Month: October 2018

Click here to listen – Show 204 – Opportunity

Tony Whitlock and Craig Revell discuss the opportunity that drivers have with the retirement of Craig Lowndes and the reluctance of teams to remove their main driver, even when they are unwell.

Paul Marinelli, Alan Gow and Chris Jewel provide their perspective on what the landscape in Supercars will be like post Craig Lowndes and who is responsible for creating the next superstar driver, is it the Championship, the team or the driver?

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Click here to listen – Show 203 – Adrian Burgess and Mitch Crocker

Tony Whitlock and Craig Revell discuss drivers going international and the success they have achieved along with the recognition it give the Supercars Championship.

Adrian Burgess (Tekno Autosport) talks about his motor racing journey, how he came to Australia and his experiences in the Supercars paddock.

Mitch Croke is Nissan Motorsport decal expert, he discusses how he started in motor racing and what it is like to design and decal supercars for the various events across the season. He also talks about the work ahead rebranding the team to Kelly Motorsport.

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Click here to listen – Show 202 – Calendar and Convoy

Tony Whitlock and Craig Revell discuss the 2019 calendar and how the changes will set the stage for the 2020 revolution.

Vinnie Borgia (23 Red Racing) discusses how the transporter drivers will benefit from the calendar changes, how he started working at Supercars and what the difference is like now being in team land. He also talks about the emotion of taking 150 bales of hay to drought affected farmers.

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Click here to listen – Show 201 – Ecstasy and Agony

Tony Whitlock and Craig Revell look back at an enthralling Bathurst 1000 and at some of the other notable stories of the weekend including mainstream media continuing trend to ignore motorsport.

Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards discuss how they were able to overcome a weekend of power steering drama to take victory at the Mountain.

David Reynolds and Luke Youlden share the heartbreak of dominating race day, but coming up short at the end of the day.

Will Brown talks about his first experience at Bathurst and how he hopes it will set up his Supercar future.

Warren Luff continued his podium success with back to back 2nd places, while Alex Premat talks about Team Penske in 2018.

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Click here to listen – 2018 Night Before the 1000

Craig Revell and John Bannon wrap up the Top Ten Shootout . David Reynolds (Erebus), Jamie Whincup (Red Bull Holden Racing Team) and Anton de Pasquale talk about their flying lap.

Kevin Fitzsimmons (Dunlop Motorsport) talks about the this years tyres and what he expects with the new brake package during the 1000.

We speak to one of the men behind the Bathurst Hilton Dale Sudholz, about his years working on the spanners in the 60’s and how the most famous campsite on the Mountain began.

Barry Ryan (Erebus) discusses the amazing qualifying by Anton de Paquale and how he is looking at this years race, following the success last year.

And finally, Dean Fiore (MW Motorsport) talks about his success in the Dunlop Super2 250 mini-enduro.

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Click here to listen – Show 200 – Bathurst Preview

Tony Whitlock and Craig Revell are joined by Mark Fogarty (Auto Action/Supercar Extra) and John Bannon (Supercar Extra) to preview the Bathurst 1000, will Triple 8 continue its Sandown Form? Are DJRTP able to respond to challenge set by Triple 8? Can Reynolds/Youlden & Erebus defend their Bathurst crown? and could we see some new faces on the podium?

Barry Ryan (Erebus) discusses returning to the Mountain as the defending champions.

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