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Get to know FOX Sports Producer Pam Miller and FOX’s plans for its IndyCar Series Coverage Jan 29, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 5, EPISODE 7 – Get to know FOX Sports Producer Pam Miller and FOX’s plans for its IndyCar Series Coverage

January 27, 2025

Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with an exclusive, in-depth interview with FOX Sports Coordinating Producer Pam Miller, who details the exciting plans as FOX Sports begins its first season as the exclusive television home of the NTT IndyCar Series.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

Look for a special “Bonus Edition” of Pit Pass Indy later this week.

“Racing Day” at the Detroit Auto Show with drivers Josef Newgarden and David Malukas, Penske Corporation President Bud Denker and Michael Montri Jan 24, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 5, EPISODE 6 – “Racing Day” at the Detroit Auto Show with drivers Josef Newgarden and David Malukas, Penske Corporation President Bud Denker and Michael Montri

January 23, 2025

Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with a special bonus edition of Pit Pass Indy from “Racing Day” at the Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place in downtown Detroit.

Pit Pass Indy was there and has exclusive interviews with two-time and back-to-back Indianapolis 500 winning driver Joseph Newgarden of Team Penske, driver David Malukas of AJ Foyt Racing, Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix President Michael Montri and Penske Corporation President Bud Denker.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

Celebrating Josef Newgarden and Roger Penske collecting their “Baby Borg” Trophies for winning the 108th Indianapolis 500 Jan 22, 2025

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Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with a special “Baby Borg” edition of Pit Pass Indy from a special ceremony at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan on January 16.

Pit Pass Indy was there and has exclusive interviews with two-time and back-to-back Indianapolis 500 winning driver Joseph Newgarden of Team Penske along with team owner Roger Penske, who has a record Indianapolis 500 victories as team owner.

Also, Martin has an exclusive interview with BorgWarner Executive Vice

President and Chief Operating Officer Jospeh Fadool and Michelle

Collins, Global Director, Communications and Marketing.

Later this week, look for a special bonus edition of Pit Pass Indy from “Racing Day” at the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

“Deep Dive” interview with Team Penske Managing Director, IndyCar, Ron Ruzewski Jan 17, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 5, EPISODE 4 – “Deep Dive” interview with Team Penske Managing Director, IndyCar, Ron Ruzewski

January 17, 2025

Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with an exclusive bonus edition of Pit Pass Indy with an exclusive “Deep Dive” interview with Team Penske Managing Director, IndyCar, Ron Ruzewski.

In this exclusive interview, Ruzewski tells Martin the feeling of heartbreak of not being at the Indianapolis 500 in person for Josef Newgarden’s back-to-back Indy 500, but the tremendous pride he felt for the team rallying back from the adversity of the “Push-To-Pass” scandal. Ruzewski also reflects on the 2024 season and looks head to 2025.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

Get to know IndyCar’s newest team – Prema Racing with drivers Callum Ilott and Robert Schwartzman, Sporting Advisor Ryan Briscoe and team owner Rene Rosin Jan 15, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 5, EPISODE 3 – Get to know IndyCar’s newest team – Prema Racing with drivers Callum Ilott and Robert Schwartzman, Sporting Advisor Ryan Briscoe and team owner Rene Rosin

January 14, 2025

Show host Bruce Martin introduces you to IndyCar’s newest team – PREMA. The Italian operation joins IndyCar as a full-time, two-car team in 2025 featuring drivers Callum Ilott of Cambridge, England and rookie driver Robert Shwartzman of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Martin has exclusive interviews with both drivers as well as PREMA Sporting Advisor Ryan Briscoe and team owner Rene Rosin on this edition of Pit Pass Indy.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

On the Road to the Daytona 500 with four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves Jan 10, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 5, EPISODE 2 – On the Road to the Daytona 500 with four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves

January 10, 2025

Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with an exclusive bonus edition of Pit Pass Indy as he talks to four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves, who announced on January 6, 2025, that he has joined forces with Trackhouse Racing’s PROJECT91 team to compete in the 67th Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series race.

Castroneves will attempt to make his first NASCAR Cup Series start in the No. 91 Wendy’s Chevrolet for Trackhouse on February 16.

In this exclusive interview, Castroneves tells Martin how it all came together and his outlook as one of the Indy 500’s greatest legends prepares to race against NASCAR’s biggest stars.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

Deep Dive in 2025 with Bobby Rahal Jan 08, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 5, EPISODE 1 – Deep Dive in 2025 with Bobby Rahal

January 7, 2025

Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with an extensive, informative “Deep Dive” interview with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing co-owner Bobby Rahal, who won the 1986 Indianapolis 500 as a driver. He was also a three-time CART champion.

Rahal discusses a variety of topics from his optimism for IndyCar in 2025 and how he rebounded from his low point in 1993 when he became the first reigning IndyCar Series champion to miss the following year’s Indianapolis 500 since Kelly Petillo in 1936.

Also, look out for a special “bonus edition” later this week exploring four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves announcing he has entered the 2025 Daytona 500 with Project91 and Trackhouse Racing.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

Racing into the New Year with Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles Jan 01, 2025

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 65 – Racing into the New Year with Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles

December 31, 2024

Happy New Year to everyone from Pit Pass Indy.

Show host Bruce Martin races into 2025 with an extensive, informative “Deep Dive” interview with Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles. Penske Entertainment owns IndyCar, the Indianapolis 500 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Miles discusses the major decisions from 2024 and how those decisions should produce positive results in 2025.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

From all of us at Pit Pass Indy, Happy New Year!

A ‘Season of Celebration’ with NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano and 2-Time Indianapolis 500 Winner Josef Newgarden of Team Penske Dec 25, 2024

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 64 – A ‘Season of Celebration’ with NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano and 2-Time Indianapolis 500 Winner Josef Newgarden of Team Penske

December 24, 2024

Show host Bruce Martin has a special “Season of Celebration” edition of Pit Pass Indy, featuring two of the biggest winners in auto racing in 2004. Martin has exclusive interview with 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano and two-time and back-to-back Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden.

Both drivers are with Team Penske.

During this special time when we celebrate the holidays, throw another log on the fire, grab another cup of Egg Nog, enjoy the aroma of the Turkey, Prime Rib or Ham roasting in the oven and enjoy this special holiday edition of Pit Pass Indy.

From all of us at Pit Pass Indy, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

Mark Montieth, author of ‘VUCKOVICH The Man Who Wouldn’t Lift’ Dec 18, 2024

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PIT PASS INDY – SEASON 4, EPISODE 63 – Mark Montieth, author of ‘VUCKOVICH The Man Who Wouldn’t Lift’

December 17, 2024

Show host Bruce Martin has a special Pit Pass Indy, featuring an exclusive interview with Mark Montieth, an author and former sportswriter at The Indianapolis Star who helped turn a manuscript that was also 70 years old into a book on one of the greatest legends in Indianapolis 500 history.

The book is entitled, “VUKOVICH The Man Who Wouldn’t Lift” and tells the incredible life story of the great Bill Vukovich, who won back-to-back Indianapolis 500s in 1953 and 1954 and was running away with the lead in the 1955 500-Mile Race before he was killed while leading the race in a crash on the backstretch. He was just 36 years old.

Racing fans have heard the name “Bill Vukovich” but few know the story of the man. Montieth was able to take a manuscript written by Indianapolis News sportswriter Angelo Angelopolous, who died of Leukemia in 1962, into a hardcover book by Halfcourt Press in Indianapolis.

The book is available at Amazon.com or by contacting Mark Montieth at markmontieth55@gmail.com.

Signed copies are also available by contacting Montieth. It would make a great Christmas or holiday gift for any Indianapolis 500 or IndyCar fan.

For more INDYCAR coverage, follow Bruce Martin at X, previously known as Twitter, at @BruceMartin_500

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