Chequered Flag Chat

Welcome to the Chequered Flag Chat 2026 Supercars Championship preview podcast! There’s plenty to discuss, including the addition of a new manufacturer in Toyota, some tweaks to the finals system and our pre-season predictions for each driver’s championship result. Dave Stillwell joins Lachy Mansell for your ultimate 2026 form guide!

2025 marked the first season where the new finals system was used to crown the Repco Supercars Champion, resulting in a dramatic title showdown on the streets of Adelaide. But which drivers performed the best throughout 2025, and which drivers failed to live up to expectations? Lachy Mansell and Shane Jones deliver their end of season report card.

It’s race week for the 2025 Repco Bathurst 1000, which means it’s time for a traditional pre-race episode of Chequered Flag Chat!   And in keeping with tradition, that means Lachy “The Geek” Mansell and Shane Jones are in the house to run through the form guide and predict the results of each driver in the field.

The 2025 Repco Supercars Championship is shaping up to be absolutely fascinating with the introduction of a new finals system and a couple of teams changing manufacturers at season’s end, along with a couple of rookies joining the grid.   There’s definitely plenty to talk about in our traditional pre-season podcast, where Lachy Mansell and Shane Jones get together to analyse and predict the result...

The 2024 Repco Supercars Championship concluded with the two Red Bull Ampol Racing drivers, Will Brown and Broc Feeney, battling for the title but throughout the rest of the field, there were drivers who exceeded or underwhelmed against pre-season expectations.   Who were the stars and dunces of the year? Lachy Mansell and Shane Jones hand down their gradings for all 24 drivers in this season fina...

The 2024 edition of Australia’s Great Race is set to be a wide-open affair, with plenty of drivers and teams contending for victories throughout the season.    Radio/reality TV personality Lachy Mansell and sports journalist Shane Jones present the Chequered Flag Chat Bathurst 1000 preview podcast, predicting the finishing positions of all 26 cars in this year’s field. 

A tumultuous off-season has set the scene for an intriguing 2024 Repco Supercars Championship. Sports journalist Shane Jones joins motorsport commentator Lachy Mansell to check out the form guide for all 24 drivers on the 2024 grid.

The 2023 Repco Supercars Championship delivered new cars, some new winners and a new Champion.   Who were the stars and dunces of the season? Lachy Mansell and Shane Jones hand down their gradings for all 25 drivers in this season finale episode of Chequered Flag Chat.

The 2023 edition of Australia’s Great Race is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable ever, with the introduction of the new Gen 3 cars, emergence of some new contenders and subtle but significant rule changes   Radio presenter/reality TV star Lachy Mansell and sports journalist Shane Jones present the Chequered Flag Chat Bathurst 1000 preview podcast, predicting the finishing positions of...

Who will be the next 10 drivers to race full-time in the Supercars Championship?   From the up-and-coming talents of the Aussie junior development categories through to international superstars, Lachy Mansell and Shane Jones discuss their predictions for the future of the Supercars grid.

The Hi-Tec Oils Super Series headed to Hidden Valley for Round 2 on the May Day long weekend. Lachy Mansell, Matt Cavanagh and Stephen Whyte debrief all the on and off-track action in TA2 Muscle Cars, the HQ Holden Crocodile Cup, NAMSC Combined Sedans and NT Circuit Excels.

The 2023 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour was a drama-filled race on the Mountain, with freezing cold conditions, an abundance of Safety Cars and a typically captivating finish, so there was plenty for Lachy Mansell and Dave Stillwell to unpack on this week’s episode of Chequered Flag Chat.

Motorsport commentators Lachy Mansell and Dave Stillwell preview the 2023 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour, including analysis of all eight classes and outright race predictions.

The opening round of the 2023 Hi-Tec Oils Super Series was held at Winton Raceway on the weekend, heralding a new era for AASA-sanctioned national motorsport. Lachy Mansell and Matt Cavanagh debrief all the on and off-track action in TA2 Muscle Cars, Mazda RX8 Cup, Super TT/Stock Cars and Excels.

Lachy Mansell and Shane Jones preview the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship, including their predictions on where all 25 drivers will finish in the final standings.

Lachy Mansell, Shane Jones and Dave Stillwell bring you a comprehensive preview of the 2023 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, including discussions about the key regulations and an analysis of every car in the field.

Lachy Mansell (aka Lachy the Geek) and Shane Jones analyse the form guide for the 2022 edition of Australia's Great Race, the Bathurst 1000.

It’s Bathurst time!   Reality TV star and resident motorsport geek Lachy Mansell is in the house, along with sports journalist Shane Jones for a comprehensive analysis of all 25 cars in this year’s field for Australia’s Great Race.

Porsche Driving Instructor, Carrera Cup driver and 20 Supercars starts along the way. Luke Youlden has had quite the career so far, our host Ryan Jones chats with Luke to unpack how it all came to be!

Lee Holdsworth talks us through his career, from his debut in what is now Super2 in 2004 to his current stint in TCR Australia.  Our Host Ryan Jones mispronounces driver names, Lee opens up about his years in Supercars and his comeback from injury plus his prospects in this year's Bathurst 1000!!  All that and more on this episode of the Chequered Flag Chat!!

Tony Bates is the epitome of the gentleman racer, a highly successful entrepreneur whose preferred recreational pursuit is driving fast race cars. These days he drives an Audi R8 GT3 car but his beginnings are far more humble.   Here’s the story of how Tony went from “smashing into everything bar the ambulance” during his 2002 racing debut to winning the Carrera Cup TAG Heuer Challenge national ti...

If you live in Canberra and you’ve learned to drive recently, there’s a fair chance you’ve been taught by an instructor from the Fifth Gear Motoring school and spent some time in one of their Mini Coopers.   Fifth Gear Motoring is owned by Daniel Flanagan, a racing competitor with a passion for driver education. On this episode of Chequered Flag Chat, Daniel talks about the links between motorspor...

It’s Bathurst time!   In a special Great Race preview episode of Chequered Flag Chat, sports journalist Shane Jones joins Lachlan Mansell to discuss some of the variations and rule changes for this year’s event, as well as assessing the chances for each of the 25 cars in the field.

He has more than four decades of experience racing in events such as the Bathurst 1000, Bathurst 12 Hour and Nurburgring 24 Hour, and now Phil Alexander is using that expertise for the benefit of the motorsport community, providing the knowledge and logistics to help new people enter the sport.   On this episode of Chequered Flag Chat, Phil fascinates us with some of the enthralling stories from h...

Motorsport sponsorship used to be solely about exposure and brand awareness – put a sticker on a race car, spectators will notice and recognise the brand. These days though, sponsorship is about so much more than that – it involves elements such as staff and customer incentives, business-to-business networking opportunities and various other benefits.   On this episode, we look at the changing nat...