Ep. 256 | Josh Hart

The Racing Writer's Podcast

In his second full season of NHRA competition, Josh Hart hopes people are starting to take notice that his team isn’t messing around. Hart discusses preparing for a new season; what he learned last year; balancing between the driver and owner hat; experiencing the Countdown for the first time; the mental game of NHRA; being one of the quietest and calmest drivers in the pits; fitting into the pits with drivers Hart once looked up to; Don Garlits as a mentor; how his drag racing career started from troubles on the public roads of Indianapolis; starting his racing career later than most; adjusting to the business of drag racing; knowing it was sink or swim and changing his life; some lessons of being a pro driver; trying to get comfortable in his dragster this season and referencing Days of Thunder; recalling the first time hitting the 330mph mark; if he thinks 340mph is out there for dragsters; where he thinks life would have taken him if not for drag racing; if any team changes were made for 2023 and his season expectations.
Music created by Tony Monge.
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