On The Grid

THERE'S no one better to help debrief the incredible Indy 500 than the man who did such an incredible job calling it - NBC Sports' Leigh Diffey. The boy from Brisbane is acknowledged as the voice of IndyCar racing these days and his call of Helio Castroneves winning his fourth 500 was memorable for all the right reasons. Leigh reflects on the privilege of being part of history, the significance of...

A DIFFERENT On the Grid this week - you see, we plain ran out of time to book a guest so instead it's Schibecs, Craillsy and Walker rabbiting on about everything in the racing world. There's a Winton preview, a look at Indy500 qualifying, everything wrong with the Monaco GP and a random, Indy-inspired theory for changing up Bathurst qualifying. Honestly, if you were going to miss a show, this woul...

THE INDY 500 is just around the corner, so On the Grid is taking this opportunity to look ahead to the race and, in particular, assess Scott McLaughlin’s impact on the US scene so far. We can waffle on about it, but we also have zero credibility – so we thought we would rope in someone who does. Marshall Pruett is the best IndyCar journo going around, covering the series for RACER.com and his own...

A WINNER just four rounds into his journey as a Supercars team owner, Kelly-Grove Racing's Stephen Grove joins the show to discuss the remarkable weekend at The Bend Motorsport Park that saw Andre Heimgartner grab a victory on Saturday. As well as discussing that slightly unexpected success and the season so far, Stephen looks ahead to his goals for the team moving forward, talks his own racing in...

By winning this years S5000, Joey Mawson became the latest name to be engraved on the esteemed Gold Star Trophy. We chat to Joey about the season and find out what he has planned for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A COUPLE of two-time Australian Drivers Championship winners join the show this week, John Bowe and Tim Macrow helping us preview a monster weekend of racing at Sydney Motorsport Park. Bowe is first up, discussing his ongoing health battles and his openness in discussing it with the broader public. He talks TCM, Gold Star memories and S5000 plus a whole lot more. As always, he’s a ripper chat. Unf...

After starting 4th in the final race at Tassie and finishing 7th, Zane Goddard has proven he can mix it with the best, and even better than the personal achievement is the performance of Matt Stone Racing to provide him with a car that could compete. We talk to Zane about his career as a Full Time Supercar driver and life in the fast lane. We also wrap up a big weekend in Motorsport from around th...

NEVER short of a comment, David Reynolds is our featured guest this week as the Kelly Grove Racing driver talks all things Supercars 2021 following his move to the Mustang squad. He's open and frank about his step into parenthood, his changes to the KGR Mustangs since his first drive, teammate Andre Heimgartner and how his shift into the TV world has earned those who do it full time more of his re...

NEVER short of a comment, David Reynolds is our featured guest this week as the Kelly Grove Racing driver talks all things Supercars 2021 following his move to the Mustang squad. He's open and frank about his step into parenthood, his changes to the KGR Mustangs since his first drive, teammate Andre Heimgartner and how his shift into the TV world has earned those who do it full time more of his re...

NEVER short of a comment, David Reynolds is our featured guest this week as the Kelly Grove Racing driver talks all things Supercars 2021 following his move to the Mustang squad. He's open and frank about his step into parenthood, his changes to the KGR Mustangs since his first drive, teammate Andre Heimgartner and how his shift into the TV world has earned those who do it full time more of his re...

NEVER short of a comment, David Reynolds is our featured guest this week as the Kelly Grove Racing driver talks all things Supercars 2021 following his move to the Mustang squad. He's open and frank about his step into parenthood, his changes to the KGR Mustangs since his first drive, teammate Andre Heimgartner and how his shift into the TV world has earned those who do it full time more of his re...

HE has scored more than 10,000 runs playing for Victoria and averaged more than 50 for his country - but what brings Cricketing legend Brad Hodge to On The Grid? A deep passion for motorsport, that's what. Now part of the Seven Sport commentary team, Hodgey joins Richard and Mark not just for a debrief on all the incredible Bathurst 6 Hour action, but also how racing came into his world, how other...

Joined by Beric Lynton the 2019 winner of the Bathurst 6 hour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT WAS a massive weekend at the Sandown Supercars as top-level motorsport returned to Melbourne after a 53-week absence, and we've got two of the stars from the weekend on the show to tell us all about it. Gold Star / S5000 leader Joey Mawson is up first to discuss his return to racing Down Under and how much he's loving the new Aussie big-banger open wheelers - plus leading the championship with...

Tony D'Alberto joins us for a chat re TCR Australia and DJR Bathurst Drive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack talks about the burns to his feet from Bathurst and Knuckles looks forward to this weekends Shannons Event at Phillip Island Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Winterbottom and Garth Tander join the team to talk about race 1 of the 2021 Repco Supercars season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TCM Cars at Bathurst are cool. Very Cool. Which is why we've got three-time TCM champ and all round good bloke Steven Johnson on the show to talk about it. He's racing an XD Falcon now, running as a tribute to his old man's famous Ford that made the Johnson name so famous at Bathurst in the early 80s. Stevie J talks developing the car, his thoughts on close family friend JB and his battles and muc...

Jack Perkins is back On the Grid this week with stories about the ongoing works to return some classic Perkins Touring Car machinery back to perfect condition, plus a new book that will document the full history of the Perkins Engineering output. Jack also talks TV, hints about a new Bathurst drive and much more. Then, rising star of the Aussie Country Music scene Courtney Keil is on the show to t...

It's something different this week as Schibecs, Craillsy and Walker run through their top five races that must not be missed in 2021. We all sat on the sidelines in 2020, so everyone is keen to get back to the track, Pandemic pending, of course. There's that, plus hear from Will Davison, Anton de Pasquale and Dick Johnson from the launch of Shell V-Power Racing's 2021 campaign. Learn more about yo...

Thomas Randle joins us to discuss the S5000 win in Tassie a couple of weeks ago. We also talk to Tom about the Golden Star and his ongoing health battle. Greg Rust chats about the fantastic racing down in Tassie at Symonds Plains and Baskerville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our final show for 2020 and Tim Blanchard joins us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Skaife joins us for a chat about his new book and Supercars stuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig and Lara Lowndes join us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Story, DJR Team Boss is our special guest this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices