On The Grid

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The On the Grid team chats to the biggest names to bring you up to date with the world of Motorsport in Australia and beyond. From Tailem Bend to Monaco, F1 to Go Karts, MotoGP to Superbikes and Supercars.. if it happened on the weekend you'll hear about it On The Grid, powered by theracetorque.com.

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On The Grid episodes:

05.08.2024
Jay Robotham: Asian Experience
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...
05.01.2024
Owning and Racing a championship winning IndyCar
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...
04.24.2024
Anton De Pasquale: Jason Richards Trophy Winner
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...
04.17.2024
First on the ground in Taupo as the Supercars return to NZ
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...
04.10.2024
George Miedecke on winning Bathurst & GT4 Mustangs
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...
04.03.2024
Two Bathurst winners help a big Bathurst debrief
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...
03.27.2024
Nick Percat on that win and a 6 hour preview
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...
03.19.2024
Supercar driver Dave Reynolds on Life, Love and Motor racing.
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...
03.12.2024
Legendary broadcaster Greg Rust co-hosts On the Grid!
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...
03.06.2024
Tom Randle on double Bathurst duties
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...
02.28.2024
Craig Lowndes talks desert racing and a Bathurst 500 debrief
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...
02.21.2024
From Bathurst to Bathurst.. Jaxon Evans on his Aussie comeback
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...
02.14.2024
Ben Bargwanna and a Bathurst 12 hour preview
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...
02.07.2024
The top 5 things that will happen in 2024
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...
12.13.2023
The HOTs and NOTs of 2023
It's our grand finale for 2023! We close out a massive year of On the Grid stories with our all-time HOT and NOT power rankings from the year that was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.06.2023
Motorsports new CEO and Speedway ace James McFadden
Two key interviews this week as Motorsport Australia's CEO, Sunil Vohra, drops in and believe us - he's a race fan. We quizz the new boss about his passion for the sport and what his plans are moving forward. And...
11.29.2023
Champion Kai Allen and an enormous Adelaide debrief
KAI ALLEN sealed the Super2 series crown in Adelaide so we had to get this impressive young bloke from Mount Gambier back on the show to discuss his achievements - and find out the odd reason why he couldn't have...
11.21.2023
Vegas debrief, Adelaide Preview
A simple show this week and most of it is centred around the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the VAILO Adelaide 500 this week. A typically comprehensive and opinionated breakdown of the Vegas highs and lows is mirrored by a...
11.15.2023
TCR Champ Josh Buchan, Todd Hazelwood and Win with OTG!
A huge show this week, as Josh Buchan joins us to discuss the start of his reign as TCR Australia's champion after claiming the title in Adelaide. Todd Hazelwood is on the show to discuss the pausing of his full-time...
11.08.2023
World Champion Touring Car Star on his Aussie adventures
ROB HUFF joins the show - the first World Champion to do so - to reflect on his successful weekend in the TCR World Tour races in Sydney and his incredible Touring Car career in general. Plus, how close he...
11.01.2023
Porsche's newest rising star, Bayley Hall
YOUNG GUN Bayley Hall has launched from zero to success in his Porsche Carrera Cup career, claiming his first race and overall victory in the tough one-make championship at the weekend. We get to know the young man from Queensland,...
10.25.2023
Drag Racing is back! Inside the revitalisation of the sport
More than 35,000 people turned out to watch Drag Racing at The Bend for the first time at the weekend, an event that doubled as the launch of the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC). One of the series' main players,...
10.17.2023
Frosty on Bathurst and The Bend's big weekend
Bathurst is in the rear-view mirror but we're still breaking down the Great Race, this time with former winner Mark Winterbottom who had a challenging end to his Bathurst campaign. Still, he's upbeat about what is to come. Then the...
10.10.2023
Bathurst's great voice 'Wilko' + full 2023 debrief
ONE of the great voices of the Great Race, Garry Wilkinson, is our special guest this week as he reflects on his incredible career having been inducted into the Supercars Media Association Hall of Fame at the weekend. Then it's our...
10.03.2023
The bumper Bathurst Preview!
It's Great Race week so the OTG team are here to walk you through the pressing issues ahead of the Repco Bathurst 1000 this weekend. From parity talk, co-drivers to the best place for a beer or a drive in...
09.27.2023
Tom Randle passes by for a chat, and lots lots more
We know we spoke to Tom Randle not long ago, but we had to do it again and chat about the Saab V8 that he flew around Phillip Island on the weekend. We also chat to him about Sandown,...
09.19.2023
Dave Russell on Sandown and Bathurst chances with Erebus plus Chad Neylon
David Russell just finished second in the Sandown 500 with Erebus Motorsport, and he's dropped into the show to tell us all about it this week, including an insight into just how to squeeze into a Gen 3 Supercar, road-trip...
09.13.2023
Hunter McElrea on his 2023 journey and the step to Indy..
HUNTER McElrea joins the show this week to reflect on a successful INDY NXT Championship, where he won two of the final five races and finished second overall. Hunter reflects on the year, the challenges of progressing to IndyCar and what...
09.06.2023
The third generation Richards racer making his mark
CLAY RICHARDS has made an impression in 2023, fast in the Toyota 86 Series and on the podium in TCR Australia on his debut, he's very much following in the footsteps of his famous father and grandfather. Clay drops in...
08.30.2023
Jack Perkins on bringing the 1993 Bathurst winner back to life
JACK PERKINS is a racing driver, broadcaster and also a bloody good car restorer. With a seven-year process to restore his Dad's 1993 Bathurst 1000 winner almost complete - the car turned its first laps last week - Jack drops by...
08.23.2023
Tom Randle on his podium sweep
TOM RANDLE was a star of The Bend's Supercars weekend, scoring his first solo Supercars podium. Then the second. Then the third! The Castrol Racing Tickford driver swings past for a chat about his performance, how he has built to this...
08.16.2023
TCR leader Josh Buchan, Calder comeback and Dixon's dominance
JOSH BUCHAN has charged into the lead of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Championship at the series' mid-way point and even though it's only by a solitary point, it's still a lead. The Sydneysider jumps aboard the OTG ship once...
08.08.2023
Who is Garnet Patterson? In depth with 2023s breakout GT star
Who is Garnet Patterson? That's the question we answer this week as one of the leading lights in Aussie GT3 racing joins the show. 'GP' talks about leaving Australia early, racing with top Prototype teams, his pick of the tracks and...
08.02.2023
Heimgartner's heavy lifting as BJR marches forward
IT MIGHT have been a while between wins, but Andre Heimgartner is pushing Brad Jones Racing forward apace this year and continues to notch up podiums, all the while sitting pretty in sixth position in the championship. He jumps on...
07.26.2023
Wildcard! Kai Allen gets his Bathurst chance
YOUNG GUN Kai Allen is getting the chance of a lifetime to start the Great Race this year as prepares to line up alongside Simona De Silvestro in a Shell V Power Racing Mustang at Bathurst. It's a huge opportunity for...
07.19.2023
Barry Ryan + the top 5 things that will definitely happen before the end of '23
BARRY RYAN has a bit on. He's running the leading team in Supercars, beating Triple Eight and has two drivers first and second in the championship - oh, and he's also off to the 'States to see how Erebus and...
07.13.2023
Alex Davison on winning, Porsche history and Bathurst
ALEX Davison is back on top in one-make Porsche racing, claiming a sensational victory in the most recent round of Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia in Townsville. He joins the show to reflect on that achievement, but to also...
07.05.2023
The SVG debrief with NASCAR journo Jeff Gluck & racer Owen Kelly
WE'VE reached across the oceans to help put Shane van Gisbergen's mighty win in the NASCAR Cup Series debut on a street circuit into context. Owen Kelly, who has been there and done that in US Stock Car Racing and helped...
06.28.2023
Darwin, the P-Word chat, SVG in Chicago and more
The boys are back this week as we return from a much needed, if not deserved, break to chat all things state of play. There's the inevitable Darwin recap, the even more inevitable Parity discussion, the SVG prospects for Chicago and...
06.15.2023
Le Mans, the inside story + Winton review and Darwin preview
He's back! Craillsy is back from France and only moderately jetlagged, so we've dragged him out of his pre-Darwin sleep cycle to break down his big week in France. There's also a look back at Winton and a look ahead...
06.07.2023
Bagets for all. Richard is at the Le Mans 24 Hour
Our Mate Richard Craill has finally become an international man of mystery. He's over in France calling the Le Mans 24 hour and catching up with James Allen and Scoot Andrews for us. Dale Rogers went to the Speedway Awards...
05.31.2023
Richard's in the UK and Tim Schenken chats Le Mans
The team reviews both the F1 GP in Monaco and the 107th running of the Indy 500. We start to dive into what promises to be an amazing Le Mans 24 hour race and Tim Schenken relives his memories of the...
05.24.2023
Cameron Hill on belief, Tasmania and Formula Ford
FIRST YEAR Supercars driver Cameron Hill drops by to chat about how believing his own ability has helped him push his way to the front in the Supercars Championship, after an impressive and career-best weekend at Symmons Plains for the...
05.17.2023
Hey Jude, Great weekend at Phillip Island
JUDE BARGWANNA is the guest On the Grid this week as the latest in his broad racing family to give V8's a crack. Jude joined the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series for the first time at Phillip Island and -...
05.10.2023
Tom Oliphant chats about life in Oz and we preview the PI SpeedSeries
Two time BTCC race winner Tom Oliphant has made the move to Australia for family and professional reasons. We talk to him about life in Oz and reflect on a successful racing career in the UK. We also...
05.02.2023
Super Utes' Super Start
THE UTES are back! Okay, they never really went anywhere, but the V8 Ute racing of old returned in Perth with a bigger field than ever and some great entertainment. One of the categories leading lights, Dave Sieders, joins the...
04.27.2023
Inside engineering with Wes McDougall + Perth preview
A deep-dive into the world of engineering this week as Wes McDougall, who engineered Jamie Whincup's final season, joins the show to discuss his fascinating career and a new business designed to help drivers from all walks of life continue to...
04.19.2023
Frosty on his major Supercars milestone
MARK WINTERBOTTOM will notch up his 600th Supercars / ATCC start when he rolls into Perth next week, so it seemed like a good excuse to catch up with the Supercars Champion and Bathurst winner to reflect on his journey...
04.12.2023
Jayden Ojeda - Bathurst winner!
A thrilling Bathurst 6 Hour was won by Simon Hodges and Jayden Ojeda at the weekend and the young gun from Sydney is on the show to talk about their remarkable win. 'The Juice' also talks about his career prospects, about taking...
04.05.2023
It's all about the Australian GP
THIS WEEK on the Grid it's all about the incredible Australian Grand Prix - and it turns out all three of the OTG team were on the ground in varying roles, living their best lives. We recap everything from the...

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On The Grid episodes:

Jay Robotham: Asian Experience

Owning and Racing a championship winning IndyCar

Anton De Pasquale: Jason Richards Trophy Winner

First on the ground in Taupo as the Supercars return to NZ

George Miedecke on winning Bathurst & GT4 Mustangs

Two Bathurst winners help a big Bathurst debrief

Nick Percat on that win and a 6 hour preview

Supercar driver Dave Reynolds on Life, Love and Motor racing.

Legendary broadcaster Greg Rust co-hosts On the Grid!

Tom Randle on double Bathurst duties

Craig Lowndes talks desert racing and a Bathurst 500 debrief

From Bathurst to Bathurst.. Jaxon Evans on his Aussie comeback

Ben Bargwanna and a Bathurst 12 hour preview

The top 5 things that will happen in 2024

The HOTs and NOTs of 2023

Motorsports new CEO and Speedway ace James McFadden

Champion Kai Allen and an enormous Adelaide debrief

Vegas debrief, Adelaide Preview

TCR Champ Josh Buchan, Todd Hazelwood and Win with OTG!

World Champion Touring Car Star on his Aussie adventures

Porsche's newest rising star, Bayley Hall

Drag Racing is back! Inside the revitalisation of the sport

Frosty on Bathurst and The Bend's big weekend

Bathurst's great voice 'Wilko' + full 2023 debrief

The bumper Bathurst Preview!

Tom Randle passes by for a chat, and lots lots more

Dave Russell on Sandown and Bathurst chances with Erebus plus Chad Neylon

Hunter McElrea on his 2023 journey and the step to Indy..

The third generation Richards racer making his mark

Jack Perkins on bringing the 1993 Bathurst winner back to life

Tom Randle on his podium sweep

TCR leader Josh Buchan, Calder comeback and Dixon's dominance

Who is Garnet Patterson? In depth with 2023s breakout GT star

Heimgartner's heavy lifting as BJR marches forward

Wildcard! Kai Allen gets his Bathurst chance

Barry Ryan + the top 5 things that will definitely happen before the end of '23

Alex Davison on winning, Porsche history and Bathurst

The SVG debrief with NASCAR journo Jeff Gluck & racer Owen Kelly

Darwin, the P-Word chat, SVG in Chicago and more

Le Mans, the inside story + Winton review and Darwin preview

Bagets for all. Richard is at the Le Mans 24 Hour

Richard's in the UK and Tim Schenken chats Le Mans

Cameron Hill on belief, Tasmania and Formula Ford

Hey Jude, Great weekend at Phillip Island

Tom Oliphant chats about life in Oz and we preview the PI SpeedSeries

Super Utes' Super Start

Inside engineering with Wes McDougall + Perth preview

Frosty on his major Supercars milestone

Jayden Ojeda - Bathurst winner!

It's all about the Australian GP