On The Grid

JUDE BARGWANNA is the guest On the Grid this week as the latest in his broad racing family to give V8's a crack. Jude joined the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series for the first time at Phillip Island and - despite some challenges - managed to claim the round win on debut.  He's a laconic young lad and good value so this is a fun chat.  Then we review all the action from the Shannons SpeedSeries at The Island, and preview Tasmania's Supercars sojourn this week.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two time BTCC race winner Tom Oliphant has made the move to Australia for family and professional reasons. We talk to him about life in Oz and reflect on a successful racing career in the UK. We also preview the Phillip Island version of SpeedSeries, review the F1 Gp in Miami and our Boxing correspondent Mark Walker talks Nascar. All that and more, On The Grid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE UTES are back! Okay, they never really went anywhere, but the V8 Ute racing of old returned in Perth with a bigger field than ever and some great entertainment. One of the categories leading lights, Dave Sieders, joins the show to talk not only about his own racing, but how they've rebuilt the category from unappealing diesels to something much more spectacular.  After that it's the full rundown of the massive weekend with all the usual high and low points that we attack - plus a surprisingly in-depth chat about racing car drivers hair.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep-dive into the world of engineering this week as Wes McDougall, who engineered Jamie Whincup's final season, joins the show to discuss his fascinating career and a new business designed to help drivers from all walks of life continue to develop and improve - it's fascinating insight into the sport from another angle! Then it's into the massive weekend ahead as we look at Perth and Baku plus everything else going on in the big bad world of motorsport.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MARK WINTERBOTTOM will notch up his 600th Supercars / ATCC start when he rolls into Perth next week, so it seemed like a good excuse to catch up with the Supercars Champion and Bathurst winner to reflect on his journey so far.  Frosty talks about his sustained run of success at Tickford, his evolution from young gun to experienced veteran and just how much delivering Team18 their first Supercars win would mean alongside all his other remarkable achievements.  Then it's a look back at the weekend that was plus and some more fiery Hot & Not nominations for our weekly power rankings.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A thrilling Bathurst 6 Hour was won by Simon Hodges and Jayden Ojeda at the weekend and the young gun from Sydney is on the show to talk about their remarkable win.  'The Juice' also talks about his career prospects, about taking a new approach to furthering his racing and what it's like passing people on the grass at 200km/hr down Conrod.  There's the full debrief from the six hour and the week that was, plus Craillsy gets on his high horse for a HOT / NOT segment to be remembered..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS WEEK on the Grid it's all about the incredible Australian Grand Prix - and it turns out all three of the OTG team were on the ground in varying roles, living their best lives. We recap everything from the madness of the F1 race to the equally mad track invasion, calling with a world champion, taking photos of F1 cars at speed and everything else in between.  We also look ahead to this weekend's Bathurst 6 Hour with Motoring journalist Tim Robson - who will live his own dream by starting his first Bathurst race this weekend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Pither joins us to chat about his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup at the Australian Grand Prix. Chris touches on his past few years in Supercars and what his plans are moving forward. The team look forward to the weekends actions and give their thoughts on the 2023 F1 Australian GP and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outgoing Australian GP CEO Andrew Westacott joins us for a final time just 8 days out from the Australian Grand Prix. We reminisce, look forward and most importantly dissect the up coming week at Albert Park. The boys also look forward to the GP and discuss the significance of the first two GP's if any. Nascar, 12 hour, 6 hour all in 1 hour. There's your podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE FULL OTG Rundown of the dramatic weekend in Newcastle is here, with the team pulling no punches in their assessment of what went on, from Triple Eight being pinged, to the SVG-versus-the-world dramas on Sunday afternoon and everything else in between.  Plus Dale Rodgers went to the Phillip Island Classic and had a light chat with Greg Murphy and Steven Richards about their pounding around in old Nissan Skylines, which sounded like an awfully good time.  The weekly Hot and Nots are there and all the usual stuff you love to hear, or merely tolerate, each week.. it's up to you!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Erebus young gun Will Brown talks about the lead up to the first race of the season in Newcastle and explains the issues teams may face during the weekend. The Boys also dissect the Supercar liveries in a special Power Ranking episode. Indy Car, F1 and Nascar also get a mention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A broad ranging chat this week as we delve into the Shannons SpeedSeries at Symmons Plains, Supercars silliness in Sydney, Superbikes at Phillip Island and much more, including a chat about why Tony wants the eradication of Cape Barron Geese from the world. Probably not a show for the RSCPA to listen to, then. Plus the weekly hot & not's and we also reveal what the mysterious 'Grand Ridge Brewery' is, and how they can afford to sponsor a World Championship racing event at the Island..   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Moffat trades two-litre turbo for V8 grunt this year as he switches from TCR to TransAm in 2023 - he joins the show to discuss the move, the firepower in the TransAm field this year and his career as it stands - plus his burning desire to get to the top step at Mount Panorama in the Gen III era.  Bracksy joins the show to preview this weekend's round of the World Superbikes at the Island, and then we run down the week that was, and - because we recorded this before anything happened - probably get everything wrong about the Supercars testing in Sydney. Plus, Daytona 500 chat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been a massive summer for Australian Speedway and apart of it for the first time as an owner was Tim Hodges. The Warrnambool boy talks about the pros and cons of being an owner on the Speedway scene, he gives us an indication about what the future holds for Hodges Motorsport and just what is was like to Live the Dream. We also talk about the new Supercar liveries that have been revealed and Mark previews the Daytona 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our first show for 2023 and it's great to have the first driver to roll out a new Gen 3 car onto the track. Todd Hazelwood achieved this when he took the Cool Drive Mustang onto the Winton layout for the first Gen 3 laps of any team. Todd takes us through the intricacies of the new car and tells us what we can expect to see for the first few race meetings of the year. We also have a full wrap of the Bathurst 12 hour and plenty more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE VALO Adelaide 500 has been run and won and what a week it was! Join the team as we debrief the entirety of the event, the popularity of politicians and the raciness of the racing.  There's some fairly firm Hot, Not and What's listed as well as we run through the weekly Power Rankings for the final time in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A BIG show this week as Lee Holdsworth drops by to reflect on his career as it rounds the final bend at the VALO Adelaide 500 this week.  Speaking of that, the massive event returns and we look into what to expect from one of the largest motorsport events going around, including the main game and supports.  Then it's our usual Doric Power Rankings for the week that was as we count down to the Supercars finale'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THREE TIME Grand Prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella is coming back Down Under to race in the S5000 Tasman Series at the VALO Adelaide 500 next week. We hear from the Italian to get his thoughts on coming back to the category, the driving challenge the cars present and much more.  Then we delve into the details of the 2023 Supercars calendar to find out what works, what could be better and what could come in the future.  That plus our usual HOTs and NOTs of the week that was and the week that will be - it's another big episode of On the Grid. 

ONE of the highlights of the Bathurst International event was seeing Steven Johnson back to his winning best in the Touring Car Masters, sweeping the weekend and dominating proceedings aboard his Ford Mustang. He joins the show to talk about that performance, the surprisingly large differences between the current Mustang and his title-winning ride, 'Sally', and also son Jett's racing career this weekend. Plus, he discusses the future for the famous Tru Blu Mk. III Falcon and what could occur to that car. We also preview this weekend's AMRS round at Winton, look back at all the highlights (and challenges) from Bathurst and Brazil, and a whole heap more as usual. 

SON OF A GUN Ben Bargwanna joins the show this week to discuss his impressive S5000 performance on the streets of Surfers Paradise, but also his strong season in Supercheap Auto TCR. Every bit as fun as his old man, Ben takes us behind the scenes of hustling the big open wheeler on the city streets, looks ahead to Bathurst's TCR finale' and Adelaide and gives us a clue about what his future could hold.  Dale Rodgers catches up with John Bowe at the Sandown Historic event last weekend. Then the team break down the Bathurst International this weekend, delve into the NASCAR showdown and deliver their usual pointed Hots and Nots from the week that was.