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The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 977: Catching Up With Oliver Gavin

The Marshall Pruett Podcast

Marshall Pruett

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.6594 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As Corvette Racing legend Oliver Gavin prepares to make his final start for the team as a full-time driver, the Briton joins us for an episode of Catching Up With to discuss the timing and reasons for stepping back into semi-retirement, the impact the factory Corvette team has had on his career, the sizable status he's earned within the program, and more in a call captured on his drive to the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. 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 our man,

0:05.5

the retiring legend, Oliver Gavin, Corvette Racing Team, captain, someone who has been at

0:13.6

the center of so much of that team's amazing success over the years.

0:18.8

Our good man, Mr. Gavin, calling time on his full-time career.

0:24.6

We expect him to still be involved, hopefully, in some of the endurance rounds next year.

0:30.5

And I'm sure he'll find plenty of other great things to do with the team.

0:34.5

But stepping back a bit, and it was perfect opportunity. All thanks to Corvette

0:39.7

Racing's Ryan Smith, who organized a call with Ollie to dive into this. What led him, what signals

0:46.9

were received that it was time to hang up that helmet being on the road full time every year

0:52.9

for nearly 20 years with the factory

0:56.1

Corvette team get into a lot of other things too just as you can hear if you

1:01.8

don't know already pure gold mr. Gavin is pure gold and he has done so much for

1:07.4

that team come to represent so much in the sport for so many of us. This is a,

1:12.7

it's a big moment and happy for him and his wife and kids, but selfishly, I was just hoping he

1:21.0

was going to be doing it full time forever because we are certainly poorer without Oliver Gavin

1:26.7

in a Corvette doing amazing, amazing things.

1:31.4

So let's get going.

1:32.9

Catching up with Ollie Gavin.

1:34.6

Brought to you by Cooper Tires,

1:36.2

the Justice Brothers,

1:37.5

Toronto Motorsports.com,

1:38.9

and Bell Racing Helmets, USA.

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