The Work Area Podcast

Episode 80 is the Speedcar edition: a season preview for Western Australia featuring top drivers Dayne Kingshott and Kaiden Manders. They discuss canceled practice, getting race-ready, differences between Australian and American racing, and the rising costs and technology in midget engines.

The hosts run through power rankings, pick favorites and dark horses, and share personal stories about career highs, travel, and what it takes to compete — all with candid insight into teams, strategy, and the passion that keeps them coming back.

Episode 79 we get stuck into the feeder divisions plus all our usual segments. Pick and stick, general chat and the quiz.

Heaps of guest this week as speedways back in action.

Dylan Menz discusses his success so far in both Darwin and Toowoomba - including his huge win on night 1 of Toowoomba's new season.

Young gun Luke Squiers is apart of the NexGen Sprintcar series and talks us through what they have going on in South Australia.

The man with talent to burn, Joel Berkley talks through all things sedans - legend cars to late models and everything in between.

Damon Lyall gives us a quick preview of this weekend's Brian Rose Memorial at Ellenbrook Speedway.

2026 Chariots is done but we havent finished yet. Kurt Mckain, Nick Rowe, Todd Waddell jump on and talk through everything that happened this year. Big drives, new teams, off track action and heaps more.

Episode 76: Chariots of Thunder Preview Show with Todd Waddell and Nick Rowe.

We preview who we think will win this years edition, plus give a smokey.

Also our quiz gets another run and as well as pick and stick!

Another huge episode this week with some serious peddlers on the podcast.

We are starting to get rolling again in preparation for a huge year.

This week we have on the show:

Jy CORBET: 2026 Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year.

Ben NORMAN: 2026 Westralia Cup winner.

Mikey GREEN: Diamond Bay Motorsports newest pilot.

Get it wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 73 is out now!

Jye O'Keeffe from Elevate Race Bodies is on to talk about building the best trailers in Australia and tells how the deal with his new driver Cole Macedo came about.

Nic Rowe, one of our favourites, jumps on to tell us about all the speedway races he hasn't watched. Plus we introduce a new segment to the show.

Alex Robinson was also good enough to give us his time live from California. Alex crews for Monte Motorsport in Australia and got the call to head over and work on James McFadden's ride in America with Tarlton Motorsports.

Episode 73 is out now!

Jye O'Keeffe from Elevate Race Bodies is Australia's leading motorsports trailer builder. Jye talks through what it takes to produce the finest equipment and builds in the country. Jye is also bringing out Cole Macedo for an assault on the Australian sprintcar season later this year.

Nic Rowe, one of our favourites, jumps on to tell us about all the speedway races he hasn't watched. Plus we introduce a new segment to the show.

Alex Robinson was also good enough to give us his time live from California. Alex crews for Monte Motorsport in Australia and got the call to head over and work on James McFadden's ride in America with Tarlton Motorsports.

Back for our first episode of the new season. After a strong run of form we chat with Darwin's own Chris Harrison who's been the dominant car up in the NT this year. Chris and his team are getting their program squared away with the hopes of a breakout performance in the Chariots of Thunder event this year.

WA gun Cody Nash outlines his plans for the upcoming season. Life has made the team change their plans with what they are going to do but as always the Nash boys do everything right. Hopefully Cody gets out and has some fun with the family this year.

Morgan Melvin, the man behind the biggest street stock events in Australia gives us the latest on the Support The North series which includes the Westralia Cup in Derby and the Shinju Matsuri race in Broome.