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Today, we are honored to have with us Jeff Lacina, Director of Marketing, Communications, and Road Course Operations for Heartland Park Topeka. Heartland Park has had a difficult decade, but now under new ownership, the race track is poised to return to being a premier destination for all forms of motorsport. Jeff bring some serious racing clout to the table, being a long-time racer and motorsports journalist before accepting his position at the New Heartland Park Topeka.

Professor Doug Patterson,  John “The Race Fan” Olsakovsky and Tom “The Motorsports Monk” Firth get together one last time in 2016 to parse the news and rumors surrounding the upcoming IndyCar and MRTI seasons.  IndyCar rides are becoming more scarce as a few more driver signings are announced, and the Indy Lights grid is taking shape.  Pro Mazda reveals their new chassis, and USF2000 has its first Mazda Road to Indy Shootout Scholarship winner.

Doug is still tending to family matters, so it’s up to Tom and John to find a way to thin out the void of Verizon IndyCar Series news to fill up an hour of something kind of entertaining. There’s really only one seat left, so who will be in it when the music stops? Will there be a pair of mirrored balls in Gasoline Alley? And there’s a bombshell in Indy Lights that can’t help but have a ripple effect throughout the entire ladder.

As the offseason grows longer, speculation about the last few open seats runs rampant. Since our fearless leader Doug has to take care of family, Tom “TMM” Firth and myself, John “TRF” Olsakovsky will break down all we know. About who’s in and who’s out for 2017. Dallara is going to be Dallara or a while, but that’s not all bad, and we’ll tell you why.

Honda played a serious ace for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season as the manufacturer/team shuffle begins, Foyt says sayonara to Sato San, and many of the other driver dominoes begin to drop including a surprise rumor involving K-Mags. We’ll sort it all out as well as look at the Chris Griffiths Memorial Mazda Road to Indy test.

Since the captain of this ship, Doug “The Professor” Patterson is en route to somewhere that Hurricane Matthew ISN’T, it’s up to Thomas Francis William Archibald Firth - 17th Earl of Ryedale. and myself, John “The Race Fan” Olsakovsky to discuss all the goings on in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The season is over, so awards get handed out and drivers maneuver for the best possible ride.

We tried to provide you a show from the SCCA Solo Nationals and a preview of Verizon IndyCar Series finale at Sonoma Raceway, but difficult logistics and technical snafus thwarted our attempts at Episodes 9a and 9b. Third time’s the charm, and we have a lot to discuss tonight. The IndyCar and Mazda Road to Indy seasons are over and we have four new champions. With the seasons complete, Silly Season is in full swing, and Josef Newgarden is the keystone.

Tonight, Doug, Tom, and John parse the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule, review the completion of the Firestone 600 at the Texas Motor Speedway, and look forward to this weekend’s INDYCAR Grand Prix at the Glen as the series returns to the historic Watkins Glen.

The band is back together! Doug, Tom, and John break down the final 500-mile race of the season, the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono, preview the resumption of the Firestone 600 at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Tonight, we preview IndyCar's final 500-mile race of the season, the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono.  We are also honored to have as our special guest, Aaron Telitz of Team Pelfrey.  Aaron has been racing formula cars since 2012 when he competed in the Skip Barber F2000 Summer Series.  He entered the Mazda Road to Indy in the USF2000 series with Arms Up Motorsports in 2014 and transitioned to Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2015, securing a race win and a top-5 championship finish in each season.  This year, Aaron is racing with Team Pelfrey in the Pro Mazda Championship and is having a stellar season.  So far, he has five race wins and is leading the championship with three races left to go as we head to the season-finale weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.