Torque n Power Podcast

Amassing 11 National Sports Sedan Championships and spending the past 22 years racing across Australia it was great to have Tony Ricciardello on this episode of the Podcast. Join us as we chat with one of Australia's most winning-est drivers as he tells us of his journey from Sports Sedans, Supercars, Production Car Racing and life as one of WA's most successful drivers.

We discuss the crowning of Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP’s latest World Champion, the 400,000 that attended COTA on the weekend to watch Max Verstappen extend his lead in the F1 World Championship. We ask ourselves who did it better, Shaquille O’Neals longhorn car or Angry Andersons AFL Grand Final Batmobile? We take a look at some more Auction results from Grays online and discuss the rise of TA2.

We discuss Lyle Barnett's first ever NHRA win in Pro Mod. From his horrific accident in 2015 to winning in the Top Tier of Drag Racing. We also speak with Brendan Franklin who gives us a review of Powercruise and we also discuss some results from Drag Week.

This is the All Ford Day Special - recorded live from Steel Blue Oval in Bassendean WA. We chat with AFD Chairman Paul Lloyd, Warrior Racing CEO Kevin Ottway, Monsta Torques Rob Harvey, Antione Aqualia and Bruno Tartaglia.

On this episode we cover the Targa West 2021 event, the rescheduling of Bathurst 1000, some more car auction news, what on earth is an NFT, Scotty McLaughlins Rookie of the year award and our favourite, Erica Enders Drives that #### back!.

On this episode of the podcast we discuss Daniel Ricciardo's return to the top tier of the podium and his emphatic performance. On the agenda is MotoGP, the release of the 2022 Subaru WRX, Nissan 400Z, Shannons Spring Auction results and we finish of with Steve Jackson teeing off at the NPK series.

We catch up with Targa West's Ross Tapper who gives us a preview to this years event. We also discuss the farcical debacle from Formula 1 in Spa and to finish off, Simon gives us his thoughts on MotoGP Shenanigans!

We discuss the Monterey car week auction and some of the cars that went under the hammer. We also have a chat regarding the reboot of the Lamborghini Countach and some of our memories of the Countach over the years. Top Fuel is back and we can't wait. We pay tribute to Valentino Rossi as he announces his retirement and finish discussing the EPA's Clean Air Act.

On this episode we have James McDonald and Jarrod Maclean (JMac) of the Riders Action Group of Western Australia. RAGWA is a social association of like minded individuals, representative of a cross section of Western Australia’s motorcycling population. The team at RAGWA aim to be consultative and actively engage with as many Western Australian motorcycle and scooter riders as possible and bring i...

In 1984 the Falcon GT Club of WA and the Mustang Owners Club of WA joined forces to co-host the first All Ford Day Car Show in Western Australia. The first show was held at Subiaco and gone on from strength to strength ever since. On this episode we speak with Jan Becker, instrumental in a number of All Ford Days over the years. http://www.afd.asn.au/ https://www.torquenpower.com.au/

Oh the times, they are a changin….. on this episode we discuss the growing EV surge not only in retail sales but also in Motorsport. We also discuss the Goodwood Festival of Speed and how great this motorsport event is becoming. We recently road test the 2021 Subaru Forester and discover that Nick and Todd don’t see eye to eye. We discuss the aging demographic in NASCAR ownership and some big news...

There are not many people that know more about motoring and classic cars than Paul Blank. On this episode, Classic Car Broker, Journalist, Event Promoter, Consultant to the Federal and State Government and all round guru of anything with 4 wheels (and sometimes three), Paul Blank joins us. https://www.torquenpower.com.au/

Catch up with Simon, Nick and Brendan for this weeks Motorsport wrap up. We chat MotoGP – rooting for the story, Formula 1 – ranking the newbies, Supercars – where is Anton at, NASCAR – are they ready for Hybrid technology and Brendan gives us a run down on shooting Drift Cars.

It is rare to have someone skilled in two completely different fields and excel in both. This week on the Podcast we speak to an exception to that statement. Carl Cox is well known across the planet as a house and techno record producer and DJ. While forging a name in the techno world and he is also a well-known Drag Racing identity in Australia. He pilots a small block sub 7 second Ford Capri on...

The team at Benzene Detailing Annual Biggest Morning Tea was on once again. Join with us as the crew at Benzene Detailing get together with friends and family and hold a morning tea to support the Cancer Council. We speak with Angela Ielati and Marco Pillera.

The WA Speed Event Series is an exciting grass roots motorsport series open to amateurs and new comers to racing. On this episode we meet with Series Coordinator Phil Morley. He tells us of his background in motorsport and gives us all the details on the categories and how you can participate in this exciting tier of racing.

On this episode we have cancer survivor Johnny Ielati in the studio. He tells us of his battle with cancer and how he turned his cancer battle into the inspiration to commence one of WA’s leading high end automotive detailer. Today Johnny runs Benzene Detailing and has built some amazing cars over the years. This is an episode you can not miss.

In this short episode we wrap up the week in Motorsport and Motoring - MotoGP, World Land Speed Record and The ESP Fairmont Ghia expected to exceed $300k. In the studio we have Simon Travaglini, Todd Brinkworth, Special Guest Johnny Ielati and Nick Dicembre

What a massive episode – we have all the crew in. We discuss Jack Millers MotoGP win, Eddie Tassones 6 second radial pass, the NHRA push to go EV Racing, Q&A time with some of our listeners, the release of the Ford Raptor X, Tony Stewarts push to go Top Fuel Drag Racing and Tamiya’s launch of a life size Wild One.

On this episode we speak with one of the most recognisable voices in the drag racing, modified and custom car scene in Australia. Richie Howlett has been a long-standing radio personality and has commentated at Summernats, Motorvation, Drag Racing events and Jet Boat Racing just to name a few. He is also well known for his work as a Car Show Promotor and is truly a gentleman in the industry.

On this episode of the Podcast we discuss the resurgence of Production Car Racing and in particular the Bathurst 6 hour. We discuss the media coverage and the coverage the event gained over the Easter Weekend. We also welcome #Becauseracecars Brendan Franklin along as new cohost to the Podcast. Also up for discussion is Sweet 16 4.0 from South Georgia Motorsport Park and a rare Nissan R32 GT-R com...

We are back in the studio and chat regarding the Toyota Landcruiser – where to from here and while we are at it we discuss Ferrari’s entry back to the top tier of Lemans and WEC Racing.

This is another big episode. We travel down south and cover the South West Indoor Motor Show from the Georgiana Molloy Anglican School in Busselton. There we chat with a number of entrants and discuss there amazing builds.

On Episode 106 - We chat with Clinton Wall in the lead up to the South West Indoor Motor Show, we also give a full wrap up of the 50th Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex, Todd Brinkworth gives a run down from the Targa West Albany Sprint, get the low down from Lights Out 12 and a quick brief from the CTech World Doorslammer Nationals.

On this episode of the Podcast we have Luke Nieuwhof, editor and proprietor of Dragnews Australia – the Australian Premier Drag Racing Magazine. We had Luke on back in 2018 but now living full time in the USA we thought we would get him back to discuss all things NHRA, Radial Racing, WA Drag Racing, Drag Challenge, and everything in-between (even the Super Bowl).