifications for the Indy 500, and more! Plus, rookie Sting Ray Robb from Dale Coyne Racing and Rick Ware Racing joins the program to try and explain his excitement level in being on the competitor side of the Indy 500 compared to the fan side of it, what it’s like seeing a street sign with his own name on it, and how he’s settled into his rookie campaign as an IndyCar driver. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they catch up on some twitter questions that Kevin has received the last few days, including one question where they recount the first time that they watched the Indy 500. Additionally, they spend some time on the news of Juan Pablo Montoya joining Rick Ware Racing for sprint car races and spend some time debating if there is a chance that a driver outside the power four teams can win the Indy 500 and finish inside the top ten in the points standings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they open today’s show by discussing the frustrations that Romain Grosjean is going through right now considering he’s had the car to win each of the first four races this season. Additionally, they speculate on what could be coming with Meyer Shank Racing pertaining to the four-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves. Finally, they touch on the video of Kyle Larson showing the seat bucket that Arrow McLeran was fitting him for next year’s Indy 500 that he will be participating in.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they open the first show in the month of May by recapping yesterday’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix with Scott McLaughlin finishing with his first checkered flag this season. Additionally, they examine where some of the fan favorite drivers are in the standings as they enter the month of May and break down the upcoming schedule that was released for the events leading up to the Indianapolis 500-mile race.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they recap testing from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from last Thursday with Josef Newgarden capturing the fastest lap speed, go through some of the performances from drivers that struggled at testing, and then speculate whether the series would consider removing one of the two road course races at IMS. Additionally, Curt and Kevin start previewing the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix from Birmingham, Alabama. In the second hour of the program tonight, Kevin and Curt start off by discussing the premiere of 100 Days to Indy on the CW. Also, the latest entrant for the Indianapolis 500-mile race presented by Gainbridge in R.C. Enerson joins the program to explain how the partnership with Abel Motorsports, has it made it easier to chase his dream to race in the Indy 500 because of him being in the racing business, and which driver he’s been in communication with on racing at IMS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they recap the dominating weekend of Kyle Kirkwood after taking the pole for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach then followed that up by leading 53 of the 85 laps during the race Sunday, including the final lap for his first race win of his young career. Later, they discuss some of the stories that happened during the race that created some controversy and provides a brief preview into the first episode of the docuseries, 100 Days to Indy, that debuts next week on the CW. In the second hour of the program tonight, they start previewing the upcoming testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week on Thursday and Friday. They discuss what they’re expecting to see come testing and then some of the things that they are heading about how drivers are going to approach the greatest spectacle in racing. Lastly, they answer some Twitter questions from fans regarding the race at Long Beach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they examine where the Grand Prix at Long Beach ranks in terms of their favorite races of the season, how the people of Long Beach put on a terrific event that’s like everything leading up to the Indy 500 and highlight a game that the drivers are playing in their driver interviews. Hour number two consists of Kevin and Curt pointing out something that Alexander Rossi said today on a conference call from what happened last week at Texas in pit lane with Kyle Kirkwood and break down some of testing notes from Texas Motor Speedway. Additionally, stock car driver Logan Seavey joins the show to break down his early racing career success, the difference in driving on dirt in a stock car compared to a truck and breaks down the challenges of running all three national series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they start the show by recapping and sharing their thoughts about another exciting race from Texas Motor Speedway with Josef Newgarden capturing the checkered flag, breaking down what Newgarden was saying on the radio during the final pitstop, and go through some of the individual performances from this weekend. Hour number two consists of Kevin and Curt breaking down the incident that happened in pit lane between Alexander Rossi and Kyle Kirkwood, what their theories are as to why Bryan Herta is no longer in Colton’s pit box, highlight the performances of some of the younger drivers from this weekend’s race, and announce the Prime 47 Burger Bash date!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they start the show by briefly recapping last year’s race from Texas Motor Speedway, highlighting some notes they have ahead of the race this weekend, and debate as to why they decided on a noon green flag on Sunday. In the first hour of the show, second year driver from Dale Coyne Racing in David Malukas joins Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee on Trackside to highlight how he thought he performed at St. Pete in the first race of the season, what he remembers from racing at Texas Motor Speedway last year, how Texas Motor Speedway’s track compares to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s track, and which race he enjoyed racing in the most last year. Later, Curt and Kevin close the hour with the big news of IndyCar and NTT coming together for their second contract to continue being the title sponsor of the IndyCar Series. They also discuss the benefits of having NTT as the presenting sponsor of the series outside of stability. Hour number two consists of Kevin and Curt sh

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they start the show by briefly recapping the 12 Hour Sebring race from last week, the news of Ryan Hunter-Reay signing with Dreyer Reinbold to run in the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, debate some other teams that could enter one more car to get up to 34 entrants, and highlight some of the rookie testing at Texas Motor Speedway. In the second hour of the show, a pair of drivers. The first driver that joined the program was 2014 Indianapolis 500 champion and 2012 IndyCar Series champion in Ryan Hunter-Reay to explain how this deal with Dreyer & Reinbold came to fruition, why he needed to take last season off, what stood out to him in his visit with Dreyer & Reinbold that led to him joining their team, and how he plans to put himself in the best position to capture his second checkered flag at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The second driver that joined the program tonight is one of the developmental drivers for Chip Ganassi Racing

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they start the show by highlighting some racing news that they didn’t touch on during last week’s show, put the rookie drivers under a microscope to look at how they performed in their first race along with what they think their futures can be, share their thoughts on some of the individual performances from last weekend’s race in St. Petersburgh, and announce the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame class. In the second hour of the show, a pair of drivers. The first driver that joined the program was Kyle Kirkwood of Andretti Autosport to recap his performance at St. Pete last week considering he went flying in the air, if he feels like a different driver in year two compared to year one, and the challenges of driving at night at Sebring. The second driver that joined the program tonight is the youngest driver to ever race in the Rolex 24 that is from Ed Carpenter Racing, Josh Pierson. At the age of seventeen years old, he explains the feeling of drivi

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they recap the first race of the season where Marcus Ericsson captured the checkered flag for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, who some of the biggest winners were from the race outside of the obvious, and the situation between Scott McLaughlin and Romain Grosjean.   Later in the first hour, Kevin and Curt answer some Twitter questions from viewers of the race and extend their condolences to the family of a friend that they lost since last week’s show in former Pacers Public Relations Director David Benner. Hour number two started off Kevin and Curt answering some more Twitter questions with the main topic of discussion coming from Andrew’s question pertaining to whether 27 cars is too much for the race in St. Petersburg. Later, they break down what happened to Andretti Autosport on Sunday afternoon and dive into some of the biggest risers from where the driver started to where the driver finished.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they open the show by ranking some of the offseason moves with the season starting this weekend in St. Petersburgh, the history of Team Penske dominating St. Pete since being added to the series, highlight some of the rookies that are making their first appearances in the series, and what they expect for the overall teams. Later, Curt and Kevin give a happy birthday shoutout to Mario Andretti, go over some of the new rule changes when it comes to practice times and tires, and Kevin shares a story as to how Jackson Lee was hit by a maintenance truck.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, they open the show discussing the Peyton Manning commercial for the Indianapolis 500-mile race along with the Roger Penske commercial for the race. Plus, they also hit on the latest news surrounding the 100 Days to Indy documentary since last week and what Tony Kanaan discussed at his retirement announcement last week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Later, in the first hour in the show Kevin and Curt open the mailbag and answers some Twitter questions regarding ways that IndyCar can display the athleticism of the drivers when they come to Indiana, a question from their conversation last week with Penske Entertainment’s Mark Miles, and more! In hour number two, Kevin and Curt have a chance to sit down with a pair of drivers in Tony Kanaan and Agustin Canapino. The first driver that joined the program was TK and he opens his conversation with Curt explaining his decision to retire after this season, what fueled him to become a perfectionist on oval course

Tonight, on Trackside with Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin, look at the entry list for the Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing adding a fourth entry in Katherine Legge late last week. Plus, they debate on whether any of the other teams will add another entry for the biggest race of the season. For the majority of the first hour of the show, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penske Entertainment in Mark Miles joins Kevin and Curt to share his thoughts on IndyCar testing at Thermal Club going forward, if there is a chance that they could eventually race at Thermal Club, look at some potential venues that IndyCar could race at in the future, if any of the higher ups in IndyCar will be involved in the docuseries or if the producers will be the people putting together 100 Days to Indy, and the status of an IndyCar video game. Hour number two started off with IndyStar’s motorsports insider Nathan Brown joining Kevin and Curt on Trackside to highlight any story lines that he will be monitoring durin

Tonight on Trackside, Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin dive deep into spring training at Thermal Club in Palm Springs, California. Kevin and Curt dive into what happened on track and why that does – or doesn’t – matter on a track that the series won’t race on. Kyle Kirkwood was the fastest in final testing, so Kevin and Curt touch on Kirkwood’s confidence and the last 12 months for the former Road to Indy prodigy. Then, the conversation turns to the series’ newest drivers and how the rookies performed, specifically Agustin Canapino and Marcus Armstrong. The first segment wraps with the slowest cars at Thermal Club.  Kevin and Curt wrap up the performance conversation, but then get into the reactions from fans, drivers and others. How do people feel about having an open test in the first place? What about the Thermal Club? Could the series race on this track and at this venue? Kevin and Curt also discuss the idea of having spring training every season and starting to market and sell the event. Could members of the The

Tonight on Trackside, Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin kick off the show with Kevin’s time at the Rolex 24 and what makes the event so unique. Kevin and Curt discuss what happened on track, Helio’s third straight victory and Meyer Shank with Acura coming into the event as the fastest car. The conversation turns to other cars that were fast and which drivers stood out - that includes where other IndyCar drivers finished. Then, Kevin and Curt turn to some of the nuggets and tidbits from content day for IndyCar drivers. In the second segment, NBC Sports Racing Commentator Townsend Bell joins the show to talk about Rolex 24 and what Meyer Shank racing might look like in the coming years as Helio Castroneves gets older and Tom Blomqvist gets even better. Then, Townsend and Kevin get into the week at the Thermal Club. The two go through plenty of bullet points including Andretti Autosport and distractions on and off the track. The conversation ends with the Rod Campbell Internship and the impact he had. The first hour wrap

Tonight on a 1-hour edition of Trackside, Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin begin the show remembering Curt’s late father, Mark, who passed away on Sunday. Then, Kevin and Curt jump into Rolex 24 and what Kevin learned while in Florida for a qualifying show over the weekend. The two preview a big weekend that Kevin says “feels like the beginning of the racing season.” Kevin details the challenges of broadcasting the event and how he approaches keeping up with everything.  Then, Kevin and Curt discuss the 27-full time cars in IndyCar for the 2023 season. Takuma Sato will race ovals for Chip Ganassi Racing and Sting Ray Robb will drive with Dale Coyne Racing. Is Robb the front runner for rookie of the year? Why did Robb get a seat over Linus Lundqvist? Kevin and Curt discuss those questions and how young the DCR driver roster is this season. Then, the conversation turns to IndyNXT, the testing being done in that series over the last few days and Kevin’s visit to the Thermal Club. The shortened edition of Trackside concl

Tonight on a 1-hour edition of Trackside, Kevin Lee and Curt Cavin begin the show with Kyle Larson’s comments after the announcement that he’ll run for Arrow McLaren in the 2024 Indianapolis 500. Takuma Sato has also officially joined Chip Ganassi Racing for this year’s 500 and the rest of the ovals on the IndyCar schedule. Kevin and Curt break down Larson’s joint entry – with Rick Hendrick and Arrow McLaren – into the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. During the press conference, Zak Brown says four cars is perfect for the 500, but what are the chances they could field five in 2024? The first segment wraps with Takuma Sato once again finding himself in a car that is capable of winning the Indy 500 in May and Twitter questions. Then, Kevin and Curt are joined by AJ Foyt Racing president Larry Foyt. Larry, Kevin and Curt discuss the new drivers on the AJ Foyt roster and how he feels about having such a young roster. Foyt discusses the backbone of his race team and how the leadership and support has changed this of