It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people, motorsport, choices, and how we all work under pressure. In other words, we tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts. Along with Sam Smith, an award-winning journalist and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine, and Jeff Braun, a championship-winning race engineer, we dig into events, cars, and why humans do what we do.

Past episodes of my Speed Secrets Podcast, as well as the No Dumb Questions (co-hosted with Jeff Braun) are also available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple.

Full list of Speed Secrets Podcasts:

• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 25

  January 11, 2024
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 24

  December 7, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 23

  November 2, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 22

  October 5, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 21

  August 31, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 20

  August 3, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 19

  July 20, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 18

  June 1, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 17

  May 4, 2023
• No dumb questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 16

  April 20, 2023
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 15

  March 2, 2023
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 14

  February 9, 2023
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 13

  January 5, 2023
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 12

  December 1, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 11

  November 3, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 10

  October 7, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 9

  September 1, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 8

  August 4, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 7

  July 7, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 6

  June 9, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 5

  May 5, 2022
• No Dumb Questions with Jeff Braun: Episode 4

  April 7, 2022
• No Dumb Questions With Jeff Braun: Episode 3

  March 3, 2022
• No Dumb Questions With Jeff Braun: Episode 2

  February 3, 2022
• No Dumb Questions With Jeff Braun: Episode 1

  January 6, 2022
• 192 – Sim Racer Academy & Teamwork

  November 18, 2021
• Podcast 191 – Ross Bentley: Driving with the End in Mind

  April 29, 2021
• 190 – Brian Ghidinelli: Making a Racing Comeback

  April 22, 2021
• 189 – Tom Long: The Fastest Driving Style

  April 16, 2021
• 188 – Mark Martin: How to Win an Endurance Race Series Championship

  April 8, 2021
• 187 – Andy Pilgrim: How to Have a Long Driving Career

  April 1, 2021
• 186 – Dr. David Ferguson: the Science of Motorsport Human Performance

  March 25, 2021
• 185 – Johannes van Overbeek: the Lessons We Learn From Racing

  March 18, 2021
• 184 – Ask Ross Edition #3: A Q&A Session with Ross & Guest Host Bill Fischer

  March 11, 2021
• 183 – Jim Kearney: How to win more often & using a driver coach

  March 4, 2021
• 182 – Jay St. Claire, Colin Pascik & Aaron Brooks – Ranger Road & Vets Racing

  February 25, 2021
• 181 – Brian Bohlander: How to Land a Racing Sponsor

  February 18, 2021
• 180 – Ask Ross Edition #2: A Q&A Session with Ross & Guest Host Bill Fischer

  February 11, 2021
• 179 – James Colborn: The Exhilaration of Open Wheel Racing

  February 4, 2021
• 178 – Loni Unser: Learning Racing at the Dinner Table

  January 28, 2021
• 177 – Don Kitch: Do-Overs & Do-Agains 2021

  January 21, 2021
• 176 – Ask Ross Edition #1: A Q&A Session with Ross Bentley & Guest Host Bill Fischer

  January 14, 2021
• 175 – Matt Romanowski: Dive Into Data

  January 7, 2021
• 174 – Michele Graaff: A Late (Driving) Bloomer

  December 31, 2020
• 173 – Bryce Kliewer: the intersection of racing and business

  December 24, 2020
• 172 – Mark Boudreau: Motorsport Prospects & the Business of Motorsport

  December 17, 2020
• 171 – Eric Kaul: Better Call Kaul

  December 10, 2020
• 170 – Stefan Rzadzinski: the Race of Champions

  December 3, 2020
• 169 – Tom Roberts: Get in the Flow

  November 26, 2020
• 168 – Davin Sturdivant: Karting and Sim Racing

  November 19, 2020
• 167 – Ross Bentley: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Motorsport

  November 12, 2020
• 166 – Craig Watkins: Birth of Flying Lizards and Engineering Your Car’s Handling

  November 5, 2020
• 165 – Clay Millican: a Mind Boggling 335MPH in 3.7 seconds

  October 29, 2020
• 164 – James Hinchcliffe: the Mayor of Hinchtown on All Things Racing

  October 22, 2020
• 163 – Michael Zimicki: Cranky Old Men Ranting About Driving Myths, Part 2

  October 15, 2020
• 162 – Michael Zimicki: Cranky Old Men Ranting About Driving Myths, Part 1

  October 8, 2020
• 161 – Peter Krause: How to Drive Fast, Consistently

  October 1, 2020
• 160 – Adam Spence Explains How the Garmin Catalyst Can Make You a Faster Driver

  September 24, 2020
• 159 – Dr. Jerry Lynch: Thinking Body, Dancing Mind

  September 17, 2020
• 158: Cathy McCause Fuss: Running a Race Series

  September 10, 2020
• 157 – Samir Abid: Break Into Driving Data & Nike’s Breaking2 and Ineo 1:59 Projects

  September 3, 2020
• 156 – Jonatan Jorge: Having an Open Mind to Always Learning More

  August 27, 2020
• 155 – Rob Krider: Racing Insights From a California Highway Patrol officer

  August 20, 2020
• 154 – John Santiago: Learn How to Learn

  August 13, 2020
• 153 – Jeff Braun: Race Strategy & Coffee

  August 6, 2020
• 152 – Danny van Dongen: Hankook Motorsports and tires, tires, tires

  July 30, 2020
• 151 – Chris Andrews: The Best Car Setup and Driving Styles

  July 23, 2020
• 150 – Adam Jabaay: Gridlife and the Best of the Slip Angle Podcast

  July 9, 2020
• 149 – David Williams: How Sim Driving Can Help You

  July 9, 2020
• 148 – Rob Wilson: Coaching F1 Drivers, the Perfect Way to Turn, and Confidence!

  July 2, 2020
• 147 – James Chartres: Gaining Confidence and Gaining Speed

  June 25, 2020
• 146 – Tom O’Gorman: Autocross, Simulators, and Those Iconic Blue Sunglasses

  June 18, 2020
• 145 – Scot Elkins: Motorsport Safety Foundation, IMSA, and ALMS

  June 11, 2020
• 144 – Dane Cameron: Driving Styles and What Makes Drivers Fast

  June 4, 2020
• 143 – Andrew Rains: How to Get the Most out of Your Data System

  May 28, 2020
• 142 – Colin Braun: The Balance Between Conscious and Subconscious Driving

  May 21, 2020
• 141 – Dave Peters: Being a HPDE Junkie

  September 12, 2019
• 140 – Travis Okulski: The Future of Road & Track

  September 5, 2019
• 139 – Jim Kearney: How to Win Races

  August 29, 2019
• 138 – Ryan Yard: Motorsport Motivation

  August 22, 2019
• 137 – CJ Wilson: Pro Baseball Player to Race Driver

  August 15, 2019
• 136 – Ryan Staub: Managing Risk on the Track

  August 8, 2019
• 135 – Garth Stein: The Art of Racing in the Rain

  August 1, 2019
• 134 – Preston Lerner: Learning From the Best, Ford GT & Driver Ratings

  July 25, 2019
• 133 – Dr. Barry Seiller & Ryan Warkins: How to Improve Your Driving Vision

  July 18, 2019
• 132 – Brian Bonner: What’s New in Motorsport Sponsorship

  July 11, 2019
• 131 – Steve Olsen: NuCalm Yourself to Faster Driving

  July 4, 2019
• 130 – Peter Krause: What Have You Learned Lately?

  June 27, 2019
• 129 – Davide Tarsitano & Bryce Moore: Dallara Simulator – Amazing Experience!

  June 20, 2019
• 128 – Andy Hollis: One Lap of America & More

  June 13, 2019
• 127 – Kostas Sidiras & Serxio Veiga: One Lap Heroes & the Nurburgring

  June 6, 2019
• 126 – Lawrence Loshak: How to Win at Racing

  May 30, 2019
• 125 – James Colborn: Making Your Driving Comeback

  May 23, 2019
• 124 – Kevin Boehm: How to Win the SCCA Runoffs

  May 16, 2019
• 123 – Jim Mero: Corvette Handling Engineer & Test Driver

  May 9, 2019
• 122 – Bill Thomas: Ferraris, Lotuses, GT40s, Performance Garage & More

  May 2, 2019
• 121 – Steve Spano: Using the Voices in Your Head to Drive Faster

  April 25, 2019
• 120 – Ingrid Steffensen: Fast Girl… Well, Fast Driver, Instructor & Writer

  April 18, 2019
• 119 – Johannes van Overbeek: How to Win Endurance Races

  April 11, 2019
• 118 – Trevor Ashline: Head & Neck Restraint Devices – What You Need to Know

  April 4, 2019
• 117 – Richard Kelley: Waiting – A Photojournalist’s View of F1 in the 70s & 80s

  March 28, 2019
• 116 – Spencer Pumpelly: How to Brake, Pass & Not Use Fluff

  March 21, 2019
• 115 – Peter Puffer: The Psychology of HPDE Instructing

  March 14, 2019
• 114 – Wallace Bradley: How to Know When to Stop Performance Driving

  March 7, 2019
• 113 – Dave Weckl: The Rhythm of Driving (& Drumming)

  February 28, 2019
• 112 – Dr. Shannon Irvine: Psychology, Neuroscience & Performance Driving

  February 21, 2019
• 111 – Adam Jabaay: Slip Angle, Gridlife & How to Grow Driving Events

  February 14, 2019
• 110 – Don Kitch: The Art of Racing in the Rain

  February 7, 2019
• 109 – Greg Woodrow: Why Aussie V8 Supercar Drivers are So Good

  January 31, 2019
• 108 – Chuck Tucker: Life of the HPDE Instructor

  January 24, 2019
• 107 – Andy Pilgrim: Dale Sr, Winning & Teaching Parents to Be Better Role Models

  January 17, 2019
• 106 – Randy Beikmann: The Ideal Cornering Line

  January 10, 2019
• 105 – Trey Shannon: Get Physically Fit to Drive Faster

  January 3, 2019
• 104 – Phil Lombardi: Two Coaches Talking

  December 20, 2018
• 103 – Eric Meyer: Developing Better Performance Drivers

  December 6, 2018
• 102 – Mark Sternberg: F1, Karting, Karma, ADHD & Relieving Oneself!

  November 29, 2018
• 101 – Matthew Walker: Sleep Your Way to Driving Faster

  November 22, 2018
• 100 – Ross Bentley: Hey, I’m The Guest on Episode #100!

  November 15, 2018
• 099 – Bret Holmes: Driving With 3 Pedals

  November 8, 2018
• 098 – John Shoffner: Fast at Any Age

  November 1, 2018
• 097 – Matt Romanowski: Note-taking & Data – A Driver’s Best Friends

  October 25, 2018
• 096 – Tom Long: Breaking Through – Getting Past Plateaus

  October 19, 2018
• 095 – Russ Rosenberg: Racing Under the Illusion of Grandeur

  October 11, 2018
• 094 – Colin Braun: How to Drive Fast Corners Fast (Travels with Colin)

  October 4, 2018
• 093 – Christian Maloof: Driving Momentum Cars

  September 27, 2018
• 092 – Peter Krause: Race & Performance Driver Etiquette

  September 20, 2018
• 091 – Andrew Rains: Psychology of Data Squiggly Lines

  September 13, 2018
• 090 – Paul Tracy: Telling It Like It Is

  September 6, 2018
• 089 – Tom Roberts & Ron Simons: Debriefing the Nurburgring & Spa

  August 30, 2018
• 088 – Billy Johnson: How to Win More Races

  August 23, 2018
• 087 – Chuck Davies: Head Restraints for HPDE & Racing

  August 16, 2018
• 086 – Kevin Madsen: How to Be a Better Performance Driver

  August 9, 2018
• 085 – Matt Farah: Smoking Tires & Heel and Toe

  August 2, 2018
• 084 – Toni Calderon: Career Advice For All Drivers

  July 26, 2018
• 083 – Mike Smith, Josh Herbert & Chris Graham: HPDE to Time Trials to Spec Miata

  July 19, 2018
• 082 – Loren Elmer: Stay Alive – Secrets of a Race Driver

  July 12, 2018
• 081 – Steve Welk: Racer Entrepreneurs & Coaching

  July 5, 2018
• 080 – Brian Makse: Rolexes, Coaching & Comparing Race Cars

  June 28, 2018
• 079 – Colin & Melissa Braun, Sean Rayhall: The Glamorous Life of Race Drivers

  June 21, 2018
• 078 – Mark Lutes, Scott Refert, Ron Gale: Driving Simulators

  June 14, 2018
• 077 – Jordan Taylor: The Best Driving Style

  June 7, 2018
• 076 – Danna Van Noy: Driver’s Guide to Managing Spouses!

  May 31, 2018
• 075 – Jack Baruth: Opinions from the Road & Track Writer

  May 24, 2018
• 074 – Chris Wehrheim: Using Karting to Improve Your Car Driving

  May 17, 2018
• 073 – Cameron Norsworthy: Getting Into Flow

  May 10, 2018
• 072 – Jamie Stiehr: “Good” Racing – Supporting Charities Through Motorsport

  May 3, 2018
• 071 – Marshall Pruett: A Unique Perspective of What The Best Are Made Of

  April 26, 2018
• 070 – Dave Pratte: Learning From Our Mistakes

  April 19, 2018
• 069 – Scott Mann: Choosing Instructing Over Driving

  April 12, 2018
• 068 – Jeff Braun: What Makes The Best, The Best

  April 5, 2018
• 067 – Ed Potkanowicz: How Heat & Hydration Impacts Your Driving

  March 29, 2018
• 066 – Colin Braun: Learning Tracks & The Secrets to His Speed

  March 22, 2018
• 065 – Lyn St. James: Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Shares her Secrets

  March 15, 2018
• 064 – Gama Aguilar-Gamez: Listen to a Coaching Session

  March 8, 2018
• 063 – Heyward Wagner: Where the Heck is the SCCA Going?

  March 1, 2018
• 062 – Elivan Goulart: SCDA & His Secrets to Speed

  February 22, 2018
• 061 – Ann Morey: Getting in The Zone

  February 15, 2018
• 060 – Steve Stepanian: What the Best Performance Drivers Do

  February 8, 2018
• 059 – Dale Sievwright: Making Noise About Electric Cars

  February 1, 2018
• 058 – Erin Vogel: Sensory Visualization, Club DE & Racing

  January 25, 2018
• 057 – David Vodden: The Secrets of Thunderhill!

  January 18, 2018
• 056 – Andrew Rains: Real Time Data & Peripheral Vision

  January 11, 2018
• 055 – Danny Kok: Ice Driving & Making a Racing Comeback

  January 4, 2018
• 054 – Scot Elkins: MSF Instructor Certification & Formula E

  December 28, 2017
• 053 – Peter Carroll: 14 Ways to Improve Your Performance Driving

  December 21, 2017
• 052 – Andrew Comrie-Picard: Sensing & Driving Traction in Rally & Other Forms of Motorsport

  December 14, 2017
• 051 – Brian Bonner: Finding a Racing Sponsor

  December 7, 2017
• 050 – 11 Drivers Talk Favorite Corners, Most Valuable Lessons Learned & Attracting Newbies Into Our Sport

  November 30, 2017
• 049 – Tom Martin: The Winding Road of Motorsport Business

  November 23, 2017
• 048 – Ryan Dalziel: How the Pros Do It & Race Car Coaches

  November 16, 2017
• 047 – Ashton Harrison: Women in Motorsport & Learning to Drive Faster

  November 9, 2017
• 046 – Kevin Fandozzi: How to Treat a Tire!

  November 2, 2017
• 045 – Michael Silver: Learn to Drive Fast in Less Than a Year

  October 26, 2017
• 044 – David & Dylan Murry: Learning to Drive Fast

  October 19, 2017
• 043 – Brian Ghidinelli: Learning New Tracks, Left-Foot-Braking & State of the Sport

  October 12, 2017
• 042 – Ryan Kristoff: Engineer’s View of Electronic Driver Aids

  October 5, 2017
• 041 – Phil Wilkes: Performance Pilot on Track & in Air

  September 28, 2017
• 040 – Simon Kirkby: Life at Lime Rock

  September 21, 2017
• 039 – Sam Smith: Road & Track Writer & Car Guy

  September 14, 2017
• 038 – Steve Smith: Endurance Racing for a Cause

  September 7, 2017
• 037 – Michael O’Neal: Passion for Driving, Porsche & Solopreneur-ing

  August 31, 2017
• 036 – Kenton Koch: Developing Car Control Skills

  August 24, 2017
• 035 – Michael Zimicki: What You Can Learn From a Great Coach

  August 17, 2017
• 034 – TJ Fischer: The View from a Young Pro Racer

  August 10, 2017
• 033 – John Drysdale: 4 Seconds – Lessons from a First Season of Racing

  August 3, 2017
• 032 – Robert Pool: How to Practice to Drive Faster

  July 27, 2017
• 031 – Ryan Staub: Managing Risk & Having Fun

  July 20, 2017
• 030 – Allen Berg: Racing Senna, F1 & Coaching Drivers

  July 13, 2017
• 029 – Terry Earwood: The Voice of Experience

  July 6, 2017
• 028 – Vivek Goel: What The Best Performance Drivers Do

  June 29, 2017
• 027 – Brandon Sneed: How to Get Your Head in the Game of Driving

  June 22, 2017
• 026 – Ron Simons: How to Drive the Nurburgring

  June 15, 2017
• 025 – James Houghton: Lessons from Time Attack

  June 8, 2017
• 024 – Glenn McGee: Advice from a Pro Sim Racer & Race Driver

  June 1, 2017
• 023 – Jesse Love: Up & Coming Superstar

  May 25, 2017
• 022 – Dennis Macchio: A Driver’s Mentor

  May 18, 2017
• 021 – Ian Korf: How to Suck Less at Racing

  May 11, 2017
• 020 – Tyler Clary: Driving Lessons from an Olympic Gold Medalist

  May 4, 2017
• 019 – Michael Roban: What it Takes to Succeed at Racing – or Anything

  April 27, 2017
• 018 – Simon Hayes: Getting Fit to Drive

  April 20, 2017
• 017 – The Ten-Tenths Podcast Guys: 3 Tips to Make You a Faster Driver

  April 13, 2017
• 016 – James McMahon & Davin Sturdivant: Checking the Pulse of Karting

  April 6, 2017
• 015 – Jeff McKague: How to Use Your Vision on Track

  March 30, 2017
• 014 – Ryan Selsor: Using Sim Racing to Drive Faster on Track

  March 23, 2017
• 013 – Dr. Mike O’Neill: Flow, Focus & Driving Fast

  March 16, 2017
• 012 – Matt Covert: Is Smooth Fast & What We Learn From Mistakes

  March 9, 2017
• 011 – Adam Jabaay on Club Racing on No Budget & Gridlife

  March 2, 2017
• 010 – James Colborn: From HPDE Driver to Pro Racing & Data Guru

  February 23, 2017
• 009 – James Chartres: Preparing for a Fun & Successful Event

  February 16, 2017
• 008 – David Ray: How to Get the Most Out of a HPDE & Track Day Event

  February 9, 2017
• 007 – Colin Braun: Driving Tips from a Pro Racer

  February 2, 2017
• 006 – Tom Long: Climbing the Pro Driver Ladder & Driving an Aero Car

  January 26, 2017
• 005 – Peter Krause on How to Learn a New Track

  January 19, 2017
• 004 – Joey Todd: Low Budget Racing & HPDE

  January 12, 2017
• 003 – Kevin York & The Driver’s Mind

  January 5, 2017
• 002 – Jeff Braun: The Engineer’s Perspective of Drivers

  January 2, 2017
• 001: Frank Greif & The 3 Things The Best Drivers Do

  December 30, 2016