{"id":6935,"date":"2017-09-14T03:18:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=6935"},"modified":"2017-09-12T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T23:59:37","slug":"039-sam-smith-road-track-writer-car-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/039-sam-smith-road-track-writer-car-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"039 \u2013 Sam Smith: Road &#038; Track Writer &#038; Car Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1795\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6935-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=6935-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D6935\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6940 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-500x499.png 500w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith-510x509.png 510w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sam-Smith.png 671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>Sam Smith<\/strong> joins me to talk about writing for <em>Road &amp; Track<\/em>, how he got his start working on and writing about cars, his own racing, fellow Editor-at-Large Peter Egan, driving a NASCAR Cup car with Boris Said, Jack Baruth, hanging out with Kimi Raikkonen at Fiorano, having a day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 5 historic Indy car&#8230; well, you get the idea \u2013 amazing stories!<\/p>\n<p>Sam is the Editor-at-Large for <em>Road &amp; Track<\/em> magazine, as well as an amateur racer and hard-core car guy. Obviously, you can follow him by reading <em>Road &amp; Track<\/em>, in print and online at <a href=\"http:\/\/roadandtrack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roadandtrack.com<\/a>, but also on Twitter and Instagram <strong>@thatsamsmith<\/strong>. Or feel free to drop him a line by email at <a href=\"mailto:samsmith@hearst.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">samsmith@hearst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, please pick up a copy of the October issue of <em>Road &amp; Track<\/em> magazine. Better yet, subscribe to it by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/roadandtrack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roadandtrack.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode I talk about the trip to the Nurburgring that I help organize each year. For more information about it, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/SpeedSecrets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpeedSecrets.com<\/a> and enter your name in the box to be put on the list for details about the 2018 trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1796\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6935-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=6935-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_Podcast_039_-_9-12-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D6935\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Sam Smith joins me to talk about writing for Road &#038; Track, how he got his start working on and writing about cars, his own racing, fellow Editor-at-Large Peter Egan, driving a NASCAR Cup car with Boris Said, Jack Baruth, hanging out with Kimi Raikkonen at Fiorano, having a day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 5 historic Indy car&#8230; well, you get the idea \u2013 amazing stories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-secrets-podcast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6935"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6941,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6935\/revisions\/6941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}