Trackside - A Podcast for Motorsports Marshals

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We're back!

In our first episode back from our own summer break, we sit down with our first pro driver on the podcast, Charlie Kimball!

Charlie is well known to American racing fans but his roots in racing go deep, as you'll hear! He was the first IndyCar driver to race with Type 1 diabetes and has moved into race control as the race director for multiple series.

Jamey and Jessica will get you ready for WEC at COTA as well as Jamey describing his Le Mans experience!

Enjoy and we're glad to have you here.

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On this episode, Jamey and Jessica sit down with Dr. Wei-Shen Chin and Austin Self of Chin Motorsports who run the popular Chin Track Days HPDE events all over the country. 

Learn more about them at Chin Track Days.

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Our second episode of 2026 is an exciting one and it's been a long time in the making. Jessica and I interview Chris Mullen, one of the three FIA starters, the team who actually push the buttons to start the F1 races! In this episode, however, you'll learn about all the other things they're tasked with during a F1 race week and it's an enlightening peek behind the curtain of how the FIA operates during a weekend. Our sincerest thanks to Chris and the team at the FIA who helped us coordinate this exclusive opportunity.

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We are back for a second year of the podcast! Our thanks to the listeners who have made our first year a success! We have some great episodes coming up, so make sure you're subscribed.

Many marshals in the US who have worked Formula One and IndyCar events will know our guest in this episode. Jim Swintal is the radio communicator for IMSA, IndyCar and Formula One in the US. He has a storied background in motorsports and a very rich life outside of it as you will hear in this episode. He's a fascinating person and a lot of fun to talk to.

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We end 2025 with a bang! Retiring ACCUS President George Silbermann joins us to discuss his storied career in motorsports, the role of ACCUS and some of the inner workings of the FIA and other upper echelons of motorsport throughout the world. Also some history bombs thrown in for good measure! 

Thank you for finding, listening to and spreading the word about the podcast! 2025 was a great first year for us and we intend to make 2026 even better!

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In this episode, you'll hear from some of the marshals that worked the Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2025. We traveled about the Egyptian Ballroom asking marshals of just about every specialty to introduce themselves and tell us their story of how they got started and perhaps a favorite or funny memory from their marshaling history. What a tremendous response we got and, though the audio is a bit sketchy at times with all the goings on of 500 marshals in one room and the inevitable background noise, we hope that you'll be as fascinated as we were to meet them and hear their stories. 

We're not quite done with 2025 as we will release one more episode before the new year! 

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In this episode, Jamey and Jessica visit with Adam Gavalla, the Chief of Scrutineering at FIA events in the US. He goes into what, exactly, the scrutineers do and talks about what it takes to become one. 

We also recap our fall events thus far: Jessica talks about WEC, Jamey discusses the SCCA Runoffs at Road America and both recap their US Grand Prix.

Bonus: Our resident Vegas expert (Jessica) highlights a few of the places she enjoys in Vegas for marshals and others attending the LVGP (or any other time)!

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Just in time for the F1 weekend at COTA, we sat down to interview Nadja Pollard and Toni Buhrke, the Chiefs of Pit, Paddock and Grid (PPG) for all the FIA events in the US to discuss what PPG is, what they look for when recruiting to their prized team and then they share stories about the craziness that can happen on pit lane. 

This episode is a long one but well worth your time.

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In this episode, we sit down with Max Fumagalli and John Bennie, two very experienced UK marshals who frequently come and share their talents with us here in the US. We discuss how marshaling programs in the UK are structured and it provides great perspective on how we do things in the states. It's lengthy but there's lots for marshals to digest and take from these great guys. We also hear how marshals in the UK can become Rescue workers as well.

It was a while ago we recorded this one so we're just now getting to our takes on F1 The Movie. You can enjoy those at the end. 

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In this episode, we sit down with Sydney Davis Yagel, one of the important people that make the motorsports events we all enjoy possible. You've probably seen her name--on an SCCA email to new members or the myriad of communications that go out prior to a major event--but Sydney is a perfect example of how far good work and initiative can go in the world of motorsports. 

We always welcome feedback and ideas for future episodes of the podcast. If you've got news or thoughts that will affect motorsports marshals, use the voice memos app on your phone and send us a file for inclusion in a future episode.