Historic Racing News - March Episode

In Part 2 of our June episode, motorsport legend Ross Brawn talks to Paul Tarsey about his life in Formula One from his earliest days with Williams to his days at Jaguar and the astounding XJR-14.. Rachel Brookes, Sky F1’s paddock reporter gives us a peek behind the scenes during Sky’s Grand Prix coverage. and Jim Roller reports on the auction scene featuring some wild and crazy machines!

On the June Episode Motorsport legend Ross Brawn talks to Paul Tarsey about his life in Formula One from his earliest days with Williams that is in Part 2 of our program.. We also talk to former Formula One and Indycar star Derek Daly about his life on both sides of the Atlantic. Derek talks very frankly about the difficult time he spent as Keke Rosberg’s Williams team mate and then his transition...

This month on the show, we look at the life and times of Lella Lombardi. Jon Saltinstall argues that, although famous for being the world’s most successful female F1 driver, there was much more to her than that. Experienced historic racer Saif Assam tells Paul Tarsey about the cars he competes in, and we hear about those amazing South African F1 ‘specials’ of the 1960s from Rob Young and Arnout Ko...

This month on part 2 of Historic Racing News, we look at the life and times of Lella Lombardi. Jon Saltinstall argues that, although famous for being the world’s most successful female F1 driver, there was much more to her than that. Experienced historic racer Saif Assam tells Paul Tarsey about the cars he competes in,

The far-reaching changes brought about by the new set of rules for Formula One have caused much discussion. In our April show Paul Jurd takes a look back to the changes in Formula One regulations over the years from pre-WW2 up to the more recent past. Josh Parsons from the Goodwood Road Racing Club talks about the upcoming Members Meeting and Matt Twynham from Twynhams Tours gives us a view into j...

The far-reaching changes brought about by the new set of rules for Formula One have caused much discussion. In our April show Paul Jurd takes a look back to the changes in Formula One regulations over the years from pre-WW2 up to the more recent past. Josh Parsons from the Goodwood Road Racing Club talks about the upcoming Members Meeting and Matt Twynham from Twynhams Tours gives us a view into j...

The Historic Racing News Chat Show powered by Race Retro is a feast of motorsport conversations and in our February edition we talk to Richard Jenkins about the real story behind March Engineering and Tim Foster tells us about Group B rallying and where those cars are now. With a Ferrari 250GTO coming up for auction last month, there was a lot of hype about its expected price tag and the team chat...

In Part 2 of the March Episode of Historic Racing News, we have more of our Race Retro recap and a look at our fantastic prize to give away - a pair of full hospitality tickets for the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, courtesy of Twynhams Tours. Just answer a simple question to get the chance to win this amazing prize (Ts and Cs of course apply). Details are on the show.

On the March edition of Historic Racing News, the team debriefs a very successful but very busy Race Retro and we talk to some of our guests who we met on the Live Stage. We also have a fantastic prize to give away - a pair of full hospitality tickets for the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, courtesy of Twynhams Tours. Just answer a simple question to get the chance to win this amazing prize (Ts and...

The first Historic Racing News Chat Show of 2026 sees the team of Paul Jurd, Jim Roller and Paul Tarsey look at some of the many special dates which will happen in 2026. Paul Jurd has researched a whole range of anniversaries, from Ford at Le Mans in 1966 to the 70th birthday of Mallory Park, plus many more in between. Jim Roller looks back at the auction market in 2025 in general, and the last qu...

The final episode of Historic Racing New for 2025 features Paul Tarsey talking to Bruce Jones about his latest book about the history of Formula One and Jim Roller congratulates Pete Lyons about his award-winning autobiography ‘Tales from Racer Road’. John Brooks, stalwart of the Le Mans 24 Hours joins us to look at the ‘Great Race’ during the early part of the twenty first century and Gabes Ewban...

On the November edition of the show Kenny McLean from the Jim Clark Museum, shows us around the fantastic exhibits and talks about the local farmer who became arguably the world’s greatest-ever racing driver. Paul Jurd explored Clark’s magnificent 1965 season and explains some of Jim’s unique achievements to Jim Roller and Paul Tarsey. Gabes Ewbank from Race Retro lets us know what we can expect a...

On the October episode of the Historic Racing News Podcast, Romain Dumas talks about his Le Mans wins for Audi and for Porsche and the most unusual job interview with Roger Penske …. You will have to listen to find out more! He looks back at the Dakar rally and his amazing feats in the all-electric Ford Transit Supervan. We are joined by the Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, Duncan Wiltshire....

On the September episode of the Historic Racing News Radio Show, our featured guest is Nigel Mansell who tells Paul Jurd about his amazing career in a surprisingly candid interview, and Jim Roller looks at some multi-million dollar sales at the auctions in Monterey Car Week. Jim also pays tribute to his friend, ‘Humpy’ Wheeler, the American motorsport personality, who died in August. We look at th...

In this edition of Historic Racing News Paul Jurd talks to Mario Andretti about his fantastic career all over the world. Mario talks frankly about his days with Lotus, his Indycar experiences and NASCAR. Jim Roller hears about the battle for leadership of the FIA from the man standing as president, Tim Mayer and John Brooks joins us and tells Paul Tarsey about his latest Le Mans book, which cover...

The July episode of Historic Racing news features a couple of programs we produced for Radio Le Mans for race week 2025. They were a huge success and we thought you might like to hear the best bits before we finally put Le Mans 2025 to bed. Derek Warwick talks to Paul Tarsey about his five participations at Le Mans, and we have tales from Mark Raffauf, long-time chum of Jim Roller, and boss of IMS...

On the June episode of Historic Racing News.... Surprise it is centered around Le Mans! Derek Bell tells Paul Tarsey about the time he drove the glorious Harrods-liveried McLaren at Le Mans with his son Justin and Jaguar winner Andy Wallace. The deal all happened very late and the then-53 year old had very little time to prepare for the gruelling 24 hour race. Continuing our Le Mans theme, Robin D...

May means the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and Monaco for the Historic Racing News crew of Paul Tarsey, Jim Roller and Paul Jurd. The guys breakdown some Indy history and why and how some of the sports most iconic traditions began! Paul Tarsey also talks to Guy Loveridge about 1950s Grand Prix Driver Peter Collins an English racing icon. Paul Jurd does a deep dive into the 1963 Indy 500 and the team...

Eddie Jordan has been labelled as a ‘maverick’ and a ‘showman’ but behind all the brouhaha was a very astute businessman who loved his racing. We take a look at the ‘man behind the mask’ in our tribute to Eddie who died last week. We also look at EJ the racing driver and also what happened to the team after he sold it on. Goodwood Members Meeting takes place later in April and we highlight some of...

The first Historic Racing News episode of 2025 visits with Joe Hale President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. He tells Jim Roller about their big sale of some vehicles from the Museum’s collection. The first car to go under the hammer will be the ex-Fangio and ex-Moss Mercedes W196 Streamliner with an expected sale of $50 Million! John Mayhead from Hagerty Price Guide gazes into his cry...

The February edition of Historic Racing News features special guest, motorsport legend Brian Redman. He talks to Jim Roller and previews the 2025 edition of his ‘Targa 66’. Paul Jurd looks back to the first-ever Daytona 500, which was more dramatic than any Hollywood movie could have come up with and Paul Tarsey leads a somewhat off-the-wall discussion about the Ecclestone Collection. Peter Snowdo...

Jim Roller has taken in some Florida sunshine as he visits Brian Redman’s Targa 66. He talks to Bill Auberlain, Scott George and Brad Kettler about this unique event and the cars they run there. Paul Tarsey and Paul Jurd discuss the success of Race Retro and Simon Owen from Scalextric talks to Joe Bradley about the new season’s cars from the world’s leading slot car manufacturer. This includes a v...