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Just wanted to give you a heads up I'm ceasing uploading audio-only podcasts.  For the time being, I'll be strictly at "Traction Podcast with Steve Zautke" on YouTube.  Please subscribe to me there.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLvSELUFI9V1Eg8UpVEHQQ Thank you for you support.  Steve Zautke 

Auto Racing was certainly dangerous in the 1950's and 1960's as Steve Zautke discusses with noted author, Denny Miller. The duo chat about drivers like Pat O'Connor, Ed Elisian, Jerry Unser, Jimmy Bryan and Tony Bettenhausen. All brave gladiators who gave it their all. This discussion is not for the faint of heart. Viewer discretion is advised. Thank you to Vintage Indy in Brownsburg, IN for their hospitality.  Look up Sachsational!!! The Screenplay by Denny Miller ISBN: 9781665556378 Don't forget to like and subscribe to Traction Media on YouTube too.

Steve Zautke and Tony DiZinno break down the Indianapolis 500 and the craziest final 18-laps of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. #Indy500 #IndyCar

Excepts from the 2023 GMR Indy Grand Prix post-race press conference. Alex Palou discusses his win after the 2023 GMR Indy Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Plus, bonus Pato O'Ward excepts.  #IndyGP #IndyCar 

Excerpts from post-race press conference. Second & Third place finishers Pato O'Ward and Alexander Rossi discuss their podium finishes after the 2023 GMR Indy Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Arrow McLaren team believes they're knocking on the door to the top step.

Steve Zautke chats with Raoul "Sonny" Balcaen about his outstanding new book. Raoul ‘Sonny’ Balcaen grew up in Los Angeles at a time when it became the epicentre of American motor racing, nurturing a vast talent pool of people whose influence has echoed through to today. As a teenager, he successfully competed with his home-built Top Fuel dragster during the formative years of the sport. With Lance Reventlow, he worked on the famous Scarab sports cars and was standing in the dyno room when the team’s all-American Formula 1 engine was fired up for the first time. A period as Jim Hall’s crew chief and a close association with Carroll Shelby added to the know-how that guided him towards becoming a successful entrepreneur and led to all that followed. This engaging memoir is the very personal history of a momentous time and place in which we meet a who’s who of West Coast road-racing heroes.

Steve Zautke interviews Jon Saltinstall. His new book, Jacky Ickx -His Authorised Competition History is about one of the true greats of motor racing. In a career spanning nearly 40 years, Ickx was both highly successful and hugely versatile, racing at the highest level in a wide variety of categories — including Formula 1, sports cars, touring cars and rally raids — and winning throughout. Among many accolades, Ickx won the Le Mans 24 Hours an unprecedented six times and twice finished runner-up in the Formula 1 World Championship. This exhaustively researched book has been written with his full co-operation and outlines every one of the 565 races that he contested in cars and on motorcycles, forming a detailed and insightful record of his racing life supported by over 850 photographs, many of which have never been published before.

Steve Zautke debriefs with Eddie LePine as they chat about the RRDC Dinner with Jacky Ickx , Petersen Museum, Indy Car and IMSA races at Long Beach. Plus, Historic F1 cars and why Liberty Media purchasing IndyCar doesn't add up.

Eddie LePine joins Steve Zautke as they discuss the fallout from last weekend's Sebring races. The WEC and IMSA races created big storylines for Cadillac and Toyota as they took the top step on the podium. Ferrari, BMW and Porsche continue to gain as the action begins to heat up.

Eddie LePine chats with the legendary Hurley Haywood about the new Porsche 963, the Rolex 24 and his history with Peter Gregg and Brumos.

Jack Webster and Eddie LePine are trackside at Daytona and make their Rolex 24 predictions. How did they do?

Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura scored a big win at the 2023 #Rolex24 . It was MSR's third Rolex24 win. It was their second consecutive victory in the Rolex24 in a Acura ARX-06 shared by the speedy pair of Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, shared with veterans, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud. MSR led lead a one-two for Honda's prestige brand. Rolex trophies along with their Indy 500 win are starting to add up. Can they be considered a super team?  Steve Zautke discuss the race with #IMSA insider, Eddie LePine along with the exciting LMP2 finish and Cooper MacNeil's final race.