On The Grid

THIS week we dive straight into the Hots and the Nots from a massive weekend in motorsport, in the Top End and over at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. There's plenty of good stuff to review, plus some stuff that needs some improvement. Also, why Mark left our group chat, why Craillsy didn't know about it and several Darwin-hangover related discussions you don't need to miss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week On the Grid, Craillsy, Schibecs, and Walker break down a massive weekend in motorsport. We look ahead to Supercars' annual trip north to the topics and a big weekend at Hidden Valley Raceway, plus what is shaping up as a blockbuster Le Mans 24 Hour. The team reviews a crazy Canadian Grand Prix, plus a successful weekend for the Antipodean set in both Indycar and NASCAR. And to round it all out, there is the weekly serve of Power Ranking Hots and Nots! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week On the Grid, we chat to Todd Hazelwood about his breakthrough weekend in the Australian Trans Am Series from the Shannons SpeedSeries at The Bend.   Against a hyper-competitive field, Todd claimed his first two race wins of the season, with there being a fair degree of controversy along the way.   It’s been a wild rollercoaster of a season to date for Todd, and we break it all down in what is always one of our favourite interviews.   Dale Rodgers dropped by Speedway Australia night of nights, and he gets the low down from all of the main players at the National Speedway Awards.   Then the lads wrap up a big weekend for the sport from The Bend, plus Shane van Gisbergen’s big NASCAR win in Portland, with the show rounded out with a hearty serving of Hots & Nots! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE biggest weekend in motorsport for the year gets the full Hot / Not / What treatment from team OTG this week as we delve into everything good, bad and insane that happened.  There's a full Indy 500 debrief and a discussion into what made the show so good, a substantial Formula One rant about what made the show so bad, lots of weather chat and all the usual interesting titbits you might not have picked up on across the weekend from those races and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FORD found themselves back in victory lane in the Perth Supersprint last weekend, their first wins of the 2024 season. We welcome Ford's Motorsport Engineering lead, Brendan McGinniskin, to the show to discuss their rise to victory for the first time this year, plus how the global elements of Ford Motorsport are contributing to their Aussie program - and vice-versa. Then we debrief the weekend that was - including the proverbial elephant in the room about a certain Aussie Racing Car - and work through the Hot's and Not's of the event, including a deep-dive into what the Supersprint format is lacking after seeing it live. All that, plus F1, NASCAR and IndyCar from qualifying at the '500 - it's another big show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, for something completely different, our interview guest under the spotlight is none other than Aussie Racing Car part team owner and part-time commentator/PR operative/podcaster Richard Craill! RC is joined by Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises team pilot Asher Johnston, with the dynamic duo breaking down their venture into national-level motorsport - unsurprisingly, it's a highly insightful chat! In part two, we break down a big weekend in sports, look forward to Supercars heading west, plus F1 at Imola, and all of the usual shenanigans in the weekly serving of Hots and Nots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Robotham is taking an alternate route in his motorsport career, with a contrasting array of programs on his 2024 roster. From Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia to the Thai Super Series with a wild Ford Ranger Super PickUp and a MARC Mustang, Jay plans to put the miles to good use when he lines up in the Supercars enduros with Bryce Fullwood at Brad Jones Racing. From luring monkeys with bananas to a cracking Thai lifestyle, it’s a top chat. Plus, the team breaks down a massive week in sports, including F1, NASCAR, and the greatest race you’ve never heard about, rounded out with a serving of our patented Hots and Nots!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IMAGINE racing one of the most successful IndyCars ever? That's what Aussie Jordan Roddy is doing having recently purchased and now raced the famous Macca's Newman Haas Lola raced to a pair of Champ Car titles by Sebastien Bourdais. Jordan joins the show to discuss some of his incredible car resto projects, including a Cadillac LMP1 car, V12 Jaguars and how he's reassembled lots of Newman Haas Racing to run his latest purchase. It's a great story with some cool moments along the journey.  Then it's the hots and nots of the week that was, including serious chats about cheating, mannequins and more..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Repco Supercars Championship debut in Taupo witnessed a massive bounceback for Anton De Pasquale and the Shell V-Power Racing Team, who jetted home with the all-important Jason Richards Memorial Trophy after a classic weekend of racing. Anton joins us to break it all down, while Richard Craill phones it in from across the ditch with all of the inside gossip from on the ground at our newest championship circuit. The team analyse a big weekend in sport, plus there is the usual dose of Hot and Not to round out the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supercars are back in New Zealand this weekend and we're the first on the ground at Taupo to give the first impressions on the series newest venue. We also recap the weekend that was at the Shannons SpeedSeries, hear from SRO Chief Stephan Ratel, as well as Craig Lowndes and Cooper Murray and run through some hots.. and some reasonably serious items in the opposing Not column.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GEORGE MIEDECKE is on the show this week which gives us a chance to look backwards - at his significant role in claiming the Bathurst 6 Hour - and forwards, at his GT4 Australia debut this weekend at Phillip Island aboard a mighty Ford Mustang. George is at his usual best with an engaging chat about all things! Then it's a big debrief of the week that was and the weekend that will be, plus the usual rundown of all things Hot and Not in the world of Motorsport.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jayden Ojeda and Courtney Prince both made history in the Bathurst 6 Hour this year, 'Juice' the first to defend his win while Courtney is the first female driver to stand on the top step of the Bathurst podium in years. They're both on the show this week to help debrief another magic Mountain moment. Then it's into the breakdown of the race and the Hot's and Not's of the week that was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Percat brought home the win in the final race for Supercars at the Grand Prix. It was celebrations all round for Nick and his team at Matt Stone Racing. We chat to the Bathurst 1000 winner about life moving forward. A massive review of the Aussie GP and a big preview of the Bathurst 6 hour. Hots and Nots and there could even be a what. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previous Supercar AGP winner Dave Reynolds talks about his move to Team 18 and how he found himself there. Dave also talks about family life, his love of GT3 cars and much more. Our hots and nots are very hot this week and we also slip in a GP preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Schibecs is away in Thailand this week, so we've begged Greg Rust, of TV and Rusty's Garage fame, to come and co-host the first half of our ep. Always thoughtful and insightful, Rusty offers up his thoughts on F1, this weekend's Shannons SpeedSeries round in Tassie, his best guests on his own podcast and dream guest scenarios. We don't have a dream guest scenario any more: Rusty was it and we've now ticked that box. Then it's the Hots and Nots of the week including why timed races going is bad, why Penske is good and more on SVG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We catch up with Tom Randle and talk about his first GT3 race 'The Bathurst 12 hour' which was followed up 5 days later by the Bathurst 500. Tom talks about the fun he had driving with a legend of the sport and how he got his head around two very different types of cars on the mountain. We preview the first IndyCar race of the year and plenty of hots and nots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Lowndes spoke to Mark Walker about driving in the Fink Desert Rally, The Bathurst 12 hour and last weekends 500. We hear from the driver of the fastest closed in car to lap Mount Panorama Romain Dumas, Hots and Nots and plenty more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaxon Evans very nearly scored a podium in the Bathurst 12 hour last weekend, and now he'll try the same as he makes his Supercars debut at the same venue five days later. He joins us to discuss his big career change and much more. And then it's all the hots and nots from the week that was and what is to come this weekend.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the team records the podcast at different times because they all had a little bit on. Ben Bargwanna joins Tony Schibeci for a chat about his solid start to season 2024 in TCR Australia taking 2 from 3 wins at Sandown. Richard and Mark catch up to give a huge Bathurst 24 hour preview and chat a couple of other things as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As always all the news breaks when we're not on air. We take a few minutes to go through some of the big Motorsport stories to have broken over the past 6 weeks. The boys cover off on things they think might or will happen in 2024 via way of a top 5 and delve into their Caltex Hot's and Not's. It's good to be back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices