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2026

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2025

The fifth season of Beyond The Bricks, starring Jake Query and Mike Thomsen came in 2025. The show celebrated its milestone 100th episode (not counting the 17 special podcasts from 2012–2013) on May 5. The show aired weeknights on WFNI 93.5/107.5 FM “The Fan” WFNI from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT). It immediately followed Trackside With Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, which also aired weeknights from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EDT). Some station switches to 93.1-FM WIBC were required due to Pacers playoff game coverage.

2024

The fourth season of Beyond The Bricks, starring Jake Query and Mike Thomsen aired weeknights on WFNI 93.5/107.5 FM “The Fan” from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT). it immediately followed Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, which aired nightly from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EDT). Some station switches to 93.1-FM WIBC were required due to Pacers playoff game coverage. One week of Brickyard shows aired in July.

  • 5-6-2024: Remembering Gil de Ferran and Cale Yarborough
  • 5-7-2024: Remembering Bill Vukovich II, Wally Dallenbach Sr., and Mickey Rupp
  • 5-8-2024: WIBC’s history with the “500”
  • 5-9-2024: Indy 500 music/songs
  • 5-10-2024: Helio Castroneves, Bob Feller, baseball games, The Beatles
  • 5-13-2024: Interview with Johnny Rutherford
  • 5-14-2024: Bill Vukovich, Mark Montieth’s book project “Vukovich: The Man Who Wouldn’t Lift”
  • 5-15-2024: Donald Davidson
  • 5-16-2024: Driver retirements: A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, Johnnie Parsons, Pat Flaherty, Jack Turner
  • 5-17-2024: Advertisers and commercials
  • 5-20-2024: May birthdays
  • 5-21-2024: All-request show
  • 5-22-2024: Memorabilia show, Indy memorabilia, Jack Mackenzie, Yearbooks, Jochen Rindt in 1967, Luke Walton, Dave MacDonald
  • 5-23-2024: Years that end in “4”
  • 5-24-2024: Interviews with Mario Andretti and Rick Mears
  • 7-15-2024: Remembering Parnelli Jones
  • 7-17-2024: Parnelli Jones as an owner
  • 7-18-2024: George Follmer
  • 7-19-2024: First Brickyard 400 in 1994

2023

The third season of Beyond The Bricks, starring Jake Query and Mike Thomsen aired weeknights on WFNI 93.5/107.5 FM “The Fan” The Fan WFNI from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT). it immediately followed Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, which aired nightly from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EDT). One week of Brickyard shows aired in August.

  • 5-1-2023: Ray Harroun, Ralph DePalma, Tommy Milton
  • 5-2-2023: Sid Collins
  • 5-3-2023: Tommy Milton, Peter DePaolo, George Souders, Louis Meyer
  • 5-4-2023: Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose, Bill Holland, Johnnie Parsons
  • 5-5-2023: Indiana drivers: Wilbur Shaw, Pat O’Connor, Jimmy Daywalt, Bobby Grim
  • 5-8-2023: Johnny Rutherford (Part 1)
  • 5-9-2023: Johnny Rutherford (Part 2)
  • 5-10-2023: Mutual radio broadcasts
  • 5-11-2023: Paul Page
  • 5-12-2023: Car owners: Harry Hartz, Bessie Lee Paoli, Maude “M.A.” Yagle, Al Dean, Colin Chapman, Mickey Thompson
  • 5-15-2023: Drivers from the 1980s: Gordon Smiley, Danny Sullivan, Tony Bettenhausen, Kevin Cogan, Tom Bigelow, Pete Halsmer
  • 5-16-2023: Years than end in “3”
  • 5-17-2023: Drivers from the 1950s: Fred Agabashian, Tony Bettenhausen Jerry Hoyt, Jack McGrath, Ed Elisan, Paul Goldsmith
  • 5-18-2023: Eddie Sachs
  • 5-19-2023: Winners from the 1950s: Lee Wallard, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert, Sam Hanks
  • 5-22-2023: Indy Legends: A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser Sr.
  • 5-23-2023: Master Mechanics: George Bignotti, Clint Brawner, A.J. Watson
  • 5-24-2023: Bill Holland, Cliff Bergere, Babe Stapp, Jimmy Reece
  • 5-25-2023: People that worked behind the scenes: Al Bloemker, Clarence Cagle, Seth Kline, Sally Larvick, Paula Carr, Tony Hulman
  • 5-26-2023: Decades starting with 1946
  • 8-7-2023: Jigger Sirois, Cale Yarborough, Lewis Strang, Bryan Clauson
  • 8-8-2023: Nigel Mansell, Matt Yocum
  • 8-9-2023: Mario Andretti winning the 1967 Daytona 500; Johnny Rutherford at the 1963 Daytona 500
  • 8-10-2023 Lee Roy Yarbrough, Bobby Allison, Fred Lorenzen, USAC Stock Car Yankee 300 at IRP
  • 8-11-2023: Celebrating Parnelli Jones’ 90th birthday

2022

The second season of Beyond The Bricks, starring Jake Query and Mike Thomsen aired weeknights on WFNI 107.5 FM “The Fan” The Fan WFNI from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT). it immediately followed Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, which aired nightly from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EDT). One week of Brickyard shows aired in late July.

2021

After the retirement of Speedway historian Donald Davidson, the traditional radio program The Talk of Gasoline Alley came to a conclusion. For 2021, a new program took its place. Beyond The Bricks, starring Jake Query and Mike Thomsen. It aired weeknights during the month of May on WFNI 107.5 FM / 1070 AM “The Fan” from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT). It immediately followed Trackside with Curt Cavin & Kevin Lee, which aired from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EDT). On nights that conflicted with Pacers basketball game coverage, both programs aired online/podcast only.

The “Beyond the Bricks” title had been used for a special podcast series in 2012–2013, but it is not necessarily considered a direct precursor to this program.

This would be the final month of May in which Indy-related programing aired on the 1070-AM frequency. After decades of use, the AM tower was shut down permanently on August 3, 2021. From that point on, the sow would only be heard on WFNI’s FM frequency. In a similar fashion to The Talk of Gasoline Alley, one week of shows aired in August during Brickyard week.

2012–2013

A special podcast series titles “Beyond the Bricks” was made available from WFNI/WIBC in 2012 and 2013. However, this version of “Beyond the Bricks” is not necessarily considered a direct precursor to the Jake Query/Mike Thomsen program.

  • 12-6-2012: Bob Gates discusses his new book “California Gold: The Legendary Life Of Troy Ruttman”
  • 12-10-2012: John Darlington & Brad Edwards of “First Turn Productions”
  • 2-8-2013: Carl Fisher
  • 2-15-2013: 1912–1941 races
  • 2-22-2013: Greg Littleton and Bob Gates discuss the stars and cars of the Roadster Era
  • 3-1-2013: The 1960s
  • 3-8-2013: The 1977 Indianapolis 500, featuring Janet Guthrie
  • 3-15-2013: The 1982 Indianapolis 500
  • 3-22-2013: The 1992 Indianapolis 500
  • 3-29-2013: Remembering Dan Wheldon
  • 4-5-2013: Humorous Radio Network Moments
  • 4-12-2013: History of the 500 Episode 10 preview, Jules Goux
  • 4-19-2013: Profiles of Sam Hanks and Jim Rathmann
  • 4-26-2013: A look back at Parnelli Jones’ win in the 1963 Indianapolis 500
  • 5-3-2013: A look back at A.J. Foyt’s first win in the 1961 Indianapolis 500
  • 5-10-2013: Highlights from the 1947 Mutual race broadcast
  • 5-17-2013: Highlights of the One-On-One interview with Bobby Unser (not available)
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