Curt & Kevin Talk About The Return of Indy 500 Champions, Carb Day Concert Lineup, Pace Car Driver, & Remember Jim Michaelian!

About this episode

Curt and Kevin discuss the return of Indy 500 champions, the Carb Day concert lineup, and remember Jim Michaelian.

Tonight, on Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee , they talk about the massive lines at the airports from leaving Arlington and Sebring and going to Barber. They later talk about the impressive TV ratings from Arlington. They later talk about Counting Crows & Switchfoot being announced as the Carb Day concert lineup and Curt Cignetti being announced as the pace car driver for the 110th Indianapolis 500. They later answer fan questions over Arlington & Long Beach, possible Nolan Siegel mid-season switch, Alex Palou’s onboard cams, and honoring Chuck Norris. In the second segment, Curt and Kevin talk about Helio Castroneves and Takuma Sato returning for the 110th Indianapolis 500 for Meyer Shank Racing and Rahal Letterman Lanigan respectively. They also talk about the latest on the Indy 500 entry list. To wrap up another edition of the show, Kevin talks about the passing of Long Beach President & CEO Jim Michaelian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Curt Cavin, Kevin Lee

Topics covered

• Indy 500
• Carb Day concert lineup
• Pace car driver
• TV ratings
• Fan questions
• Racing news
• Tribute

Keywords

• Indy 500
• Curt Cignetti
• Counting Crows
• Switchfoot
• Helio Castroneves
• Takuma Sato
• Jim Michaelian
• TV ratings
• fan questions
• racing news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meyer Shank Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Counting Crows, Switchfoot

Places: Arlington, Sebring, Long Beach, Barber

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