It's Not the Car
A podcast by Sam Smith, Ross Bentley, Jeff Braun - Tuesdays
60 Episodes
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Jeff and Ross Didn’t Win Sebring!
Published: 3/25/2025 -
How Do You Become a Pro Driver?
Published: 3/18/2025 -
Mythbusting: The Brakes Just Failed!
Published: 3/11/2025 -
Off-Topic Show — You Asked For It!
Published: 3/4/2025 -
Jeff Just Won Daytona!
Published: 2/25/2025 -
Two-Wheel Science 101 — w/Nick Ienatsch
Published: 12/24/2024 -
Drifting is Harder Than You Think — w/Vaughn Gittin, Jr.
Published: 12/17/2024 -
Flowing Into the Zone — w/Dr. Sue Jackson
Published: 12/10/2024 -
When NASCAR Broke America — (1979 Daytona 500 Fistfight)
Published: 12/3/2024 -
Jeff Tells a Story: Meeting 1967 Formula 1
Published: 11/26/2024 -
Inside Car and Driver's "Lightning Lap" — w/Tony Quiroga
Published: 11/19/2024 -
The One Where Jeff Explains Race Strategy
Published: 11/12/2024 -
Whoop, There It Is — (Mazda Le Mans Win, 1991)
Published: 11/5/2024 -
Why We Love Laguna Seca
Published: 10/29/2024 -
You Can Be Fast in Anything — w/Colin Braun
Published: 10/22/2024 -
How NASCAR Teams Cheat — w/Chris Andrews
Published: 10/15/2024 -
All Hail Dan and Uncle Bobby — (Gurney Flap, 1971)
Published: 10/8/2024 -
The Why of a Racing Coach
Published: 10/1/2024 -
How to Drive It: Porsche 911
Published: 9/24/2024 -
Sex, Shocks, and Rock ’n’ Roll
Published: 9/17/2024
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.