Behind the Sport

Ellexandra Best! .. Driver in the V8 SuperUtes Series, Girls on Track Champion, Twice on Podium in Class at Bathurst 6 Hour and absolute legend for putting up with our technical difficulties joins us for a chat about her motorsport journey so far!

Brad Jones Racing's Lochie Dalton joined us for a chat about Karts, Toyota 86, Trans Am and Super2s, his backers, his beginnings and just where did he end up instead of at our studio for recording the episode?

Priyanka grew up in a country that had minimal motorsport exposure but soon found herself in a deep immersion when she started a job at Motorsport Australia.

Priyanka is the National Participation Lead for Motorsport Australia and part of her role is the Ricciardo Racers program and the FIA Girls on Track program.

We had a chat about how she ended up in Motorsport and then went for a dive into the FIA Girls on Track program which has undergone some big changes in the last 12 months.

Justin Hunt may be a name you recognise if you've been around motorsport and events for a while in Australia, or perhaps not. He's been involved with some of the biggest motorsport events in Australia at various levels including the never to be repeated Rally Australia super stages in Perth, Western Australia, Australasia Safari and more.

Now, he's bringing to life an event in Joondalup, Western Australia called the Joondalup Festival of Motoring.

We caught up with him to chat about his history, get some funny tales from before things got so strict, the logistics put into running an event like the Safari and of course we hear about the Joondalup Festival of Motoring and what one thing about the event is making it all worthwhile to put his reputation (and more!) on the line to put this event on.

Perth Motorplex's Speedway manager Gavin Migro jumps into the guest chair this episode for a chat about his 20 year race career and now 20 plus years in administration and promotion of Speedway.

We find out about his early experience in some form of racing and some news about the upcoming speedway season.

Sam Dicker joins us for the latest episode almost fresh off the back of a championship win at Puckapunyal where he battled with James Golding. A look bat at his karting history, his other motorsport endeavours and what led to him being relegated to 55th on the Behind the Sport podcast grid list!

From the land of the long winter, miserable weather and toffy accents comes Chris Cheverall who moved to Western Australia and brought with him a passion for race cars and his BMW.

Hear about the racing in the UK where they are 10000% spoilt for choice on tracks, given the small distances, and the mammoth effort to bring his BMW to Australia.

Described as someone who has a child like excitement around motorsport, in a positive way, Chris Mitchell almost had no choice about getting involved with motorsport.

His Dad, His Dad's Dad all competitors in motorsport before him, he's given Karting, Formula Ford, Sim Racing, RC Racing a go all before landing himself behind a microphone after having one of his "I can do that" moments and giving it a go.

From racing, to commentating, to movie star and more we get to learn more about one of Perth's best and most sought after person behind the microphone.

As we come off the back of the Supercars weekend, we caught up with one of the many volunteers who make events like the Perth Supercars round possible, Nathan Green.

Nathan has been volunteering for some time and gives us an insight into how to get started, what volunteers get to do and see and some favourite moments from his time so far as a marshall.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer motorsport official should get in touch with their local motorsport club.