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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Head of Pomtec Motorsport Tom Hamlett joins us for a chat about all things Tom & Pomtec, plus Excel Racing, Shane going arse over tit and much more!
The wait is over! Season 2, Episode 1 has landed! Behind the Sport returns in to the studio now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted and we’ve got a huge line up for this season appearing in the studio and via remote feed! Plus our first guest, who
Fresh off support races for the Formula 1 championship in the 2020 Porsche Mobil Cup, local young gun Jordan Love jumps on Behind the Sport for a chat about his history, what he’s been up to and the challenges of racing during COVID-19.
This week we chat with Jackie Russo about the upcoming Driftability event at Wanneroo Raceway. Started in 2018 by the then D1WA president Andrew Murphy, Driftability was formed to allow special needs persons 16 to 25 years old to get strapped into the passenger seat of high performance drift cars
A name synonymous with rally in Western Australia, by his own words someone more suited for running an event than competing in an event, one of the pioneers of special stages in Western Australia. Ross Tapper joins us for Episode 0028, we find out about his past, the early days
Cameron Edwards is one of the people behind the scenes of motorsport as well as a seasoned competitor. We asked him to jump on to our motorsport podcast Behind the Sport for a chat about his history, what he’s up to now, and what the future could hold
2019 DriftWest champion Jamie Worroll jumps on to have a quick chat about himself, drifting, circuit racing and of course, the wonderful Driftability event coming up on November 26th at Wanneroo Raceway, Western Australia Read about Driftability 2020 in our Behind the Sport article or via the official Driftability website
Jimmy Russo is at almost every drift event here in Western Australia. A man who sacrifices a lot of his personal time to assist the drift community to do what they love. Jimmy sets an amazing example for people in motorsport who are passionate about it and in it for
Mike Young, the winner of the 2020 Make Smoking History Forest Rally jumped on the podcast in between new dad duties to have a chat about rallying in Asia, being mobbed in India and much more.
With a list of accomplishments in offroad and onroad rally as long as his two arms, Maximum Motorsport’s Dean Herridge stepped out of his on air duties from the 2020 Make Smoking History Forest Rally to wrap up the event and chat with us about his history.
Australian Rally Champion Molly Taylor joins us for a chat about her history in motorsport and what the future hopes are, plus we get to hear about a pretty fun sounding endurance event over in Lithuania.
Thirty something Tom Bowsher has just been named as 2020s King of the Hill in the 125 restricted class at Hurricane Go Kart Club and he joined us for a chat to discuss his 3rd win, his karting history, and why people need to give REAL karting a chance.
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
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