Description Katherine Legge is joined by Dr. Julia Vaizer, medical director for IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the first female medical director in IndyCar history. Vaizer explains how early motorsports fandom and a MotoGP tragedy pushed her to merge racing with emergency medicine, leading her to become the first fellow in the Motorsports Medicine Fellowship and later IndyCar leadership. They discuss how IndyCar medical teams coordinate with other series and specialists, research projects like safest driver extrication and analyzing IMS patient data, and what race day at the Indy 500 looks like.

Description Katherine Legge is joined by Dr. Julia Vaizer, medical director for IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the first female medical director in IndyCar history. Vaizer explains how early motorsports fandom and a MotoGP tragedy pushed her to merge racing with emergency medicine, leading her to become the first fellow in the Motorsports Medicine Fellowship and later IndyCar leadership. They discuss how IndyCar medical teams coordinate with other series and specialists, research projects like safest driver extrication and analyzing IMS patient data, and what race day at the Indy 500 looks like.

Join motorsport pioneer Katherine Legge as she gears up to make history this season, competing in some of the world’s toughest racing events in a quest to have one of the most memorable careers in racing. She’s bringing you inside stories with legends of sports, new faces from the next generation of auto racing, and conversations with the people who’ve supported her throughout her career as a pro athlete. She’s driven just about anything with four wheels, so she’ll be getting into everything from karting to NASCAR, and IndyCar to F1.

Join motorsport pioneer Katherine Legge as she gears up to make history this season, competing in some of the world&rsquo;s toughest racing events in a quest to have one of the most memorable careers in racing. She&rsquo;s bringing you inside stories with legends of sports, new faces from the next generation of auto racing, and conversations with the people who&rsquo;ve supported her throughout her career as a pro athlete. She&rsquo;s driven just about anything with four wheels, so she&rsquo;ll be getting into everything from karting to NASCAR, and IndyCar to F1.

Throttle Therapy with Katherine Legge

Medicine in Motorsports with Dr. Julia Vaizer 

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Katherine Legge talks with Tim Baughman, INDYCAR’s Sr. Director of Track Safety and Medical Services, about how motorsport safety works behind the scenes and how it has evolved. Baughman traces his path from Indianapolis paramedic training at Methodist Hospital and a career in the Indianapolis Fire Department to joining the Indy 500 safety team in 1993, traveling with the IRL from 1996, and becoming IINDYCAR’s safety director after retiring as an assistant chief in 2018. He describes the culture, training, planning, and execution required to respond within seconds, including coordination with race control, safe vehicle positioning, driver assessment, transport decisions, and track cleanup and repairs.

Katherine Legge talks with Tim Baughman, INDYCAR&rsquo;s Sr. Director of Track Safety and Medical Services, about how motorsport safety works behind the scenes and how it has evolved. Baughman traces his path from Indianapolis paramedic training at Methodist Hospital and a career in the Indianapolis Fire Department to joining the Indy 500 safety team in 1993, traveling with the IRL from 1996, and becoming IINDYCAR&rsquo;s safety director after retiring as an assistant chief in 2018. He describes the culture, training, planning, and execution required to respond within seconds, including coordination with race control, safe vehicle positioning, driver assessment, transport decisions, and track cleanup and repairs.

Unveiling INDYCAR Safety with Tim Baughman 

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Katherine Legge recaps her month of May and her Double Duty attempt. After a Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup return, she joined a newly assembled Indy 500 program, praising the crew and describing setup struggles, conservative downforce choices, and qualifying 26th/27th after drawing last in line. She reveals the travel disruptions that caused her to miss Indy obligations,  the behind-the-wheel perspective from the end to her Indy 500 race, and car challenges during the Coca-Cola 600. 

Katherine Legge recaps her month of May and her Double Duty attempt. After a Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup return, she joined a newly assembled Indy 500 program, praising the crew and describing setup struggles, conservative downforce choices, and qualifying 26th/27th after drawing last in line. She reveals the travel disruptions that caused her to miss Indy obligations, &nbsp;the behind-the-wheel perspective from the end to her Indy 500 race, and car challenges during&nbsp;the Coca-Cola 600.&nbsp;

Katherine Report: May in Review

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Katherine Legge welcomes Marshall Pruett back for a part two focused on IndyCar’s underlying state, who holds power, and how series decisions mix racing, business, and politics. They discuss IndyCar’s demographic, the push to “youthify” via digital platforms, and what IndyCar, IMSA, and NASCAR can learn from each other about cars, drivers, and event presentation. Pruett explains how he evaluates rumors, PR spin, timing, and when to withhold accurate stories to avoid undue harm.

Katherine Legge welcomes Marshall Pruett back for a part two focused on IndyCar&rsquo;s underlying state, who holds power, and how series decisions mix racing, business, and politics. They discuss IndyCar&rsquo;s demographic, the push to &ldquo;youthify&rdquo; via digital platforms, and what IndyCar, IMSA, and NASCAR can learn from each other about cars, drivers, and event presentation. Pruett explains how he evaluates rumors, PR spin, timing, and when to withhold accurate stories to avoid undue harm.

Marshall Pruett Returns

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Medicine in Motorsports with Dr. Julia Vaizer

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