IndyCar Driver Interviews Ahead Of The Indy 500

IndyCar Driver Interviews Ahead Of The Indy 500

Bringing you all the exclusive interviews with IndyCar Drivers as they gear up for the upcoming Indianapolis 500! Tune in to 93.1 WIBC and 93.5 & 107.5 The Fan to catch all the insights and excitement. Stay ahead of the action with in-depth discussions and behind-the-scenes stories from the drivers themselves!

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March 13, 2026 12 mins

Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood joins the show from Arlington ahead of this weekend’s IndyCar race to detail how drivers familiarize themselves with a track before getting in the car, share if he received a tour of the Dallas Cowboys facility with the race being right next to their stadium, and reveals how things are going so far with Will Power joining the team in the offseason.

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ECR’s Christian Rasmussen joins Query & Company ahead of Sunday’s race to recap his performance in Phoenix, if he has talked to Will Power since their collision in the race that ultimately took him out of contention for the win, highlights how he has become so comfortable racing on ovals, and tries to compare Denmark to a part of the United States.   

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Team Penske’s Tim Cindric joins Query & Company to recap how the first race of the season went for his driver, Scott McLaughlin, yesterday at St. Pete, shares how he got through last season after being let go for some of the issues the team had last year, comments on if he feels exonerated from all the issues the last two years at Team Penske since they brought him back, and reveals what his experience was like at the Oly...

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Team Penske’s newest driver, David Malukas, joins the program to preview the start of the NTT IndyCar Series this weekend down in St. Pete. Jake asks David if he prefers to race in on an oval, street, or road course and he shares how he thought his racing career was over following the bicycle accident that resulted in his contract being voided with Arrow McLaren. Finally, he answers some rapid-fire questions so that you can g...

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Penske IndyCar driver Scott McLaughlin joins us and discusses his bet with Ed Carpenter for Pacers/Knicks, his Knicks fandom, is he going to do the double himself and race in the 500 and attend Game 3?, what it’s like going airborne, slamming beers at the 100th running of the 500, his golf game, Robert Shwartzman winning the pole, the Wienie Mobile race at the 500 & more! 

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ECR owner and driver, Ed Carpenter, joining the show to elaborate on how mentally refreshing it is being out of the car today, hates that the Team Penske story is taking away from all the positive things that have happened this month, takes us behind the scenes on filming a commercial for Java House, touches on the addition of Alexander Rossi to the team in the offseason, and reacts to Rake brining up that only seven people will ha...

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Team Penske driver Will Power joins Greg Rakestraw to discuss how much he can lean on his experience from starting from the back of the field to try and work his way forward on Sunday, states that there isn’t much of a difference from the car last year to this year with the hybrid, and shares the best part about coming back to IMS every year.

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Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin joins Greg Rakestraw to start the second hour of the show to reveal what he’s doing on the first day not in a racecar, takes us through the Sunday morning practice accident, states that Scott Dixon’s Indy 500 win in 2008 is what made his dream as a kid from New Zealand winning the race a true reality, shares what his race day experience was like in 2016 when he attended as a fan, and ...

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IndyCar driver and owner Ed Carpenter joins us to discuss his car and team heading into the race, the Penske penalties levied yesterday, would he be open to having a third-party run rules and regulations for IndyCar?, his thoughts on Robert Shwartzman winning the pole, the old saying about “the track decides the winner” & more! 

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The 2025 Indianapolis 500 polesitter, Robert Shwartzman, joins Jake Query to take him through his qualifying mindset after an up and down week of practicing. He explains the significance of being the first Israeli to qualify for the Indy 500 and reacts to Josef Newgarden’s prediction that he would be on pole during a visit on IndyCar Radio with Jake Query. 

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Two-time Indy 500 winner, Al Unser Jr., joins Jake Query at IMS to preview an upcoming event he has with Willy T Ribbs at the IMS Museum. Additionally, he goes back in time to winning his first Indy 500 in 1992, his relationship with his dad (Al) and uncle (Bobby) growing up, reacts to a story that Jake tells him about his Uncle Bobby, and touches on some of the struggles he had in his life.  

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We flip the calendar to May, which means IMS President Doug Boles joined the Fan Morning Show to kick off the wildest month of the year and what fans can expect this year at the IMS! 

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Meyer Shank Racing co-owner Mike Shank joins The Ride With JMV!

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Tom Blomqvist of Meyer Shank Racing joins The Ride With JMV!

 

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May 23, 2024 9 mins

Conor Daly joins the Hammer and Nigel show to talk about what it was like growing up in the state of racing to becoming one of the top IndyCar Drivers.

A second-generation driver, Daly is the son of Derek Daly, and has competed in Formula One and the INDYCAR SERIES for over a decade. His mother, Beth Boles, won a Novice Jet Ski World title in 1990, and his stepfather, J. Douglas Boles, is the president of Indianapolis Motor Speedwa...

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Ed Carpenter joins The Ride With JMV!

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Rinus VeeKay of ECR joins The Ride With JMV!

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Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, Al Unser Jr. joins Jake Query & Jimmy Cook in studio again to preview this weekend’s 108th running of the Indianapolis 500. Little Al shares what this week entails for a driver with all the down time, the mindset of a driver when the weather come race day is questionable, tries to forecast what this race could look like, explains what one of the most underrated parts about the race is, and does...

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A.J. Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci joins us and talks about his confidence level starting in Row 2, “pissing excellence”, where his confidence comes from, his conversations with Kyle Larson and pulling off the double, his reaction if he ever won & more!

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Arrow McLaren owner Sam Schmidt joins us to discuss the importance of this month from an ownership standpoint, how the team fared at qualifying, what’s struck him most about Kyle Larson and what he’s attempting on Sunday & more!

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