Races Of Our Lives Podcast

Our Le Mans week continues! This time, we're heading back to a drama-filled 1999 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours - one that Mercedes and Mark Webber would probably rather not talk about. Dan Mason and Joe Hudson talk flying Mercs, self-sabotaging Toyotas and quiz each other to remember all the details of BMW's winning entry. And some wonderfully obscure line-ups...Peter Kox obviously inclu...

It's that time again folks.... No, not 'that' World Cup. It's Le Mans 24 Hours time baby! So we'll kick off with a definite British victory, as Bentley finished its programme in the finest style possible to win the great race in France. Elsewhere, Audi had a rare catastrophe, Corvette DIDN'T win GTs (honestly), and Australia motorsport legend David Brabham has his say on th...

FEATURING: Special guest Colin Turkington! ...How about a BTCC scuffles countdown? Deal. Touring cars was still in its 'attitude era' in 2003, and it finally boiled over at Druids corner when Frenchman Yvan Muller suffered an MG-induced nightmare on a late race restart. Dan Mason, Eric Barnes and Steve Whitfield recap the post-race throttling, BTCC's funniest kick-offs, and Colin Turki...

Retro fever alert - it's peak Formula 3000 time! Fresh from the release of his new book, James Newbold sits down with Dan Mason to celebrate all things great about F1's premier feeder series. His choice from the list comes from the Hockenheim in the year 2000, featuring names such as Fernando Alonso, Justin Wilson, Tomas Enge and, of course, DC's worst nightmare, Enrique Bernoldi. Geek hats firmly...

FEATURING: Special guest Timo Scheider! Ahhh, those three little words... Well, not quite. In this case "schieb ihn raus" became three of motorsport's most controversial back in Austria 2015. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield put live team radio to shame, discuss 'push him out' gate, and invite Timo Scheider to talk about how he dealt with what happened that fateful day. Talk about your favourite race...

FEATURING: Special guest Adam Carroll! In 2005, F3000 became GP2 (now F2), and brought with it a rush to get the next F1 seat... Last to join was British F3 runner-up Adam Carroll, but then on the streets of Monaco, the Irishman showed he was not messing around. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield recap on how he stepped up to beat Heikki Kovalainen, Nelson Piquet Jr and Nico Rosberg and soon joined the...

'Mr DTM' found a new rival in 2002, as DJ and former BTCC champion Laurent Aiello took the fight with the German down to the very last corner. Dan Mason, Steve Whitfield and Stephen Brunsdon don their DTM fanboy hats to discuss the moment at the Norisring where the Mercedes and Audi rivals REALLY locked horns. Plus, Bernd Schneider himself drops in to tell his tales of those glory days of German T...

FEATURING: Special guest star Paul O'Neill! It was just a normal day in Cheshire for a young lad from the Widness, until he found himself leading race two... Owy joins Dan Mason and Eric Barnes to re-live his maiden BTCC victory back in 2002 - arguably one of the most popular wins in the series. He also talks about his friendship with James Thompson, battles with and appreciation for Matt Neal, an...

Well... what an almighty mess. Back on the streets of Pau in 2009 it looked like a famous underdog win for an Independent was coming in the World Touring Car Championship. And then... *Cue a rogue Chevrolet Cruze* Dan Mason and Stephen Whitfeld recall the horror of not just that, but 10 of the WORST safety car-induced moments of madness in motorsport. Yes, it includes Taki Inoue. Talk about your f...

FEATURING: Special guest David John of Team Kiwi Racing! It was the accidental enduro before the enduros... 100 laps of Winton was a marathon for V8 Supercars back in 2004, and it ended in the most dramatic way possible with a late, LATE surprise winner. Stephen Brunsdon and Dan Mason unpick Cam McConville's great win down under, victims of the horrendous boggy infield, and why a daft panel sh...

FEATURING: Special guest Johnny Mowlem! Remember the American Le Mans Series? It was all the rage. Four classes, huge races, and mouth-watering cars. ...And then came the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2007, where one class was decided in the last corner under abrupt fireworks. Dan Mason, Laura Donaghy and Joe Hudson re-live Ferrari vs Porsche, diesels designed in pubs, and cheeky Sebring shortcutters. Sp...

FEATURING: Special guest Greg Murphy! Super Touring was taking over the world of motorsport in the 1990s - including down under. Among this, a truly spectacular contest between three V8 Supercar legends played out at the old Lakeside circuit, featuring a three-wide moment destined for the Louvre. Eric Barnes and Dan Mason wax lyrical about the 90s, Super Touring Power and the moment Tony Longhurst...

FEATURING: Special guest Timo Scheider! How cool was German Touring Car racing? We all know the answer. It was even cooler when UK fanboys like our hosts Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield got to see it at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, and 2008 served up a CLASSIC. *And that wasn't because VW Polo Cup was still a thing. We're delighted to have the winner of that DTM race with us in this episod...

Who wants to win? Anybody? .....No? Fine. They say the mountain makes up its own mind - on this occasion it didn't seem to know which way to turn! The result was two cars that started at the back of the field, and had crashed already, sorting it out over one lap after 8 hours of racing down under. Sam Hall joins Dan Mason to digress from the point regularly - from team-mates binning each other...

Overtakes around the outside + Estoril? = Iconic. Move over Villeneuve, because in 2004 it was Christijan Albers who wowed the DTM crowds in a classic race with fellow future superstars Mattias Ekstrom and Gary Paffett. But whatever happened to him? Well, he scored points with Minardi(!) And what about that grid? Well Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield have donned their fanboy caps to discuss the best...

The World Rally Championship became a battle of Britain in 2001. Colin McRae. Richard Burns. Both absolute giants of the game, and both had the chance to win it at home. What followed was both memorable and dramatic in equal measure. Luke Barry joins Dan Mason to discuss Burnsie's delight, Colin's heartache and the tragedy that followed two years on for the UK's new hero and world cham...

"This is BLERKS racing!" It was a title decider that had everything. A straight fight between two riders, nothing between them, and a red hot one-lap showdown. The result? Broken commentators, much gasping, and 0.006s deciding it... Dan Mason and James Charman try to decipher the utterly brilliant Brands showdown between Tommy Hill and John Hopkins in the 2011 BSB season. Also, the champ...

"To finish first, first you must finish." Well tell this lot - they didn't not oblige. 90s Indycar was something that made even sliced bread look rubbish, and the race at Elkhart Lake in 1996 had absolutely EVERYTHING. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield look back at vintage Zanardi, Al Unser Jr's crushing heartache, and the potential F1 career of Robby Gordon that never was. Boooo! Oh...

You know that school reunion where all the famous faces get back together, then instantly make fools of themselves? Yeah... that, in racing form, arguably happened in a cult classic one-off race in 2004, when Alan Gow sanctioned the BTCC Masters event at Donington alongside its season finale, with some amazing throwback names fighting it out on track as one happy family. What followed? Chaos. In m...

FEATURING: Special guest Anthony Reid! It's 1990, and two chicanes have been added to the famous circuit ahead of what would be a Le Mans 24 Hours of attrition... Jaguar took a 1-2 despite their own gremlins and a controversial driver change, while Nissan made the headlines with a mental pole position lap aided by a turbo that - literally - went 'full Turbo'. And poor Mr Salazar... Oh,...

#MansellMania hit the British Touring Car Championship for the second time in 1998... and this time for the right reasons. Nigel Mansell joined Ford to take on the Super Touring era of BTCC for three meetings, but it was one wet weekend at Donington Park where he grabbed all the headlines. Dan Mason, James Charman, Ian Gallagher and Eric Barnes discuss the madness including which other F1 champion...

FEATURING: Special guest Greg Murphy! The great Australian race. Or in this case, the great Australian QUALIFYING session... In 2003, all looked normal in the top-10 shootout. That was until car #51 arrived to take on Bathurst to produce one of the greatest laps in motorsport history. Dan Mason and Stephen Brunsdon dissect a magic weekend on the mountain, while the man of the moment himself spills...

He was known by his friends in motorsport as 'Lionheart'. Dan Wheldon famously won the 2005 Indycar Series Championship, but in 2011 he was only racing sporadically. And it later ended in tragedy. At the Indy 500 however, the most amazing result arrived out of nothing... at the final corner. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield pay tribute to the late great British driver, and discuss JR Hilderbr...

FEATURING: Special guest Steve Parrish! 500cc bikes. Murray Walker. 1979. Lovely stuff. The most famous 'flying V' in the history of sport came this day at Silverstone thanks to a British hero of motorcycle racing. Dan Mason and James Charman froth at the mouth over the UK vs USA fight for victory, the hand gestures, and Honda's nightmare day. PLUS, former team-mate and friend Parrish...

FEATURING: Special guest Phil Bennett! It's a wet and miserable day in Kent, where Vauxhall's two drivers are at loggerheads in the BTCC... What followed? Chaos. Of the unadulterated kind. Dan Mason, Ian Gallagher, Eric Barnes and James Charman gather to talk of the bitter spats, drivers changing their name to their sponsors, and Tom Boardman's many auditions for Tokyo Drift. Plus... f...