"Don't Drive It, You're Going to Die"

About this episode

The episode discusses memorable race cars and personal experiences related to them.

Our favorite race cars—the ones that stick out, from all the stuff we’ve driven. This is an episode about many things. Love. Hate. Jeff’s mouse-filled Triumph Spitfire. The 1970s BMW IMSA factory team car that Sam rode all lock-stop-drift-slappy down the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca. It is also an episode about the time they told Ross he was going to die, sideways, on the banking at Daytona. (Spoiler alert: He didn’t.) (Spoiler alert part II: His hands were shaking and the car was terrifying, but he went and hung the thing on the pole. Later, he won the race. Which was 24 hours long.) (Spoiler alert: He liked the car. Sort of!) *** This show changes format weekly, because squirrel. This format is a new one—we call it “RACE CARS I HAVE LOVED.” This episode was produced by Sam Smith. As always, thanks to our friends at BFGoodrich for supporting the show! ** Who We Are + Spicy Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ItsNotTheCar.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ** Support It’s Not the Car: Contribute on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/notthecar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ** Topic suggestions, feedback, questions? Let us know what you think! ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INTCPod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ** Check…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Smith, Ross Bentley, Jeff Braun

Topics covered

• race cars
• personal stories
• motorsport experiences
• car love
• car hate
• racing history

Keywords

• race cars
• motorsport
• Laguna Seca
• Daytona
• IMSA
• Triumph Spitfire
• BMW

Sponsors

BFGoodrich

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Triumph Spitfire, 1970s BMW IMSA factory team car

Places: Laguna Seca, Daytona

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