{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Ep.304 – Kamui Kobayashi, Pt 1: Racing Stories","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/ep-304-kamui-kobayashi-pt-1-racing-stories","audioUrl":"https://media.blubrry.com/dinnerwithracers/s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/listen.dinnerwithracers.com/Ep304KamuiKobayashiPt1.mp3","description":"Kamui Kobayashi is one of the most exciting guests that we had this year. Widely considered one of Japan’s greatest drivers, his career has spanned from Toyota’s Junior program to becoming one of F1’s most insane drivers, to eventually becoming a staple of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s prototype where he’s won Le Mans like 100 times, […]"},"annotations":[{"startTime":3.3,"endTime":5.9,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 911 GT3","url":"/cars/porsche/911","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/2013_Porsche_911_Carrera_4S_%28991%29_%289626546987%29.jpg","quote":"And my one-time GT3 rival. 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