Oct 27, 202651 minS3
Warning: This one’s for the nerds. And us! Because we are nerds. (Perhaps you hadn’t noticed? In which case, bless you, my sweet summer child.) This episode has everything: Corvettes! Math! A man named Brendan wearing a...
About this Podcast:
It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts. Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and a world-renowned performance coach. Jeff Braun is a champion race engineer with time in NASCAR and IMSA. Sam Smith is an award-winning journalist, a club racer, and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. We don’t love motorsport for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the meatbag at the wheel.
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What is It's Not the Car about?
It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts. Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver and a world-renowned performance coach. Jeff Braun is a champion race engineer with time in NASCAR and IMSA.
What has It's Not the Car covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Nerd-Out Deep Dive, Explaining an IMSA Race Strategy" (27 October 2026, 51 minutes), "How to Build a Racing School" (13 October 2026, 49 minutes), and "Battling Fear at the Wheel, with Tom Roberts" (30 September 2026, 55 minutes).
How often does It's Not the Car publish?
It's Not the Car publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 53 minutes.
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Booking probability for It's Not the Car is 49%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. It's Not the Car requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. It's Not the Car's contact route on record: verified email.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #118
How to Build a Racing School
Oct 13, 202649 minS3How do you build a racing school from scratch? INTC co-host Ross Bentley has done it multiple times—and he famously helped start Washington State’s world-renowned DirtFish Rally School. This episode has everything...
Episode #117
Battling Fear at the Wheel — with Tom Roberts
Sep 30, 202655 minS3You’re not scared. Right? Tom Roberts is a driver coach, an aerobatic pilot, a racer, a Buddhist, a former dentist, and a student of fear at the wheel. His new book, From Fear to Flow: Transform Your Ego and Uncover the...
Episode #115
IndyCar’s Bravery Problem — with Paul Pfanner
Sep 2, 202635 minS3This summer, for the first time in 15 years, IndyCar unveiled a new chassis. The Dallara IR-28 has a chance to change everything about the world’s fastest wheel-to-wheel racing. And when the car takes its first green...
Episode #114
Crappy Miatas, Endurance Porsches, and Other Fun Diseases – with TJ + Ed from BFGoodrich
Aug 18, 202650 minS3This episode is about how racing sucks you in—even (or perhaps especially) if it’s tied to your day job. And never more than with endurance racing. Last month, BFGoodrich invited Ross and Sam to co-drive a Porsche...
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- Aug 5, 202625 minS3
Balázs Remenyik is a professional sim racer and the official simulator development driver for the Citroën Formula E team. He’s also chief instructor at the Speed Secrets Sim Racer Academy, where INTC co-host Ross...
Episode #112
You're Wrong About Sim Racing
Aug 5, 202654 minS3Some love it, some hate it. You’re probably doing at least part of it wrong, even if you’re good at it. Twenty years ago, INTC co-host Ross Bentley was a beta tester for the original version of iRacing, the world’s...
- Jul 21, 202655 minS3
Once, Ashley Baily was a pastry chef. Now she’s the 26-year-old, Daytona-winning tire chief for an IMSA Corvette team. Landing that leap took guts, passion, and five years of working two demanding jobs at once. (Plus...
Episode #110
What it Feels Like to Quit Le Mans
Jul 7, 202647 minS3INTC’s Jeff Braun had to do it. Just a few weeks ago, only a few hours into that epic race, with a car still fast and healthy. The 24 Hours of Le Mans. A GT3 Corvette. Months of fighting just to make the grid. Maybe...
- Jun 23, 20261h 1mS3
LIVE from a Porsche Club of America weekend at Grattan Raceway on June 13, 2026! * Want the INTC gang to come to *your* event and tape a show? Drop a line – INTCPod@gmail.com ! * Two weeks ago, Ross and Sam went to...
Episode #108
The 10 Greatest Myths in Racing
Jun 10, 20261h 4mS3It’s another mythbusting episode! Ten classic racing myths, ten rapid-fire shoot-downs, no prisoners whatsoever. Your answers, as always, come from INTC’s resident paddock veterans: Jeff Braun is a champion IMSA...
Episode #107
Getting Used to Big Power
May 27, 202646 minS3Why are some drivers fast in everything? What makes a person quick in Miatas but not Mustangs—or vice versa? How do the pros wrap their heads around big jumps in speed, power, and risk? This is show about many things...
Episode #106
"Don't Drive It, You're Going to Die"
May 12, 20261 hourS3Our favorite race cars—the ones that stick out, from all the stuff we’ve driven. This is an episode about many things. Love. Hate. Jeff’s mouse-filled Triumph Spitfire. The 1970s BMW IMSA factory team car that Sam rode...
Episode #105
What the Hell is Going on With Formula 1?
Apr 28, 202651 minS3This is what: Three races into 2026, the FIA is trying to fix what it broke. Because everyone hates it. (Ross goes on a rant in this one! Ross *never* goes on rants!) Here’s a joke: A former IndyCar driver and a former...
Episode #104
Saying No to a $20 Million Porsche
Apr 16, 202654 minS3We call this "Take Your Podshow to Work Day." Three stories of weird days on the racing job—one from each of our hosts. Once, Sam had the chance to drive a 230-mph Le Mans prototype—a factory-owned Porsche 917K!—and he...
Episode #103
Jeff and the Glorious Mazda Fail-Diesels
Mar 31, 202648 minS3Ten years ago, INTC's Jeff Braun helped a Japanese carmaker go IMSA racing with a 180-mph diesel prototype. The car was cool. More than 700 lb-ft of torque at 2800 rpm. Gobs of potential. Also: It blew up every five...
Episode #102
How Pro Race Cars Blow Up!
Mar 17, 202657 minS3The short answer? Use, abuse, and every way but loose. (But sometimes also loose.) This podshow has three hosts. One of them, Jeff Braun, has won Sebring, Daytona, and multiple sports-car championships. From Indy to Le...
- Mar 3, 202649 minS3
Jeff's Daytona 2026 Pit-Wall RECAP: With special guest—and Jeff Braun co-worker—Andrew Wojteczko, of AWA Racing and IMSA Corvette team 13 Autosport! January 2025: Against towering odds, Andrew, INTC's Jeff, and the rest...
- Feb 17, 20261h 34mS3
If you do nothing else, listen to the beginning of this episode. The first few minutes. Maybe with a large drink in your hand. A tiny town in upstate New York. A dapper man with glasses, a dream, and a Duesenberg he...
Episode #99
Racing Stories That Change Your Life
Feb 3, 202650 minS3We’re back! INTC’s third season starts… now! Are we celebrating by going full nerd with this one? Does Alex Palou wear Labubu pajamas? Did Sam have a dream last week where Ross and Jeff heckled him from the audience...
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Tom Roberts
Emergency Medicine Registrar and clinical lecturer, Brighton and Hove Care Co-operative
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Sam Smith
the first woman to float a British stockbroking company, Off Grid Armory & Off Grid Suppressors
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Chris Andrews
Co-Executive Director of Programs & Operations, South Point Hotel Casino Sportsbook
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Nick Ienatsch
CEO and Lead Instructor, Yamaha Champions Roadrace School
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