Behind the Sport Podcast Episodes
Hosted by Shane Lawrie and Brent Peters, Behind the Sport takes you inside the world of Australian motorsport.
Each week, Shane and Brent sit down with racers, teams, and industry figures for unfiltered conversations about life on and off the track.
From grassroots categories and karting prodigies to seasoned professionals, the show uncovers the stories, struggles and triumphs that fuel the sport we love. Fast cars, fierce battles, and plenty of laughs — this is your front-row seat to the people and passion behind Australian motorsport.
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This episode on Behind the Sport, we sit down with Western Australia’s rising star Mason…
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Ellexandra Best! .. Driver in the V8 SuperUtes Series, Girls on Track Champion, Twice on Podium in Class at Bathurst 6 Hour and absolute legend for putting up with our technical difficulties joins us for a chat about her motorsport journey so far!
Brad Jones Racing’s Lochie Dalton joined us for a chat about Karts, Toyota 86, Trans Am and Super2s, his backers, his beginnings and just where did he end up instead of at our studio for recording the episode?
In return for his tardiness, someone forgot to press the record button and also left his phone on!
Come along for the ride…
Priyanka is the National Participation Lead for Motorsport Australia and part of her role is the Ricciardo Racers program and the FIA Girls on Track program.
We caught up with Justin to chat about his history, get some funny tales from before things got so strict, the logistics put into running an event like the Australasia Safari and of course we hear about the Joondalup Festival of Motoring and what one thing about the event is making it all worthwhile to put his reputation (and more!) on the line to put this event on.
Perth Motorplex’s Speedway manager Gavin Migro jumps into the guest chair!
Sam Dicker joins us for the latest episode almost fresh off the back of a championship win at Puckapunyal where he battled with James Golding. A look back at his karting history, his other motorsport endeavours and what led to him being relegated to 55th on the Behind the Sport podcast grid list!
British guy turned almost Australian Chris Cheverall jumps in the seat for a chat about all things Chris, BMW racing, being spoilt for choice in the UK for racing options and a very, very honest and graphic thing he does pre-race.
Crazed fan and ex state champion water polo competitor turned commentator Sean McCabe entered the commentary booth later than some of the youngsters that are coming up now but he’s managed to call racing at Wanneroo Raceway and the Perth Motorplex.
Described as someone who has a child like excitement around motorsport, in a positive way, Chris Mitchell almost had no choice about getting involved with motorsport.
As we come off the back of the Supercars weekend, we caught up with one of the many volunteers who make events like the Perth Supercars round possible, Nathan Green
Episode 50 lands and we grabbed Triple Eights’ Jess Dane just before she headed to Perth for the return of the V8 Supercars at Wanneroo Raceway.
19 year old Gianni Lutzu went from karting into the Arise Driver search where he placed second with mentoring from Nick Percat and BD Soutar Dawson, he then competed in the Arise camp in an F1000 for an interrupted 2020 season and then the following 2021 season
Growing up around motorsport family and friends, it was probably inevitable that Brooke was going to end up in Motorsport, but she was eventually convinced to give it a go and now loves competing. Come hear her story and find out what’s next for Brooke!
Charlie Bullis is a Digital Content Producer for Supercars and takes us through how she got into motorsport, FIA Girls on Track, her new project Careers with Gears, plus some fantastic behind the scenes chat about Supercars and the upcoming Perth event