PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 5 – Roger Penske and Josef Newgarden Get Their “Baby Borgs’ For Winning the 107th Indianapolis 500

January 30, 2024

Pit Pass Indy Show host Bruce Martin has exclusive interviews with Roger Penske and Josef Newgarden as both men received their “Baby Borg” Trophies for winning the 2023 Indianapolis 500 in a special ceremony at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan on January 23, 2024.

Penske was the winning team owner of the 2023 Indianapolis 500. His latest “Baby Borg” Trophy is for a record-extending 19 Indianapolis 500 victories as a team owner. Newgarden was the winning driver of the 107th Indianapolis 500 on May 28, 2023, and picked up his first “Baby Borg.”

Five days later, Newgarden was part of a four-driver effort that won the 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona IMSA Sports Car race. The other drivers on the team were Felipe Nasr, Dane Cameron and Matt Campbell.

It was team owner Penske’s first Rolex 24 win since 1969.

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 4 – Graham Rahal’s thoughts on IndyCar, the NFL, and College Football

January 23, 2024

Pit Pass Indy Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. 

Rahal is attempting to rebound from a disappointing season in 2023 when he was bumped out of the 33-driver starting lineup for the 107th Indianapolis 500 by one of his teammates at the time, Jack Harvey. Rahal would later be in the starting lineup as a replacement driver for the injured Stefan Wilson at Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports.

Rahal rebounded later in the season to win the pole and finish second at the Gallagher Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on August 12. He won another pole two races later at Portland for the September 3 race.

Rahal is also an avid Ohio State football fan and gives his thoughts on what the Chicago Bears should do with former Buckeye quarterback Justin Fields. The Bears have the first pick in the NFL Draft. Also, Rahal gives his thoughts on bitter rival Michigan winning the National Championship in the College Football Playoff.

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 3 – Team Penske Engineer Ben Bretzman

January 16, 2024

Pit Pass Indy show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Team Penske Engineer Ben Bretzman. As 2024 is underway, teams are preparing for the start of the 2024 season in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 10.

Bretzman is Scott McLaughlin’s race engineer and plays a key role in the engineering department for the three-car IndyCar operation that also includes two-time IndyCar Series Champion and 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power and two-time IndyCar Series champion and 2023 Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden.

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 2 – Team Penske Team Manager IndyCar Kyle Moyer

January 9, 2024

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Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Team Penske Team Manager IndyCar Kyle Moyer. As 2024 is underway, teams are preparing for the start of the 2024 season in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 10. Moyer oversees the three-driver NTT IndyCar Series operation at Team Penske that includes drivers Will Power, Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 1 – Remembering the great Gil de Ferran and the legendary Cale Yarborough

January 2, 2024

Pit Pass Indy pays tribute to two racing giants in the opening episode for 2024.

Gil de Ferran, who won back-to-back CART Championships in 2000 and 2001 and was the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske, suffered a massive heart attack and died on Friday, December 29 in Opa-Locka, Florida. He was 56 years old.

NASCAR Cup Series legend Cale Yarborough died on Sunday, December 31. The four-time Daytona 500 winner, three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and four-time Indianapolis 500 starter was 84.

Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Team Penske Special Project Manager Jon Bouslog as we pay tribute to Gil de Ferran.

Later in the show, Martin has a special tribute to Cale Yarborough on Pit Pass Indy.

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL– SEASON 3, EPISODE 52 – Special Hy-Vee IndyCar Weekend at Iowa Speedway with Hy-Vee Senior Vice President of Communications Tina Potthoff 

December 26, 2023

Our friends from Hy-Vee are back and join us on this Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend at Iowa special edition of Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental.

On December 18, Hy-Vee announced the first two entertainers that will be part of the 2024 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway July 12-14, 2024.

Luke Combs and Post Malone are the first two announced concerts that will be part of a four-concert lineup for the 2024. Two huge names in the entertainment industry.

Both concerts will feature a 90-minute performance on the trackside Hy-Vee Stage, in front of the main grandstands at Iowa Speedway. 

Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Hy-Vee Senior Vice President of Communications Tina Potthoff to talk about the big plans for the 2024 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend at Iowa on Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental.

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL– SEASON 3, EPISODE 51 – Special Borg-Warner Trophy Edition with Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden and BorgWarner’s Michelle Collins

December 19, 2023

It’s a special Borg-Warner Trophy edition of Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental as we celebrate Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden having his face unveiled on the famed Borg-Warner Trophy.

Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Newgarden after the wraps came off his newly sculpted image on the Borg-Warner Trophy at a special celebration at the Stutz Museum in Indianapolis on Friday, December 15. In addition to the winning driver of this year’s Indy 500, Martin also has an exclusive interview with BorgWarner Global Director, Marketing and Communications Michelle Collins.

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL– SEASON 3, EPISODE 50 – The Latest From Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles About IndyCar 2024

December 12, 2023

Show host Bruce Martin has an exclusive interview with Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles. Among the topics discussed is IndyCar’s decision to delay the implementation of the Hybrid Assist Unit in 2024, the progress of negotiations for a new media rights and television contract and other IndyCar topics for 2024.

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL– SEASON 3, EPISODE 49 – The Men Behind Alex Palou’s 2023 IndyCar Championship with Ricky Davis and Julian Robertson

December 5, 2023

Show host Bruce Martin has two of the “Men Behind Alex Palou’s Championship Effort” in 2023 on this week’s edition of Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental.

Martin has exclusive interviews with chief mechanic Ricky Davis and engineer Julian Robertson of Chip Ganassi Racing. They explain their vital roles in preparing the No. 10 Honda in the IndyCar Series along with their interesting backstory of how they arrived at the team 30 years ago

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PIT PASS INDY PRESENTED BY PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL– SEASON 3, EPISODE 48 – Say Howdy to Howdy Holmes – the 1979 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year

November 28, 2023

Show host Bruce Martin catches up with one of the most popular IndyCar drivers in the late 1970s and 1980s, Howdy Holmes, driver of the Jiffy Mix Special.

Holmes drove in his final IndyCar race in 1988, but 35 years later returned as a sponsorship partner at Chip Ganassi Racing, bringing the Jiffy Mix brand back to the starting lineup.

Holmes reflects on his career with Bruce Martin on this week’s special edition of Pit Pass Indy Presented by Penske Truck Rental.

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