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BONUS Episode PREVIEW – Listener Q&A – 11/25
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- It's Not the Car
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- Dec 5, 2025
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- 707
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Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-bonus-144929992 ** NDQ is our listener Q&A series! Have questions about performance driving, race engineering, setup, or anything else? Hit us up: [email protected] There are no dumb questions in racing… but there might be some dumb answers. ** ANSWERED THIS MONTH: //2:30 – How do pro drivers in long endurance races get by without sleeping? // 19:50 – How should you think about the beginning of braking as entry speeds change? // 35:30 – How do you stop overthinking behind the wheel? // 38:20 – How can you improve your driving without data or video? // 41:00 – How can you improve if you don’t know what to work on first? ** 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! [email protected] ** Check out Sam's book! Smithology: Thoughts, Travels, and Semi-Plausible Car Writing, 2003–2023 ** Where to find us: https://www.instagram.com/intcpod https://www.instagram.com/thatsamsmith/ https://www.instagram.com/j.v.braun/ https://www.instagram.com/rossbentley/ https://rossbentley.substack.com/ https://speedsecrets.com/ ** ABOUT THE SHOW: It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts. Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver, a bestselling author, and a world-renowned performance coach. Jef…