The next driver on the co-host rostrum is none other than 2-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. We get his insight on the Honda Indy 200, Road To Indy, and the F4 and FR Americas series, where he coaches two drivers; Chloe Chambers and Ernie Francis Jr. This is an episode you don't want to miss. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @insideopenwh…

As we get into the heat of the summer, Inside Open Wheel returns. -Christian Weir is the name you need to know now. He's 14, fast and just signed a contract with Turn 3 Motorsport to finish out the 2021 USF 2000 Championship. He also is a race winner in pretty much everything he's raced in, including the FRP Eastern Pro 4 Challenge and the Blue Mar…

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Two of the most prestigious tracks in the United States hold 2/3 of the sanctioning bodies we cover this week. -Jordan Missig sits second in points going to his home track at Road America this weekend in FR Americas, and he's looking to do what he did when he raced in the Radical Cup. Win for the first time. He joins us for a preview at Road Americ…

After leading in the final couple of laps of the 2018 Indianapolis 500, Stefan Wilson makes a return to the team that helped get him to the lead, but how will the team look after being away for three years? We talk to him in his prospects in this year's race. Also, American Cameron Das set the Euroformula Open field on notice this past weekend at P…

Formula Race Promotions' second race of the season is a HUGE one, with over 100 cars entered among the series. So, as the show that talks about the series, what do we do? Welcome Mike Maurini in to talk about Carolina Motorsports Park and preview the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Of course, one of the drivers who is competing this weeke…

It's a winners special on this week's edition. -Yuven Sundaramoorthy is entering his third full-time season with Pabst Racing in USF2000, and what better way than to take the first win of the season in the first race? We talk with the Wisconsin driver as he preps, not only for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, but spring finals at University of Wis…

The newest host of Road To Indy TV takes off his rookie stripes and joins us for his first ever segment. Parker Thompson joins Jeremy and Rob Howden to break down the start of the 2021 season of the Road To Indy Ladder system. Then Charlie and Jeremy preview the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series 6th Annual Indy 500 presented by…

After winning the FR Americas races over the weekend, Kyffin Simpson stops by to talk about working with the Tim Neff-led TJ Speed Motorsport crew, and how this season could compare to past seasons. Also, Tony Parella joins to talk about his first weekend as promoter of F4 and FR Americas. And Tim Crawford, father of Jak Crawford, talks about F1 te…

A recap of the F4 and FR Americas races from Road Atlanta on Sunday

A recap into the day's events at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for F4 and FR Americas

It's our first season preview of 2021 with F4 and FR Americas starting their seasons at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta -Spencer Bucknum is a third-generation racer, making his move from the F4 West Championship, coming of a title-winning season, to running the full F4 Championship. We talk to him about racing as a Bucknum and driving tracks he's nev…

It's the final pre-season show of 2021, so we have time to look into a couple of hot stories going into the season. - After a shootout for the #99 car, Myles Rowe came out in front and took the seat to run with Force Indy in USF2000. Myles talks about how he got his start in racing and balancing school with motorsports. - John Oreovicz is one of th…

Bit of an international flavor to this week's episode, with a Guatemalan driver and two Americans looking to make a name for themselves overseas -Ian Rodriguez enters this season as a rookie for Newman Wachs Racing in FR Americas, but he's no stranger to the United States racing scene. The young Guatemalan talks to us about what he can take from th…

Slightly less length than last week, but still the same amount of action: -Phil Krauss dominated at virtual Pocono Raceway with the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series, but he took some time to talk to us following the win -Scott Blend's racing career started out at the Gateway Kartplex inside World Wide Technology Raceway and no…

It's a packed show and the description alone may fill the page. So, here's a brief synopsis on our guests: -Josh Green joins Turn 3 Motorsport for their inaugural and his sophomore campaigns in USF2000 -Brian Bielanski recaps the SCCA Hoosier Super Tour stop at Buttonwillow Raceway -George Steinbrenner IV and Darren Jamison talk the renewal of part…

Rob Radmann is set to run some races in the 2021 Atlantic Championship, but not in an Atlantic. We sit down to talk to him and find out what he's running and why it works so well for the Atlantic format. Plus, it's a whole bunch of Charlie and Jeremy with their musings. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @insideopenwheel, new episodes drop weekly wh…

Three drivers, two new driver announcements, one virtual winner. It can only make up this week's edition of Inside Open Wheel -Nikita Lastoschkin was supposed to run in Indy Lights last year. Then he was supposed to move up with the team he competed with in Indy Pro 2000 this year. Now, he's signed for HMD Motorsports. We chat with him on the new t…

One is a rising star in the Road To Indy, another brings an extensive racing and automotive resume to this week's show -Rob Howden previewed it in last week's show, and the huge announcement that followed was the signing of Toby Sowery to Juncos Racing in the 2021 Indy Lights season. We talk with him and what he's been doing while on lockdown in th…

It's time! Ryon Beachner is the new distributor for Freem Racing USA and it was an interesting way to get to where he was. He chats with Charlie and Jeremy about how he got there, and what products he can offer you the racer Tim Neff was a partner to Arrow McLaren SP when they ran in the Indy Lights championship, winning races and titles. Now, the …

What offseason? This week on Inside Open Wheel, we chat with Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series points leader Christopher Demeritt. He's won the first two races of the season, can he make it three-in-a-row at Barber Motorsports Park? Dylan Christie ended the 2020 F1600 Championship unsure of what he was going to do, but Peter De…

It's the full-length interview with Open Wheel broadcasting legend Paul Page. We talk about the IMS Radio Network, ABC, his early days in the sport, and his latest project. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @insideopenwheel, new episodes drop weekly wherever fine podcasts are distributed!

A busy week, with the 2021 reboot of the Legends of Open Wheel Series on this week's edition! -Ryan Shehan is one of the drivers making the jump from karting to the Formula 4 Championship. No pressure, right? Not to mention, he's in Florida racing in the ROK Cup. We talk to him about his move into the Junior Formula category -The Coca-Cola Bottling…

Figured we'd start off the right with a BIG announcement, but first: -There was talk about a new format for the Atlantic Championship this season, so we brought on two of the players that will run both of the classes. Matt Miller is an SCCA Champion in the CSR (Now P1) class in 2009, who then made the switch to Formula Atlantics, by running a Swift…

The checkered flag has fallen on the 2020 edition of Inside Open Wheel, and we've got two of the best to join us -Rob Howden, the voice of the Road To Indy and Steve Wittich of Trackside Online join us to wrap up the 2020 Road To Indy season, and look ahead to this upcoming season -Plus a little bit with Charlie and Jeremy. Thanks for listening thi…

Two huge announcements over the past couple weeks dominate this week's edition of Inside Open Wheel. Bob Wright of Formula Race Promotions stops by to talk about their big announcement, the formation of the Eastern Pro 4 Championship, which will run with most FRP events, and the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway …

Hopefully you and yours enjoyed a full and festive Thanksgiving! New this week on Inside Open Wheel: Charlie and Jeremy talk about the news of the week, go over Jimmie Johnson's test at Barber Motorsports Park in Velocity Racing Development's FR Americas Honda, and a bit of Turn 3 Motorsport news Then Christian Rasmussen Racing joins us. He's the n…

In the run-up to Thanksgiving, we've stuffed this episode with a bunch of great things to digest over the holiday week. -Dave Dusick is someone you most likely know in motorsports, but if you don't, you know his product. As the owner and founder of Racetrack Engineering, he's had his hand on several top projects at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, …

Lot of news came through the pipeline over the past week, so we dissect as much of it as we can. -2020 Indy Pro 2000 Champion Sting Ray Robb has been a mainstay in the category, but this year, something just finally clicked. Winning the championship on the strength of 7 wins, and setting himself up for what appears to be the most competitive Indy L…

We start our Championship interviews this week, with F4 and FR Americas champions. -But first, John Norman, CEO of EVO stops by. We chat about the new partnership with Andretti Autosport, and how it will be a game changer for individual sports. -Also, FR Americas champ Linus Lundqvist and F4 champ Hunter Yeany stop by to talk about what the future …

As promised, it's the second edition of Inside Open Wheel of the week. Eric Brennan of FANRacing.Live joins the show to talk about the final race of the 2020 schedule for F4/FR Americas at Circuit of the Americas, and some early offseason news We're also joined by the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year Rinus VeeKay. He's coming off a strong…

If you watched the first 35 laps of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and thought it was going to be a fuel saving race, do we have the episode for you. First off, Charlie Anti digests the news of Roger Penske not being too happy with the powers that be within Indy Lights. Then our IndyCar analyst Nick Yeoman helps make sense of the crazin…

Chris Blair of the World Wide Technology Raceway sits down to talk about how he and his team bring in the fans every single race weekend, and how they worked with the State of Illinois to make the Bommarito Indy 500 weekend a success, despite the COVID-19 limitations Charlie Anti also stops by to dissect the news of the week, and we look into the I…

Yes, I know the episode is late, but it's better late than never! -You've heard us talk about the great work of the Yacademy, so now we talk to the mind behind it. Former Indy Lights star Gustavo Yacaman talks about this years iteration of the Winter Series, and how it works in moulding drivers coming up through the karting ranks to race competitiv…

If you've got the time, this is the episode (during the season) to listen to. -Driver analyst Charlie Anti joins the show to talk about the return of Indy Lights in 2021 -Spike Kohlbecker has a lot to show for on his suitcase, and the American driver is doing quite well in his rookie campaign in the F4 Championship. We sit and talk with him on his …

Triple the guests triple the fun. It's a triple header on Inside Open Wheel. -Dylan Christie is coming off his first two wins in the F1600 Championship Series at Summit Point, and the Team Pelfrey driver is already looking to faster things. -David Malukas earned an important distinction this weekend...the only driver not named Linus Lundqvist to wi…

This is a fun week... -Team USA Scholarship's Jeremy Shaw stops by the show to talk about the history behind the scholarship, and this year's winners. They also get a couple of really cool prizes, to go along with the prestige of being scholarship winners. -Eric Brennan of FANRacing.Live swings by to preview the next two weekends in the F4/FR Ameri…

This week Rice Race Prep driver Jackson Lee stops by to talk about his first win in the F1600 Championship Series, and what his plans are for next season. Also, hot on the heels of the Music City GP announcement, track designer Tony Cotman talks about his process that went into designing the track that the NTT IndyCar Series will be racing on next …

As the seasons start to take a break, with the exception of IndyCar, we take a deeper look into some of the news making headlines around the world of American Open Wheel Racing. -Eric Brennan joins us to talk about the new deal with F4/FR Americas that will see the two series run on MAVTV and several regional networks. -Eduardo Barrichello took the…

We wrap up the Month of August with some big news! Will Marotti joins us to talk about a big debut this weekend in the USF2000 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He details who the hotshoe is, and who he's driving for. (HINT: We've had the driver on and the team Will's pairing with put a driver in victory lane at Lucas Oil Raceway Park during…

It's the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, and we've got two of the best to break it down, among other things: But mixed in with it all is F4 Championship hot-shoe Hunter Yeany. Coming off two wins in four races at the Barber Motorsports Park, Hunter sits down with us to talk about his season, how it came to be, and testing the new generation of Skip B…

It's the Insiders Edition of Inside Open Wheel this week...we're cutting the drivers a little slack. Eric Brennan is the newest voice of motorsports on the block, as one of the announcers for Fan Racing LIVE! He also is our newest F4/FR Americas Insider, and we use his knowledge to talk about the week that was at Barber Motorsports Park, and other …

This week we sit down with the driver who has won all 5 FR Americas races...in his first season in the series. Swedish driver Linus Lundqvist chats with us and talks about his past and future in the sport. Also, Michael Shank is an accomplished sports car owner, but he always wanted to own an IndyCar team. Now, in his first full season, he chats ab…

It was a busy weekend of racing in open-wheel, we touch upon it with some news and notes from the Andy Schriven Memorial Race at the Virginia International Raceway. Then Jay Howard Driver Development racer Christian Rasmussen had probably the best start to a season a driver can imagine, sweeping the first two races and capturing a comfortable point…

This week...is more packed than an intermediate oval. -Indy Pro 2000 points leader Danial Frost of Turn 3 Motorsport hops on to talk about his success at Road America and his upcoming weekend at VIR with FR Americas -Simon Sikes has been one of the hottest drivers in Open Wheel racing, taking his Rice Race Prep Mygale to four-in-a-row in the first …

This week's episode covers F4, FR Americas and IndyCar -F4 US Championship and USF2000 racer Christian Bogle stops by after his win in the 2nd F4 US Championship race at Mid-Ohio, and his rise to racing in open wheel isn't the typical path you see one take -If you follow vintage racing and Trans-Am, you're aware of the name Tony Parella...but why w…

It's a return episode as Driver Analyst Charlie Anti joins the first and last segments to cover what we all missed. -Our feature guest is FR Americas Rookie Jordan Missig. Unlike a lot of his competitors, he didn't take the direct path to open-wheel. We'll talk about that, as well as his first weekend as an open-wheel racer. Follow us on Facebook (…

It may not be August yet, but we're treating racing's best month like it's still happening. This week on Inside Open Wheel: -Driver analyst Charlie Anti breaks down his latest round of iRacing, as well as what all went down at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the iRacing IndyCar Series -NTT IndyCar Series driver Conor Daly talks about his explo…

After looking at the results in the world of sim racing, we sit down with one of the stars of the '90s in this week's edition of Legends of Open Wheel. He is the 1996 CART PPG Indy Car World Champion, as well as a three-time 500-mile winner in CART. He also co-owns a team with James Sullivan and Dale Coyne and runs a winery. He's Jimmy Vasser, and …

This week looks lighter but packs a pretty big punch. -We welcome the voice of F4 US Championship, FR Americas and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course John Fippin to talk about that series' iRacing league, and a brief look into the championships when they get up and running. -Then driver analyst Charlie Anti from the F1600 Championship hops on for a bit of …