{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6563fa89bc60320012da904f/65fc6e22a84a48001653e42f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"MOTA Catches Up with Samantha Tan","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6563fa89bc60320012da904f/1711040976545-a86c5dd6ae853849662ce628468d8353.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Samantha sat down with us on a busy Monday in her shop out in California as she and her team continue preparations for the opening weekend of the GT World Challenge America 2024 calendar, taking place at Sonoma Raceway on April 5-7th. </p><p><br></p><p>Samantha talked about her start in racing, the unique circumstance around founding her own team, her success in touring cars, GT4 and GT3 categories. She also discussed how her long association with BMW turned into being a BMW M Motorsport Global Ambassador in 2023 and again in 2024.</p><p><br></p><p>Before our interview with Samantha we also checked in on how the racing has been going for our previous driver guests. Victor Gonzalez, Sally Mott and Mac Clark have all been getting at it on track, we’ll see how they are doing so far!</p><p><br></p><p>You can follow Samantha and STR’s progress this year on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/samanthatanracing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">their Instagram</a> and their <a href=\"https://www.st-racing.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">team site</a> as well.</p><p><br></p><p>For more on the SRO GT World Challenge America and how to watch Samantha on track, <a href=\"https://www.gt-world-challenge-america.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">check the site out here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>We’ll be back in two weeks when we’ll be joined by Jarett Andretti!</p><p><br></p><p>Catch up on any of our episodes you missed so far and be sure to subscribe to the pod wherever you get your podcasts from or <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/motorsport\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">get them all right here</a>, thanks to Acast.</p><p><br></p><p>We’d love to hear your feedback in our Substack chat, so <a href=\"https://motorsportoftheamericas.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">give us a follow</a> and let us know what you think so far!</p>","author_name":"Thomas Pinzone"}