The King Hiro IndyCar Podcast with Kirby and Justin

Post 500 analysis!  Penske over reaction?  They.  Quick fixes to fundamental problems.   Quality of 500 race and old issues.  Indy 500 ratings.  The value of experience at the 500.  Palou.  The futures of Malukas and Ericsson. Daly flubs a joke...Detroit preview and picks.  Irony...@hiroindycar

The big one!  Indy 500 preview and qualifications review.  Kirb and Justin put their wisdom out there for the masses.  Young MC vs MC Hammer.  Curious things about Townsend Bell.  Team RLL.  Dennis Hauger.  Indy 500 wrecks, why and is it good?  Can we expect a good race?  The funny part of the Penske cheating scandal.  The Boys pick their favorites for the race.  Enjoy!  @hiroindycar

The Boys are back!  Cat hair and Tony Kanann.  New Indycar museum.  The trials and tribulations of RLL.    The Katherine Legge controversy and what it means.  3 races in, what can be said about IC and F1? Alarm bells ringing?  Solutions...Honda leaving? Lundgaard and what he needs to do now.   Picks for Barber.  @hiroindycar

Two races done.  Indy car entertainment factor vs F1 for the first two races.  Helmet Marko and the Pope. Nasr.  Broke-ass owners.  Graham Rahal, the plusses and minuses.  Power.  In defense of Thermal.  Who is doing what so far?  The Long Beach picks.  And more...@hiroindycar

Shortest Episode in a long time!  The Boys look back on St. Pete and discuss the inherent problem with the race.  Justin offers a solution.  The Fox broadcast.   Jack Harvey.  Katherine Legge.  Sato.  Colton Herta. Is Piastri better than Norris? Thermal preview.  Enjoy this brief explosion of thougthfulness.    @hiroindycar

The Season finally begins!  The boys lay out their picks and gambling advice for the upcoming St. Pete Grand Prix.  The boys touch on a few other things, follow up of Jay Frye, Jamie Little, and Justin pays homage to the Grand Tour and Top Gear.  @hiroindycar

The prediction episode!  The Boys lay it out for the year as they always do.  In addition, Helio's fire suit, F1 races in Africa, nudity at the Grammys, Will Power power moves, stoners in high school, Jay Frye's firing, Connor Daly, and so much more! The predictions for champion, 500 winner, ROY, etc.  Enjoy!  @hiroindycar

Happy New Year!  The Boys are back!   Connor Daly attributes.   Advertising?    Aluminum vs magnesium.  Helio.  Preeeema.  Will Buxton, FOX, and F1.    Thermal vs the Notre Dame game.  Marco is back.  They has a doppleganger.  Going to mass.  Enjoy the first effort of Seasoin 6!  @hiroindycar

Justin's immune system.   Gavin Ward and leavig The Firm.  Prema prospects.    The F1 promoter business model.  MId-Ohio upgrades and IC vs. F1 tracks.  The German auto industry.  RLL.  Some startling super license stats. 2027 chassis discussion  THis and so much more  @hiroindycar

Turkey week!  How bad are the Andretti's hated?  Martin Brundle brilliance.  Why was the Vegas F1 race boring?  How F1 shapes a schedule change and why.  How long do you have to report on motor racing to understand the concept of a pay-driver?  Connor Daly and the hustle.  More on charters.  Where we part ways with Jack Benyon.  IC marketing improvements.  Enjoy!  @hiroindycar

The Boys tackle the off-season with vigor.Danica , politics, mini-skirt.  Zapata Holdings. Who has the most Indycar races?  Bourdais: fall from grace or biding time? Prema drivers and prospects.  Upcoming Thermal test.  They and the charters.  How is Fox going to make qualifying compelling without a streaming service?  This and so much more.  @hiroindycar

Some things are worth waiting for.  This episode is.  Big Jim and the couch.  Dallas race observations.  Fox's good start.  Bourdais and the creep factor.  Hy-Vee and RLL.  Jamie Chadwick, Halie Deegan and Indycar. Rinus and Coyne.  The Boys review their predictions for 2024 and test for accuracy.  This and so much more! @hiroindycar

Enter the off-season but a surprisingly active one to start off.  The Boys bring it.  Energy levels and mental tires.  Is Max crying wolf?  What really happend at ECR?  Foyt goes to Indy.  Green Bay Packers vs Indycar.  The charters explained.  What is the value of a charter?  Objective RLL situation analysis.  And more...@hiroindycar

The season ends and our boys sum it up briefly then off to the future. HOPE! Credit to Scott Borchetta.  Will Power belts.  The wonderful business opportunities associated with IC.  SPACS and charters.   Leader Circle and Speedway Bob.  Townsend Bell-alarmist.  Where is Rossi going?  This and more.  @hiroindycar

The last one before the end of the season!  The Boys dig in to the "New" Indycar and its meaning.  Kirby curses a lot.    Is Mark Miles trying to get fired?  Justin defends Newgarden.  Milwaukee review.  Power, analysis of season and Justin gets him an important mention in Australian media.  Which sponsor is leaving the series?  Leader circle analysis.  Nashville picks.  @hiroindycar

The Boys skipped a week but give you a double scoop here.  Kirb sees Pearl Jam.  Gateway talk.  More hybrid observations.  HAL.  Will Power: isolation, darkness, and greatness.  Newgarden.  Penske driver evaluations.  F1/ IC parallels.  Milwaukee picks. @hiroindycar

Olympic break over and time to get to it.  Justin talks Indycar podcasts and plans to take over the world.  Prema new facilities.  F1 movements and how it affects Indycar for next year.  Logan Sargeant's questionable approach to Indycar.  Driving spots open for next year and who is going to fill them?  Rahal team.  The balance of the season and potential issues.  Honda and IC?  Our suggestion.  Picks for Gateway.  @hiroindycar

The wait is over!  The Boys are back!  Horrendous podcast ratings.  Is Bobby Rahal a typical Dad?  McLaren, Theo and Siegel and Zak Brown's sanity.  The most exciting driver in Indycar.  Ed Carpenter's spouts off and Justin tips his hat to Hinch and Rossi.  The problem of weight.  Is the hybrid verdict in?  Toronto review.  Kirby forgets Scott Goodyear.  Herta dominates.  Childish F1.  Max, poor loser.  Leader Circle update and analysis.  A good one here...@hiroindycar

Kirb goes to Mid-Ohio and reports! Justin spares Kirb in his editing.  The mind-blowing decision about Perez.  Zanardi Jr.  Crowded qualifying.  Suggestions for the hybrid.  Chicago NASCAR and Indycar Detroit.  Iowa discussion and predictions.  @hiroindycar

Hard to be a podcaster these days.  You record an episode and all hell breaks loose.  The Boys do their best to stay on top.    Poor ratings.   Mid-Ohio predictions.  Laguna review and commentary.  NTT data.  The Cheater. Rossi out.  Lundgaard  in.  Bobby Rahal, King of the Mountain.   F1.  The word "retard". Dutch film.  Hybrid hopes.  @hiroindycar

Justin is in Europe but the show goes on!  Perez signs for another two years and could it happen in IC? Parnelli Jones.  Lil' Dave to Shank. Road America review. Are we going to stop talking about Marcus Armstrong?  McLaren forgets how to count.    The new TV deal.   RA vs Detroit.  Newgo always thinks he should win.  Rolling Stone magazine .Indy NXT.  The new TV deal.  Laguna Seca picks.  @hironindycar

Detroit!  Rock City!    Does Dale Coyne want the year to end?  The Indycar effect on aging.  Flavor Flav!  Detroit recap and its effect on the Championship.  Debate on the quality, timing, and broadcast of the Detroit race.  Rossi and Silly Season.  THEY.  Robin MIller, missed.  Picks for Road America.  @hiroindycar

The Boys survive another 500!    Exhaustion sets in after a marathon day.  Monaco vs. the 500.  TRADITION!   Andretti despair.  This year's biggest "What if"?  Pag's surprising involvement with Scotty M.  Honda's despair.  A big mistake from the highest-paid driver in the series.  Justin's annoyances.  Talk of cheating.  Detroit predictions and Flavor Flav.  Enjoy two tired guys talking.  @hiroindycar

The Boys tell it all after Indy qualifying.  Will any F1 drivers be looking at IC next year?  The trials and tribulations of Dale Coyne racing.  Nolan Siegel. IC gets qualification weekend right.  The Boys discuss Kathrine Legge.  Kyle Larson and his F1 prospects.  Roger Penske, tone deaf?  Who should drive the pace car?  Predictions for the 500.  Enjoy this one.  @hiroindycar

It's May and Indycar is in full bloom.  The Boys take it on. Kirby gets his comeuppance on his snark.  The most important, yet ignored issue in Indycar.    Kirb recaps his experience at the Indy road course GP.    Marcus Armstrong a victim of team orders?  Justin breaks some IMSA news.  The Penske cheating scandal...again.   Picks for Indy 500 qualifying and bump predictions.  @hiroindycar

Why can't the band stay together?  The Indycar pattern.  The Boys put the PTP controversy to bed.  Adam and Eve.  The levels of embarrassment.  Back to bashing They.  More suggestions for T. Bell.  Barber race review.  Kirby gets snarky.   IC TV ratings.  David Malukas.    Predictions for the upcoming Indy GP.  @hiroindycar

In the times of Indycar turmoil, who better to turn to than the calm and rational commentary of the Boys?  No one.  They tackle it all.  Lance Stroll.  The questionable intelligence of the F1 fan.  The massive hole in the schedule.  The true rookie test.  Zak Brown's advice to IC. Theo.  Autonomous car racing. Discussion of the Penske cheating scandal.  Barber picks.  @hiroindycar

Keeping it fresh...Connor Daly's baffling sponsor.  Justin and his Kathrine Legge problem.  Justin talks about F1 and Kirby barely tolerates it.  Unfortunate times for Little Dave.  The last talk of Thermal and the Miles spin.  A new Indycar team, what could it mean?  Predictions for Long Beach.  @hiroindycar

The boys are back from their extended break, in line with the IC schedule and the tackle it head on.  Connor Daly finding his calling?  What is Newgarden worth? What is the best way to spin the Indycar ratings?  The podium.  Kirb's ballast idea better than thought?  The Bourdais interview that wasn't.  David Beckham and Christian Horner.  Who do the Boys not talk enough about?  Some Thermal talk.  Cursing on the NBC broadcast.  Lot more here.  @hiroindycar

One race in the bag! Outcomes of the weekend briefly reviewed. New season starts and the girlfriend/ wife parade begins.  Which driver is overachieving?   Newgo, a new man?  How to curtail fuel saving?  F1 talk but not much.  Andretti's comments about IC and their merit.  Is Penske too conservative for the entertainment business?  Honda going to NASCAR?  Feelings about Thermal.  @hiroindycar

The one you have been waiting for!  Pre- season predictions and so much more! Trademark infringement a new revenue source for IC? Going Zak Brown?  Are we finally getting through to IC? Miles- better lucky than good?  F1,  Yuki vs Danny Rics.  Alpine woes and arrogance.  Predictions for the year.  ROY, Championship, Indy 500, Top 10, etc. St. Pete predictions.  Dixon debated.  The Coyne situation.  @hiroindycar

The season approaches.  The Boys get one last off season out before the action begins.  Subjects tackled: Is the F1 Andretti snub good for IC?  Chicken and egg? F1 DTS script already written?  Hybrid improvements.  Bartesian.  Extreme E and Elon Musk.  Penske's conundrum with franchises.   The two routes for IC.  Little Dave's misfortune.  Justin and self-abuse.  Andretti Global update.  @hiroindycar

The Boys are back and ready to face the music.  Justin annouces longer and fewer.  What is up with the KH marketing department?  What is the benefit of more teams in IC? Pagenaud.  24 hours of Daytona analyzed.  Indycar "extra" drivers. Who do we want to be have the new media deal for IC?  Justin takes a shot at "old people".  They Boys review their picks last year and see how they did as the results are in with interesting results.  @hiroindycar

They are back!  The Boys took some well-deserved time away and put their thoughts into the state of play at Indycar these days.  Topics covered-Taylor Swift, Notre Dame's momentum,  the mundane off-season, RP's state of mind, the console game, Honda leaving and Chevy happy?, car owner's business accumen,  Hinch, Gil De Ferran, Lindsey Brewer, and Cale Yarborough.  @hiroindycar

Wow, wow, wow.....The Boys continue the off-season, longer format to dig deep on the Indycar (and other's) world.  The podcast continues to be a source of wisdom in a world gone wild. In this episode-The Indycar off season and the problems with it.  F1 goes to Las Vegas and the Boys comment.  Danny Rics.  Haas, a missed opportunity? Would you prefer Liberty to run Indycar?  The upcoming rights fees sale for Indycar and what NASCAR's recent deal calculates out to.  Alex Palou's problems analyzed.  Where is the big event in 2025?  @hiroindycar

Heard of the Dan Gurney white paper?  The Boys do their own version here.  As Indycar faces an existential crisis, the Boys do their part by presenting their own 5 point plans for the survival and thrival (sic) of Indycar.  Some shocking stuff here, particularly at the end.  Enjoy and engage! @hiroindycar

The Boys stick to the longer and less frequent format in the off season.  The status of the Andretti Global building.  Justin recaps his Vegas trip and elaborates on F1's arrival there and the NASCAR driving experience.  Spurious reasoning from F1 teams.  Hybrid at the 500?  Hampson's move.  i-racing picks up another one.  Danica "returns?"  Kirby and Justin fight about F1 rule infractions.  Foyt team future and others.  Kirby asks questions.  @hiroindycar

OK.  The season is over and it took awhile to get this one out.  But the wait is rewarded with an extra long episode! (insert sarcastic comment here).  The Boys  look  at Kirby's dulcid tones,  the Argentine controversy,  the 5th CGR car and GodTV.  Kirby shocks Justin over Danica/ Truex.   Analysis and commentary on the 24 schedule and what it means.  Kirby talks about engine manufacturers and their games and puts forth an extremely interesting theory.  Justin makes his apologies to Indycar drivers.  ECR driver battle.  F1 without Max?  Long but good! @hiroindycar

The end of the season is here!  Is everything awesome?  Was the season finale at Laguna Seca a S--- show?  Helio signs off...After Power retires, who will be the Boy's favorite driver?  Who is looking like a future champion?  What is going on with Laguna Seca?  Marty Schneider!  Does danger make a sport more popular?  Do you have to have a bad car for good racing?  Justin says something good about Indycar.The Leader's Circle, final report.  The hospitality suite competition and Penske's broke-ass circus tent.  Dixon.    Next year's interesting schedule.  The Boys finish stromg!  @hiroindycar

One more race to go and the Boys are here!  Portland recap and discussion.  Is Portland a difficult track?  The dressing down of Grosjean.  Bloomqvist analyis.  RHR analysis.  Indycar and yellow flags.  Another watch theft!  Leader's Circle update.  Laguna Seca predictions.  Enjoy!  @hiroindycar

The Boys are back! Justin works from the rermote studio.  The Isle of Mann race and the ball size of Peter Hickman.  Predictions about the Netflix/ NASCAR production.  Is Jack Harvey the new Oliver Askew.  Grosjean discussion.  Tatiana Calderone. A self-loathing entity.  St. Louis review.  Bus brothers debated.  Advice for Ed Carpenter. A Palou scenario that makes sense.  Leader's Circle update.  Portland predictions.  @hiroindycar

On the second anniversary of Robin Miller's passing.  We repost our interview with the Legend.  The world of Indycar and motorsports in general miss Robin greatly.  Kirby and I are extremely grateful that Robin took the time to speak to us in 2021 about his career and experiences.  The fact that he did, spoke to what a generous and humble man he was.  Enjoy this interview and spare a thought today for a great, great guy.- Justin

Back and best of the year? Indycar schedule in August.  Felix Rosenqvist quandry caused by Palou.  Palou, Palou, Palou.  A possible explanation.  F---ing Scott Dixon.  Is the dual bill with NASCAR a good idea?  Dale Coyne Racing, status update.  Kirby breaks down the Leader's Circle situation and comes up with some amazing statistics.    MSR, the pain of a bad choice and where to from here?  RLL's year end moves.  The cost  accounting of pay drivers.  Quick picks for WWTR.  @hiroindycar

Jet-lagged but back!  Perez, Danny Rics, Palou.  What are you looking for in an F1 teammate? What does it take to be considered a good guy?  Paul Tracy, SRX, and They.  Linus Lundquist, the second coming?  Pagenaud.  Meat pies.  Nashville review, kind of.  Newgarden's frustrations.  Indy GP predictions.  @hiroindycar

They are back after an extended absence!  Apologies.  They make up for it with a bit longer than usual podcast.  Nashville Preview.  Marty Schneider.  Lundgaard,    Indycar promotions.  Iowa archetype.  Sting Ray Robb.  F1 moves and how it relates to Indycar.   Rossi.  Justin steps on the soap box.  Too much to account for here.  Listen and learn! @hiroindycar

"Seems like Mid Ohio was 18 years ago..."  They are back!  Congratulations on Championship wins.  The snark is on....Palou's future path.  Lessons from Silverstone.  NASCAR Chicago and what it says about Indycar.  Kirby goes on suicide watch.  Connor Daly needs his Mommy. Little Dave forever....The podium at Mid Ohio and what is says about lake homes.  What F1 drivers would you choose Palou over?  Toronto predictions.  What an episode!  @hiroindycar

Post- Road America and so much to cover.  Justin comes back from travel with thoughts on the abyss.  Mark Donohue.  Dixon and Road America.  Race Control and hign horses. The Jack Harvey watch.  Connor Daly/ ECR.  Grosjean, WTH?  Palou's future.  F1 laments.  Enjoy a good one.  @hiroindycar

Last one for a couple weeks!  The Boys review Detroit and look forward to Road America.  What's the difference and similarities, Nashville and Detroit?  How good was the Detroit race?  Graham Rahal's pain.  Drivers in trouble.  Palou and his future and why.  O'Ward youthfulness.  Mike Hull.  Flavor Flav!  DTS ratings.  Road America picks.  @hiroindycar

Post-500 review!  Justin and Kirby attend the 500 and unleash.  Big crowd but no traffic?  TV ratings.  How the race ended.  Kirb survives a flying tire.  Danica!  The future of Legge and Rosenquist.  Veekay, an absolute legend?  Justin gives Sting Ray Robb some advice.  Bell vs. Hinchcliffe.  Detroit picks.  Enjoy!  @hiroindycar

Indy 500 preview episode!  The Boys take their time to discuss qualifying and who to look for and bet on in 500!  But they dont stop there.  JUstin's crisis of faith and Sting Ray Robb.  Tony Kanaan's writing.  Driver's girlfriend reviews (with a twist!).  Graham Rahal and Jack Harvey.  Sports and life.  DTS/ F1 longevity.  So much more!  Enjoy! @hiroindycar

The month of May!  Who do you need to hear from?  These guys!  Justin burps!   Kirb reports on his attendance at the GMR Grand Prix.  GMR review, F1 esque?  What Penske should do with the Speedway complex.  Drive to Survive for Less, three episodes in.  Where DTS gets it right.  The Miles spin?  Graham Rahal's future.  What is interesting about the current standings.  Pole picks for the 500 and so much more...@hiroindycar