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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From spectator to state leader, Kathy Lisson’s motorsport story has been written in oil, determination, and grit.
PODCAST EPISODES
For most racers, Bathurst is the dream. For Perth’s Anthony Jewell, that dream turned into reality as he tackled Mount Panorama behind the wheel of a VE SSV Production car — just a few short years after cutting laps in a Hyundai Excel.
Grassroots racing done right. Michael Howlett joins Shane Lawrie and Brent Peters to talk father-son race days, state title glory, and wrangling HQs at Nationals with 50-car grids.
Perth official and tarmac-rally tragic Taylor Grant has worn a lot of hats at CARCO Raceway: flag marshal, grid, recovery and event ops.
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On this episode of Behind the Sport, we sit down with Cooper Cutts, one of…
This episode on Behind the Sport, we sit down with Western Australia’s rising star Mason…
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.