The Grasstrack Banter Podcast

After several weeks away, your favourite Grasstrack podcast returns with a bang this week as Episode 27 drops! We discuss all of the goings on at Bantasia, reviewing all of the classes. We discuss the latest news, including the current controversy surrounding the Upright class. We introduce a brand new game that you can all join in with! As always, get in touch as we'd love to hear from you all!

A shortened version this week. We were due to have our International Women's Day Special, celebrating the ladies of Grasstrack racing. But due to a technical glitch, we have lost much of the episode. However, we did manage to salvage some of the news items, so to give you your podcast fix, here is a quick podcast discussing some of the latest news.

In the wake of Boris Johnson's 'roadmap' speech, the Banter boys got together to discuss what all of the new dates will mean to Grasstrack racing in 2021...there is light at the end of the tunnel at last! This episode also includes the second part of our incredible chat with sidecar legend Rob Wilson. We are getting very excited about a potential return for the sport!

After a nearly two-month layoff, the boys finally return for this action-packed dose of Grasstrack Bantery. It is Episode 24, so we made sure we caught up with the sport's most famous number 24- Rob Wilson joined Gareth for a brilliant chat through his racing career. Rob talks us through lots of his bikes and meetings and how it all began for him. The 2nd part of Rob's interview will feature in Ep...

Welcome to Episode 23 where we are joined by our first ever Speedway Grand Prix rider! Chris 'Bomber' Harris joins us and discusses his Grasstrack career and looks forward to his 2021 season in the World Longtrack Championship series. We also discuss the fixtures for the 2021 season and what our hopes and dreams are for this coming season.

Welcome to Episode 22! After a month off we are back with a belting podcast once again. We caught up with one of the standout talents in the short 2020 season, 17 year old Chad Wirtzfeld. We also heard from one of the most popular 1000cc sidecar crews in the sport, Kieran Hicks and Kieron Ivy. We discussed all of the plans for Grasstrack Banter Promotions Bantasia 1 as well as bringing back 'It Wa...

Episode 21 is an absolute corker! We are joined by freshly crowned World Longtrack Champion Lukas Fienhage, who talks about how it feels to be World Champion at such a young age. Also joining us is the sensational Dane Kenneth Kruse Hansen. He talks to us about his immaculate performance as Rzeszow, his experiences of British Grasstrack and all of the background to him becoming a Grasstrack racer....

It's another packed episode full of news and reviews. We are joined by both  2019 European Champion Zach Wajtknecht and multi-European Champion James Shanes as we break down the 2020 World Longtrack Championships. Both of the lads had a great night in Poland, successfully qualifying for the 2021 Longtrack series.  We also review domestic Grasstracks, taking a look at both the Longdon Laz...

Episode 19 brings you all of the latest news and reviews from the world of Grasstrack racing. This week we were joined by Paul Cooper who chatted to us about his oh-so-nearly glorious day at the World Longtrack Challenge over the weekend. We review an absolute belter of a Grasstrack meeting in Cornwall over the weekend as spectators finally got a taste of trackside action at the Boarded Bash. We p...

We're back once again with another bumper edition of The Grasstrack Banter Podcast- The World's Number 1 Grasstrack Podcast!! -4x British Masters champ James Shanes drops in once again to talk about his experience of the first round of the World Longtrack last weekend. -4x British Youth Champ Cooper Rushen joins us to discuss a brilliant weekend at the GW Racing event at Iken. joins us to go over...

The Grasstrack Banter Podcast is back! After a few weeks off, the number 1 Grasstrack podcast in the world returns with some fantastic news, views and reviews and all of the latest gossip from around the wonderful world of Grasstrack racing! The month began with the controversial running of the FIME Euro Final in Tayac, France. We look back on the event with former European Champion James Shanes a...

Another new frontier for the Grasstrack Banter Podcast! This is a watchalong. Join Gareth Bemister as he provides English commentary to a fantastic night of racing at Tayac, France for the European Solo Final 2020.  Ideally, you will log onto Youtube to watch this meeting whilst you listen to the commentary from Gareth.  Either search for 'European Grasstrack Tayac 2020' or click the lin...

We're taking a short break from producing the podcast whilst the COVID-19 sorts itself out and we get some regular racing back! But before we go, we've left this final glorious podcast. We break down the bravely organised practice day held by GW Racing last weekend with one of the club's organisers Steve Tyrrell. We bring you updates from the latest from the world of Grasstrack and we try to look...

It's another Grasstrack Banter Podcast featuring Russell, Ben, Luke and Gareth. An unusual start to this episode brings lots of information in a hope of getting some racing started for this season. We look at how clubs might proceed going forward from this current pause in action. We also discuss the sport's greatest brothers.

To celebrate reaching a milestone number of listeners, we bring you this extra-special Bonus edition of The Grasstrack Banter Podcast, featuring Kelvin Tatum. Perhaps one of the greatest Grasstrack and Longtrack racers of all time, Kelvin talks through his career starting from the early days, through his World Longtrack title performances and offers his thoughts on the sport today. 

The sport is still on lockdown but your fortnightly Grasstrack chat is still keeping you up to date! In this episode, we hear the second part of a fascinating interview with 3x British Masters Champion Joe Screen. We are joined by Midshires club member Matthew Wear who fills us in on the thoughts, concerns and hopes of the club regarding the planned FIME Euro Final in August. We reveal the final r...

In this episode we bring you the first part of our great interview with 3x British Masters champion Joe Screen, He talks about lots of the meetings that he took part in back in the early 90s and shares his thoughts on how his career began in such explosive fashion. We also caught up with Neil Waddoups, Will Penfold and Steve Palmer, whose clubs were due to run ACU British Championship events this...

Welcome to Episode number 12! This episode is featuring the long awaited second installment of World Longtrack Champion Jannick De Jong's interview. He discusses his brilliant World Longtrack win, plus all of his European wins. He talks candidly about his suspension and looks forward to his comeback next year. The Banter Boys also discuss the latest coronavirus impact on the sport, as well as look...

The 2020 season is still on hold for now, but the Banter Boys are still producing podcasts and we're now on Episode 11, and it's another belter! We are joined for the first time by a World Champion! The boys begin to pull apart what the current situation may actually look like in the sport, as well as thinking about ways to improve the sport. The highlight of the episode however is the first half...

Welcome to Episode 10...another ram-packed adventure through the wonderful world of Grasstrack motorcycle racing! This week, we have a brilliant interview with Trevor Banks, who talks us through nearly  4 decades of racing at the very top of the sport. We also hear from FIME Track Racing Commissioner and former TRC Chairman Dickie Staff. He tells the unbelievable story which led to one of the...

Welcome to Episode 9. It's a bumper, packed episode with guests galore! This week, we catch up with sidecar racing legend Steve Dewison. As well as discussing the highlights (and some lowlights) of a glittering career, we remember a great man in his former passenger Dave Ward, who passed away recently. Also joining us to tell us some Grasstrack stories are Mitchel Godden and Trevor Banks, and...

With the country on lock-down, the Grasstrack Banter Podcast aims to bring you a little light, Grasstrack-related relief with our 8th episode. We've pulled out all the stops, bringing you several new features, lots of laughs and banter and a cracking interview with one of the most decorated Grasstrack passengers of all time; Liam Brown. So sit back, relax and enjoy your Grasstrack Banter Podcast E...

It's another packed Grasstrack Banter Podcast this week. The Grasstrack season was launched at Kings Lynn the day before recording, as the Motor Sports Events Team produced a platform to celebrate all things Grasstrack and Speedway. We heard from several riders and officials over the weekend and you can hear their views on this episode. We talk about the 2019 Lincolnshire Poacher and our hopes for...

Episode 6 is here folks, and it is absolutely ram-packed full of interviews and exclusives! World Champions, European Champions, British Champions and future Champions all feature on this fabulous episode. But the highlight is arguably a very special interview with a very special young man as we hear from our Bravery Award Winner Sam Norris. We even managed to squeeze in a new feature which we'd l...

It’s another action-packed Grasstrack Banter Podcast this week. We catch up with European Champion Zach Wajtknecht and discuss his plans for 2020. We continue to break down the meetings from 2019, and this week we pick apart the tremendous British Masters and the highly engaging Frittenden Open Pairs Meeting. We talk about the latest Grasstrack news, including some big news from Ledbury about the...