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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ken Collier, general manager of operations at Australian Racing Group took time out of his hectic schedule to join us on Behind the Sport where we learnt about his background in motorsport and which two drivers he would put onto a grid and in what cars he would have them
17 year old .. sorry wait, 18 year old Luke Veersma joins us for a chat about his time in Junior Drags, moving to drifting and where he’d like to end up plus offer some advice on his media profile. We also talk about the return to motorsport in
Brad Jones joins us for Episode 0011 discussing how life has always been about motorsport, helping Peter Brock set his fastest lap around Mount Panorama, getting the Hollywood treatment with Jackie Chan and much more