Alex talks to mechanic, engineer, former race team crew chief, podcaster, and racing documentarian extraordinaire, Marshall Pruett. They cover a wide range of topics including an app recommendation; how writing relates to photography and filmmaking; being "part of a packing list": growing up in a Bay Area British car repair shop: street parking a race car: world-building via the Indy 500 radio broadcast; being a teenage jerk while Mario Andretti is trying to do his job; teaching an Indycar to play the national anthem; the stopping point in a race crew career; a stint at the worst biotech firm in Berkeley; Impostor Syndrome: Reporter Edition; favorite motorsports writers, photographers, and podcasts; emergency sponsorships; 1,620 episodes his podcast; and an ode to the racing and overall car community.

You can find Marshall in many places including on his website, as host of the Marshall Pruett Podcast, on Racer.com, in Road & Track, or at ESPN.com.

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