Pit Pass Indy

May 3, 2022 Pit Pass Indy features two interviews with 22-year-old Pato O’Ward of Monterey, Mexico of Arrow McLaren SP Racing. Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin talks to O’Ward following his third career INDYCAR SERIES win in the May 1 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. In the second interview, O’Ward and Martin discuss the “Month of May” at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, culminating with the 106thIndianapolis 500 on May 29, 2022. O’Ward also talks about the positive trend involving his contract negotiations to remain with Arrow McLaren SP past this season. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

April 26, 2022 This week’s Pit Pass Indy brings INDYCAR fans up to speed with interviews from last week’s Indianapolis 500 Open Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All 32 cars currently entered in the May 29 106thIndianapolis 500 participated in the two-day test session Pit Pass Indy Host Bruce Martin has exclusive interviews with seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and Indianapolis 500 rookie Jimmie Johnson, 2013 Indy 500 winner and 2004 INDYCAR champion Tony Kanaan, INDYCAR start Colton Herta and internationally popular driver Romain Grosjean. The former Formula One driver is another rookie in this year’s Indianapolis 500. Pit Pass Indy also has breaking news, regarding modifications to this year’s qualifying procedures for the 106thIndianapolis 500. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

April 19, 2022 The latest edition of Pit Pass Indy previews the Indianapolis 500 Open Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, scheduled for April 20-21, 2022. Nearly every car/driver combination that is entered in this year’s 106thIndianapolis 500 is expected to compete in two full days of testing on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Pit Pass Indy Host Bruce Martin brings our listeners up to speed with in-depth interviews from some of the biggest names in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Those include seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who suffered a broken right hand from a crash in practice at Long Beach on April 8. Johnson had surgery to his broken right hand on April 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina at OrthoCarolina. Johnson plans on competing in the two-day test and tells Martin why that test is so important in his first attempt at the Indianapolis 500 on May 29, 2022. Martin also interviews defending NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou, 2016 INDYCAR champion and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud, Chip Ganassi Racing driver Marcus Ericsson, INDYCAR rookie driver Kyle Kirkwood of AJ Foyt Racing and Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on this episode of Pit Pass Indy. They all give their thoughts on the importance of this week’s Indy 500 Open Test. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

April 12, 2022 This week’s Pit Pass Indy is a quick-hitting show that features the winner of the 47thAcura Grand Prix of Long Beach – Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden. He joins Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin to talk about winning the famed street race for the first time in his career. It was also his second-straight victory. Newgarden also won the March 20 XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. Pit Pass Indy Host Bruce Martin also gives the latest update on seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who sustained a broken right hand in a crash in practice at Long Beach on April 8. Johnson underwent successful surgery on the injured hand on April 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

April 5, 2022 This week’s Pit Pass Indy includes an exclusive and in-depth interview with two-time Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach winner Will Power of Team Penske. Pit Pass Indy Show Host Bruce Martin spent Monday at Power’s home on the shores of Lake Norman in North Carolina. Power discusses his past victories at Long Beach, his fast start to the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and his recent manufacturers test of the Chevrolet 2.4-liter, twin-turbocharged, V6 engine that will begin INDYCAR competition in 2024 on this edition of Pit Pass Indy. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

March 29, 2022 This week’s Pit Pass Indy includes exclusive and in-depth interviews with three of INDYCAR’s top drivers. Pit Pass Indy Show Host Bruce Martin talks with the current series points leader, Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin. Martin also catches up with Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing before wrapping up this week’s Pit Pass Indy with Rinus VeeKay of The Netherlands. Also, Pit Pass Indy gets each driver’s predictions for this weekend’s NCAA “Final Four” at New Orleans as college basketball will crown a new champion for 2022. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

March 22, 2022 Jimmie Johnson and The American Legion returned to glory in the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway on March 20, 2022, as the second-year NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver competed in an oval race for the first time in an Indy car. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion delivered with his best INDYCAR finish ever – sixth place on the 1.50-mile Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he is NASCAR’s all-time winningest driver. Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin was there to capture Johnson’s reaction from the time he climbed out of his No. 48 Carvana/American Legion Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing on pit lane at Texas Motor Speedway. Pit Pass Indy also features interviews with six-time INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon and XPEL 375 race winner Josef Newgarden. Our featured interview is when Dean Kessel, the Chief Marketing Officer of The American Legion, who explains why the veterans service organization has become an active partner with Chip Ganassi Racing and INDYCAR. Last week, it was announced that The American Legion would serve as an “official partner” with INDYCAR in a multi-year deal. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

This week’s Pit Pass Indy revs up with a preview of the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway, the first INDYCAR oval race of the 2022 season. It will also be the first time Jimmie Johnson drives an Indy car on an oval. It’s a chance for the 46-year-old Johnson to display what he did best as a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion. Johnson won a NASCAR-record seven races at Texas Motor Speedway in a career that began in 2002 and ended at the end of the 2021 season. His track-record seven wins rank fourth among his career victories at a single track (Dover-11, Martinsville-9, Charlotte-8) and no other Cup driver has won more than four at Texas. Johnson also owns the track’s series records for consecutive wins (3), laps led (1,152) and top-five finishes (16) in 35 career starts. Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Johnson. Also on this week’s show is five-time Texas Motor Speedway IndyCar race winner Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing. In a special feature, Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin interviews two drivers from Monterrey, Mexico who remain close friends despite competing in different racing series. It’s INDYCAR’s Pato O’Ward and NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suarez. For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

March 8, 2022 Pit Pass Indy was at the Indiana State Capitol Building when four-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Helio Castroneves was honored by Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb on March 3. The Borg-Warner Trophy was unveiled featuring a fourth face for Castroneves on the permanent trophy that honors all winning drivers of the Indianapolis 500. Pit Pass Indy HostBruceMartin spoke with Castroneves in the Indiana Governor’s Office after the ceremony for an exclusive interview. This week’s Pit Pass Indy also features an in-depth interview with Castroneves’ team owner, Michael Shank, the co-owner of Meyer-Shank Racing on a variety of topics. For more INDYCAR coverage, followBruceMartin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500

March 1, 2022 The 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES SEASON is underway and Pit Pass Indy host Bruce Martin delivers with an action-packed episode featuring Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race winner Scott McLaughlin, who talks about his first career INDYCAR victory. Also, Pit Pass Indy catches up with defending NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winning driver Helio Castroneves is back as he returns to full-season INDYCAR action. Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren SP joins Martin to talk about why 2022 is an important season for the driver from Sweden. Pit Pass Indy also includes a heartfelt tribute to the late, great, Danny Ongais, who drove with the “foot of an elephant” on the accelerator and earned him such nicknames as “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” and Danny “On the Gas.” For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at Twitter at @BruceMartin_500