{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"\n                    Alwin Springer-Telling Tales From A Career in Porsche Motorsports\n                ","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/alwin-springer-telling-tales-from-a-career-in-porsche-motorsports","audioUrl":"https://episodes.castos.com/61a8ff0f9112b9-11674197/2139503/c1e-rp0nofw2398c7vk5r-9jq879gwc2r-o061lw.mp3","description":"\n                                            Alwin Springer, one of the co-founder of Andial as well as the former President of Porsche Motorsports North America, joins us on the podcast again.  He regales us with stories of some of his favorite people who he worked with during his long career in racing.  We learn how he got hired at the famous Vasek Polak dealership and became head of the racing program, to how he formed Andial alongside Arnold Wagner and Dieter Inzenhofer.  He also tells us about his time as head of Porsche Motorsport in North America and how he continued to help Porsche after he retired.  75 minutes never went by so fast!\n                                    "},"annotations":[{"startTime":67.8,"endTime":75.84,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 917","url":"/cars/porsche/917","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/PORSCHE_917_Lang_Kurz.jpg","quote":"...orsports, if you know anything about a 718 Spyder 917, 935, 962, 963, 550 Spiders, and you've just been...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:917","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Auge=mit (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":67.8,"endTime":75.84,"type":"car","title":"Boxster A718 Spyder","url":"/cars/porsche/boxster","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Porsche_718_Boxster_GTS_4.0_1X7A0320.jpg","quote":"Again, PCA.org. Folks, if you're into motorsports, if you know anything about a 718 Spyder 917, 935, 962, 963, 550 Spiders, and you've just been around the track, there is, as Manny","canonicalId":"car:boxster:","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9523809523809522,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":323.36,"endTime":332.24,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 904","url":"/cars/porsche/904","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/1966-06-03_Porsche_904_-_Kamerawagen_ZDF.jpg","quote":"...department on the professional side with the 906, 904 and later on in 1971 with the 917. And you all ca...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:904","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)"}},{"startTime":1705.96,"endTime":1709.76,"type":"car","title":"Nissan 300Zx","url":"/cars/nissan/300-zx","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/1986_Nissan_300_ZX_%2814934639993%29.jpg","quote":"...ple, what I remember was seeing Nissan, which the 300ZX they raced wasn't even a 300ZX. It was proportion...","canonicalId":"car:nissan:300 zx","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Niels de Wit from Lunteren, The Netherlands (CC BY 2.0)"}},{"startTime":1970.08,"endTime":1975.36,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 914","url":"/cars/porsche/914","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Porsche_914%2C_Modell_1975-76_%282018-06-03_Sp_r%29.JPG","quote":"...ack, whether it be parts for your 944 Turbo, your 914 looking for stuff for your 911 SC, Auto Atlanta h...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:914","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)"}},{"startTime":1970.08,"endTime":1975.36,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 944","url":"/cars/porsche/944","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Porsche_944_%282017-07-01_Sp%29.JPG","quote":"...ight have your back, whether it be parts for your 944 Turbo, your 914 looking for stuff for your 911 SC...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:944","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)"}},{"startTime":1975.36,"endTime":1979.0,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 911","url":"/cars/porsche/911","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/2013_Porsche_911_Carrera_4S_%28991%29_%289626546987%29.jpg","quote":"...ur 944 Turbo, your 914 looking for stuff for your 911 SC, Auto Atlanta has you covered. They've been ta...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:911","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"David Villarreal Fernández (CC BY-SA 2.0)"}},{"startTime":4171.56,"endTime":4176.48,"type":"car","title":"Ford Expedition","url":"/cars/ford/expedition","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Ford_Expedition_%28Mk_III%29_Washington_DC_Metro_Area%2C_USA.jpg","quote":"...ound on a car. But then we rented I rented a Ford expedition and I thought it was a V8. It sounded great.","canonicalId":"car:ford:expedition","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"OWS Photography (CC BY 4.0)"}},{"startTime":4242.24,"endTime":4247.12,"type":"car","title":"Honda Civic","url":"/cars/honda/civic","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/2022_Honda_Civic_LX_Sedan%2C_front_right%2C_11-02-2022.jpg","quote":"...Damon. You were so my wife and I, we have a Honda Civic naturally aspirated manual vehicle and you rented...","canonicalId":"car:honda:civic","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"MercurySable99 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Porsche Club of America","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/alwin-springer-telling-tales-from-a-career-in-porsche-motorsports/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}