Rusty's Garage

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In Rusty's Garage, automotive commentator and journalist Greg Rust speaks to the most passionate riders, drivers, designers and collectors he knows. Each guest shares their stories about the machin

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Number 1: Stephen Grove | Part 1 - meeting Greg Norman & quietly building an empire.
A long form feature interview like this is something new for the Penrite Racing team owner & we’re delighted he’s joined us in the Garage studio.Building golf courses in the early days including one for the Sultan of Brunei.A window into his success mindset - stopping to savour the 2025 Bathurst 1000 win isn’t something he did for too long, it’s the same in business.Going back to Uni while juggling a young family and diving in to what would quietly become a huge business covering modular construction, equipment hire, property development and more.Fans can see some of Grove’s modular construction at the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne for example as quality trackside corporate facilities. Discovering the pure joy of driving race cars through a mate and becoming hooked!And how a toe in the water sponsorship with the Tasman Supercars team almost 20 years ago set the wheels in motion.Like the Tony Quinn & Sam Shahin ep’s you’ll love the business takeaways here and the parallels with Motorsport.This convo will help you get to know a success driven leader who would ordinarily prefer to work out of the limelight but the public game of Supercars has changed that. Head to Rusty's Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and give us your feedback, and let us know who you want to hear from on Rusty's Garage.
August 17, 202632min
Number 2: The Motorsport Brief | Toby Price & Hayden Paddon
Rusty is in rally mode for this one catching up with an Aussie Off-Road legend and a Kiwi WRC star. Fresh from Rally Tasmania a week ago Toby headed over the ditch to contest round 4 of the New Zealand Rally Championship. How much he’s enjoying playing in both series and some insights on the different cars he’s driving. You can find out more about the growing GR Yaris Rally Cup in New Zealand here: https://www.facebook.com/GRYarisRallyCupNZ? Will Toby go back for another crack at Dakar over summer and he’s gearing up for Sunraysia Safari with Maximum Motorsport. Then we check in with Hyundai’s Haddon Paddon who dominated Rally Hawkes Bay, which was great for match fitness before he jets out to Paraguay. His months of prep for this weekend’s WRC round. How much he’s enjoying competing again at the highest levels of the sport and what next for https://paddonrallysport.co.nz/ Oh & is the reigning Australian Rally Champion likely to make an appearance at the awesome Super Special Stage Show at the Supercar’s Adelaide Grand Final this year? You know Rusty loves being at the coalface. Enjoy a couple of cool chats in their rally transporters while the crews work on the cars. Head to Rusty's Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and give us your feedback, and let us know who you want to hear from on Rusty's Garage.
August 24, 202630min
Number 3: Stephen Grove | Part 2 - Supercars team ownership & hitting the headlines.
The decision, around the time of the pandemic, to buy a team, why he was ready and relished the new challenge. Working with the Kelly’s and Ford as they set out to build a leading outfit in the ultra competitive Supercars pit lane and why he believes they are not there yet. Reflections on his drivers Kai Allen and what makes him so good. Negotiating speed humps with the brilliant Matt Payne and why their direct relationship is still tight. Plus securing Garth Tander and the impact he’s had on the team as they grew. The importance he places in the Grove junior program, the ‘fight’ or tenacity he looks for in those young racers and dealing with difficult decisions when it doesn’t work out. We give Stephen the space to place some context around a recent headline about being here to dominate too. N.B. This episode was recorded before the Supercars Court of Appeal Hearing into the Governing Body’s (Motorsport Australia) decision not penalise the team for an alleged tyre pressure regulation breach in Perth recently. Head to Rusty's Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and give us your feedback, and let us know who you want to hear from on Rusty's Garage.
August 18, 202634min
Number 4: Re-Release: Garry Rush - ‘The Master Blaster’
The Australian Speedway great amassed 10 national Sprintcar titles during his decorated career. Recorded in 2019 many fans may not realise that ‘Rushy’ is in our library. This relaxed and candid convo remains a personal and professional highlight of Rusty’s career having captured Garry’s autograph as a young fan, something Greg has kept to this day.We also talk Speedcars, racing in the US, a frightening crash in the States and a little known chapter in single seaters that briefly took him to the UK with a loose plan to eventually get to Formula 1. Garry recently celebrated his 82nd birthday and it’s been almost exactly 7 years since we released this ep. Back then Sydney Speedway or Parramatta, as it was affectionately known, was still around and the new venue at Eastern Creek was just a design or set of plans. From hair raising stories towing race cars in his early days to being inducted in the Australian Motorsport and Speedway Australia Halls of Fame…what a ride. https://www.australianmotorsporthalloffame.com.au/inductees/garry-rush/ Head to Rusty's Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and give us your feedback, and let us know who you want to hear from on Rusty's Garage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 10, 20261h 29min
Number 5: Anton De Pasquale | Part 1 - Larko’s radar and open wheels OS
Starting karts later than others but catching up real fast! Learning from people like Michael Ritter in Formula Ford and finding his way onto Larko’s (Mark Larkham) radar. Heading to Europe to race Formula Renault in 2014 and scoring 7 wins, plus another 2 in the non-championship Nurburgring races, on the way to the title. Some memories of racing at legendary places including Spa, Assen, Zolder and Zandvoort. Changing tack and coming back to Australia to try his hand at Super 2 and how a key day with Paul Morris at Norwell helped put the wheels in motion. Plus straight talk (delivered right) can still keep the tight, harmonious team working relationships he’s become renowned for. We’re grateful to Dewi Jones at Team 18 for helping to tee up this interview at short notice while Rusty was unexpectedly in Melbourne….as you’ll hear it’s easy chat and we’re so pleased to get Anton on the pod! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 27, 202637min