Show notes
This week VERY VEHICULAR welcomes JR Hildebrand: Race Driver and Veteran of THAT Indy 500 Crash back in 2011. Scotto and JR get philosophical as they break down the maybes and what-ifs they’ve each encountered through the many forks in life’s road. Mainly though, they’re here to figure out the answer to motorsports’ entertainment problem. Drawing from his deep well of experience behind the wheel, JR’s manifesto for setting racing ‘off’ rather than on the straight and narrow is compelling. Scotto, as ever, brings both a viewer’s and a director’s eye to bear on the problem at hand, because at the end of the day, don’t we all deserve to be entertained? Enjoy!@JRHildebrand@BrianScotto @321ActionActionPartners:Vyper IndustrialFCP EuroHeatwave VisualWera ToolsProducer: Nick Rutter @nickrutterartsMusic: SlikSound Patreon: https://patreon.com/u37266647https://bio.site/321actionactionpodcasts@321actionaction.com00:00 - Welcome & Introduction00:54 - Sponsors: Vyper Industrial, Heat Wave & Wera Tools03:19 - Meeting JR Pre Internet04:20 - That Crash at Indy and What Ifs15:27 - JR’s Road to Racing and a Career in Indy27:05 - Rufus: A Way to Fix Motorsport?39:19 - Flow State: Did Senna Really See Himself From Above?42:11 - Hitting the Speed Ceiling. Is Speed Even the Right Thing to Chase?46:30 - Nostalgia for Group B, Rose-tinted Glasses?48:02 - Sponsor: FCP Euro56:05 - So If Not Speed, What Becomes the North Star?59:31 - Cut Downforce Add Power01:03:01 - Rally Style And the Loeb of it all01:14:22 - Storytelling in Racing01:22:56 - Meetings With NASCAR01:25:54 - How TV Shaped Racing01:27:39 - Mickey Thompson Tangent01:33:47 - Can The Existing Series Evolve? Or Do We Need To Burn It Down?01:40:09 - Check Out The Patreon01:48:03 - Rufus - The Vision02:09:55 - Downforce Sucks. Get Rid Of It02:11:04 - Blackbird66 and the Mark 102:25:19 - Looking For A Proof As A Beacon02:29:28 - One Off Events at Iconic Tracks02:34:21 - Thoughts On Rob Dahm’s Laguna Seca Track Record Ambition
