A ‘Perfect’ preview of the opening round of the 2025 Supercars Championship this weekend with former Bathurst winner Nick Percat.

How he plans to build on wins at the Grand Prix and in Tasmania last year and will there be a change in his overall approach to ensure he makes the ‘playoffs’?

The growth of Matt Stone Racing, the emergence of young racer Cameron Crick and his impressions of fast GT runner Brendon Leitch after the Kiwi drove an MSR car in testing on Wednesday.

Plus Nick’s kart team, how much he enjoys racing under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park and the new Perdog/Sladedog album!

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We begin the 2nd part of this Feature Episode with an impersonation that is usually reserved for the broadcast team during warmups - let’s just say that Jonathan sounds exactly like one of the Gods of motorcycle racing.

How he fell into Auckland Harbour once while doing a story with some Supercars Drivers - it made the nightly news!

Why the talent pool coming out of the New Zealand Summer Series is world class and his talented dog that goes looking for him behind the TV.

It’s the final instalment with a globe trotting Motorsport commentator who has seemingly endless enthusiasm and energy. The secret to his longevity and the message to aspiring broadcasters - get stuck in and don’t be afraid to give it a go!

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Speed City’s main man is our latest addition to the Garage library. We spoke with him after five epic weeks covering Toyota’s Formula Regional Oceania Championship and the New Zealand Grand Prix.

But this ep won’t just appeal to the Kiwis. Lovers of Two-Wheels will enjoy it as well.  Rusty talks to JG about his huge stint calling the World Superbikes with Aussie Steve Martin.

You’ll also learn about his family ties to a legendary British racer, the time Jonathan went from Hong Kong to Beijing to cover a rally and working on the Macau GP for over 20 years!

Oh and how turning down the chance to pursue acting lead to a life of journalism and broadcasting that includes Winter Olympics, Darts, Snooker and some good laughs too. 

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Will Brown and Broc Feeney join us as we wrap up a huge weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park.

How Will became the first Aussie in 50 years to win the prestigious race and how his Supercars teammate stole the pole with almost no single seater experience.

Don’t think for a minute that makes Toyota’s Formula Regional Championship a walk in the park. Both Brown and Feeney reflect on the calibre of competition among the aspiring F1 and Indycar racers.

We’ll look ahead to the 2025 Supercars season with them (it starts in less than a fortnight) plus the new look RedBull Ampol Racing colours they unveiled while they were in NZ.

Oh and Rusty tries to twist their arm to come back for another shot at the GP next summer.  Better yet bring some of the other drivers with you lads!

Plus we introduce you to two young racers trying to make their mark OS after impressing here over summer - Patrick Heuzenroeder from Australia and a Kiwi who’s based in the UAE by the name of Zack Scoular.

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Meet Arvid Lindblad, the Red Bull Junior who’s been unstoppable over summer in New Zealand, ahead of his first F2 race at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne next month.

The calculated decision to come down under to compete to ensure he has enough points for a Super Licence for F1. Could we see him drive in practice sessions this year maybe even a Grand Prix?

What a call from Helmut Marko is like, the time he told Lando Norris he would see him on the grid in years to come, and racing against Supercars stars Will Brown and Broc Feeney.

Oh and hanging out with David Coulthard to drive some cool older gen F1 machines.

Thanks to the Next Gen NZ Championship organisers and the M2 Competition team for their help in making this one happen.

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‘Chucky’ is back but this time he’s on the pod to talk about winning one of the biggest races in the world!

It was a dominant performance rarely seen at Dakar as the Aussie lead from start to finish.

The home grown influence on the technical side Daniel pushed for that helped significantly and you’ll get a sense of how much was riding on his shoulders over the past few months.

What the nerves were like over the final 60k stage and how sweet it was to come back from the injuries of recent years to summit this Everest of Motorsport….so to speak.

As you listen keep in mind that Chucky was battling some echo in his headphones (Rusty admits he’s not a genius on the tech side). As if the Dakar challenge wasn’t big enough the 2-wheel champion Daniel overcame this one as well!

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The final lap of a rare 3-parter and he saves some cracking yarns for it.

How the so called Piranha Club move to promote Michael Schumacher to Benetton came at his expense. The fallout from that and a 3am phone call from Eddie Jordan to get Roberto to drive for him. Let’s just say he hung up on him a few times.

Finding a way to pre-qualify for minnow teams when on paper they were no chance and the incredible reception from pitlane when he did as well as sliding doors moments that seemed like devine intervention.

And how Indycar welcomed Roberto back when his time in F1 came to an end adding emotional victories in the US to his CV.

Special thanks to the team at the Hampton Downs Circuit in New Zealand where we recorded this ep and the crew at Kiwi Motorsport for giving us access to Roberto while he was back in NZ working a race driver coach.

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It’s the 2nd of 3 parts of a fascinating story by a great story teller!
Roberto continues his gripping recollections of the road to success and while it didn’t yield world championships he scored podiums in F1, special places in the record books along with wins in Indycar.

You’ll get a sense of his relentless determination when most of us would give up trying. And he garnered the respect of legendary team owners and engineers who sought his valuable input as they developed ground breaking motor racing innovations - like Ferrari’s game changing semi automatic gearbox in the late 80s.

And the Kiwi who Moreno believes played a major part in shaping Ayrton Senna as a driver. It’s a wild ride full of twists, turns and constant interactions with some BIG names in the pit lane.

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The ‘Super Sub’ shares passion fuelled stories of his path to Formula 1 and Indycar, a path filled with setbacks and seemingly insurmountable challenges but he never gave up!

An insight into his early life in Brazil and the close friendship he formed with F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet when they were both youngsters.

Heading to the UK to take on the world and not knowing a word of English. Sleeping in cars and cleaning legendary Aussie engineer Ron Tauranac’s workshop to make ends meet.

Plus his domination of Formula Ford, developing a Van Diemen for Ayrton Senna and Roberto’s wins in the Australian Grand Prix at Calder Park against Piquet, Alan Jones, Niki Lauda and more. 

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RedBull Racing’s new signing for the 2025 F1 season returns to the pod after a huge send off by fans at home in New Zealand.

Lawson was trackside for the Next Gen NZ Championship round in Taupo at the weekend, he joined Rusty and broadcast colleague Stephen McIvor for a chat via the Stuff Speed hub - www.stuff.co.nz/speedhub

Why Lawson hasn’t changed despite the meteoric rise and how important it was to get the elbows out last year with the VCARB team to cement a place on the grid.

We also talk music and why now isn’t the time to indulge his other passion as he focuses squarely on the big opportunity with RedBull and how Liam will approach his role as teammate to the hugely talented 4-time World Champion Max Verstappen.

Get to know one of the new breed of F1 drivers a little better with this engaging chat ahead of the highly anticipated season opener in Melbourne.

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