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Jonathan Simon speaks to Brad Jones Racing driver Jake Burton ahead of the 2020 Repco Supercars Pro Eseries, talking how the championship dynamic/contenders will fare in 2020, his test in a Supercar @ Winton Raceway, what would Jake change from last year’s Eseries to this years’, broadcasting the Supercars Eseries draft, Josh Rogers sending Uber Eats to congratulate Jake Burton on his first Eseries win, Jake’s involvement in the 2020 BP Supercars All Stars Eseries, including setting reference laps for Brad Jones Racing and spotting for Jack Smith, and going sandbox mode: creating our own fantasy/dream Supercars Eseries.

Jonathan Simon speaks to newly signed Triple Eight Race Engineering / Red Bull Holden Racing Team driver Jarrad Filsell – ahead of his second campaign in the Repco Supercars Pro Eseries. The two chat about how Jarrad signed with the team, the growing competitiveness of sim racing, visiting both Walkinshaw Andretti United (2019) and Red Bull HRT (2020) at The Bend, hanging out with Supercars drivers during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the new iRacing Supercars, working with Josh Rogers in 2019, Jarrad’s broken wrist, media day for the 2019 Supercars Eseries, whether live “in person” rounds are necessary, the BP Supercars All Stars Eseries, Supercars around ovals, and more.

Jonathan Simon is joined by officially licensed iRacing Rallycross World Championship driver Beau Albert – previewing the 2020 iRacing Rallycross World Championship, presented by Yokohama. Guest drivers include 2019 champion Sami-Matti Trogen, Yohann Harth, Bobby Zalenski and Josh Fox.

They preview all 2020 licensed drivers, the series calendar for 2020 (including brand new circuit – Hell Lånkebanen), the drivers’ survey results where the 2020 field were able to voice their opinion on a number of series related topics, flashbacks to the greatest moments of the 2019 season, as well as some playful fake Vegas bets.

The 2020 iRacing Rallycross World Championship, presented by Yokohama will commence on the 26th of September where we head to Hell Lånkebanen for the first time in the series. Coverage will begin at 4:45pm GMT – provided by RaceSpot TV, streaming live on the iRacing eSports Network.

Jonathan Simon is joined by Nick Rowland to rewatch the historic 1998 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, talking which Formula 1 TV intro was the best, the biggest crash in Formula 1 history, the second start, which corners look better or worse at Spa in the modern day, the Michael Schumacher – David Coulthard incident, the commentary team (Murray Walker, Martin Brundle, incl. James Allen in pits), the crazed fan who crossed the track at the end of the race, and more.

Jonathan Simon is joined by sim racing entrepreneur Richard Arnaud to discuss how the coronavirus (COVID-19) is sim racing's opportunity to shine, how having motorsport teams involved in sim racing doesn’t mean the sport has reached a level of professionalisation, copyright and Formula 1, F1 Esports and developing sim racing teams, the status quo of sim racing broadcasting, race formats for world championship level sim racing, the high turnover of sim racers and esports athletes (retiring early), and VRS Coanda Simsport’s new team house.

Jonathan Simon is joined by Randolph Chenowth — reviewing the 2019 Thrustmaster iRacing Rallycross World Championship, discussing the final championship standings, green and red flag moments, and handing out as many awards as the NHL do to our 2019 grid.

Jonathan Simon is joined by Brad Jones Racing driver Jake Burton talking his experience in motorsport including Aussie Driver Search and the Toyota 86 Racing Series, the realism of modern day sim racing, the new and old Supercar in iRacing, the Aussie Driver Search Sim-to-Supercar Showdown, passing Garth Tander around the outside at Phillip Island in the Toyota 86 Series, the Gfinity Supercars Eseries media day shenanigans, the public reception and future of the Gfinity Supercars Eseries, Positive SimRacing, Virtual Racing School coaching, and why Jake left Trans Tasman Racing.

Jonathan Simon is joined by Shannons Racing / Trans Tasman Racing driver Madison Down discussing sim racing in the 2000s, why some real world drivers are quick in a sim, and some are slow, his racing experience in Shannons Nationals, Shelby Cobra, Aussie Driver Search, the media day experience for the 2019 Gfinity Supercars Eseries, the live round of the Gfinity Supercars Eseries, why Madison had to go through the draft for the series, and improvements to the future of the Gfinity Supercars Eseries.

Jonathan Simon catches up with Apex Racing Team driver Kevin Ellis Jr to talk off-season sim racing, improving over the summer, Porsche Esports Supercup for 2019 and 2020, Kevin’s success in 2019 in both the Porsche Esports Supercup and endurance special events, live stewarding in world championship sim racing, and more.