WALLINGFORD, Conn. — This week’s episode of “The Pits Are Open,” the dynamic weekly racing news show presented by SPEED SPORT and produced by Marotti Autosport, welcomes two fascinating guests from the world of motorsports innovation and entrepreneurship.
Joining host Will Marotti is Indy 500 veteran and Stanford University lecturer J.R. Hildebrand, who will discuss the groundbreaking Blackbird 66 Project — a visionary look at the future of IndyCar design emphasizing speed, power, excitement, and driver skill. The project represents a bold new era of performance engineering and racing innovation.
Also appearing on the program is Heidi Bandisch, founder and CEO of RacerShip.com, a next-generation automotive sports platform built to modernize and unify the fragmented world of grassroots motorsports. A lifelong racing enthusiast, , Bandisch brings her deep passion for performance vehicles and her mission to make motorsports more digitally accessible and community-driven.
