Trackside - A Podcast for Motorsports Marshals
Welcome to Trackside! This is a podcast dedicated to and inspired by motorsports marshals all over the world.
You've seen them on TV: those folks in orange jumpsuits handling crashed cars or waving flags right next to the speeding cars. Are you one of these? Or do you want to be? If so, you're in the right place! Your hosts, Jamey Osborne and Jessica Althoff, are experienced race marshals who have worked many different specialties and different styles of event. They will take you behind the scenes of motorsports, including event preparation and recruitment of marshals. If you're aspiring to be a race marshal, they have plenty of advice for you too!
Race marshals are part of an amazing worldwide community and we welcome you into it. Join us! Trackside!
Trackside - A Podcast for Motorsports Marshals
Latest Episodes
HPDE 101: Chin Motorsports
On this episode, Jamey and Jessica sit down with Dr. Wei-Shen Chin and Austin Self of Chin Motorsports who run the popular Chin Track Days HPDE events all over the country. Learn more about them at
Interview with Chris Mullen
Our second episode of 2026 is an exciting one and it's been a long time in the making. Jessica and I interview Chris Mullen, one of the three FIA starters, the team who actually push the buttons to start the F1 races! In this episode, however, ...
Interview with Jim Swintal
We are back for a second year of the podcast! Our thanks to the listeners who have made our first year a success! We have some great episodes coming up, so make sure you're subscribed.Many marshals in the US who have worked Formula One a...
Interview with George Silbermann
We end 2025 with a bang! Retiring ACCUS President George Silbermann joins us to discuss his storied career in motorsports, the role of ACCUS and some of the inner workings of the FIA and other upper echelons of motorsport throughout the world. ...
Meet the Marshals of the Las Vegas GP!
In this episode, you'll hear from some of the marshals that worked the Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2025. We traveled about the Egyptian Ballroom asking marshals of just about every specialty to introduce themselves and tell us their story of how th...