An Adrian Reynard Retrospective

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🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The 1994 Indycar season was one of the most significant seasons in US open-wheel racing's recent history, and much of that is down to the arrival of Reynard. The British company's success in single-seater racing was translated dramatically into Indycar, as Michael Andretti won its first race at Surfers Paradise, sending shockwaves through the motorsport landscape. The result not only broke the previous duopoly enjoyed by Lola and Penske - the latter subsequently becoming a Reynard customer - but also established Chip Ganassi Racing as a winning force for the first time, while Jacques Villeneuve also emerged as a star of the future later in the season with a Reynard, taking his first win for the Forsythe/Green team. Thirty years on, that breakout story is retold by company founder Adrian Reynard in a special edition of the Autosport Podcast to coincide with the latest issue of Autosport magazine's Engineering supplement. Joined by Autosport Plus editor James Newbold and Autosport magazine deputy editor Marcus Simmons, Reynard discusses how his driving ambitions were crucial in his journey to becoming a successful constructor, the mantras that made Reynard Cars a hit, and how a disastrous attempt to enter Formula 1 proved the catalyst for his entry to Indycar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Autosport Podcast.
0:09.0	Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the Autosport podcast.
0:16.0	It's 30 years this year since IndyCar was shaken up by the emergence of new contenders
0:20.0	that would
0:21.1	become synonymous with success. A team you may recognize called Chip Ganassi Racing scored
0:26.7	its first win in Sever's Paradise after signing Michael Andretti, who is fresh from his difficult
0:32.7	spelling Formula One with McLaren, while a second generation driver called Jacques Villeneuve broke through to take
0:38.2	the first win of his rookie year at Road America. What these two have in common was their
0:43.0	affiliation with a manufacturer that was new on the scene for 1994 that disrupted the Lola and
0:47.9	Penske-Giopoly and would become the benchmark before very much longer. I'm James Neubold, Autosports
0:53.7	Plus editor, and I'm of course talking
0:55.9	about Raynard Cars. Today I'm delighted to be joined by company founder Adrian Raynard to discuss
1:01.9	these events and his remarkable career in developing the groundbreaking constructor of customer
1:07.1	racing cars. Welcome to the podcast, Adrian. Thank you. We also have us with us,
1:12.3	Autosport Magazine's Deputy Editor and Aficionado of Junior Single Seed as Marcus Simmons. Now,
1:17.6	Marcus, if I could start with you, tell me what first comes into your mind when you think about
1:21.3	Raynard cars? Well, I've always been an aficionado of Formula 4, 2000, so I think we'll go to that.
1:29.8	Also, Formula 3, of course, which is, it sounds less significant than Indy cars and Formula 3,000 and what have you.
1:40.9	But, of course, you know, it's not just the proving ground for young,
1:47.2	up-and-coming talents, but also constructors, designers, engineers. And I think both those categories
1:54.4	and others played a very significant part in the history of Raynard.
1:59.7	Adrian, I suppose you would agree.
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