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The next driver on the co-host rostrum is none other than 2-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. We get his insight on the Honda Indy 200, Road To Indy, and the F4 and FR Americas series, where he coaches two drivers; Chloe Chambers and Ernie Francis Jr. This is an episode you don't want to miss. 

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As we get into the heat of the summer, Inside Open Wheel returns.

-Christian Weir is the name you need to know now. He's 14, fast and just signed a contract with Turn 3 Motorsport to finish out the 2021 USF 2000 Championship. He also is a race winner in pretty much everything he's raced in, including the FRP Eastern Pro 4 Challenge and the Blue Marble Radical Cup North America Championship. He talks about this new opportunity and what it means for him.

-Also, Newman Wachs Racing's Jordan Missig is our guest co-host.

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Two of the most prestigious tracks in the United States hold 2/3 of the sanctioning bodies we cover this week.

-Jordan Missig sits second in points going to his home track at Road America this weekend in FR Americas, and he's looking to do what he did when he raced in the Radical Cup. Win for the first time. He joins us for a preview at Road America and an interesting track lap talk with Charlie

-Parker Thompson also stops by to chat about the last two rounds in the Road to Indy and previews the GMR Grand Prix this weekend.

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After leading in the final couple of laps of the 2018 Indianapolis 500, Stefan Wilson makes a return to the team that helped get him to the lead, but how will the team look after being away for three years? We talk to him in his prospects in this year's race.

Also, American Cameron Das set the Euroformula Open field on notice this past weekend at Portimao, after sweeping the first three races of the championship, in front of the Formula 1 paddock. He talks about racing in the Road To Indy, winning the F4 Championship, and the differences between racecraft here in the states, and overseas.

We also welcome Tony DiZinno to our roster of analysts as we break down the Texas Two-Step at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Formula Race Promotions' second race of the season is a HUGE one, with over 100 cars entered among the series. So, as the show that talks about the series, what do we do? Welcome Mike Maurini in to talk about Carolina Motorsports Park and preview the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Of course, one of the drivers who is competing this weekend is none other than defending F1600 Champion Simon Sikes. He also had a chance to be the driver analyst for the Indy Pro 2000 race on Sunday. We talk about his upcomning weekend and his debut appearance as a commentator

Then Charlie and Jeremy break down the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg, as well as break down the news of the week.

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It's a winners special on this week's edition.

-Yuven Sundaramoorthy is entering his third full-time season with Pabst Racing in USF2000, and what better way than to take the first win of the season in the first race? We talk with the Wisconsin driver as he preps, not only for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, but spring finals at University of Wisconsin Madison.

-Alex Palou always wanted to end up in the NTT IndyCar Series, and accomplished that goal last year. The second year driver signed with Chip Ganassi Racing, and it paid off huge dividends at Barber Motorsports Park, as the Spaniard took his first career win. We also talk about Super Formula in Japan, where the winner of the FR Americas Championship will get a scholarship to for the 2022 season.

-Winning at Indy is special to any driver. Doing so by 0.001 seconds with your teammate second? We ask Tanner Watkins what that was like after winning the Coca-Cola of Kokomo Indy Elite Series Indy 500 presented by Catalyst 317.

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The newest host of Road To Indy TV takes off his rookie stripes and joins us for his first ever segment.

Parker Thompson joins Jeremy and Rob Howden to break down the start of the 2021 season of the Road To Indy Ladder system.

Then Charlie and Jeremy preview the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series 6th Annual Indy 500 presented by Catalyst317.

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After winning the FR Americas races over the weekend, Kyffin Simpson stops by to talk about working with the Tim Neff-led TJ Speed Motorsport crew, and how this season could compare to past seasons.

Also, Tony Parella joins to talk about his first weekend as promoter of F4 and FR Americas.

And Tim Crawford, father of Jak Crawford, talks about F1 teams with academies and how racing in Europe differs from the States

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A recap of the F4 and FR Americas races from Road Atlanta on Sunday

A recap into the day's events at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for F4 and FR Americas

It's our first season preview of 2021 with F4 and FR Americas starting their seasons at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

-Spencer Bucknum is a third-generation racer, making his move from the F4 West Championship, coming of a title-winning season, to running the full F4 Championship. We talk to him about racing as a Bucknum and driving tracks he's never seen in real life.

-A new broadcast partner teams up with F4 and FR Americas, bringing with them a commentator with international experience. Jonathan Green is the voice of Trans-Am and SVRA, plus he adds the two junior formula series to the mix for the season. He talks about his past experiences, including becoming the Voice of the Macau Grand Prix

-Then Charlie and Jeremy talk FR Americas and sim racing

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It's the final pre-season show of 2021, so we have time to look into a couple of hot stories going into the season.

- After a shootout for the #99 car, Myles Rowe came out in front and took the seat to run with Force Indy in USF2000. Myles talks about how he got his start in racing and balancing school with motorsports.

- John Oreovicz is one of the top writers in IndyCar today and he has a new book to go along with his PacWest book. Detailing the fist and second splits, Indy Split takes a look at the first split from USAC, then the 1996 split of CART and the then IRL.

- Then the winner of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series Detroit Grand Prix, Adam Blocker, stops by to talk about his win and previews the SYMTV 225 at Chicagoland Speedway

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Bit of an international flavor to this week's episode, with a Guatemalan driver and two Americans looking to make a name for themselves overseas

-Ian Rodriguez enters this season as a rookie for Newman Wachs Racing in FR Americas, but he's no stranger to the United States racing scene. The young Guatemalan talks to us about what he can take from that experience in USF2000 and the tracks he's raced at.

-Max Esterson was one of the front runners in last season's F1600 Championship, as well as many races in iRacing over the years, but he'll take his talents to Low Dempsey Racing in the British Formula Ford Championship. Fresh off his win in the TireRack.com Road to Indy eSeries, the New York native talks about his decision behind the move to the UK

-Making his return after the serious crash in Spa, Juan Manuel Correa joins the show for a one-on-one interview on getting back into a race car and prepping for the 2021 F3 season with ART Grand Prix.

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Slightly less length than last week, but still the same amount of action:

-Phil Krauss dominated at virtual Pocono Raceway with the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series, but he took some time to talk to us following the win

-Scott Blend's racing career started out at the Gateway Kartplex inside World Wide Technology Raceway and now has taken him to ownership in the USF2000 Championship with Ignite Autosport with Cape Motorsport. He tells us how it all came to plan after talking to one of the dads.

-Braden Eves pretty much is always at the front, whether it's digitally or in real life. He talks to us about being so quick no matter which wheel he's in front of

-Graham Rahal is a new dad, but still has time to manage fatherhood, racing, owning a performance shop and Ducati of Indianapolis. It's a great interview you don't want to miss.

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It's a packed show and the description alone may fill the page. So, here's a brief synopsis on our guests:

-Josh Green joins Turn 3 Motorsport for their inaugural and his sophomore campaigns in USF2000

-Brian Bielanski recaps the SCCA Hoosier Super Tour stop at Buttonwillow Raceway

-George Steinbrenner IV and Darren Jamison talk the renewal of partnership between Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport and Capstone Turbine

-James Hinchcliffe gives a how-to on going from podcast host to full-time NTT IndyCar Series driver (maybe)

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Rob Radmann is set to run some races in the 2021 Atlantic Championship, but not in an Atlantic. We sit down to talk to him and find out what he's running and why it works so well for the Atlantic format.

Plus, it's a whole bunch of Charlie and Jeremy with their musings.

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Three drivers, two new driver announcements, one virtual winner. It can only make up this week's edition of Inside Open Wheel

-Nikita Lastoschkin was supposed to run in Indy Lights last year. Then he was supposed to move up with the team he competed with in Indy Pro 2000 this year. Now, he's signed for HMD Motorsports. We chat with him on the new team and his fast teammates.

-Will Holtz makes the interesting move from F4 to F1600, but he does so with Rice Race Prep. Holtz talks to us on why this is the right move for him.

-Adam Crane dominated Barber, but can he do the same at Texas next week? The latest winner in the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series joins us for discussion on the two rounds of the championship.

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One is a rising star in the Road To Indy, another brings an extensive racing and automotive resume to this week's show

-Rob Howden previewed it in last week's show, and the huge announcement that followed was the signing of Toby Sowery to Juncos Racing in the 2021 Indy Lights season. We talk with him and what he's been doing while on lockdown in the United Kingdom.

-Beth Paretta has been with two: Aston Martin and Fiat-Chrysler. But she also attempted to enter a car in the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, when she pulled the plug when the pieces to the puzzle weren't right. This time, it's right with Paretta Autosport set to qualify for the 105th Running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. She talks with us about both attempts in an in-depth one-on-one interview. 

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It's time!

Ryon Beachner is the new distributor for Freem Racing USA and it was an interesting way to get to where he was. He chats with Charlie and Jeremy about how he got there, and what products he can offer you the racer

Tim Neff was a partner to Arrow McLaren SP when they ran in the Indy Lights championship, winning races and titles. Now, the engineer takes on a new challenge, as team owner in FR Americas under TJ Speed Motorsports

Hunter Yeany isn't settled with being the youngest F4 U.S. Championship title winner, he's taken on a new challenge with his Velocity Racing Development team, running two championships. He'll be running in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship along side FR Americas this season. He talks about that, and testing with Jimmie Johnson this offseason.

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What offseason?

This week on Inside Open Wheel, we chat with Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series points leader Christopher Demeritt. He's won the first two races of the season, can he make it three-in-a-row at Barber Motorsports Park?

Dylan Christie ended the 2020 F1600 Championship unsure of what he was going to do, but Peter Dempsey "moved down" to USF2000, expanding his Turn 3 Motorsport footprint on the Road To Indy. We talk to the F1600 Vice Champion about filling one of the two seats in the Dempsey-run squad

Also, Rob Howden stops by to fill us in on some Road To Indy news.

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It's the full-length interview with Open Wheel broadcasting legend Paul Page. We talk about the IMS Radio Network, ABC, his early days in the sport, and his latest project.

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A busy week, with the 2021 reboot of the Legends of Open Wheel Series on this week's edition!

-Ryan Shehan is one of the drivers making the jump from karting to the Formula 4 Championship. No pressure, right? Not to mention, he's in Florida racing in the ROK Cup. We talk to him about his move into the Junior Formula category

-The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series kicked off last week, and it was our race! The Inside Open Wheel 225 was thrilling, and we recap it for you.

-Also, the one, the only Paul Page sits down for his Legends of Open Wheel Series interview

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Figured we'd start off the right with a BIG announcement, but first:

-There was talk about a new format for the Atlantic Championship this season, so we brought on two of the players that will run both of the classes. Matt Miller is an SCCA Champion in the CSR (Now P1) class in 2009, who then made the switch to Formula Atlantics, by running a Swift .016a chassis. This time, he returns to Atlantics in a part-time schedule in a Swift .014. He talks about what that means for him. Plus, Mirl Swan is an accomplished Atlantic driver, who is the driving force behind this new format. He tells us why the .016a will run "unrestricted" and how it could create higher car counts in the Atlantic Championship.

-Plus, we're proud to make the announcement that we have a new series to cover, and we've become their official podcast partner! The Coca Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo Indy Elite Series will kick off this week, and we will be covering them all season long. The voice of the series, Kyle Heyer of SYM.tv also joins the show as the series analyst, and we talk about the series.

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The checkered flag has fallen on the 2020 edition of Inside Open Wheel, and we've got two of the best to join us

-Rob Howden, the voice of the Road To Indy and Steve Wittich of Trackside Online join us to wrap up the 2020 Road To Indy season, and look ahead to this upcoming season

-Plus a little bit with Charlie and Jeremy.

Thanks for listening this year and come join us next season as we're cooking up some great plans for the upcoming year!

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Two huge announcements over the past couple weeks dominate this week's edition of Inside Open Wheel.

Bob Wright of Formula Race Promotions stops by to talk about their big announcement, the formation of the Eastern Pro 4 Championship, which will run with most FRP events, and the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021.

And speaking of IMS, a new team which grew out of a program that's run out of the hallowed grounds will run in the USF2000 Championship. Rod Reid of Force Indy talks about his start, how he started NXG Youth, and convincing Roger Penske about starting the team.

There's also a special guest stopping by, you're not going to want to miss this.

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Hopefully you and yours enjoyed a full and festive Thanksgiving!

New this week on Inside Open Wheel: Charlie and Jeremy talk about the news of the week, go over Jimmie Johnson's test at Barber Motorsports Park in Velocity Racing Development's FR Americas Honda, and a bit of Turn 3 Motorsport news

Then Christian Rasmussen Racing joins us. He's the newest USF2000 Series champion, and out of the powerful Jay Howard Driver Development stable. He's also back home in Denmark, so we hear how he's preparing for the upcoming Indy Pro 2000 Championship season, and what his options look like for a seat for next year.

And finally Mark Jaynes, the lead anchor for the Pennzoil Indycar Radio Network stops by to dissect the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.

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