MP 1087: The Week In IndyCar, April 24, with Jimmie Johnson

The Marshall Pruett Podcast

Marshall Pruett

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4.6 • 594 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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It's The Week In IndyCar guest show featuring reigning seven-time NASCAR champion and open-wheel rookie Jimmie Johnson, using listener-driven comments and questions covering a variety of topics submitted by fans via Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Of the many topics covered, Johnson discusses the big revelations from his first IndyCar start, avoiding Barber's Lap 1 crash, his initial thoughts on street racing for the first time at St. Petersburg, the culture differences between IndyCar and NASCAR, rookie hazing from his Chip Ganassi Racing teammates, memories of the Micky Thompson Off Road series, plans for the month of May, WWE driver intros, and more in a fun visit to the podcast. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Weekend IndyCar and the Marshall Pruitt podcast, brought you by Cooper Tires,
0:07.0	The Justice Brothers, and Toronto Motorsports.com.
0:10.6	I believe they have some cool new shirts going on there about some guy named Johnson, by the way.
0:14.6	Jimmy, you're not too far away from qualifying at St. Petersburg.
0:18.9	How you doing?
0:19.7	How you feeling?
0:20.9	Back-to-back race weekends? You you feeling? Back-to-back race weekends.
0:23.5	You know, the back-to-back part is really good.
0:27.5	And there's so many new things.
0:28.7	So for me to really get into the procedures of a race weekend and their interaction with the team,
0:34.4	the flow of each day and building up to Pew and building up to race.
0:38.3	This is, these are great reps for me, honestly.
0:41.3	So things are going well.
0:44.3	My first experience on a street course has been mind-blowing and so much fun and making gains as I go here.
0:52.3	The track's getting faster, so everybody else is making gains too.
0:56.2	But, you know, I feel like I'm in a good spot and ready to start, you know,
1:00.6	attacking more and more as I go here.
1:02.8	I love it.
1:03.9	Well, why don't we dive right in.
1:06.2	This show is powered by fans, your fans.
1:11.2	So why don't we jump right in here and start off with the Hofgod at the Hoffgod on Twitter?
1:18.9	That's a great name.
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