The Podium

Highly respected Racer, and Businessman; Tony Quinn joins us on The Podium to give us his thoughts on some of the biggest topics in motorsport.

Tony is heavily involved in motorsport, he is the co-owner of Triple Eight in the Supercars Championship, the owner of tracks such as Queensland Raceway, Hampton Downs, Taupo, and Highlands Motorsport Park, and races in a wide variety of categories both in Australia and New Zealand.

Topics include:

- Shane van Gisbergen's impressive NASCAR debut

- Whether he would let SVG out of his contract early to pursue a career in America, and if Triple Eight would ever consider buying into a NASCAR team

- Disappointment in the rollout of Gen3, and why Triple Eight would be reluctant to be involved in a Gen4 project

- Why New Zealand should be back on the Supercars calendar

- The impressive redevelopment of Queensland Raceway

- Returning to Townsville to race in the Aussie Racing Cars, a year after a huge crash which left him with a number of injuries.

- Seatbelt safety awareness

- The foundation he set up to assist the next generation of Australian and New Zealand racers, which includes a pool of drivers such as Hunter McElrea, Callum Hedge, and highly touted Red Bull test driver, Liam Lawson

- Watching his Grandson Ryder Quinn work his way up the motorsport ladder

- Future plans

Zane Goddard joins us on The Podium to talk about his return to Supercars with Triple Eight.

Zane also opens up about the disappointment of losing his full-time seat after a solid debut season in 2021, adjusting to the new Gen3 Supercars, racing in S5000. and what it's been like to work alongside new teammate Craig Lowndes, and boss Jamie Whincup, ahead of the 2023 Endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.

To celebrate 10 years of The Podium, we’re hitting the rewind button on some of our favourite interviews.

In 2020, we were fortunate enough to be joined by Supercars Champion Shane van Gisbergen for his very first long-form interview.

Shane opened up about what fueled his passion for motorsport as a kid, and then we went for a walk down victory lane with him and discussed many of the memorable moments from his career

Topics include:

- How SVG first got started in motorsport

- The origins of his iconic racing number #97

- The decision to pursue a career in tin-tops after a period of racing open-wheelers

- How he landed his first Supercars drive with Team Kiwi Racing

- What he learned from his time racing with Stone Brothers Racing

- His highly publicised move to Tekno

- Friendship with former on-track rival Scott McLaughlin

- His reaction to the Ritchie Stanaway retirement from a few years ago

- The unfair portrayal of him by some parts of the media

- Thoughts on social media trolls

- The iconic moment when he hitched a ride with Cameron Waters

- What changes he would make to improve the racing in the Supercars Championship (prior to the implementation of Gen3)

- Racing overseas

- Refining his skills via Sim-Racing

- His favourite circuits to race on, and cars he's raced over the years

- Advice for up-and-coming racers

To celebrate 10 years of The Podium, we’re hitting the rewind button on some of our favourite interviews. In 2014, we were joined by Australian F1 Icon, Mark Webber

Mark reflected on some of the memorable moments from his

In 2020, Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves joined us on The Podium to talk about what it was like to race at the 2020 event in front of no fans. Helio also discusses his solid 2020 IMSA Championship season with Acura Team Penske, shares some highlights from when he came to Australia and raced in the V8 Supercars Gold Coast International events, and how he has managed to stay in top form after so many years competing in motorsport.

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In 2020, two-time Indy 500 champion Takuma Sato joined us on The Podium to talk about his memorable second win at the Indy 500 while driving for Rahal Letterman Lannigan Racing. Takuma also shares with us some stories from his time competing in Formula 1 and reflects on some of the other highlights from his career in motorsport.

In 2020, Juan Pablo Montoya joined us on The Podium to reflect on a career that has seen him win races in Formula One, IndyCar, and NASCAR. Juan discusses some of the struggles he encountered early on in his career, thinking his F1 hopes were all over after running out of money while competing in Formula 3000 and missing out on the seat at Williams while he was a test driver with the iconic team. Juan also talks about the joy he still gets from competing, wanting to race a Supercar at Bathurst, and what he hopes to achieve with ACURA Team Penske this season in the IMSA Championship.

In 2020, American motorsport icon Bobby Rahal joined us on The Podium to reflect on a career which has seen him claim 3 CART World Series titles and a popular victory at the 1986 Indianapolis 500, Bobby also talks about his successful move from driver to owner which also brought with it plenty of glory, how he almost left motorsport to pursue a career in advertising and how his son Graham Rahal has managed to build a career of his own in motorsport

The only driver to have won the Daytona 500, a F1 World Championship and the iconic Indianapolis 500. In 2020, Mario Andretti joined us on The Podium to share some stories from his time competing in NASCAR, IndyCar and Formula One. Mario reflects on some of the biggest wins of his career, including his championship victories in both Formula One and IndyCar and how he still enjoys taking celebrities for hot laps around iconic race tracks in his two-seater IndyCar

Hollywood actor turned race car driver, Patrick Dempsey, joined us on The Podium, to talk all about his passion for motorsport.

Interview Topics:

- Challenging conditions for the season-finale at Road Atlanta

- The impressive form from both Dempsey Racing cars

- Linking up with Wright Motorsports

- Virginia event recap

- Circuit of the America's event recap

- World Endurance Championship

- Mark Webber

- Preparations for the 10-hour Petit Le Mans event

- Night racing

- Porsche Supercup recap

- Goals for the final event of the 2014 IMSA Championship

- Patrick gives his special-guest song request