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RECAP: 2025 IndyCar Season — w/ Marshall Pruett
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- It's Not the Car
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- Oct 14, 2025
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- 3800
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Summary
IndyCar is a gnarly old series, and 2025 was one of the sport’s gnarliest seasons. So we asked the one and only Marshall Pruett to break it all down—own the mic, spit Palou truth, don’t hold back. (That’s Pruett's secret—he never holds back.) Select Pruett bona fides: decades of paddock reporting for RACER, ESPN, and Road & Track. Hosts the Marshall Pruett Podcast , which you should totally check out. Also, he’s on a first-name basis with Chip Ganassi’s lawyer. Select IndyCar gnar, 2025: Scandals! Lawsuits! Chevrolet and Penske face-plants! Plus a mild-mannered Spaniard somehow nuking the entire field from orbit to land his fourth consecutive title in a way no one thought possible. Plus, Pruett calls Sam names and orders Jeff a sandwich in this one. What’s not to love? This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “Guest Teaches Everybody.” This episode was produced by Sam Smith. ** 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 peopl…