{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"What it Feels Like to Quit Le Mans","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-it-feels-like-to-quit-le-mans","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/f02659d0/podcast/play/122530792/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-7%2Fb947fe33-396a-6142-9eb7-23c75d558ced.mp3","description":"INTC’s Jeff Braun had to do it. Just a few weeks ago, only a few hours into that epic race, with a car still fast and healthy.The 24 Hours of Le Mans. A GT3 Corvette. Months of fighting just to make the grid. Maybe you’d make the same decision—pull into the garage, start packing for home. Maybe you’d double down, scarf a bucket of croissants, have the guys strap in and send it. We’re all different.INTC co-host Jeff Braun has spent decades in pro road racing. He’s won Daytona, Sebring, and championships. He came back from this year’s Le Mans looking forward, as he always does. So we talked about that, and about what happened in France. And how you learn to keep your head up when all your plans go up in smoke.This show changes format weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES.”This episode was produced by Sam Smith. Thanks, as always, to our friends at BFGoodrich for supporting the show!***FREE 115-page BFGoodrich High-Performance Driving Guide written by Ross Bentley:https://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/auto/learn/performance-driving-guide***Who We Are + Spicy Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ItsNotTheCar.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Support It’s Not the Car:Contribute on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/notthecar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Topic suggestions, feedback, questions? 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Sam Smith is an award-winning writer and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine.We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the meatbag at the wheel.New episodes every other Tuesday.\n"},"annotations":[{"id":468879,"startTime":53.1,"endTime":58.9,"type":"topic","title":"24 hours of Le Mans","url":"/glossary/24-hours-of-le-mans","quote":"We're taping this show a handful of days after the 2026 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans.","canonicalId":"topic:24-hours-of-le-mans","priority":0.55,"confidence":0.95,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the world’s most famous endurance races, run annually in France. Teams race for a full day, swapping drivers and managing fuel, tires, and reliability rather than just chasing outright speed.","simplifiedExplanation":"Le Mans is a super famous race where cars run for 24 hours straight. 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