The unbearable terror of your first motor race #251

The Intercooler

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

Cars, The Intercooler, Car, Motorsport, Supercar, Leisure, Automotive, Intercooler, Driving

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel reveal what it's like to compete in a motor race for the very first time. From not knowing where to be and when, being unsure if you have the right safety gear or not, worrying you might line up in the wrong grid slot and more, your first race is a uniquely terrifying prospect. And that's before you've done your belts up. But how can you remove stress from what should be a very special occasion? And what happens when the lights do finally go out?

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1:02.1	Welcome to the Intercooler podcast.
1:09.2	Welcome back to the podcast, everybody. This is episode 251 with Dan Proser and Andrew
1:14.6	Frankel. And we're talking about your first race. Oh, I'm scared even thinking about it.
1:20.7	It's a funny thing. Your first ever experience of a motor race is utterly, utterly, forget your
1:27.4	wedding. Forget anything like, forget public speaking.
1:30.7	Forget it.
1:31.4	Forget any of that stuff.
1:33.2	Yeah.
1:33.8	It's terrifying.
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