This week, the guys dive into the amazing story of gamer turned race car driver, Jann Mardenborough. How did he make the leap from bedroom sim-racing to competing, and making podium at Le Mans just a few short years later? A little bit of luck and a lot of real racing talent, thats how.

00:00 Intro
00:32 Jann Mardenborough
01:47 Host intros / Thoughts on Gran Turismo movie
05:09 Road trip snack rating
09:05 Early life
13:52 Journey to racing
14:48 Favorite Gran Turismo cars
16:38 GT Academy
19:50 Justins take on GT Academy S1
23:32 Gran Turismo vs. Forza
24:28 Driving bootcamp
25:59 Geoguesser accents
30:45 Crowning a winner
32:58 Early racing career
37:54 2015 crash
43:00 Career in Japan
47:15 Current life
49:24 Takeaways
49:57 Listener Mail / Outro

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Gran Turismo
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Phil Guest
TreeWorld Maps
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Grand Central Entertainment
@Formula1
Grid.Media
@dukevideo
Super Formula
Nissan Malaysia
Fanatec GT World Challenge America
Véhicule Magazine

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