The Driver's Seat

CoolDrive Racing may be the new kids on the block, but in their short time of existence they've already turned a few heads in pit lane. We spoke to team owner Tim Blanchard about the team's debut season and the progress so far from the jubilation to heartbreak at the Mount Panorama 500 to getting ready to jump back in the car to co-drive with Tim Slade at the Bathurst 1000 at the end of the year....

It's the countdown to race week and we're just over a week away from the quadruple header at Sydney Motorsport Park. Plus we look at some of the latest driver movements in the Silly Season and Tim Blanchard from CoolDrive Racing joins us to talk about the season so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Drummy - Executive General Manager of Burson - joined us on the show this week for this week's Off The Track Update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2022 Tickford Racing lineup is slowly coming into place with the news that James Courtney will be staying at the Campbellfield squad on a multi year deal. We spoke to the 2010 Supercars Champion about the Gen3 delay, we get his brutal self assessment of his second season in the Boost Mobile Mustang, and what it might be like being the cagey veteran of the team next year. Learn more about your...

As we count down to the return of racing with the resumption of the season at Sydney Motorsport Park in a few weeks time, Supercars dropped a bombshell announcement that fans probably saw coming, with the Gen3 rollout being pushed back once again to the start of 2023. Plus as pieces of the silly season fall into place we spoke to former series Champion James Courtney about his newly announced deal...

The Davison Brothers are back to conquer the mountain once again, and we spoke to Will Davison to get his thoughts on teaming up with his brother Alex once again at Bathurst - and we even had a Jim Beam Racing reunion with the legendary Dick Johnson jumping in the studio with us as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The legendary Dick Johnson joined us in the studio this week as we are on the countdown to the quadruple header at Sydney Motorsport Park on October 29th begins! Plus we spoke to two time Bathurst winner Will Davison and got his thoughts on partnering with his brother Alex for the Bathurst 1000 this year, and how he's been staying race fit during the long break. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Since the pandemic hit, the Enduro Cup has been non existant with the only endurance race being the Bathurst 1000 - but will that change in the near future? We look at the possibility of multiple co-driver rounds returning to the schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two time Bathurst winner and five time Touring Car Masters Champion John Bowe makes his return to the show! We spoke to JB about his brand new YouTube Channel "JB's Track Tips" and the V8 Supercars Hall Of Famer gave us an update on his health and what we can expect when we eventually return to the track! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The official announcement that we're headed to Newcastle to kick off the season next year was announced and before we look at 2022, we break down some of the possible scenarios at what can happen to make the next four rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park different from one another. Plus we'll look back at Scott McLaughlin's stellar debut season in IndyCar where he's picked up the Rookie Of The Year aw...

Matt Stone joined us to give us an update on how the crew at MSR have been keeping occupied during this season pause, plus he gives us his thoughts on Gen3, and the status of acquiring a third REC to expand to three cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When are we going racing again? Seriously... there's so many TBA's on the calendar for any category around Australia that hasn't yet been cancelled and we look at the options we have as a motorsport community to get us back on track. Plus we chat to Matt Stone to see how MSR has been dealing with this extended time parked up - again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have the date for the Bathurst 1000 set. Now all we need is the remaining four rounds required to complete the championship and on this week's Off The Track Update, we reveal that Queensland Raceway and Sydney Motorsport Park are well in the mix for more double headers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this month's edition of the Classic Cars Corner, Malcolm Owens joins us to talk about the effect that the introduction of electric cars and hybrid technology might have on classic cars heading in to the future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke to former Bathurst winner Jason Bargwanna ahead of the mammoth final round for both Supercars and TCR Australia at Mount Panorama this December, and get his thoughts on his return to Garry Rogers Motorsport after more than two decades away, and teaming up with his son Ben in the TCR cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a new date for this year's Bathurst 1000 and without exaggerating this is going to be the biggest Great Race we've seen in a long long time. Both Supercars and TCR Australia will combine to have a mammoth season closer for both categories and their associated supports and it looks like it's going to be a blinder. We go through the ins and outs of what this Mega Bathurst 1000 means for both...

With the news of Andre Heimgartner making the move from Kelly Grove Racing at the end of the year, we have a look at some surprising names that might also be making moves ahead of the 2022 season in this weeks Off The Track Update - presented by Burson Auto Parts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke King has done quite a bit in his debut season in the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Championship. He is currently second in the points behind his team-mate Chaz Mostert, and he's already delivered two trophies to the Melbourne Performance Centre team and we caught up with Luke to find out what he's been doing while the category has been parked up and got his thoughts on how his maiden season h...

There was a massive bombshell to start the week off with news that Andre Heimgartner would be leaving Kelly Grove Racing at the end of the season, which meant speculation is rife over who goes where on the grid in 2022. Plus with border closures and COVID outbreaks playing havoc across Victoria and New South Wales and both the Supercars Championship and TCR Australia Series on hold, there is chatt...

If you asked most people, we were 99% certain that the man to take over from Jamie Whincup when he retires in 2022 would be Broc Feeney. This week that 1% of doubt was snuffed out when it was confirmed that the 2019 Super3 Champion, and current Super2 Championship leader would make his main game debut for Red Bull Ampol Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite a big gap before our next round, there was plenty going on in the world of motorsport this week! It's looking more likely that the travelling roadshow will have to return and Victorian teams will have to repeat their 2020 efforts to keep this years Championship alive. We look at all the options on the table to keep the season going, plus we recap a farcical Belgian Formula One Grand Prix,...

With the pandemic making a return appearance to disrupt motorsport across the country, the Supercars Eseries is back to give us our motorsport fix while we're all parked up. We talk about how vital the virtual series is to keep the sport alive, plus we look back at a weekend of domination by young Jett Johnson in the TA2 Muscle Car series, and we're joined by Jessica Dane from Triple Eight Race En...

Jessica Dane has a variety of roles in the world of motorsport, and one of those hats she wears quite proudly is the role of ambassador for the FIA Girls On Track Australia program with Motorsport Australia. She joined us for this week's edition of the Off The Track Update thanks to Burson Auto Parts to let us know how more women can get involved within our traditionally male dominated sport. Lear...

Late last week a hasty resolution was made between Supercars and the organisers of Challenge Bathurst over a potential clash that would derail this years Bathurst 1000. Matt MacKelden goes through what happened off the track to make sure both events could co-exist and proceed as planned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the return of the Supercars Eseries next week, Team 18 announced that Scott Pye will be returning to the virtual grid in the #20 DEWALT Racing ZB Commodore as one of the All-Stars - and even better news, his post race Twitch debriefs are back as well! He joined us on the show this week to talk about his season so far, what he's been up to while we've all been parked up, and he opened up on th...