Let's Drive Together with Glenn Ridge

This Podcast is with an inspirational young man who is about to live his dream of racing cars and hopefully becoming a profession driver, Ben Taylor.

In 2024 Ben with the help of his family and some very generous sponsors, will compete for the first time in the Porsche Sprint Challenge driving a 2018 991-2 Porsche Cupcar. Ben started his racing journey at the age of 14 and over the last 5 years he’s successfully competed in a variety of go-kart and open wheel series.

But two years ago, he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and started to understand why things were happening to him, so with enormous support from those close to him, he’s been able to live with ASD and become even more determined to achieve his racing goals.

Ben’s an ASD Ambassador and along with his sponsor Auticon, an autism majority company who gives meaningful employment to ASD people, is working very hard at raising awareness of Autism in the community and showing what can be achieved with acceptance and hard work.

I hope you enjoy this months Podcast with Ben Taylor, and this video shows Ben in action and talking about his 2024 campaign

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This Month Glenn speaks with Custom Bike Builder Michael Catchpole.

Join us as we explore his love for cars and bikes - and uncover the art of transforming motorcycles into café racer masterpieces.

Glenn speaks with with up-and-coming twenty-one-year-old racing driver Jaylan Robotham.

Based in Melbourne, Jay started racing go-karts at 11 years of age and although too young to get a driver’s licence, at age 14 he was behind the wheel racing in the Hyundai Excel series. Since then, he’s competed in the Toyota 86 Racing Series, TA2 Asian Series, Thailand Super Series, National Trans Am Series and two Bathurst 1000 races.

Jay is a very focused young man who has his feet planted firmly on the ground and is a pleasure to talk with.

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Glenn speak with Mike Sinclair, Editor in Chief at carsales.com.au, overseeing all the content that’s posted on carsales, bikesales and boatsales. He’s a good guy to chat with to find out what’s happening in those areas.

In this podcast we talk about electric vehicles, how they are selling here in Australia and the consequences of the recent High Court ruling against Victoria’s Electric Vehicle levy; where is the Hydrogen Fuel Cell development currently at; V8 Supercars and more.

I hope you enjoy this chat with Mike Sinclair.

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Glenn catches up with Matt Hanson,

As a young boy he always had a dream to one day become the Australian Off-Road Champion, a goal he achieved alongside his navigator Leigh Wells.

Matt talks about his love of Off-Road racing and how it’s moulded him into the person he is today.

We also talk about the future of an event that is very close to my heart, Targa Tasmania.

I hope you enjoy this month’s chat with Matt Hanson.

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