60 Episodes

  1. Jeff and Ross Didn’t Win Sebring!

    Published: 3/25/2025
  2. How Do You Become a Pro Driver?

    Published: 3/18/2025
  3. Mythbusting: The Brakes Just Failed!

    Published: 3/11/2025
  4. Off-Topic Show — You Asked For It!

    Published: 3/4/2025
  5. Jeff Just Won Daytona!

    Published: 2/25/2025
  6. Two-Wheel Science 101 — w/Nick Ienatsch

    Published: 12/24/2024
  7. Drifting is Harder Than You Think — w/Vaughn Gittin, Jr.

    Published: 12/17/2024
  8. Flowing Into the Zone — w/Dr. Sue Jackson

    Published: 12/10/2024
  9. When NASCAR Broke America — (1979 Daytona 500 Fistfight)

    Published: 12/3/2024
  10. Jeff Tells a Story: Meeting 1967 Formula 1

    Published: 11/26/2024
  11. Inside Car and Driver's "Lightning Lap" — w/Tony Quiroga

    Published: 11/19/2024
  12. The One Where Jeff Explains Race Strategy

    Published: 11/12/2024
  13. Whoop, There It Is — (Mazda Le Mans Win, 1991)

    Published: 11/5/2024
  14. Why We Love Laguna Seca

    Published: 10/29/2024
  15. You Can Be Fast in Anything — w/Colin Braun

    Published: 10/22/2024
  16. How NASCAR Teams Cheat — w/Chris Andrews

    Published: 10/15/2024
  17. All Hail Dan and Uncle Bobby — (Gurney Flap, 1971)

    Published: 10/8/2024
  18. The Why of a Racing Coach

    Published: 10/1/2024
  19. How to Drive It: Porsche 911

    Published: 9/24/2024
  20. Sex, Shocks, and Rock ’n’ Roll

    Published: 9/17/2024

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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 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.