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The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 876: Catching Up With Willy T Ribbs

The Marshall Pruett Podcast

Marshall Pruett

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.6594 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Our friend Willy T Ribbs is back for an episode of 'Catching Up With' to dive into IndyCar's new 'Race for Equality & Change' program announced on July 4th, which he describes as a "food stamp program." If you're not keen on conversations of race, gender, and racing, or are looking for a happy episode to lighten your mood, this might be one to skip. Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

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0:00.0

today in the Marshall Pruitt podcast we have an episode of catching up with one of our dear old friends willie t ribs we are covering one specific topic in this conversation and that is indie cars in the Indianapolis motor speedway's long overdue announcement of how it would weigh in.

0:22.7

This new evolving world of ours that's also encompassing motor racing.

0:28.2

This social change taking place.

0:31.3

This new program announced 30 minutes before the start of the GMR Grand Prix on Saturday, the race for equality and

0:40.2

change program.

0:42.0

This is what we're discussing.

0:43.9

We'll happily mention right up front if you are not a fan of race and such discussions

0:52.8

in and around motor racing, even though it is something that is being held

0:58.9

by IndyCar, NASCAR, Formula One.

1:03.0

I think we might be hearing something about EMSA here shortly.

1:06.6

If you're not keen on such things and just want to focus on the on-track competition and nothing else,

1:14.6

no feelings will be hurt if you dive out right now and hit the stop button.

1:20.3

There are some very uncomfortable topics coming up here.

1:25.2

It's a somewhat frustrated MP and Willie T conversation to sharing with you here that this is

1:33.8

something we've been looking forward to in terms of the announcement and we just have

1:40.7

one of our patented unfiltered conversations about it.

1:45.9

I'm going to dive into it here in just one moment.

1:49.2

Figured it would be worth, though, for those who don't know a ton about it,

1:53.3

might not have seen the press release.

1:54.9

It kind of came out and went nowhere.

1:57.6

No one within the series, within the paddock, really no one said anything about it,

2:03.6

no one amplified it, no one did anything.

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