The Driver's Seat

Supercars made their long awaited return to New Zealand, and it was fitting the first person to win a race at Taupo would be Andre Heimgartner. We spoke to him about what the breakthrough win meant for him and the entire Brad Jones Racing team after a tough start to 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been so much motorsport happening over the weekend with Supercars making their return to New Zealand with the first ever race in Taupo, plus it was heartbreak for Daniel Ricciardo in Formula One at the Chinese Grand Prix, and three time Bathurst 1000 winner Shane van Gisbergen had an eventful time in NASCAR Cup Series, and the XFinity series as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are days away from Supercars return to New Zealand with the first ever visit to Taupō. It's a brand new track and only a handful of drivers have experience on the circuit so it should make for a very interesting weekend of racing! Plus we wrap up all the action from the SpeedSeries round at Phillip Island and chat to Ben Bargwanna who's the current series leader in TCR Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Bargwanna lead the TCR Australia Championship after the opening round at Sandown, but a less than ideal second round in Tassie saw him give up the series lead. Now after a big weekend in Phillip Island he's back on top of the points in the championship and he joined us on the show this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was another twist in the tale of the Brodie Kostecki/Erebus Motorsport drama that's been a big talking point of the 2024 Championship, and we look at all the reactions from the fans to the bombshell announcement earlier in the week, plus we welcome back Malcolm Owens for the newly rebranded "Classic Cars Corner" Plus we chat to young Cooper Murray who will be teaming with Craig Lowndes in the returning Supercheap Auto Racing wildcard entry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Triple Eight Engineering is bringing back the Supercheap Auto Wildcard entry for the enduros once again, and young Super2 star Cooper Murray will be teaming up with the veteran Craig Lowndes. We spoke to Cooper about teaming up with a Supercars legend, and his aspirations for being in the main game in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another edition of the Bathurst 6 Hour is in the history books with Jayden Ojeda and Simon Hodges becoming the first drivers to go back to back in the Easter Enduro, as they were joined by George Miedecke in the same BMW M4 that took the win last year. Plus we look at the news of another Supercars star that will be making a cameo in NASCAR as Cameron Waters heads to the USA in the coming days, and we chat to 7Sport's Dean Herridge ahead of the start of the 2024 Australian Rally Championship in Canberra this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last years Australian Rally Championship came down to the final stage as Harry Bates and Coral Taylor secured victory over their Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia team mates Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin in the Nations capital. Now we return to Canberra for the season opener with 30 crews on the entry list, and we spoke to 7Sport's lead commentator Dean Herridge about another exciting year of the ARC - and we'll even get a recap of Deano's return behind the wheel of a Subaru for the Sunraysia Safari Rally in 2023! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The eyes of the motorsport world were on Melbourne, as Albert Park hosted the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. We cover all the action on track in the F1s and Supercars, plus we speak to Nick Percat from Bendix Racing who got a breakthrough win in just his second round with his new team Matt Stone Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After two horrid seasons Nick Percat has bounced back emphatically and delivered his new team Matt Stone Racing it's second ever win in the main game. We spoke to Nick in a refreshingly honest and open chat about how the MSR team environment has reinvigorated his career, just what went so wrong for him at his previous team, and how he's trying to help the next crop of young drivers by starting his own karting team JND Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're on the cusp of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix with Formula One returning to the streets of Albert Park. We'll touch on the how the F1 supports affect the Supercars paddock and get the opinions of former Super2 Champion Bryce Fullwood from Middy's Racing, and two time Bathurst winner Will Davison from Shell V-Power Racing Team about how this affects the Melbourne SuperSprint. Plus we break down the controversy from Race 3 in the TCR Australia Championship when 2022 Series Champion Tony D'Alberto elected to sit out the final race of the weekend in protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At last year's AGP, Bryce Fullwood from Middy's Racing was cruelly denied a podium despite crossing the line third after a post race time penalty was added to his result. This year though, the Brad Jones Racing pilot looks to make amends and walk away with some silverware and we spoke to Bryce about the changes that are happening at Albert Park this year - including teams not having a pit lane! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Formula One is back in Melbourne for 2024, and our producer Nims caught up with Will Davison from the Shell V-Power Racing Team ahead of the Melbourne SuperSprint. We got Wilbur's thoughts on being a new dad, this round's sprint formats, and got his opinion on the schmozzle that was the parity war of Gen3 in 2023! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like there's more movement out of Erebus as the boys speculate about what the future holds for the team with or without Brodie Kostecki, we'll wrap up the F1 from Saudi Arabia and discuss the plight of Daniel Ricciardo, and we speak to the defending TCR Australia Champion Josh Buchan ahead of Race Tasmania this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round two of the Shannons Speedseries is this weekend with TCR Australia the headline act of Race Tasmania. We spoke to the reigning champion Josh Buchan ahead of this weekend and got his thoughts on his return to Symmons Plains after a rough weekend last year, and if there's been any opportunities open up for him ever since he won the title last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt MacKelden and Steven Johnson are back for another year of The Drivers Seat covering all things motorsport. We'll wrap up the Bathurst 500, talk Formula One, and get our crystal balls out and give some predictions for the upcoming year. Plus we're joined by Broc Feeney from Red Bull Ampol Racing who had a very successful opening round at Mount Panorama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broc Feeney is now the veteran team member at Red Bull Ampol Racing and he joined us after the Bathurst 500 to talk about the season opener where he walked away with a race win and two podiums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With all that's been happening in the off season in the world of motorsport in both Australia and overseas, after all your messages via our socials Matt and Steve jumped on the Team Johnson Facebook page for a quick live show to address the news in Supercars and Formula One. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been the worst kept secret in Supercars, but Tickford Racing have finally confirmed their driver line up for next year in their new look downsized two car operation, plus Wall Racing become the first team in the TCR Australia series to announce who will take to the grid in 2024. Plus we asked you for your favourite moments of the 2023 Season, and we'll run through the listener highlights from the year in the final edition of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The season might be over but there's still a fair bit happening! We'll take a look at the co-driver shakeup for 2024 at Erebus Motorsport, some contract news out of Grove Racing, and great news for the SpeedSeries as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a brand new Supercars Champion crowned on the streets of Adelaide, and for one last time this season we update our Power Rankings. Plus we'll look back at our Crystal Ball Predictions from the start of the year and see how we fared - and of course we'll go through your correspondence in our final show of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before 2023 he hadn't a main game race win to his name, and now he's a Supercars Champion! New champion Brodie Kostecki from Coca Cola Racing By Erebus spoke to Dwayne Russell after Erebus won both the Driver's Championship and the Teams Championship at the Adelaide 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been quite a while since we've spoke about classic cars with Malcolm Owens so we might need to do a rebrand of the segment name for next year. Either way - enjoy the final appearance of big Malconio for the year, as he gives Matt, Steve, and Nims a quiz in this edition of the Classic Cars Corner! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Stone Racing rookie Cameron Hill joined us before the Adelaide 500 and gave us a quick snapshot of his first year in the main game, as well as his goals for next year with a brand new team mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're at the final round of the season and it's a title fight between Brodie Kostecki and Shane van Gisbergen on the streets of Adelaide. But there's a lot happening off track, with news that Jack Smith will step down at Brad Jones Racing at the end of the year leaving a free seat at the Albury squad. Plus in the corridors of power in Supercars, Tim Edwards will be taking up the role of Director Of Motorsport next year in place of the departing Adrian Burgess. We'll look at those ramifications, and we'll wrap up the Las Vegas Grand Prix - as well as chat to Cameron Hill from Matt Stone Racing as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the last visit to Docklands brought 85,000 fans through the gates, the World Supercross Championship returns to Australia and wraps up next weekend at Marvel Stadium with a two day extravaganza featuring the FOX Australian Supercross Championship as well as the world's best WSX riders. Supercross legend Chad Reed joined us once again on The Driver's Seat to preview the big season finale on November 24 and 25. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time in the category history, a driver with zero experience in Supercars has won the title in the TCR Australia Series. We spoke to Josh Buchan from HMO Customer Racing after he won his first top level national motorsport championship in a dramatic weekend at Mount Panorama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Australian leg of the TCR World Tour has come to a close and with it we have crowned a brand new champion with Josh Buchan from HMO Customer Racing taking out his maiden title in the category. We'll chat to him after his breakthrough series win, plus we're also joined by Australian Supercross legend Chad Reed to preview next weekend's WSX Championship Grand Final at Marvel Stadium, and we dissect the 2024 Supercars calendar, as well as preview the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first round of the Aussie leg of the TCR World Tour was at Sydney Motorsport Park last weekend and we spoke to Greg Rust, who did a stellar job on commentary with Matt Naulty and Paul Jeffrey, and got his thoughts on the largest TCR round we've seen on our shores - and got a sneak peek at what we can expect on "Rusty's Garage" as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The best international TCR drivers the world have come to our shores for a double header on their World Tour. But it was Will Brown who stood tall amongst the field winning two races, and making the podium in the final race. We also recap the Brazillian Grand Prix that was a disaster for both Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo, and we'll go through some late rumours in the Supercars silly season for the grid next year - plus our great friend Greg Rust joined us for a chat as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There hasn't been much to smile about this season for Ford fans with an utter domination by the Chevrolet Camaro, however Tickford's spearhead Cameron Waters was back to his winning ways on the streets of Surfers Paradise in the opening race of the Gold Coast 500 - and we spoke to the Monster Energy Racing pilot about the aero changes to the Mustang ahead of this round, looking forward to the two car incarnation of the team next year, and his speedway exploits as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time this season Ford fans were smiling after a round with a clean sweep by Mustangs taking wins in both races on the streets of Surfers Paradise. We'll look at all the fallout from the Gold Coast and chat to Cameron Waters from Tickford Racing who returned to the top step, plus we'll look at the results from Formula One in Mexico, and preview Race Sydney this weekend as the world's best TCR drivers head to SMP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round 2 of the National Drag Racing Championship kicks off this Friday at Sydney Dragway featuring multi-time American Nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster champion Tommy Johnson Jr making his way down under to try and take home a Christmas Tree Trophy or two. We speak to NDRC Director Andy Lopez ahead of two huge days at Eastern Creek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supercars return to the streets of Surfers Paradise, with the Gen3 debut at this weekend's Gold Coast 500. We spoke to Macauley Jones from BJR and got his thoughts on the enduros, and his game plan for the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Drag Racing Championship is back in action with the Sydney Nationals kicking off on Friday, and we chat to Andy Lopez the Director of the NDRC about the big round at Eastern Creek. Plus we'll chat to Macauley Jones from BJR ahead of this weekend's Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's two Supercars rounds left this year and we're still yet to see a calendar for next year. We'll look at where we are at for 2024 and we'll preview the MotoGP round this weekend at Phillip Island with Chris Vermeulen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MotoGP heads to Phillip Island this weekend and coverage of the Australian Grand Prix will be live and free on Channel Ten over Saturday and Sunday. MotoGP race winner Chris Vermeulen will be joining the commentary team and we spoke to him for a quick preview of the round ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the talk heading in to Bathurst this year was about the battle between Red Bull Ampol Racing Team, and Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus - but in only their second season the team at NULON Racing made a big statement with James Golding making the Top Ten Shootout, and scoring their best finish at Mount Panorama in their short history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first Bathurst 1000 of the Gen3 era has come and gone, and Shane van Gisbergen and Richie Stanaway combined to win the Great Race that was dominated heavily by the Camaro. We look back at the fallout from Mount Panorama plus we chat to James Golding from PremiAir Racing after making his first Top Ten Shootout at the mountain, and getting the team their best Bathurst finish in only their second season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After narrowly missing out on winning the Super3 Championship last year, 18 year old Kai Allen is about to make a huge leap into the main game at the biggest race of the year. As well as juggling his fight for the Super2 crown he'll be co-driving with the returning Simona De Silvestro in a Dick Johnson Racing backed wildcard entry, and we spoke to him ahead of the big weekend at the Bathurst 1000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're counting down the days 'til the first Bathurst 1000 of the Gen3 era, however a cloud still hangs over what should be a celebration of the 60th anniversary of The Great Race. The ongoing parity saga continues with Ford and GM at loggerheads and we'll catch up with Steve Johnson who's on location at the Mountain - plus we chat to young gun Kai Allen who's making his main game debut this weekend in the Dick Johnson Racing wildcard entry with Simona De Silvestro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a while since we spoke to Molly Taylor, but she has been incredibly busy in that time! She's had a crack at the Dakar Rally, and been racing all over the world in the Extreme E Championship for Veloce Racing, plus she's making her Australian Rally Championship return at the Adelaide Hills next month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malcolm Owens is back for another edition of the Classic Cars Corner - this time he's got an open letter of his own, to all modern car manafacturers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're just over a week away til the Repco Bathurst 1000 and the parity between the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro is still a hotly contested topic amongst the fans and we'll go through some of the changes that Supercars have put in place to fix it before the Great Race next week. We'll also talk Formula One and the remarkable effort by Oscar Piastri getting his maiden podium in his rookie year - only the sixth Australian to achieve that feat. Plus we chat to Molly Taylor who's been racing across the world in the Extreme E category, and will be making her Australian Rally Championship return next month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four time Bathurst winner Greg Murphy spoke to Ian Smith on SENZ with a recap of the Sandown 500, and a look ahead to the Bathurst 1000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time since 2018 the Sandown 500 has returned to it's slot as the opening enduro and warm up to the Bathurst 1000. With big crowds and beautiful weather over the three days, Broc Feeney and Jamie Whincup held off series leader Brodie Kostecki and his co-driver David Russell to cross the line first and notch up the 250th race win for Triple Eight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penrite Racing rookie Matt Payne spoke to Nims ahead of the Sandown 500 this weekend, and we got his thoughts on the all Kiwi lineup at Grove Racing next year with the return of Richie Stanaway to the grid full time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke to Mark Winterbottom from DEWALT Racing about once again teaming up with Michael Caruso for the Bathurst 1000, and the return of the Sandown 500. Plus we look ahead to 2024 and get Frosty's thoughts on his new teammate David Reynolds as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The musical chairs of the 2024 grid looks like it is slowly coming to a close with the news that Nick Percat will be joining Matt Stone Racing next year. We look at what this means for the rest of the free agents on the grid, and what's up for grabs. Plus all eyes are on Sandown with the return of the Sandown 500 this weekend, but we look back at last weekend's SpeedSeries at the same circuit - and we chat to Mark Winterbottom from DEWALT Racing, and Matt Payne from Penrite Racing ahead of the first endurance race of the Gen3 era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh of a pre-enduro test day at Winton, Scott Pye joins us to talk about his plans for 2024 and beyond after the news came out that he will be leaving Team 18 at the end of the season. Plus we'll get his thoughts on teaming up once again with Warren Luff and reuniting a highly successful partnership that's seen the combo finish runners up at Bathurst twice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was Steven Johnson's birthday so we couldn't let that go unnoticed - and we even had one of our favourites ring in to wish him a happy birthday when the living legend himself Dick Johnson phoned in to wish him many happy returns of the day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're on the cusp of the endurance races of the Supercars season but all eyes are on the SpeedSeries this weekend as TCR Australia headline three big days of racing at Sandown from Friday. Plus it's Steven Johnson's birthday, and as always we'll get to some of your messages including your responses to Craig Lowndes response to Matty Mack's open letter to Supercars... double the responses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off his two year contract extension at Triple Eight Race Engineering, we chat to seven time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes about his return to the Supercheap Auto wildcard entry with Zane Goddard in the two endurance races this year, and we'll even get Lowndesy's take on the state of the category currently - believe us, you don't want to miss this open and honest chat with CL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The response to Matty Mack's open letter to Supercars has gone gangbusters and we'll take a look at some of the feedback you've wanted to add as well. The silly season is in full swing and we go through the latest news and rumours about what the grid might look like in 2024, and we're joined by Craig Lowndes as well ahead of his return to the Supercheap Auto wildcard entry for the enduros! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The grid for 2024 is taking shape with some bombshell announcements at the start of the week, highlighted by the return of Richie Stanaway to the main game after a three year absence. We spoke to the award winning Andrew van Leeuwen from Motorsport.com and the Castrol Motorsport News Podcast who broke the news of the Kiwi's return to full time Supercars driving, and we unpack what is shaping up to be the silliest of Silly Seasons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final sprint round before the endurance races is in the books and it was a Championship defining drive from Brodie Kostecki as the Erebus spearhead extended his lead ahead of his rivals. We look back at all the action from Tailem Bend, and we'll get your thoughts on Supercars as a category as a whole as we are on the cusp of the years biggest races in the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000. Plus we'll chat to Andrew van Leeuwen from Motorsport.com and the Castrol Motorsport News podcast about all the latest driver movements in the silly season so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Shane van Gisbergen's exit from the category all but official and Will Brown confirmed as his replacement in 2024 at Triple Eight, the silly season is looking like a grid changing game of musical chairs for next season. We'll go through who goes where in the paddock - or speculate at least - as we count down to the final sprint round this weekend at The Bend before the Enduros. Plus we chat to Bryce Fullwood from Brad Jones Racing ahead of his 50th Supercar Round this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This weekend Bryce Fullwood celebrates a milestone when he notches up his 50th Supercars career round - and he does it at the track where he got his maiden podium in his rookie year. We spoke to the Brad Jones Racing young gun ahead of this weekends round at The Bend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We didn't intend for this topic to be a reoccuring subject but here we are! Back by popular demand, Malcom Owens opens the Classic Cars Corner and we cover episode three of our look at "Morons On The Road" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supercars Championship leader Brodie Kostecki will be making his NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at Charlotte, and we caught up with his manager Nathan Cayzer to see how his preparations with Richard Childress Racing are going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're not even at the Bathurst 1000 yet and already there's chatter about driver movement in the paddock, highlighted by the rumours that Will Brown will be jumping to Triple Eight to replace the NASCAR bound Shane van Gisbergen. We'll go through the ramifications of a potential lineup change, plus we'll chat to Brodie Kostecki's manager Nathan Cayzer and see how Bush is going ahead of his NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend - oh and Malcolm Owens is in the co-host chair for Stevie J as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After an eventful night at Eastern Creek that had more talking points off the track than it did on the track itself, we look back at the Sydney SuperNight that saw emotions run wild and the battle between Erebus Motorsport and Triple Eight Race Engineering continue! We'll delve into the all the controversy that happened after Race 18 on Saturday night, plus we chat to Aaron Love who was announced as one of the drivers in the Blanchard Racing Team wildcard for the enduros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Love turned heads on the streets of the Gold Coast last year when he started on the grid 15th and ended up just shy of a podium in P4 to finish in Carrera Cup. Despite missing two rounds of the championship, he finished runner up in the category and he will be making his Supercars main game debut in a wildcard run by Blanchard Racing Team co-driving with Jake Kostecki. We spoke to Aaron about his rookie year so far in Super2, and explain why he left racing in Europe to return home to Australia and pursue Supercars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was an exciting weekend up in Gympie when Harry Bates and Coral Taylor broke a winning drought and claiming the outright victory at Rally Queensland last weekend. Bates went more than a year without a win, and we spoke to Channel 7 ARC Commentator and rally guru Dean Herridge for the wrap up of the event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're at the halfway point of the 2023 Supercars season and before we head to Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend, we'll give our traditional mid year report card for the drivers in the Top Ten of the Championship so far. Plus we'll discuss the Joey Mawson controversy, the DJR Bathurst 1000 Wildcard entry with Kai Allen and Simona De Silvestro, we briefly look at the results of Daniel Ricciardo's return to the Formula One grid in Hungary, and Dean Herridge joins us to wrap up Rally Queensland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a long time coming for Ford fans but Anton De Pasquale bounced back after a horrid Saturday to notch up a drought breaking win for the Mustang during the final race in Townsville as he recorded the first win across the line for the Blue Oval in the Gen3 era, and he joined us on the show this week to talk about the season so far, and look ahead to the next round at Sydney Motorsport Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another false start off the line this week - we're going great with our tech here - but it's another big show where we take a look at the rumoured driver lineup for the Dick Johnson Racing wildcard for the enduros this year, plus we predict how Daniel Ricciardo will go in his return to the F1 grid this weekend, and we're joined by Anton De Pasquale after his win up north in Townsville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a new series leader in the Championship but we haven't strayed too far out of the Erebus garage. After the Townsville 500, Will Brown left the round with the orange numbers on his door and we were joined by the Coca Cola Racing young gun after big weekend in North Queensland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a hell of a start to the show but after a little splutter we were off and running! We've got all the fallout from the Townsville 500, a wrap up of Formula One news and results, plus we're joined by new championship leader Will Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The halfway mark of the Touring Car Masters season means we are also halfway through John Bowe's "Ciao For Now" tour. JB joined us on the show to reflect on a remarkable second chapter of his racing career which has seen him a staple of TCM, plus we try and find out what he's got in store for 2024 - and we get a bit serious and talk about the state of the category as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The opening round of the 2023 World Supercross Championship kicked off last weekend in Birmingham and we caught up with Aussie Supercross legend Chad Reed joined us for all the wash up of the WSX season opener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a jam packed episode for you this week with all the fallout from Chicago as Shane Van Gisbergen stunned the motorsport world with his win in the NASCAR Cup Series on debut in the category. We're also joined by Aussie Supercross superstar Chad Reed with all the fallout from the opening round of the World Supercross Championship in Birmingham last weekend, and Supercars Hall of Famer John Bowe chews the fat with us as we reach the halfway point of his "Ciao For Now" tour in Touring Car Masters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The dreaded parity debate continues as we count down to the Townsville 500 and we'll go through the latest developments in the cloud that's overshadowing the Gen3 era. Plus Shane van Gisbergen makes his NASCAR debut this weekend and we debate if that'll make an impact on his future in Supercars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It took 172 race starts but Matt Stone Racing have got their maiden race win. It was a perfect drive from Jack LeBrocq on the Sunday taking the ARMOR ALL Pole Position - another first for the team, before backing it up the in the final race of the round. We speak to Matty Stone after the milestone weekend and get his reaction to the breakthrough for the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We wrap up the fallout from an eventful Darwin Triple Crown which saw more domination from the Chevrolet Camaro, and a frightening car fire for Cameron Waters and the Tickford Racing crew. The parity debate has reared it's ugly head once again and we take your feedback on the situation, and we chat to Matt Stone from Truck Assist Racing after their breakthrough maiden win at Hidden Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bailey Sweeney has been the breakout star of the 2023 TCR Australia Championship, starting off the year with a win at Symmons Plains in Round 1 and never letting go of the series lead since then. We spoke to the young gun after a dominant victory at Winton which saw him have a 20 second gap between him and the rest of the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are days away from the Darwin Triple Crown, and Supercars returns to the Top End! We'll look at some of the talking points heading into Hidden Valley, plus we wrap up the latest round of the Shannons SpeedSeries with a big weekend of racing at Winton - and we chat to TCR Australia Series leader Bailey Sweeney from HMO Customer Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're counting down to the Darwin Triple Crown in a few weeks, and David Reynolds is someone who knows a thing or two about success at Hidden Valley. We chat to the two time race winner in the Top End about his thoughts on Gen3, becoming a father for the second time, and we have a few struggles with Dave's phone as well. This is one of the great chats and you do not want to miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're counting down to the Darwin Triple Crown in a few weeks time, but we're looking ahead to Race Winton this weekend as the SpeedSeries returns to regional Victoria. Our very own Steven Johnson will be in action in Touring Car Masters, plus TCR Australia, V8 Touring Cars, and TransAm - plus it'll likely be the final appearance of John Bowe at Winton in TCM as well. Plus we wrap up all the action from overseas with IndyCar and Formula One, and David Reynolds joins us as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supercheap Auto wildcard program continues for the third successive year with Craig Lowndes being joined by Zane Goddard for the enduros this year - and we'll be seeing Zane make his return to the grid in a wildcard entry at the Darwin Triple Crown. We spoke to Zane about what his goals are with this new venture with Triple Eight Race Engineering, and his involvement in the Gen3 development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was an absolutely huge weekend globally for motorsport with both the Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 both happening in a smorgasbord of motorsport. We briefly touch on another dose of Max Verstappen dominance in Formula 1 but we'll do a deep dive on the Indy 500 which saw Josef Newgarden finally win the race! Plus we're joined by Zane Goddard who will be making his return to the Supercars main game at Darwin in a Triple Eight backed wildcard entry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matty Mack is on the bench this week, but we've got Malcolm Owen's in the co-host chair this week filling in with a bonus episode of the Classic Cars Corner. We'll wrap up all the action from the latest round of Supercars at Symmons Plains where we saw Erebus continue their dominant form - and we're joined by Max Vidau who currently is the equal series leader in the Porsche Carrera Cup Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special bonus edition of the Classic Cars Corner, Malcolm Owens looks at some of the more famous racing nicknames - and we look at some famous Dick's that have put the helmet on and drove in anger! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max Vidau is currently sitting equal first in the Porsche Carrera Cup Championship after a breakthrough win in the rain at the AGP. In his second season at Tekworx Motorsport and with Darwin next on the calendar we spoke to him about his season last year, the amount of established drivers that are on the Cup Car grid in 2023, and his performance in the TA2 Ford Mustang at "Kings Of The North" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a mega weekend at Phillip Island including a Pole Position and two wins out of three races, Josh Buchan of HMO Customer Racing has launched up the points in the TCR Australia Championship and is currently sitting in P4. He joined us to talk about getting to grips with his brand new Hyundai i30 Sedan N, being in title contention, and when push comes to shove will he and his team mate Bailey Sweeney go door to door if it comes down to one of them winning the championship! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's race week and all eyes are looking towards Symmons Plains as Supercars heads to Tasmania for the fourth round of the season. Erebus Motorsport are flying with Brodie Kostecki leading the Driver's Championship, and Coca Cola Racing leading the Teams Championship - plus the team are just two podiums away from cracking the 50 podium milestone. We look to see if anyone can stop Erebus - and who needs to lift in Tassie. Plus we chat to Josh Buchan who had a mega weekend at Phillip Island last weekend in Round 2 of the SpeedSeries, and ask the question if TransAm should be elevated to ARG's premiere category over TCR Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of the second round of the Shannons SpeedSeries, defending TCR Australia series champion Tony D'Alberto joined us to preview the action at Phillip Island this weekend - plus we'll get his thoughts on the future of the category, and we talk Supercars as well with the news that he'll be co-driving with Dick Johnson Racing for the eighth consecutive year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All eyes will be on Phillip Island this weekend with Round 2 of the SpeedSeries with TCR Australia returning to action for the first time since Race Tasmania. We'll look at all the categories from TCR Australia to the return of V8 Touring Cars as well. Plus we wrap up the Formula One in Miami, the biffo in pit road over the weekend in NASCAR, and we chat to defending TCR Champion Tony D'Alberto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this month's edition of the Classic Cars Corner, we're joined by Malcolm Owens who brings back a fan favourite topic: things that p*** me off on the roads! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Roberts has been with Tickford Racing for more than two decades, joining what was then Glenn Seton Racing back in 2002. Since then he's seen the team capture a Championship as well as back to back Bathurst victories, and a string of Super2 Championships as well. With the arrival of Gen3, we speak to Matty about some of the challenges they've faced with the new cars - and even answers the tough questions about what's been a quiet start for the Ford squad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a mega weekend of motorsport with the Supercars in action at Wanneroo, WA where it was a standout weekend for Erebus Motorsport with Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown delivering race wins and podiums for Coca Cola Racing. Plus in the support categories we saw the new format of the Dunlop Series with Ryan Wood starring in Super2, and the first podium in Super3 for Jett Johnson as well. Perth wasn't the only place with top flight motorsport, with a world first in Darwin with the first two driver event during Round 2 of the TA2 Muscle Car Series with the "Kings Of The North" at Hidden Valley with our very own Matthew MacKelden in action - and we'll go round the world and look at Scott McLaughlin's first win of the year in IndyCar, we'll wrap up all the Formula One action from Baku, and we chat to Matty Roberts from Tickford Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relive SEN Supercars call of Race 9 at Waneroo on Sunday, with the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan and our expert commentator James Moffat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relive SEN Supercars call of Race 8 at Waneroo on Sunday, with the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan and our expert commentator James Moffatt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his rookie year Broc Feeney had some very big shoes to fill following the retirement of seven time Champion Jamie Whincup. He capped of the year with a breakthrough win on the streets of Adelaide putting Car #88 back in victory lane once again ending his first season in the main game with a win, three podiums and a top five finish at Bathurst. Fast forward to this year's AGP and Broc was once again on the top step of the podium taking a dominant lights to flag victory in Melbourne and we spoke to the 2021 Super2 Champion ahead of this weekend's Perth SuperSprint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's just Matty and Nims holding down the fort with Steve Johnson on a plane on the way to the Perth SuperSprint, as Supercars returns to the wild west. It's a jam packed weekend as well with the new format 40 minute timed races in the Dunlop Series, plus the first round of the 2023 V8 SuperUte season as well. But it's not just WA that's hosting top shelf motorsport this weekend, because there is a world first in the Top End with the first ever two driver TA2 Muscle Car race - featuring our very own Matty Mack back in the #99 Kubota Racing Ford Mustang. Plus we caught up with Red Bull Ampol Racing young gun Broc Feeney coming off the back of another race win at the AGP last month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Winterbottom will become only the third driver in history behind Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander to reach the 600 race milestone at next weekend's Perth SuperSprint. We spoke to Frosty about the incredible career he's had so far which includes a Supercars Championship, a Bathurst win, and two Sandown 500 titles - and how he's looking to be the one to add some silverware to the Team 18 trophy cabinet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're just over a week away from the Gen3 debut in the west, as the Supercars Championship returns to Perth. We'll look over some of the changes to the Dunlop Series as Super2 and Super3 drivers face a big change in formats, plus we dissect the pros and cons of the proposed "live" pit garage - and milestone man Mark Winterbottom joins us ahead of his 600th race in the category Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Randle was the stand out performer from the four car Tickford outfit after a tough round at the AGP for the Ford teams, finishing the second best Mustang behind championship leader Chaz Mostert. But Tommy's been quite busy outside Supercars, with an appearance at the Bathurst 6 Hour where he ended up P4 outright at the traditional Easter enduro - and he had the very cool experience of hanging out with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon from the Alpine F1 team who took the 2020 Super2 Champion's Ford Mustang for a spin around the Thunderdome! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bathurst 6 Hour is in the history books with Jayden Ojeda and Simon Hodges winning outright. We recap the traditional Easter enduro, and take a look at rumours of a brand new 'super circuit' coming to Victoria to eventually replace Sandown - plus we chat to Tickford Racing's Thomas Randle ahead of the next round in Perth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices