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The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show from Thursday, May 23rd is now available at www.autosportradio.com, Don Kay F/B page, Autosportradio F/B page, X, and theAutosportradio Rumble and YouTube Channels... The Autosportradio.com 2024 Show was recorded in front of a live audience on Thursday, May 23rd at Green Street Pub and Eatery, 911 N. Green Street, in Brownsburg, Indiana is now available online at www.autosportradio.com, Don Kay F/B page, Autosportradio F/B pages, X, Rumble, and the Autosportradio YouTube Channel. Guests... Dick Simon Richard Raymond Simon (born September 21, 1933) is a retired American auto racing driver and racing team owner. Simon drove Indy cars in USAC and CART and made 17 starts at the Indianapolis 500. At the 1988 Indianapolis 500, Simon set a record as the oldest driver in Indy 500 history (54 years, 251 days), a record that was later broken by A. J. Foyt. Simon was a longtime car owner, founding Dick Simon Racing, and helping to begin the Indy car careers of Stéphan Grégoire, Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, Lyn St. James, and many others. Simon had a notable record at the Indy 500. Of the many rookies he entered at Indy over the years, not a single one failed to qualify for the race. Simon never won a race as a driver or as an owner. His best finish as a driver was 3rd at Ontario, and as an owner, he had six second-place finishes. Simon had a best finish at the Indianapolis 500 of 6th in 1987 (as a driver), and 4th in 1993 as an owner with Boesel. Simon sold his race team to Andy Evans who formed Team Scandia in 1997. He returned to Indy car racing in the late 1990s and entered cars in 2000 and 2001. Rodger Ward Jr. Rodger is the son of the 2-time 500 winner Rodger Ward Sr. and has been involved with the sport for many years. He worked in the sport until he started his business, Forward Electronics which turned out to be very successful. Rodger currently lives lived in California but, does go to several IndyCar races a year. When Autosport Radio started in Indianapolis in 1995 Rodger was my first co-host. He is also a "part-time" Minister.

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for May 7th Guests: Mike Hull and Mark Jaynes The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on May 7th. Stay tuned for the next live recording and join us if you can. If you can’t, that’s okay you can stay tuned for information on the next broadcast release of the AutoSportRadio.com Show. Enjoy this installment of the Fastest Hour in Motorsports. Mike Hull - Target Chip Ganassi Racing Managing Director Target Chip Ganassi Racing Managing Director Mike Hull has “been there and done that” in the world of auto racing. Hailing originally from Los Angeles, he became involved with the sport in his youth and displayed plenty of ability behind the wheel in the early days of Formula Ford before realizing his calling lay elsewhere. An accomplished mechanic, Hull began plying his trade in a variety of junior open-wheel categories, including Formula Super Vee and Indy Lights, before moving up to the Indy cars and eventually joining Ganassi in 1992. He was promoted to the role of team manager in 1996, at which point the organization could boast a mere two race wins. Over the course of the next four years, Hull presided over 30 race wins as Ganassi became the first team ever to win four consecutive championship titles – one apiece with Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya sandwiching a pair for Alex Zanardi. The team has since added five more INDYCAR titles under Hull’s stewardship, two with Scott Dixon (2003 and 2008) and three straight with Dario Franchitti between 2009 and 2011. Its tally of 89 race wins, including four Indianapolis 500 victories, ranks second only to Penske Racing. Hull also has overseen an astonishingly successful foray into sports cars, claiming six Rolex GRAND-AM titles in just nine years. “Proven long-term success in motor racing defines a true team sport – it’s the ultimate people business,” said Hull. “It can be a lot of fun but also requires real dedication and an unselfish trust in others. I have been impressed by what the RRDC has been doing with SAFEisFAST.com and am delighted to have been asked to provide some feedback to anyone who is willing to commit themselves to a career in the sport.” Mark Jaynes - Lead Announcer – The Voice of the Indianapolis 500 Longtime broadcaster Mark Jaynes excels at sharing the airwaves with colleagues, and he did that in spades Sunday April 7th 2024. On this occasion, Jaynes wanted the largest banquet gathering of the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association to know that he couldn’t have earned induction in the group’s Hall of Fame without the help of so many along the way, including members of his family. Thus, with a host of fellow broadcasters, high school coaches and friends in the room for his induction, Jaynes listed a virtual Who’s Who of his life. “Came in around 50,” he later said of the list of people he credited and thanked in a 20-minute acceptance speech at the Valle Vista Golf Club in Greenwood, Indiana. “Humbling day, for sure.” Jaynes said he achieved a lifelong goal in 1996 when he joined the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. Jaynes later became the sixth person to become the “Voice of the 500” in 2016 in addition to being the chief announcer for the INDYCAR Radio Network, which broadcasts all NTT INDYCAR SERIES and INDY NXT by Firestone races. Jaynes grew up in Monrovia, Indiana, the adopted hometown of the Bettenhausen family. He began calling mock Indianapolis 500s into a cassette recorder. His voice was so booming even at a young age that a school official referred to him as “Howard” – as in Howard Cosell. In 1987, Jaynes began working in Terre Haute, Indiana, the home of the Hulman-George family. His first job was at WTHI, where he met longtime IMS Radio Network announcer Mike King. Together, they called races at the Terre Haute Action Track and worked high school and college games. Jaynes spent 20 years as a pit reporter and turn announcer on the “500” and NTT INDYCAR SERIES races before moving into the anchor chair. Jaynes credited King, Bob Jenkins, Gary Lee and John Royer for their early guidance in his motorsports broadcasting career. Jaynes also broadcasts a number of Indiana high school events for the IHSAA Champions Network and ISC Sports Network. Jaynes teaches communications at Monrovia High School. He also has been a longtime football coach in the school system. “This is unreal, obviously,” Jaynes said of his Hall of Fame induction attended by IMS President J. Douglas Boles, INDYCAR President Jay Frye and fellow radio broadcasters Davey Hamilton, Jake Query, Dave Furst and Michael Young. “A lot of emotion from me, believe me.” Jaynes went on to say that being “an educator, the ‘Voice of the 500’ and a Hall of Famer is all second to being a dad and a (grandfather).” Jaynes showed his biggest appreciation for his wife, Desiree. “We just had the 38th anniversary of our blind date,” he said. “I hope it works out.” It has and more. Jaynes is now a Hall of Famer.

The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on April 23rd. Stay tuned for the next live recording and join us if you can. If you can’t, that’s okay you can stay tuned for information on the next broadcast release of the AutoSportRadio.com Show. Enjoy this installment of the Fastest Hour in Motorsports. It was United States Auto Club aka USAC night on AutoSportadio.com Guests... Levi Jones, and John Mahoney USAC announces 2024 Hall of Fame class ... LEVI JONES – USAC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024 From the time he set off rolling down the road with his dad and their family-run racing operation, Levi Jones was determined to become a champion. Originating from humble beginnings, Jones, born on June 10, 1982, wasn’t afraid to test his abilities against USAC’s best from the outset. From the time he turned 16, the Olney, Illinois native learned the ropes, the trials and the tribulations. After nearly seven seasons of USAC competition, he broke through for his first USAC Sprint Car win in 2004 on the dirt in Charlotte, North Carolina. Veteran USAC driver and executive Levi Jones has been named director for NXT by Firestone (formally Indy Lights). He will oversee all operations and competition in the development series. The move comes following Penske Entertainment Corp. taking back its role as promoter. Jones steps into his new role after spending six years working in USAC. Since 2019, he's served as executive vice president, where he focused on expanding the series' efforts to increase its reach into youth, off-road, rally and sportscar racing. Notably, he served as the race director for the inaugural six-race SRX series this past summer. He began working in the racing governing body in 2015 as the national series competition director, where he helped plan more than 75 USAC events around the country each year in the Silver Crown, Sprint and Midget national championships. From that point forward, no driver was as consistently successful as Levi. He earned his first USAC Sprint crown in 2005 for 2B Racing before joining Tony Stewart Racing’s stable where he reeled off successive championships in 2007-09-10-11. To boot, he added back-to-back USAC Silver Crown titles in 2010-11 for TSR for a total of seven USAC national points championship in his masterful career. In 2015, he hung up his helmet and joined USAC as its national series director and was ultimately named Vice President of Competition for the club’s Circle Track Division through 2021. Jones was also instrumental in establishing many new foundational events for USAC, most notably the BC39 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. USAC Names 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees ... JOHN MAHONEY – USAC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024 Few, if any, individuals have witnessed more USAC events through a camera’s viewfinder, and perhaps nobody has been more adept at snapping an action or candid shot and transforming it into an art form more exquisitely than John Mahoney. Born in Indianapolis, Mahoney was raised in the center of the racing universe, and it wasn’t long before he was hooked. Mahoney’s earliest racing memories recount visits to the Indianapolis 500 and the Hoosier Hundred during the mid-1950s. However, it was a USAC Sprint Car race at Terre Haute which laid the foundation for a lifelong addiction to the sport. Early on, Mahoney took his store-bought box camera into the pits after the races. With the assistance of his brother, Steve, Mahoney developed the photos for posterity. At Indiana University, Mahoney met fellow student Gene Crucean, and the instant bond between them forged a lifelong friendship. The Crucean/Mahoney partnership led to the creation of Sprint Car Pictorial, race promotion and even the ownership of a USAC Midget team. From 1984-85, Mahoney served as USAC’s Assistant Director of the USAC News Bureau as well as the Silver Crown Series Coordinator. In 2019, Mahoney was the inaugural recipient of the Dick Jordan Award of Excellence.

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for April 9th - Guests: Jeff Horton and Bobby Plump; AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for April 9th was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana with host Don Kay. Jeff Horton Jeff was the Director of Engineering during both the Indy Racing League and also the IndyCar Series. He was involved in the development of the windscreen. Safety was his primary interest. After leaving IndyCar Jeff kept in contact with various safety projects. Though not directly involved with the development of the Safer Barrier Jeff helped develop the new foam that is being installed in all Safer Barriers. Bobby Plump (Bobby's last and winning shot) Butler Fieldhouse is filled to capacity with 15,000 people. There is less than a minute to go in what may be the most famous high school basketball state final in American sports history. The score is 30-28. Upstart Milan High School (161 students) is leading four-time state champion Muncie Central (1,662 students). Muncie controls the ball, with every pass, every cut and every shot carrying the weight of a championship. Ray Craft, a Milan senior guard, leaps to intercept a mid-court pass, but narrowly misses what would have been a game-clinching turnover. He recovers back by the free throw line, again with a narrow miss steal, fingertips away from potentially sealing the game. Instead, Muncie moves the ball down low and scores an layup. It's tied 30-30. Craft pumps his fist down in frustration after the basket. He regains his composure and passes the inbound to his classmate, fellow senior guard Bobby Plump. Plump calmly dribbles the basketball up the court. He's meticulous in how he bounces the ball back and forth, stalling to wind down the clock. A teammate to his left raises both hands to call timeout. The players run to their respective benches. The crowd noise rises to a crescendo accompanying anticipation inside the fieldhouse. Milan coach Marvin Wood calmly draws up a play in the huddle. He's always been quiet. This pressure-packed moment doesn't faze the 26-year-old. The play is repeated for clarification. Craft is supposed to take the ball out of bounds and pass to Plump. Wood tells the team that Plump can dribble for five to six seconds then make a move to shoot and in case of a miss, the team could possibly tip it in with time left. Starting center Gene White advises the rest of the team to stand on the left side of the court to clear a path for Plump. Wood agrees.

The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for March 26th Guests: Kasey Coler, Tony Pedregon, Bobby Santos III and McKenna Haase; The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for March 26th was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery, 911 N. Green Street (SR 267) in Brownsburg, Indiana. Every other week, or as is alternatively scheduled, AutoSportRadio.com Host Don Kay sits down with the movers, shakers and decision makers in the motorsports industry. Here is the recording for the show from 3/26/24 – Enjoy! Kasey Coler, As part of his responsibilities as NHRA’s Vice-President Track Management & Operations, Kasey Coler oversees the NHRA-owned and operated facilities in Indianapolis, Gainesville, and Atlanta. While they are primarily known for their NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national events, Coler has helped to expand their schedules to include a wide-ranging schedule of events that include the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, NMRA and NMCA muscle car races, NHDRA motorcycle events, and the Ultimate Call Out Challenge Diesel festival, just to name a few. In 2019, Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis will feature 165-days of on-track activities while Gainesville Raceway and Atlanta Dragway are each expected to have nearly 100 days of racing apiece. Tony Pedregon, Two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon stepped out of his 10,000-horsepower hot rod and into the FOX NHRA broadcast booth in 2016, making his broadcast debut at the season-opening Winternationals alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Dave Rieff. Tony began his professional drag racing career in 1992, qualifying for his first event behind the wheel of a Top Fuel dragster before moving to Funny Cars in 1995 for owner Larry Minor. In 1996, Pedregon went to work for 16-time Funny Car champion John Force, campaigning a second Funny Car for the team en route to winning the inaugural Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award. Winning 43 national events in 76 NHRA final rounds on his career, Pedregon has driving experience in several NHRA categories, including Funny Car, Top Fuel and Top Alcohol Dragster. Bobby Santos III, Robert Santos III is an American professional racing driver from Franklin, Massachusetts. He graduated in 2004 from Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School. Santos, nicknamed "Bobby New England", is the grandson of Bobby Santos, a former modified racer. His sister, Erica Santos, is also a racecar driver. He is the cousin of former University of New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos. After his stint in stock car racing, Santos returned to his roots, racing the full NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for Bob Garbarino's Mystic Missile Racing team and a limited schedule in all three USAC divisions. Santos also made select appearances in the NEMA ranks in 2009. Santos' post-NASCAR career has been highlighted by wins in many of the nation's largest midget races, including the Turkey Night Grand Prix and Copper World Classic. He also won the 2020 Little 500 USAC Sprint car race at Anderson Speedway. McKenna Haase, McKenna Haase is a 26 year old racecar driver from Des Moines, Iowa. She first fell in love with racing after accidentally meeting NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne in a shopping mall when she was in 3rd grade and was also inspired by her cousin, Trenton, who started racing junior sprints when he was 6. When she was 13, she started her own race team, Team Haase Racing LLC and began racing box stock outlaw karts in 2010. She funded her team through seeking her own sponsorship and has continued managing THR from 2010-2023. She began racing sprint cars primarily at Knoxville Raceway when she was 17, and in her second season she became the first female to win a sprint car feature at Knoxville in 114 years. In 2018, she picked up her 5th career feature win at Knoxville Raceway. Her mission since she began operating my own race team at the age of 13 has been to work in unison with partners, fans, and teams to create not only a winning race team, but a faith based race team focused on honesty, excellence, and integrity both off and on the racetrack. She is committed to putting her partners first and strives to be a good advocate for them as well as her fans and fellow racers. Throughout her career she's gained seat time behind the wheel of outlaw karts, micro sprints, midgets, asphalt late models, and sprint cars. Outside of racing she was a Finance major at Drake University where she was the president of the Drake Investment Club. She's appeared on NBC's American Ninja Warrior Season 11 and 13 and Fox Sports 1's This Racing Life. She also owns her own youth driver development program, Compass Racing Development LLC, which was founded in 2015 as a faith based youth racing program to give kids opportunities in racing they wouldn't have received otherwise. In 2019, she founded Youth Racers of America Inc. as a way of helping kids nationwide to have a more accessible path into racing. Today she lives in Indianapolis and races 410 sprint cars across the Midwest.

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for March 14th, Guests; Conor Daly and Mike Maurini The Autosportradio.com 2024 Show is now available at www.autosportradio.com, X, Rumble, YouTube, the Don Kay FB page and the Autosportradio FB page. Conor Daly, "When Dennis first called me, he told me he believed I could win the Indy 500 and all he wanted going into 2024 was the best chance to win as a team. As a driver, what more could you want?" Daly said in a team release. "To be teamed up with a champion like Ryan (Hunter-Reay) as well I believe truly makes us a threat in the month of May." Having shared the 6th row on the grid with his new teammate a year ago in the 500 after qualifying 16th, Daly registered his second consecutive top-10 finish in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing a year ago, less than two weeks before he and ECR parted ways. His best 500 finish among his 10 previous starts came in 2022, where he took 6th. The Noblesville native raced four times a year ago as a substitute for an injured Simon Pagenaud at Meyer Shank Racing at Mid-Ohio and the Iowa doubleheader as well as with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing at World Wide Technology Raceway after the team cut ties with Jack Harvey late in the year. During his brief stint with MSR, Daly and Hunter-Reay touched late in a race at Iowa, nudging the former into the wall with two laps to go, in a move that Hunter-Reay later blamed on his spotter and which Daly called "probably not malicious but oddly ironic." Mike Maurini “It has been a busy off-season, but we are anxious to get going,” explained HMD Motorsports President Mike Maurini. “Everyone at the shop from the mechanics, to engineering, to management has worked very hard through the winter to ensure that we are ready to start the season. The excitement for the first race of the season is here, but also for when the team comes home as we will return to our new 80,000 square foot race shop.” HMD Motorsports, the reigning two-time series champions, will debut a record-setting ten-car lineup in the season opener comprised of four veterans: 2023 INDY NXT Rookie of the Year Nolan Siegel, 2023 race winner Reece Gold, Christian Bogle, Josh Pierson, and six rookies including the 2023 USF Pro 2000 series champion Myles Rowe, Niels Koolen, Jonathan Browne, Nolan Allaer, 2023 FR Americas Champion Callum Hedge, and multi-time FIA F3 race winner Caio Collet.

The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for February 20th – Guests: Andy O’Gara, Danny O’Gara and Mike Kitchell The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show was recorded Tuesday February 20th at Green Street Pub and Eatery, 911 N. Green Street (SR 267) in Brownsburg, - Stay tuned for details on our next live AutoSportRadio.com Show recording. Andy O'Gara Andy got his start racing by following in the footsteps of his father, John. The elder O’Gara began in 1980, working on the late Tim Richmond’s car. Moves to A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers and Team Menard were next. Andy watched his dad and, like many sons, decided to follow his father in the same business. Andy began with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the Indy Racing League. It was in the IRL that O’Gara met his wife, race car driver and team owner Sarah Fisher. Fisher had the highest finish for a woman in the IRL when she took second at the 2001 Infinity Grand Prix in Homestead, Fla. After marrying in 2007, O’Gara and Fisher, established Sarah Fisher Racing, where O’Gara spent most of his career until a 2015 merger with Ed Carpenter Racing. O’Gara, like his father, also worked with Foyt. And while Sunday’s Indy 500 race will be the 24th for O’Gara, racing isn’t his only passion. Along with Fisher, he owns and operate O’Gara Enterprises, a multi-business company that includes Speedway Indoor Karting, Business Art Designs, O’Gara’s Irish Pub in Beech Grove, Metal Fabrications Plus and the nationally known Whiteland Raceway Park. “We started Speedway Indoor Karting in 2016 and then bought Whiteland Raceway Park in 2018,” O’Gara said. “We revamped it and finished a multimillion-dollar expansion there. On top of that, we’re trying to establish a foothold for industries that we utilize within motorsports as a whole.” And they juggle family life, too, with two children. As if that weren’t enough, there’s also the “other” race team they direct, which runs on the short ovals of the Midwest. “We have two USAC midgets, one USAC sprint car, one USAC Silver Crown car and one USF2000 car, so we’re busy racing those non-stop as well,” O’Gara said. Danny O'Gara “Danny O’Gara’s outstanding performance at the 50th Annual WKA Manufacturers Cup Series is a testament to his dedication and skill as a young driver. We are proud to have him represent our team, and excited for him that he is apart of history at the famed Daytona International Speedway now having 2 wins on his resume.” said Blake Deister, Owner Top Kart USA. Sarah Fisher, Owner of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, and mother of Danny O’Gara states, “Karting has been the most fun, best grass roots racing experience that Andy [Husband] and I have been apart of and this weekend was no different! From the variety of competitors to the depths of the fields, it was a tremendous weekend. We shared another year of family racing traditions in Daytona, although Dan set a record for our family, leaving with two wins and purple race laps in both classes! Hard work, preparation and the very best support from Top Kart USA, Allison Racing Engines and Lawson Racing Engines kept us top of class all weekend. Can’t wait for the next challenge!” Mike Kitchel I learned about the public relations profession at 230 mph: Ten years with an IndyCar Series team – Panther Racing – followed by another four seasons as the director of communications at INDYCAR, the sanctioning body for the open-wheel racing series that’s highlighted by the Indianapolis 500. Now I’ve decided to take the next step with the formation of Catalyst 317 – opening our services to the masses and, hopefully along the way, creating an opportunity to help up-and-coming PR professionals grow, inspire and flourish.

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for January 31st - Host Don Kay interviews Guests: Merle Bettenhausen and Dennis Reinbold' The Autosportradio.com 2024 Show for January 31st is having it’s broadcast release today. You can tune into the commercial free version on SCTV Speedway Community Television, or you can catch it on several AutoSportRadio.com platforms including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Rumble, Tumblr, or by clicking on the link on the AutoSportRadio.com page. The show was recorded in front of a live audience Wednesday January 31st at Green Street Pub and Eatery, 911 N. Green Street (SR 267) in Brownsburg, Indiana. Our next live show is scheduled for February 20th. We’re skipping a week to spend some special sweetheart time with our loved ones on Valentines Day. I hope you all can do the same. Scheduled guests.... Merle Bettenhausen Merle is one of the three racing sons of the late Melvin E. "Tony" Bettenhausen. In May of 1961, when Merle was 17, his father would pay the ultimate price at Indy while testing an ill handling car for friend Paul Russo. Merle and his brothers would take up the mission of putting the Bettenhausen name on the Indianapolis "500" Borg-Warner Trophy. Merle began driving Midgets, Sprint Cars and Champ Cars to get more experience before tackling Indy. During the winter of 1969 as he toured Australia and New Zealand under the wing of USAC National Midget Champion Bob Tattersall. By 1972, Merle believed he was prepared for the challenge of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He passed the mandatory rookie driver's test but did not attempt to qualify. Later that year Merle was involved in a serious racing incident that forever would alter his life. He was competing in a Champ Car at the Michigan International Speedway on July 16th. While finishing lap 3, he apparently lost control and hit the outside guard rail. The car caught fire and as he attempted to exit while it was still in motion and his right arm was severed. In the process he was badly burned as well but remained conscious through it all. During his recovery Merle gave recognition to many by name for saving his life. These included rescue personnel, firemen and others who retrieved him from the burning car, and to the doctors, nurses and other hospital staff members. In June of 1973, Merle was ready to return to racing in Lehmann's Midget at Charleston, Illinois, on the 16th. More tragedy would come to the Bettenhausen family. Brother Gary would crash at Syracuse, New York in 1974, leaving his left arm permanently paralyzed. Moreover he would continue racing full-tilt, including 15 more "500" starts; driving one-handed he would also score his best finish of third in 1980. Nearly a quarter century later, Tony Lee and wife, Shirley, would perish in an airplane crash in early 2000. He had 11 Indy starts before retiring as an active driver and then became an owner of a successful CART racing stable. Merle then became guardian for Tony and Shirley's two daughters, trustee of their estate and manager of Tony's racing team. Although Merle's racing career was a short one, he demonstrated he was a winner as he had registered 8 USAC event wins. Dennis Reinbold Dreyer & Reinbold Racing was founded in 1999 by Indianapolis car dealer Dennis Reinbold. The legacy of the Dreyer and Reinbold family dates back to the 1920s with Reinbold’s grandfather, the legendary Floyd “Pop” Dreyer, a former factory motorcycle racer. Dreyer served as a crewman and mechanic on the famed Duesenberg driven by Benny Shoaff and Babe Stapp in the 1927 Indy 500. Dreyer went on to build Indy 500 cars in the 1930s which many started on the front row. In addition, Dreyer constructed championship-winning sprint cars and midgets as well as quarter midgets called Dreyerettes. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing captured its first win in 2000 with driver Robbie Buhl at Walt Disney World Speedway in Orlando, Fla., and has fielded a variety of drivers including Buhl, Buddy Lazier, Sarah Fisher, Buddy Rice, Ryan Briscoe, Al Unser Jr., Townsend Bell and Sage Karam. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has successfully qualified all 40 drivers for the Indy 500 in its history. DRR, who campaigned in the Rallycross for the first time in 2015, captured the 2016 Lites championship in 2016. In 2019, DRR campaigned Karam, Hildebrand, Conner Martell, Cole Keatts, Gray Leadbetter and Lane Vacala in the Lites division.

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for January 16th – Brian Barnhart and Mark “Bones” Bourcier The AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for January 16th will be released tonight for broadcast. You can catch it again, or maybe just for the first time at www.autosportradio.com or the AutoSportRadio Facebook or Twitter, or on AutoSportRadio.com’s YouTube page. We’re also on Rumble and Tumblr. Scheduled guests.... Brian Barnhart, Brian is an American motorsports executive. He is the general manager of Arrow McLaren, having been known for his past roles within the IndyCar Series paddock as a chief mechanic, pit crewman, race strategist and team president. Additionally, he has worked in the past for the series as race director, president, and CEO. Career Chief mechanic/pit crew Barnhart served as a pit crew member or chief mechanic on IndyCar teams including Patrick Racing, Galles Racing and Team Penske. Teams Barnhart crewed for won two championships and two Indianapolis 500s In 1990, he suffered minor injuries during a pit fire in Al Unser Jr.'s pit during the Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland.[3] In the 1992 Indianapolis 500, Barnhart was the left-rear tire changer on the pit crew of Unser's winning car.[4] In 1993, he served as chief mechanic for Al Unser Sr.'s King Racing, Kenny Bernstein-owned entry. IndyCar race director For 1994, Barnhart was working for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as director of race operations.[2] For the 1997 season, Barnhart had been hired by the Indy Racing League (IRL, now IndyCar Series) and was serving as its director of operations. In 2000, Barnhart was promoted to VP of operations.[1] Barnhart would hold the position of race director until 2011. From 2005 to 2007, Barnhart was also president and CEO of the series. On March 11, 2007, prominent open-wheel journalist Robin Miller reported that the IRL was seeking a new leader for its marketing side and that once found, Barnhart would return to his operations role. Terry Angstadt was subsequently hired to fill the role of President of Marketing Operations of the league and Randy Bernard was hired as CEO, leaving Barnhart to focus on operations. During the 2011 season, Barnhart was criticized by fans, drivers, and owners, and especially Miller for inconsistencies in his role as chief race steward. For 2012, Barnhart was repurposed to the role of president of operations and strategy and the next year to vice president of competition. For 2015, he was re-appointed by IndyCar as race director. Among Barnhart's roles in this position was to give final instructions at each driver's meeting before every race, including the public driver's meeting prior to the 2017 Indianapolis 500. He also was given a three-man Stewarding panel that assisted in assessing penalties, instead of being a lone chief steward, as he was through the 2011 season. The panel included former drivers Arie Luyendyk and Max Papis. Upon his departure after 2017, long-time detractor Robin Miller said, "I have to admit he was damn good as race director." Team management/race strategist For 2018, Barnhart became the president of Harding Racing and remained in the position as it became Harding Steinbrenner Racing. He also served as race strategist for driver Colton Herta, helping the young driver win his third career start.[2] When HSR merged with Andretti Autosport for 2020, the parent team retained Herta and Barnhart. For 2021 and 2022, Barnhart took a reduced role within Andretti, solely calling strategy for Andretti drivers James Hinchcliffe ('21) and Alexander Rossi ('22). For 2023, Barnhart joined Arrow McLaren, being named general manager after president Taylor Kiel left the team. His move followed that of Rossi's, for whom he would continue to call strategy. " Bones" Mark “Bones” Bourcier began writing for Gater Racing News at the age of 16 and never looked back. He became managing editor of Speedway Scene at age 19 in 1979. In 1988, he began penning for Open Wheel Magazine, and then in Car Racing and Speedway Illustrated. Since the initial writing of this mini-biography Bones has been elected into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for December 19th with Guests JW and "Dad" Dr. Jack Miller - The AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show was recorded live at the Green Street Pub and Eatery located at 911 N. Green Street (SR267) in Brownsburg, Indiana Tuesday December 19th. The program is broadcast on Speedway Community Cable (SCTV) on Xfinity and AT&T U-verse. It can also be found at autosportradio.com, the AutoSportRadio YouTube channel, Don Kay Facebook page, AutoSportRadio Facebook page, X (Twitter) and Rumble and Tumblr. Stay tuned for our next live show. We’d love to have you in our live audience. If you can’t make it, please tune in to one of the many platforms the AutoSportRadio.com Show is available on. 2024 is going to be a great year to catch the Fastest Hour in Motorsports. Scheduled guests: Jack William (JW) and Dad Dr Jack Miller, A fixture in the junior open-wheel formula program for the past several seasons, Miller Vinatieri Motorsports (MVM) is making the move to the INDY NXT by Firestone program in 2024. With a pair of successful tests at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the picturesque Barber Motorsports Park, Jack William Miller, with the support of several new and longtime partners, will climb the ladder and now sits one step away from the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. “To say I am excited is an understatement,” explained Jack William Miller, who will pilot the #40 entry for Miller Vinatieri Motorsports. “I did my time in the ladder program, gaining experience along the way, and am ready for the future challenge. While we enter INDY NXT as a single-car program competing against some huge multi-car efforts, there are some positives that we hope we can capitalize on being a smaller program as I head into my rookie season.” “I raced five seasons in INDY NXT (formerly IndyLights) when I was younger and to watch my son succeed and move up the ladder is something very special to both myself, and my family,” explained Miller, who co-owns Miller Vinatieri Motorsports with former NFL Superstar and four-time Superbowl Champion kicker Adam Vinatieri. “His dream, much like mine was, is to compete in the Indy 500 and in INDYCAR and the move to INDY NXT makes the dream one more step closer to becoming a reality.” With two more tests and four more days on track before the first green flag of the season at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in early March, Miller will see action at the Sebring International Raceway in mid-January before crossing the country and over to California to test at the famed WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in early February. Miller continued, “I have been working hard both on and off the track to make sure that I am 100% ready. I feel physically and mentally ready to compete and in my two tests so far, felt comfortable behind the wheel. I am ready.”

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for November 21st with Guests; Tom Weisenbach and Bill Pappas. The AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana with Host and Executive Producer Don Kay with help from Cameraman and Producer Ted Howlett, with production assistance from Speedway Community Television's Brian Pearce and Bill Pea. For all you grass roots and IndyCar fans this program shows what is being done to improve safety at the short tracks and what's new for IndyCar. The Autosport Radio 2023 Show video will be available today, November 21st, on www.autosportradio.com. the Don Kay FB page, the Autosport FB page, also Rumble and Twitter(aka X). You can also find on the autosportradio YouTube page. Guests.... - Tom Weisenbach; Experience President T-Bach Sports Marketing, Inc. Mar 2006 - Present 17 years 9 months Indianapolis, Indiana Area *Business Development *Project Management *Event Planning *Team Building *Recruitment Clients have included the Monroe Custom Utility Bodies, International Council of Motorsport Sciences, National Transportation Center, the Bob & Tom Radio Network, Motorsports Safety Education Foundation, Speedway Motors/AFCO Racing, 180 Skills and the Indiana Motorsports Association. * Executive Director INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MOTORSPORT SCIENCES INC Jun 2020 - Present 3 years 6 months Indianapolis, Indiana, United States • Team Consultant Lamkin Racing Nov 2022 - Present 1 year 1 month Fishers, Indiana, United States Nolan Lamkin Racing is part of Tom Wood Powersports and competes in the MotoAmerica Series. - Bill Pappas With Hybrid coming to the NTT IndyCar Series. How and why will be explained by Bill so we can all understand what it will do for the Series. Packaging this unit in the current IndyCar chassis – when the engine has already been refined by both manufacturers over 12 years to the point it’s as finely packaged as you can expect – has been a challenge, as you can imagine. The super-capacitor is significant because most series use batteries to store energy, but the super-capacitor helps to keep the weight of the IndyCar down and the amount of space taken up to a minimum, which was vital in retrofitting a hybrid system to the current IndyCar. Super-capacitors are not good for long-lasting power. But this hybrid will be used as part of IndyCar’s push-to-pass system in 2024, which suits the super-capacitor’s upside of being good at short, sharp and powerful boosts of energy. It also has certain safety benefits – it can be less volatile than alternatives, which is good when IndyCars reach speeds of 240mph. The end result of the package is that the stored energy is used to power IndyCar’s new push-to-pass system. Currently, on road and street courses, IndyCar drivers have a boost of 60bhp for 200 seconds and they can decide when and where to use that over a race. It’s a more flexible alternative to Formula 1’s DRS. With the new system, there will be an extra 150bhp on tap from the hybrid, and it can be used repeatedly through the race without a time limit. The only limitation is how good drivers and teams are at figuring out how to recharge their push to pass. IndyCar still hasn’t confirmed exactly how regenerating the push to pass will happen. It’s usually done under heavy braking. Using hybrid power on pitlane is common in other series, but how the hybrid gets used outside of the push to pass in IndyCar is still to be confirmed and, perhaps more importantly, clarified. In addition to Bill working with the administration of the Series, he also has 3 Indy 500 championship rings as a competitive team member.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for October 10th with Conor Daly and Jason VanSickel; The AutoSportRadio.com 2023 was recorded at the Green Street Pub and Eatery, 911 N. Green Street in Brownsburg, Tuesday October 10th. Host Don Kay chatted with two guests and the broadcast program will debut today. Guests... Conor Daly Second-generation racer Conor Daly climbed into a kart for the first time at the age of 10; within five years, he was competing in both United States and international open-wheel ladder systems. He found success in each before concentrating solely on American motorsports in 2015. He currently drives the No. 20 BitNile Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing and is entering his fourth season with the team. Of course, IndyCar fans know that Conor didn’t finish the season in the BitNile #20 car for Ed Carpenter Racing. Conor and ECR separated their efforts near the middle of the 2023 IndyCar Season. Conor went on to fill in for Simon Pagenaud in his Meyer-Shank Racing #60 car for a couple of races after Simon’s Mid-Ohio wreck. After RLL and Jack Harvey ended their working relationship, Conor also filled in for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s #30 car. Conor always outperformed his teammates on these occasions and is currently seeking a competitive full-time opportunity. Conor has raced in all three of the top NASCAR series’ this year, including his efforts in the NASCAR crown jewel, the Daytona 500. Conor has also made several starts in the exciting Nitro Rallycross Series. Born and raised in nearby Noblesville, Ind., Daly has become a hometown favorite in the Indianapolis 500. The 2021 edition saw him lead the most laps of all drivers and in 2022, he finished a career-best 6th. In 2023, he will reach a career milestone as he makes his 100th NTT INDYCAR SERIES start early in the season and compete in his 10th Indianapolis 500. The 30-year-old’s off-track interests are as diverse as his on-track talents. He is no stranger to reality television, having crisscrossed the globe on The Amazing Race and competed on American Ninja Warrior. Daly is a huge supporter of live music and is commonly seen greeting fans in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Snake Pit just hours before the Indy 500. An avid gamer, Daly’s popular Twitch channel features his quick wit and infectious personality. Daly is also an advocate for Type 1 Diabetes, with which he was diagnosed at age 14, and is the only known U.S. professional racing driver who competes full-time with T1D. Jason Vansickle - Jason is Vice President of Curation and Education for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Jason has been with the Museum since 2011, having served in numerous roles, most recently as Curator starting in 2018 before being promoted to his current position in February of 2022. Jason is leading the charge with new exhibition creation and content development designed with visitation growth in mind. He oversees the collection and restoration department and is developing the Museum's educational programming. With the Museum undergoing a major renovation, Jason and his team will work with outside agencies to develop all exhibitions, displays, and content.

Kaylee Bryson “Everyone’s goal for me this year is to win Rookie of the Year,” Kaylee Bryson stated of her Sam Pierce Racing/AP Driver Development team’s ambitions for the 2023 USAC Silver Crown season. Thus far at the midway point of the year, Bryson has, perhaps exceeded those goals, as she returns to the very same venue she made her first career USAC Silver Crown series start at a year ago in August of 2022 – Ohio’s Toledo Speedway. The Muskogee, Okla. native enters this Saturday’s, August 5th Hemelgarn Racing-Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic Fueled By Marco’s Pizza at Toledo not only as the leading series Rookie driver, but as third overall ranking driver in the USAC Silver Crown standings. Bryson is very goal oriented, and laid out a groundwork of realistic, but straightforward benchmarks in 2023 after getting her feet wet with the series in the latter half of 2022. “Obviously, there are a lot of races left to go, but that is the primary goal,” Bryson said of capturing USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year honors. “The second goal was to do as good as we could do. We didn’t think we’d come into the season and win the championship or anything, but we were going to give it our best shot to be the best we could in points.” Thus far in five series starts during her 2023 campaign, Bryson has finished inside the top-eight in three of her starts with a best of 7th in the most recent round on the high banks of Winchester (Ind.) Speedway in July where she advanced from her 13th starting spot to finish 7th. In doing so, she was the recipient of hard charger honors that evening, the second time she’s earned the award this season after also marching 15th to 8th at Wisconsin’s Madison International Raceway the race prior. A steady pace and continuous movement forward has paid dividends as she’s passed a total of 29 cars in five outings thus far at many tracks she’s visiting for the first time, a pace that’s a far cry from her days as a full-timer on the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship in recent years. “I think the biggest difference from what I’m used to with the midgets is the pace,” Bryson explained. “Midget racing is a really fast pace, just 30 laps most times. Stepping into the Silver Crown car, they’re big cars and you’re running mile long tracks, 100-lappers and longer races. Managing your equipment and saving it to the end is really important in these bigger cars. So far, Bryson has successfully completed all but four of the 446 laps run this season. The bottom line is that she takes care of her equipment first and foremost. In doing so, she guarantees that she’ll be there at the end of each race, and at each subsequent race on the calendar, and also leaves plenty of goodwill toward the crew of her Logical Systems, Inc. – RE Technologies/McGunegill Chevy. “My team told me the most important part is keeping your car for the next race,” Bryson said. “Finishing races is a big part of winning Rookie of the Year. Something they’ve tried to preach to me a lot is to make sure I save my car and make it last until the end. That’s definitely something I never heard in midget racing, but it’s completely the opposite in Silver Crown racing.” Prior to 2022, Bryson had virtually zero pavement experience behind the wheel of a racecar, but two of her best performances this year have just so happened to have occurred on the pavement with an 8th at Madison and a 7th at Winchester. It’s a challenge she’s faced head on and embraced, just as she has with so many other disciplines in 2023. “The biggest challenge this year has been learning the pavement and learning to manage tires,” Bryson acknowledged. “In a midget, you are basically giving 110 percent every lap from the drop of the green. When I first jumped into a Silver Crown car, one of my first long races was at Springfield, and other drivers and everybody else warned me that you don’t go 110 percent every lap. You can go about 50 at the beginning, then you just manage your pace and save your tires because it’s not the first 80 laps that counts, it’s the last. The biggest learning curve of all has been just being able to slow myself down, keep a good pace and keep the tires underneath me.” Owning, perhaps, the most diverse racing schedule in the world, you name it, Kaylee Bryson has probably driven it in 2023. This year alone, she’s competed with the Trans Am series on a road course, plus dirt late models, in sprint cars with and without a wing on both dirt and pavement, Kenyon Midgets and full-sized midgets. All varieties of racing have their own flavor, but all the forms she’s competed in have been amalgamated into her racecraft and those elements have crossed over and translated to the other series she’s running. “We’ve done a lot of testing on (the road courses),” Bryson noted. “There, you have 18 corners in a lap instead of two, so it’s important to hit your marks and save your tires, and a lot of those races are 75 minutes. It’s not something I’m necessarily used to, but it’s definitely a route I want to go toward in my racing career.” Running a diverse schedule has also had other benefits too. “You really get to find out what you enjoy the most,” Bryson said. “I grew up racing dirt my whole life and I didn’t really know there were going to be any other options. Whenever a ride opens up in a car and I can go jump in a road racing car, you find more things that you really enjoy. Every car I jump in helps me learn. Seat time is the biggest thing.” Already, just nine starts into her Silver Crown career, Bryson already chalks up this form of racing as number one. “I think Silver Crown is my favorite series,” Bryson praised. “I just love the longer races, and endurance racing is sort of my thing. I like to be able to save my stuff for the end, and whoever does that the best is normally the best in the end. It’s been really exciting for me to learn that challenge.” Mark Jaynes If you’ve ever listened to the Indy 500 on the radio, you’ll likely recognize his voice. He is the voice of the Indy 500, and his name is Mark Jaynes. He’s one of only six people who has served as the voice of the Indy 500. “I thank our original anchor, I affectionately refer to him as ‘the Godfather,’ the late Sid Collins, for having the vision and the foresight to put the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network together,” Jaynes said. “I think the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network is as responsible as any entity for the growth and the popularity of the Indianapolis 500.” As part of the IMS Radio Network, his voice is heard by millions of people. His goal? Create that theater of the mind and take listeners on a journey. “We want to feel like those people that are in their backyards or on their boats or in their cars or whatever the case may be, are immediately transported to 16th and Georgetown who can’t be there for whatever the reason,” Jaynes explained. He got his start at the network in 1996 as a pit reporter and worked his way up. The magnitude of what Jaynes does is not lost on him. “We’re all, I think, fans of the Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar series first, all of us that are blessed to be a part of this radio network,” he said. “It’s a responsibility that all of us take very, very seriously and we do our best to serve our fans and honor the history and tradition of those that came before us. To be one of only six people to ever be in that chair certainly reaffirms that this is the greatest country in which to live and if you work hard and put yourself in the right position, be in the right place at the right time, that your hard work will eventually pay off.” Jaynes has had that passion since an early age. He told News 8 he talked his parents into buying him a cassette recorder in the 1970s and he used to do mock Indy 500s with neighborhood kids and even play-by-play of baseball games as a kid. Also a communications teacher at Monrovia High School, his alma mater, Jaynes can look back on specific moments that reminded him of the impact his voice has during the race. “Little things remind you of the significance of what you’re doing,” Jaynes said. “When I used to be in turn 3, when they threw it to me for the first time, all the people seated there in the northeast vista would turn and wave and give me a thumbs up to let me know that they were listening. So, it’s little things like that that remind you of how truly fortunate you are to be able to do this, but also it reminds you of the responsibility that you have to people who value your product and you need to serve them well.”

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for September 12th – Guests: Larry Dixon and Andy O’Gara The Autosportradio.com 2023 Show was recorded in front of a live audience at the Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on Tuesday, September 12th. Host Don Kay sat down with Guests... Larry Dixon Larry Dixon considers himself a very fortunate young man. He has a beautiful wife, and a great family and he is doing what he loves to do for a living. And what he does is drive a Top Fuel dragster, the quickest accelerating vehicle in the world. Over the course of his career as a driver, which goes back to 1995, Larry has amassed a record that any driver would be proud to have on their resume. Top Fuel dragsters are the premier class in NHRA drag racing, one of the most popular sports in the country, and Larry is in the top four in every statistical category in the class. That includes his 62 wins, 51 top qualifying spots, 46 low elapsed time runs, and 33 top speed passes. It was those kinds of performances that have enabled Larry to win 3 NHRA Full Throttle World Championships so far. Larry knew at an early age what he wanted to do for a living. Having grown up in Southern California, the hotbed of drag racing in the formative years of the sport, Larry grew up watching his father race. The senior Dixon was one of the pioneers in the sport and Larry got to see, firsthand, what it took to build a winning team. After working as a crew member on several teams in the 1980s, Larry finally got the opportunity to drive in the Top Alcohol Dragster category in 1993, and while it wasn’t a Top Fuel car, it still went over 200 miles per hour and Larry knew right away that while working on a car was fun, driving was a real thrill. Larry crewed for drag racing legend Don Prudhomme for six years, and when Don announced that he was going to retire as a driver at the end of the 1994 season, he also announced that Larry would be his new driver. For a kid who grew up idolizing the man they called “The Snake,” the opportunity to drive his car was a dream come true. With Prudhomme showing his keen sense for talent, he watched Larry win his 1st NHRA National event in his 2nd start. The rest, as they say, is history. For the next decade and a half that Larry drove for Prudhomme, he learned more than just how to drive a car. He learned how to interact with the fans, how to work with sponsors, run the business side of things, and how to be a spokesman for the sport he loves. All of this helped make him one of the most popular drivers in the sport. Whether it was with Miller Brewing, U.S. Tobacco Company, or any of the many sponsors that were associated with his teams over the years, Larry handled his duties, both on and off the track, with professionalism. Maybe the biggest shock of all in his career came in 2021, on the eve of a new year that hinted at hope over a pandemic and at brighter circumstances for him and his family. Larry Dixon learned he had been selected for induction to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. “You are now a member of what is probably the most elite and distinguished group ever assembled in American motorsports history,” Motorsports Hall of Fame of America president George Levy said in a congratulatory letter to Dixon. Andy O'Gara In recent trips to Whiteland Raceway Park, where Andy O’Gara grew up racing go-karts from the age of 12, he couldn’t help but notice the road course was in disrepair. This isn’t just any old track, it opened in 1958 south of Indianapolis and is regarded as the oldest of its kind in the nation. It’s where such legends as Tony Stewart and John Andretti raced in their youth. The nine-turn layout with an oval and the only high-banked turn on a karting course in Indiana is where O’Gara and his wife, Sarah Fisher, enjoy bringing their two children. Whiteland Raceway ParkO’Gara couldn’t stand by and see the track lost in a tax sale, possibly leveled and turned into a parking lot. He convinced Fisher and Wink Hartman, with whom they have partnered on Verizon IndyCar Series teams, to save the place. “There are a lot more people that loved it than Sarah and me,” O’Gara said. That was most evident on Saturday night two weeks ago when the new owners hosted their first races in a grand reopening. Cars flooded the neighboring fields and parking lots. “We had 165 entries and more than 500 people through the gates,” O’Gara said. “We parked up and down the street. A neighbor who has 300 acres let us use their field. And Kelsay Farms, thank goodness they had just cut their bean fields, so people parked there. There was a county bus garage across the street and we got permission to park there as well. There were people everywhere. “It was awesome. We had a great night and great racing. It reminded me of growing up all over again.” O’Gara and Fisher come from devout racing families. They met in 2002 when Sarah drove in the Verizon IndyCar Series for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Andy worked on the pit crew and Andy’s father, John, was the team manager. Andy and Sarah were married in 2007 and formed Sarah Fisher Racing the following year. Ed Carpenter won the team’s first race in 2011 at Kentucky Speedway. Hartman joined as a co-owner in 2012 before the team merged with Carpenter’s team to form CFH Racing in 2015 when rising star Josef Newgarden won two races. Following that season, O’Gara and Fisher exited team ownership to focus on what was then the new Speedway Indoor Karting (SIK) facility and restaurant they built and maintain within earshot of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Now, they’re turning attention as well to resurrecting Whiteland Raceway Park to the lofty status it once held. O’Gara and Fisher commended family and friends for their hard work on the “11th-hour deal” to take over at Whiteland. Although this means more work for the couple, they are convinced it’s worth it.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for August 29th - Host Don Kay sits down with Guests; Ricardo Juncos and Jimmy Kite in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for August 29th - Broadcast Release Date September 6th - Host Don Kay sits down with and talks with the movers, shakers, and decision-makers in the motorsports industry. You don't want to miss the fastest hour in motorsports. The Autosport Radio 2023 Show video will be available on www.autosportradio.com. the Don Kay FB page, the Autosport FB page, also Rumble and Twitter(aka X). You can also find it on the autosportradio YouTube page. Guests... Ricardo Juncos Ricardo Juncos is a second-generation and former Formula Renault driver who grew up with a deep passion and desire for racing. At the age of 14, Juncos made his first steps into the racing community driving karts in Argentina. Through his success in karts, Juncos was able to join the Formula Renault class, competing throughout South America. After funding became difficult, Juncos began working for many race teams to continue his racing career. During this time, Juncos was able to learn all aspects of the car in and out, along with schooling in mechanical and electrical engineering. Juncos Hollinger Racing, formerly Juncos Racing, is an Argentine-American racing team competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, and Indy Pro 2000 Championship series in the Road to Indy ladder for IndyCar. Owned by Ricardo Juncos, who formed the team in 1997, the team was initially based in Argentina before limited racing opportunities in that country led to the team moving to the United States. The team is currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following Williams F1 shareholder Brad Hollinger's entry to the team as a partner in 2021, the team was renamed Juncos Hollinger Racing. Jimmy Kite Jimmy Kite (born in Effingham, Illinois) is a retired American race car driver. He debuted in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in 1997 and has competed in 34 IndyCar races, including five Indianapolis 500s. In 2005, he intended to compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and he made four starts before being called to replace the injured Paul Dana for Hemelgarn Racing in the IRL, where he completed the season after the Indy 500. Largely out of racing since the end of the 2005 season, Kite founded JK Hobby World in November 2006. He failed in his attempt to qualify for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 in the PDM Racing #18 Panoz and failed to secure a ride for the 2008 race. In 1997 Jimmy started the Phoenix Silver Crown race in 26th and won the race in what may be the closest Silver Crown finish in USAC history.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for August 15th - Host Don Kay with Guests; Steve Wittich and Paul Page. The Autosportradio.com 2023 Show for August 15th was recorded in front of a live audience at the Green Street Pub and Eatery, 911 N. Green Street in Brownsburg, Indiana. Guests... Steve Wittich; A writer for Tracksideonline.com reporting all the goings on with IndyCar and Iny NXT. Steve and Patrick Stephan have great communications with teams and only print what they are told. Steve is now also working with NBC TV setting up interviews at the IndyCar events. He will have some interesting updates on silly season. Paul Page; Paul’s voice is known to motorsports enthusiasts around the world. The Evansville, Indiana, native served as “The Voice of the 500,” or chief announcer, on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network for 13 years, and as television host and play-by-play voice for Indianapolis 500 coverage on ABC Sports for an additional 16 years. Page started his career in Indianapolis radio and joined WIBC-AM, the flagship station for the IMS Radio Network, in 1968. Page found a mentor in the legendary Sid Collins, “Voice of the 500” from 1952-76. Page joined the network’s Indianapolis 500 coverage team in 1974, and in the wake of Collins’ death in early May 1977, Page took over the chief announcer position and held it until 1987. After a one-year stint as play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports’ coverage of the CART series, plus NASCAR, Formula 1, and NHRA drag racing, Page moved to ABC Sports’ Indianapolis 500 broadcast team in 1988. He anchored what was one of the most entertaining booths in motorsports broadcast history, sharing it with former drivers Bobby Unser and Sam Posey. Page covered a variety of events for ABC and ESPN until 2012, including INDYCAR racing, CART, and NHRA drag racing coverage – even the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. He returned to the IMS Radio Network as “Voice of the 500” in 2014-15 and co-hosted the broadcast of the 100th Indianapolis 500 in 2016 with Mark Jaynes, who took over as the “voice” in 2017 and remains the chief announcer.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for July 11th – Nathan Byrd and Dr. Pat Sullivan Recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023. You won't want to miss this program. We talk with a young driver starting his racing career and a veteran broadcaster continuing his...The Autosportrdio.com 2023 Show will be released July 14, 2023. The program can be found at autosportradio.com, the Autosport Radio YouTube channel, Don Kay Facebook page, Autosport Radio Facebook page, Twitter and Rumble. Hope you can join us... Guests... AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for July 11th – Nathan Byrd and Dr. Pat Sullivan Recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023. You won't want to miss this program. We talk with a young driver starting his racing career and a veteran broadcaster continuing his...The Autosportrdio.com 2023 Show will be released July 14, 2023. The program can be found at autosportradio.com, the Autosport Radio YouTube channel, Don Kay Facebook page, Autosport Radio Facebook page, Twitter and Rumble. Hope you can join us... Guests... Inline image Nathan “Byrd Man” Byrd Nathan is a professional race car driver for Byrd Racing, an employee of Byrd Enterprises of Arizona, Inc., and a student at Grand Canyon University. I'm studying at GCU to get my bachelor's degree in Business Management while minoring in Acncounting. My goal is to become the most diverse race car driver in the world, achieving the top level of motorsports in every discipline, including Indy Car, NASCAR, and IMSA! I’ve acquired a number of skills related to the hospitality industry in my work as a front desk agent for Byrd Enterprises of Arizona, Inc. However, my true passion is racing. Ever since I started racing karts after I graduated high school I’ve been improving and developing as a racer. I won two karting championships in my 1 1/2 years of go-kart racing and then officially started my car career in February 2020 in the 2020 Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series. Near the end of 2020 I also made my national midget debut and did some focus midget racing. For 2021 I am scheduled to run 75-80 races by the end of the year in over 12 different series/cars. Getting the opportunity to race for Byrd Racing was a dream come true that I didn't even know I had! For 2021 we've partnered with a multitude of race teams including Skip Barber Racing, Davey Hamilton Racing, Team RayPro, Bertrand Motorsports, Rick Ware Racing, Arce Racing, Creevan Performance, Arrive Drive Motorsports, Thirty-Three Motorsports, 3K Racing, and Mr. E Performance to make this one-of-a-kind racing schedule possible, bringing on sponsors like Signing Day Sports, Hopegivers International, Speed Sport, Tilson HR, America's Best Value Inn, FMX, Fytron Software, SAFE Antifreeze, Kipsu, RCA Commercial Electronics, and Teen Challenge AZ! His season to date has been very successful. Inline image Dr. Pat Sullivan INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Stewart wouldn’t get out of the car. He had just won his first ever sprint car race in Bolivar, Mo., and he refused to step out to talk to the race announcer. “I can’t get out of the car, dude,” Stewart said. “Why?” “Well, I peed my pants.” Stewart eventually got out and did the postrace interview, but his lack of bladder control played a large part in launching the Hall of Fame career of the announcer, Pat Sullivan. The next time Sullivan and Stewart saw each other, Sullivan made sure to go up and whisper in his ear, “I have an extra pair of pants in the car if you need them.” Stewart, in his usual way, bantered back and forth with him and called him an SOB. The two became friends. The kind of friends that when Sullivan decided to move to Indianapolis, he could call Stewart and ask for help with other opportunities in racing. Stewart gave him some people to call, and soon Sullivan was announcing the TQ-midget series at Bloomington Speedway and Kokomo and Terre Haute and Salem and all over the sprint car world. He announced for Indy Racing League and NASCAR, and now moderates HE news conferences at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and writes for Sprint Car & Midget Magazine. He’s a staple in the racing world, the jolly, white-bearded man posing questions to drivers at Indianapolis 500 news conferences, and Saturday he’s being inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. But unlike those being inducted with him — sprint car greats such as Dave Darland and the late Tony Elliott — this is just a hobby for Sullivan. Sullivan is a social work professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Hours before this interview, the 62-year-old Sullivan was scoring three goals in a pick-up ice hockey game. He has always loved sports, and his life-altering love of racing came accidentally. He was going to see a baseball game in Tulsa, Okla., but the game was canceled because of the heat. The half-mile race track was nearby, and he went there instead. He was struck by this culture. The crowd was packed. The fans were intense. He loved that when something happened, half the crowd would stand and cheer and the other half would boo. That was the kind of culture Sullivan wanted to be a part of. He was a Ph.D. student at Kansas, then went to what is now Missouri State and had options for where to go next. He chose IUPUI for a specific reason: “It was the racing stuff,” Sullivan said. “I thought, 'Man, I could live in Indiana.'” He was announcing at tracks across the state, and soon he had a position in public relations at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the dream. Sullivan claims he doesn’t have that classic voice like his longtime partner Brad Dickison. Where he found his sweet spot was on-track work and interviewing. His career is in social work and mental health. Much of that career is talking with people and learning what makes them tick. He knew whom he could tease and whom he should be serious with, how to read body language and how to probe without making someone defensive. He was good at it. He was great at preparing. He dug up every detail possible. He wanted the most knowledgeable fans in the crowd to stop and say, "No kidding?" Scott Smith worked as a spokesman at Lucas Oil Raceway with Sullivan for more than a decade. He said Sullivan had everything in a row when he stepped in the door on any given night. Preparedness was never an issue with him. “He was just Pat,” Smith said. “You could just count on him.” Cheryl Badale isn’t an easily frustrated woman, according to Pat, but there came a point when she was getting annoyed with how much time her husband was spending at the tracks. They are both hardworking people, but it was becoming a lot. Sullivan told her: “I have a hobby, and I have a hobby that pays me money." That resonated with her. His hobby and profession flowed together. The overlapping had its awkward moments, though. Drivers would come up to him to talk about how they were having trouble with their kid or how their relationship with their girlfriend was on the rocks. He would make referrals. He couldn’t be their therapist. When Sullivan got the job as state director of mental health for a short stint in the 1990s, his father assumed he was getting a pay raise, which was not the case. But his father talked to Badale about the benefits. “He’s got this new job, maybe he won’t have to announce all these races,” he said. This time, it was Badale doing the defending. “You don’t understand,” she said. “Announcing races makes him happy.” *** When Sullivan got the Hall of Fame call, he cried. He isn’t afraid to admit it. It was one of those, “You’ve got to be kidding me” moments. He’s the kind of person who to this day stops himself and freaks out that he’s interviewing Johnny Rutherford. Few things still blow his mind more than an 800 horsepower machine weighing 1,250 pounds moving so fast on a half-mile track. It meant something to him, and it meant something to his family. Badale has been so supportive as he chased his passions, this victory was for her, as well. “You know, we all want to make a little bit of a footprint,” Sullivan said. “I mean, we do. Maybe that’s a little hubris to say that, but the fact of the matter is, I remember when that happened, I thought, ‘As long as anyone gives a darn about sprint car racing, I’m in that group.’” He cares so much about history. He does so much research and pulls out each and every great historical anecdote about somebody’s career. “I don’t want some people to be forgotten,” he said. Sullivan's life as an announcer and racing writer has been spent shaping memories for others and recording those moments in time so that nobody is forgotten. Now, he’s in the Hall of Fame. Now, he won’t be forgotten. Nathan “Byrd Man” Byrd Nathan is a professional race car driver for Byrd Racing, an employee of Byrd Enterprises of Arizona, Inc., and a student at Grand Canyon University. I'm studying at GCU to get my bachelor's degree in Business Management while minoring in Acncounting. My goal is to become the most diverse race car driver in the world, achieving the top level of motorsports in every discipline, including Indy Car, NASCAR, and IMSA! I’ve acquired a number of skills related to the hospitality industry in my work as a front desk agent for Byrd Enterprises of Arizona, Inc. However, my true passion is racing. Ever since I started racing karts after I graduated high school I’ve been improving and developing as a racer. I won two karting championships in my 1 1/2 years of go-kart racing and then officially started my car career in February 2020 in the 2020 Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series. Near the end of 2020 I also made my national midget debut and did some focus midget racing. For 2021 I am scheduled to run 75-80 races by the end of the year in over 12 different series/cars. Getting the opportunity to race for Byrd Racing was a dream come true that I didn't even know I had! For 2021 we've partnered with a multitude of race teams including Skip Barber Racing, Davey Hamilton Racing, Team RayPro, Bertrand Motorsports, Rick Ware Racing, Arce Racing, Creevan Performance, Arrive Drive Motorsports, Thirty-Three Motorsports, 3K Racing, and Mr. E Performance to make this one-of-a-kind racing schedule possible, bringing on sponsors like Signing Day Sports, Hopegivers International, Speed Sport, Tilson HR, America's Best Value Inn, FMX, Fytron Software, SAFE Antifreeze, Kipsu, RCA Commercial Electronics, and Teen Challenge AZ! His season to date has been very successful. Dr. Pat Sullivan INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Stewart wouldn’t get out of the car. He had just won his first ever sprint car race in Bolivar, Mo., and he refused to step out to talk to the race announcer. “I can’t get out of the car, dude,” Stewart said. “Why?” “Well, I peed my pants.” Stewart eventually got out and did the postrace interview, but his lack of bladder control played a large part in launching the Hall of Fame career of the announcer, Pat Sullivan. The next time Sullivan and Stewart saw each other, Sullivan made sure to go up and whisper in his ear, “I have an extra pair of pants in the car if you need them.” Stewart, in his usual way, bantered back and forth with him and called him an SOB. The two became friends. The kind of friends that when Sullivan decided to move to Indianapolis, he could call Stewart and ask for help with other opportunities in racing. Stewart gave him some people to call, and soon Sullivan was announcing the TQ-midget series at Bloomington Speedway and Kokomo and Terre Haute and Salem and all over the sprint car world. He announced for Indy Racing League and NASCAR, and now moderates HE news conferences at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and writes for Sprint Car & Midget Magazine. He’s a staple in the racing world, the jolly, white-bearded man posing questions to drivers at Indianapolis 500 news conferences, and Saturday he’s being inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. But unlike those being inducted with him — sprint car greats such as Dave Darland and the late Tony Elliott — this is just a hobby for Sullivan. Sullivan is a social work professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Hours before this interview, the 62-year-old Sullivan was scoring three goals in a pick-up ice hockey game. He has always loved sports, and his life-altering love of racing came accidentally. He was going to see a baseball game in Tulsa, Okla., but the game was canceled because of the heat. The half-mile race track was nearby, and he went there instead. He was struck by this culture. The crowd was packed. The fans were intense. He loved that when something happened, half the crowd would stand and cheer and the other half would boo. That was the kind of culture Sullivan wanted to be a part of. He was a Ph.D. student at Kansas, then went to what is now Missouri State and had options for where to go next. He chose IUPUI for a specific reason: “It was the racing stuff,” Sullivan said. “I thought, 'Man, I could live in Indiana.'” He was announcing at tracks across the state, and soon he had a position in public relations at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the dream. Sullivan claims he doesn’t have that classic voice like his longtime partner Brad Dickison. Where he found his sweet spot was on-track work and interviewing. His career is in social work and mental health. Much of that career is talking with people and learning what makes them tick. He knew whom he could tease and whom he should be serious with, how to read body language and how to probe without making someone defensive. He was good at it. He was great at preparing. He dug up every detail possible. He wanted the most knowledgeable fans in the crowd to stop and say, "No kidding?" Scott Smith worked as a spokesman at Lucas Oil Raceway with Sullivan for more than a decade. He said Sullivan had everything in a row when he stepped in the door on any given night. Preparedness was never an issue with him. “He was just Pat,” Smith said. “You could just count on him.” Cheryl Badale isn’t an easily frustrated woman, according to Pat, but there came a point when she was getting annoyed with how much time her husband was spending at the tracks. They are both hardworking people, but it was becoming a lot. Sullivan told her: “I have a hobby, and I have a hobby that pays me money." That resonated with her. His hobby and profession flowed together. The overlapping had its awkward moments, though. Drivers would come up to him to talk about how they were having trouble with their kid or how their relationship with their girlfriend was on the rocks. He would make referrals. He couldn’t be their therapist. When Sullivan got the job as state director of mental health for a short stint in the 1990s, his father assumed he was getting a pay raise, which was not the case. But his father talked to Badale about the benefits. “He’s got this new job, maybe he won’t have to announce all these races,” he said. This time, it was Badale doing the defending. “You don’t understand,” she said. “Announcing races makes him happy.” *** When Sullivan got the Hall of Fame call, he cried. He isn’t afraid to admit it. It was one of those, “You’ve got to be kidding me” moments. He’s the kind of person who to this day stops himself and freaks out that he’s interviewing Johnny Rutherford. Few things still blow his mind more than an 800 horsepower machine weighing 1,250 pounds moving so fast on a half-mile track. It meant something to him, and it meant something to his family. Badale has been so supportive as he chased his passions, this victory was for her, as well. “You know, we all want to make a little bit of a footprint,” Sullivan said. “I mean, we do. Maybe that’s a little hubris to say that, but the fact of the matter is, I remember when that happened, I thought, ‘As long as anyone gives a darn about sprint car racing, I’m in that group.’” He cares so much about history. He does so much research and pulls out each and every great historical anecdote about somebody’s career. “I don’t want some people to be forgotten,” he said. Sullivan's life as an announcer and racing writer has been spent shaping memories for others and recording those moments in time so that nobody is forgotten. Now, he’s in the Hall of Fame. Now, he won’t be forgotten.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for June 29th The AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for June 29th will be released today July 6th. Our next live show will be at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on Tuesday, July 11th. I hope you can join us for the live show. The program can be found at autosportradio.com, the Autosport Radio YouTube channel, the Don Kay Facebook page, the AutoSportRadio Facebook page, Twitter, and Rumble. We hope you can join us... Guests... Mike Lewis The multitalented Lewis who has spent time behind the wheel of a Top Alcohol Dragster and Nostalgia Funny Car in addition to his various management roles, has worn many hats throughout his illustrious career which spans nearly five decades. He is one of the most recognized faces in the industry and has been an integral part of the DSR fabric since 2002. Before joining the winningest team in NHRA history, Lewis owned and operated a consulting company. Previously, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Indianapolis Raceway Park, and Vice President of Field Operations for the NHRA. He is credited for the development of the NHRA’s popular Youth and Education Services (YES) department. Racing is in Lewis’ DNA. Prior to joining the sport’s sanctioning body, he worked at his family’s motorsports facility, Maple Grove Raceway, where he rose through the ranks learning all aspects of track operation. “Winning the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield ranks right up there and has always been ‘the moment’ for me but being inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame really takes the cake,” said the lifelong drag racing enthusiast. “Professionally, being inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame was definitely the best night of my life. “It’s such an incredible honor, and I’m so grateful that I was able to share it with Don (Schumacher), Megan (Schumacher), all my friends, family, and everyone at DSR. I’m truly speechless,” added Lewis. Lewis was inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame by DSR driver and 2012 NHRA Funny Car champion Jack Beckman. Dave Argabright The road back to the beginning is long for Dave Argabright, one of the most prolific and influential motorsports media figures of his generation. His career spans more than 40 years with a collective body of work that includes 18 books, over 1,600 published columns and feature stories, and nearly 500 network television broadcasts. His aggregate writing production is estimated at 4.5 million words. Dave was born in Anderson, Indiana and at age three his family moved to rural Madison County, near Perkinsville. He graduated from Frankton High School in 1973 and did not attend college. His early jobs included truck driver, factory worker, life insurance agent, and car hop at a local drive-in. While selling insurance, a chance meeting in 1980 with the sports editor of the Anderson Herald led to Argabright being recruited as a part-time stringer, covering local sports. The late-night newsroom experience opened an exciting new door, exposing Argabright to the concept of deadline reporting and the craft of writing. The $15 he was paid for each story also supplemented the wages of a struggling insurance agent. In early 1983 Argabright began writing a weekly newspaper column, Track Talk, which he continued until 1987.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for June 15th – Tony Parella and Ruthie Culbertson The Autosportrdio.com 2023 Show for June 15th will be released at this evening June 22, 2023. The program can be found at autosportradio.com, the Autosport Radio YouTube channel, Don Kay Facebook page, Autosport Radio Facebook page, Twitter and Rumble. This Show was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana. Stay tuned for future shows and we hope to see you at The Fastest Hour in Motorsports. Guests... Tony Parella Tony is president and CEO of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, SVRA and the owner of the Trans Am Race Company, LLC (TARC) which operates the Trans-Am series. He spent 30 years in various executive positions in the telecommunications industry prior to acquiring auto racing businesses. Among the telecommunications firms, he joined were Sprint, MFS Intellinet, Allegiance Telecom, and Shared Technologies. Shared Technologies made the Fortune Magazine Top 100 Places to Work list four consecutive years with the best placing of 18th. In 2012 Parella acquired the then-30-year-old SportsCar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA). The event calendar includes races at motorsports facilities such as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), Watkins Glen International, Road America, Sebring International Raceway, and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course among others. Parella is a graduate of Morrisville College and attended the six-week Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. Tony remained a motorsports enthusiast since his teenage oval track racing days when he competed at Canadagua Speedway, Rolling Wheels Speedway and Weedsport Speedway - all dirt tracks. With his departure from the telecommunications industry, he began vintage racing with the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing (CVAR) club in Texas in 2010. That experience led him to look at vintage racing as a business development opportunity and he purchased the SVRA in September 2012 after forming Parella Motorsports Holdings, LLC (PMH). At virtually the same time PMH acquired the Historic Sportscar Racing - West (HSR) organization and consolidated it into SVRA. Ruthie Culbertson GRand Solutions specializes in providing white label solutions for event logistics, sponsorship activation, marketing, advertising, promotions, hospitality, communications and client service programs and consulting at various developmental levels for agencies, sports venues, sanctioning bodies and events of all sizes. Led by Ruthie, an industry executive who has amassed nearly 30 years of experience in the sports arena through roles on the team level, agency level, and ultimately as a key player in a major sanctioning body as well as nationally promoted spectator events, GRand offers fully integrated services that include assistance and consulting in: • Event Operations, Production and Logistics • Consumer and Brand Marketing advertising and promotions • Sponsorship fulfillment and implementation • Digital advertising strategy and fulfillment • Broadcast production assistance (including Live Programming) • Event entertainment programming and on-site consumer activation • Client and customer service programs and skill development • Public Relations and Communications

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for the 107th Indianapolis 500 - Host: Don Kay​ talks with Simon Pagenaud​, Marcus Ericsson​, Ryan Hunter-Reay​, Rinus VeeKay​ and Conor Daly​ at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway​ at the Media Day event prior to the 107th Indianapolis 500.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for May 23rd with Guests: Mike Hull and John Brunner, The Autosportrdio.com 2023 Show will be at the Green Street Pub and Eatery located at 911 N. Green Street (SR267) in Brownsburg. The program will be released tonight and can be found at autosportradio.com, the Autosport Radio YouTube channel, Don Kay Facebook page, Autosport Radio Facebook page, Twitter and Rumble. Guests... Mike Hull Mike began racing Formula Fords in Southern California in ’72 and was instructor, then manager at Jim Russell Driving School. Became chief mechanic in IndyCar racing in ’81, working for Arciero Racing and Patrick Racing, where he helped launch Ganassi Racing in ’92, becoming the new team’s first general manager. As GM and later Managing Director of Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Hull guided the organization to more than 135 races wins including four Indy 500s, 10 Indy Car championships, five Daytona 24-hours victories and seven Rolex Daytona Prototype championships. When Ganassi is asked how his teams have managed such phenomenal success, his response always includes these two words: Mike Hull, whose duties encompass the supervision of the entire operation for INDYCAR and Rolex Sports Car Racing including the engineering and mechanical staff at both Indianapolis facilities as well as the race operation. Steve Wittch Steve is the primary writer for Trackside Online. He is a very respected member of the media who is able to get the real inside stories. With qualifications complete for the 107th running of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing set there will be some good stories to be told. John Brunner John is the team manager for Abel Motorsports who in addition to running a two-driver Indy NXT team worked to get a car prepared to attempt to qualify for the 107th Indy 500. Not only was a crew assembled but, the car was ready to qualify on opening day with Rookie Driver RC Enerson at the wheel. All the work and long hours paid off as RC made the show with room to spare. He is in the show starting in 29th in car #50.

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for April 25th – Released May 1st Guests: James Hinchcliffe and Callum Illot recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana James Hinchcliffe INDYCAR fan-favorite and veteran driver James Hinchcliffe serves as an analyst for NBC Sports’ INDYCAR coverage, after joining the company in Dec. 2021. Alongside play-by-play voice Leigh Diffey and analyst Townsend Bell, Hinchcliffe is part of NBC Sports’ lead INDYCAR commentary team. In addition, Hinchcliffe serves as an analyst for select IMSA races. He made his NBC Sports on-air debut as an INDYCAR and IMSA guest analyst during the 2020 season. Hinchcliffe spent a decade in INDYCAR which included six race wins and the 2011 NTT INDYCAR Series Rookie of the Year award. He was also awarded the INDYCAR Fan Favorite Award in 2012 and 2018. Off the track, Hinchcliffe appeared on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars and finished in second place in 2016. Callum Ilott British driver, Callum Ilott, is a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and a former test driver for Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One. He was also one of Alfa Romeo’s F1 reserve drivers in 2021. He finished second in FIA Formula 2 in 2020 with three wins and five pole positions. Returning to Juncos Hollinger Racing for his second season, Ilott is hopeful to “eliminate the mistakes, stay consistent and grab the opportunities as they come” in the No. 77 Chevrolet. Away from the track, Ilott is looking to learn more about American sports and enjoy his hobbies - swimming, climbing, building remote-controlled cars and playing video games.

Host Don Kay talks to "Famous Last Shot Hoosier" Bobby Plump and Abel Racings Team Manager John Brunner as well as Abel Racing's Driver Jacob Abel in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana on April 11th, 2023.