Author: Shane Lawrie

Shane Lawrie

Head unpaid intern of Behind the Sport and former gimp at Drive Tribe, he might not be the most technical motorsport fan, but enjoys a good race!

As we notch up our 20th episode, Karting club Hurricane Go Kart Club nothces up their 10th year of their King of the Hill tournament and joining us is probably the tallest guy in karting, Tony Arambasic.   A late bloomer in motorsport but a proud as punch Dad now his

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Ian Baker is a true character of Australian motorsport. With the World Time Attack Challenge series having its 10th year in 2019, the future is looking bright for the series once borders reopen and we had Ian jump on for a chat about the history of WTAC, the future and

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Episode 0018!   We’ve got 2 for 1 value this week with Stuart Home and Joe Begic who are a mechanic and driver respectively from the Arise Racing team here in Western Australia.   Stuart has been with Arise Racing for 3 years prepping cars for the likes of Nick

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Episode 0017, not 0016 as Shane mentions in the intro, lands with less grace than Mika Häkkinen jumping a kerb in Adelaide.   Our guest this week is renowned Formula 1 photographer Mark Sutton from Sutton Images / Motorsport Images who has spent the last 30+ years photographing motorsport around the world

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We’re living life a 1/4 mile a time. Trying hard not to offend the drag racing community with Shane’s clear lack of knowledge on this form of motorsport, but we think we did OK!   Oil & Energy / Hydraulic Technical Solutions drag racer Kyle Putland, holder

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On this week’s episode, Nick Scarcella Vice President of the Phillip Island Auto Racing Club (PIARC) jumps in the hot seat for a chat about his history in motorsport, how the PIARC are dealing with COVID-19 and we manage to squeeze a story out of him about that

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16 year old Chase Hoy is standing tall in the West Australian Saloon Car series as he takes the steps from karting glory to the tin top boats of circuit racing.   Have a listen to his first ever competitve kart race that beats Antonio Astuti‘s story of early

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The Australian Motor Racing Series (AMRS) and its sanctioning body, the Australian Auto Sport Alliance (AASA) will reach a significant milestone in August, visiting Melbourne’s Sandown International Raceway for the first time. The Sandown race meeting, which will be held on 28-30 August, forms part of an expanded 2020

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Tommy Smith has confirmed that he will contest the opening three rounds of the VHT S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship with Team BRM. The 18-year-old will drive for the South Australian team at Sydney Motorsport Park (August), Sandown (September) and Phillip Island (October). Smith could take in more S5000 rounds too,

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