Welcome to Off Track Podcast this week’s guest makes his return despite his insistence that last time was the last time – let me say now that the show isn’t a q&a interview as you’ve become used to, it’s a rare proper chat so we do step over each other from time to time. You hear more from me than usual with Howie not spending so much time in the paddock this season but it’s great to have him back on – when I left I thought we’d done about an hour but no, it was much more than that!

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From winning the Superstock title last season then being stripped of it almost immediately, to the planets aligning for the opportunity of a lifetime to contest the Endurance World Championship with one of the most recognised teams in the championship was a chance he seized with both hands to become 2024 Endurance World Champion with Yoshimura SERT Suzuki alongside teammates Etienne Masson and Greg Black.  A deserved turnaround in fortune for Dan Linfoot.

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This is an absolutely fascinating episode proudly sponsored by 1p mobile, the UK's cheapest PAYG mobile tariff. It’s been 11 years since I last sat down with this Josh Brookes on his own and it's a show I’ve very much looked forward to doing since we refreshed and relaunched our show back in Feb ’23. In those 11 years he’s won two British Superbike titles, podiumed at Suzuka, ridden to second place in the Senior TT and extended his personal best lap around the island to over 134 mph. The last two seasons of BSB with FHO Racing haven’t quite gone to plan but the hunger and desire to win are still very evident.

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Motorcycle racing can give the highest of highs while retaining the ability to kick you when you’re down and my guest this week has seen his fair share of both. His talent has never been in doubt but his career thus far has never quite fulfilled that talent. For 2024 Fraser Rogers made his return to the Bennetts British Superbike championship with TAG Honda where despite a serious MX crash earlier in the summer the Gloucestershire rider has been a regular points scorer as he relishes a new lease of life with the team. It’s been a rough ride over the years and Fraser is brutally honest about the mistakes he’s made and the dark places he’s found himself.

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Dave's flying solo this week after logisitics and plan changes for our guests meant we had to shift it up a gear and let our host out on his own unsupervised and unscripted... There's a first time for everything and we reckon its ok for a first go as Dave looks ahead to the penultimate round of BSB before delving into a few questions off our social media pages to round out the show. 

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Welcome to this special episode with Pertamina Enduro VR46 MotoGP man, Fabio Di Giannantonio. As is the way with these MotoGP interviews it’s just 10 minutes but it’s amazing how much you can understand Diggia's character in that time and find out a lot about the man himself, it’s very reminiscent of the Toprak chat back at Donington Park. 

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This week my guest is a man who’s firmly inserted himself as a Bennetts British Superbike Championship contender in 2024. Fresh off the back of his Man of the Meeting performance at Cadwell Park with his maiden Superbike win at the circuit, a second place and his second win on the Sunday, the King of the Mountain and Cadwell 90 trophy winner Kyle Ryde is our guest this week. We sat down with the Grilla OMG Racing Yamaha man to talk about the season so far, that epic Cadwell weekend and his approach to these intense final three rounds.

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Welcome to Off Track Podcast, have you missed us? That week off was very much needed and we’re more than ready to push on to the end of the BSB season and into the winter months! This week’s show is a cracker! Timing is everything with these shows and we’d already agreed with Tom Ward to do the chat over the weekend at Cadwell – little did we know he’d be in the points on his first go on the Rapid Honda by Marvel HCL machine!

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He's a British motorcycle racing commentary institution; from WorldSBK to BSB most famously alongside the great James Whitham, Jack Burnicle became the voice of Superbike racing on Eurosport and into homes across the UK. It's been three seasons since Jack graced our screens so we headed off to the Wirral to see how he's doing and what he's been up to. 

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Well, we’ve saved the best til last from Silverstone..it’s Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 team boss Hervé Poncharal! I’d been told by so many people before we sat down that Hervé is an absolute gentleman who loves to chat (which is useful for a podcast guest) and they weren’t wrong – what an absolute pleasure it was to sit with him and just listen to his view on life and racing.

This episode is proudly sponsored by Slick Moto Events, Britain's fastest growing premium motorcycle track day company check out their upcoming dates at www.slickmotoevents.co.uk or just click the link in the show description, you’ll also find them on Facebook and Instagram! 

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