Absolute Rally Podcast

This is it, the final episode of your weekly rally pod! We discuss of course Rally Finland! And then we discuss yours and our favorite moments over the years! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for all your support! Tony, Ryan, Jack, Trevor, Jon, Jon and producer Al !  

Another Richard Burns special for our penultimate episode! Big Jon D and Tony talk about this raw recording from when John was working with Richard on his book. Great listen! Forgave the audio quality we think its worth it. 

A look back at Rally Estonia with Jack, Ryan, Trev and Tony and some big news about AR future! 

The episode of the Jon's ! Big JD talks nails (again) Jon Armstrong fresh from completing the recce of Rally Estonia and Ryan Champion is in a lay-by !

Fresh from their Safari 1-2-3-4 result, Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team boss Jari-Matti Latvala joins Tony and Ryan for a catch up and a little bit historic rally car chat! 

Its Jack he's back! Jack Benyon is back with the boys and big Jon as they discuss last weekends Safari Rally and of course Goodwood where our own Ryan Champion was let loose in some interesting machinery! 

Donegal , Goodwood and Safari Rally are the order of the day! We have Ryan live from Goodwood, Geoff Mayes live from Safari drivers briefing and Luke Barry talks Donegal. We catch up with Matt Edwards to check in after his huge shunt while leading the rally!  

A short but sweet Donegal Rally preview with Killian Duffy, Trevor Agnew and Tony Simpson! 

Big Jon D , Trevor and Tony talk Rally Sardegna, Part 1 of our look back on the event. Also we have Art McCarrick on his new role within Motorsport Ireland. 

Trevor, Ryan and Tony talk Deja Vu Rally to start , we then start to explore the British Rally Championship and its falling numbers and discuss why this maybe happening. Craig Parry drops by to talk all about the rally tracking system he has been working on over the last couple of years and how important its now become. And last up we go back to BRC to someone who actually applied for the management roll Brynmor Pierce and what happened during that process. 

Ryan, Tony, Jon A and Jon D are all back to look back on Rally Portugal, Armstrong Jon talks his rally and just how tough it really is. Next up from down under Harry Bates fresh from his weekend win on the Australian Rally Championship and being team mates with your brother! Last but not least Chris Ingram joins big Jon D on his fantastic result on Rally Portugal!  

The man behind "The Yorkshire Rally Mafia" book Jonathan Pulleyn joins Ryan and Tony to discuss the launch of the book this week. On the pacenotes Killian Duffy talks Irish Tarmac and this weekends Circuit of Ireland. And old friend of the show Tom Williams talks his move over to the USA for his rallying this year! 

Trev and Angus join Tony and Ryan from their travels of delivering aid to Ukraine boarder and how M-Sport Poland have helped them. Jon Armstrong is back from ERC adventures on Rally Azores with some giant killing stage times in the Fiesta Rally 3! 

Tony and Trevor talk a bit of West Cork Rally, Craig Drew drops by to talk his first event along side Chris Ingram as they won the North West Stages. Jamie Arkle and Killian Cronin the guys from the new podcast "Rally DNA" tell Tony all about the idea and premise behind the new pod. And long time friend of the show Brendan Reeves tells us all about finally getting his hands on a Hyundai I20 R5 for the next round for the Australian Rally Championships. 

He is back! Ryan Champion finally turns up! Joining Trevor, Jack and Tony talking WRC, the "revamped" ERC and much much more. And M-Sports own Gus Greensmith has a quick catch up with us! 

Sorry for the mis numbering of episodes! This is Episode 6! And we have Jack Benyon, Jon Desborough, Trevor Agnew and Tony Simpson. Talking Rally Sweden, a VERY early AOB for listeners to get involved with! And then we have one question each and one question only for Rally Sweden JWRC winner our own Jon Armstrong! 

Ryan Champion returns ! back from East African Safari, we debrief the event and talk Sweden. Seb Scott joins us from his JWRC media post! Our own Jon Armstrong checks in from his recce report. Young gun Rob Wilson talks FIA Rally Star shoot out which he was part of. And Keaton Williams fresh from returning from the opening round of the ARA alongside Brandon Semenuk.

Short but sweet pod this week! Big game hunting and we caught Ryan Champion, Allan Harryman and Stephane Prevot ! All at just over the mid point of the East African Safari Rally. 

The episode of Jon's ! Big Jon D joins new host to the team and friend of the show Jon Armstrong to discuss more Monte, Jon's JWRC campaign (JA!). Ryan Champion stops by from pre event Classic Safari ! 

WRC 2 is the order of the day this week, we have Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani talking their return to Sainteloc Racing with the Citroen Rally2 C3. We talking USA, marketing and of course Rally Monte Carlo. Staying with WRC 2 Chris Ingram stops by and talks his Rally Monte Carlo and calendar for 2022 with perhaps a surprise event on there too! From Onthepacenote Killian Duffy previews this weekend ITRC open Galway!   

THE MONTE DEBREIF ! , Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk the Rally 1 runners and riders and GOAT'S ! M-Sport team principle Rich Millener talks M-Sports fantastic weekend ! 

Join our own Jon Desborough as he shares the "raw" recordings of when he and Richard worked on his book "Driving Ambition" Forgive the sound quality, its just great content! 

Its that time of year again where the festive fun turns ugly! Jack, Ryan and Trev battle it for the end of season Christmas F**king Quiz! Questions posed by Tony and our lovely listeners !  MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT IN 2021! STAY SAFE! 

Man behind the mike on the RAC rally Matt Cotton joins the boys for more of an event debrief. Direct from Sweetlamb Ryan Champion speaks with codriving legend Allan Harryman on his RAC alongside Tony Jardine and how it compares to a modern WRC event.  

THE RAC debrief up first, the boys and listeners pose questions to our own winning driver Ryan Champion!  Robert Reid joins Jon and Tony to talk the 20 year anniversary of becoming a World Champion alongside the late great Richard Burns. And big Jon announces something special coming up on for Absolute Rally listeners. 

Rally Monza debrief with Ryan, Jon and Tony and GOAT discussions ! Top Gear's Chris Harris joins Ryan and Tony to talk the up coming RAC rally which both Ryan and Chris will be competing on.  Adam Hall from Rally insight joins Tony to talk this years addition which is being released very soon! 

Ryan and Tony talk the WRC show down in Monza, we set the Kielder WT RAC Rally quiz and we do AOB's Tony Jardine joins the boys to look back at his rally career and his up coming attempt on the RAC Rally. Last up! British Rally Champion Matt Edwards talks his show down with Osian Pryce on the final round of teh BRC Ulster Rally this weekend. 

Ryan and Tony catch up on Ryan's RAC preparation and talk the new Kielder WT competition ! Also with more stories breaking on the lack of privateers in Rally 1 currently and more so in the future. Ryan and Tony talk with a WRC privateer from the early 2000's Antony Warmbold. A man who did 3 full years in the WRC with M-sport.  

Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony discuss the latest news in WRC over the last week and also answer some of those tricky listener questions! 

Tony talks to JWRC star and friend of the show Jon Armstrong on his redemption season back in the JWRC. His time working with M-sport Poland in the ERC and we go all the way back to the beginning of his career.  

Jack, Ryan and Tony talk Rally Spain, the glass ceiling (again!) and squash or cordial ?  Fresh from sitting with Oliver Solberg in Finland and Spain, Craig Drew stops by we talk American rallying with Subaru, the link up with Oliver and Hyundai and we check in on that painful area!  British Rally Championship manager Iain Campbell stops by to talk the new look calendar for 2022 and his thoughts on the title fight that is unfolding in 2021! 

The biggest questions on drink making at the top! Join Jon Desborough, Ryan Champion and Tony Simpson as they look forward to Rally Spain this weekend. Talk WRC glass ceilings, 4th cars for junior drivers on just the Saturday and Sunday stages ? Plus much more!  Osian Pryce fresh from his British Rally Championship win on Mull talks his win and plans to wrestle the title from Matt Edwards!  Junior World Rally Championship media manager Seb Scott drops by to discuss the winner takes all final round of the JWRC this coming weekend! 

A full house! Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony are back to talk Finland, Craig Breen's move to M-Sport, pressure on young drivers the Rally 2 glass ceiling (again!) and so much more!  Thanks for the patience, its good to be back RIP MTD

Jon, Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk Craig Breen and Esapekka Lappi futures, Jon's new book and and a tag team AOB from Ryan and Trevor! 

Jack, Trev and Tony (Ryan is on another holiday!) talk all things Ypres ! The highs and the lows and the brilliance of Craig Breen's performance.  And our man in JWRC Jon Armstrong takes another win and he drops by to talk us through it. 

THE BOX OF TOYS ARE BACK! Jack, Ryan, Trev and Tony play Ypres bingo! Predict results really badly and Jack has a whopper AOB! Osian Pryce drops by on route to the next round of the British Rally Championships, The Grampian Rally. He also shares some tips on Ypres!       

And we are back! Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk to Irish Rally legend Garry Jennings on his charity fund raiser! If you can please get involved link is here https://gofund.me/6edcfb87  The boys also debate the beginning of silly season and who and where drivers will be come 2022. Last up returning ARA multiple champion David Higgins talks his return to American to take the win on his first rally in 2 years!  

THE KIELDER COMPETITION DRAW HAPPENED! Steve Bulloss from Kielder helps Tony draw the winners and give a little back story on the cars used for what we thought was the toughest one yet! Are you a winner! ?? Multiple British Rally Champion Matt Edwards drops in to talk the next round of BRC the Nicky Grist Stages. Ryan Champion joins us live from Goodwood and last up from the aftermath of Safari Rally photographer and rally man Geoff Mayes talks the positive effects that the WRC circus has left behind.  

Does Safari Rally choose "you" as the winner !? Thats one of the questions discussed with Jon Desborough (who has a book out!) Ryan Champion (who doesn't) and Tony Simpson! Fresh from sitting alongside Toyota Gazoo Racing's Takamoto Katsuta, Dan Barritt talks Safari and Taka's development over the season and his career so far!  

Ryan and Tony talk with Duty Clerk of the Course for WRC Safari Rally Raju Chaggar on the very special challenge coming up in the next round of WRC. Jon Armstrong checks in briefly prior to starting the next ERC round Rally Poland in the all new M-Sport Fiesta Rally 3. 

The pod of R's! Join Ryan Champion, Rhys Yates and Rich Millener with Tony Simpson (no R!). Rhys and Ryan talk Sardinia and the opening round of the British Rally Championship at Oulton Park. Rich and Tony talk M-Sport, 2022 regulations and how to fix rallying in the UK! 

Jack, Jon, Ryan and Tony talk Rally Italia Sardegna this coming weekend. And the boys grill Tony on his R5 Skoda debut and the "joys" of circuit based rallies! And we also talk more on the Kielder WT quiz !!! 

Scott Martin fresh from winning Rally Portugal alongside Elfyn Evans joins Tony, to discuss their win and the season so far. Seb Marshall joins Jack, Ryan and Tony fresh from stage end duties on Rally Portugal!

Rally Portugal is here and Jon Desborough, Ryan Champion and Tony Simpson discuss the WRC returning! Memories of the event, Pirelli Tyres and much more! Plus we discuss Tony's R5 debut next week! 

Richard Tuthill joins Ryan and Tony to talk Singer 911 Baja style protect, East African Safari Historic Rally in 2021 and new Tuthill signing Ken Block! 

Ryan and Tony talk Hyundai news and how their crystal ball was clearly off last week! And We talk the return of the British Rally Championship in a few weeks and racing driver / rally driver (you decide!) Seb Perez talks his very first codriver and the jump into the BRC with M-Sport in a new Fiesta R5. (yes we know its now called Rally 2) 

We are back ! Ryan, Jack, Trevor and Tony look back on Rally Croatia last weekend. Keaton Williams talks his podium alongside Josh McErlean on the Olympus Rally over in the USA. And JWRC winner on Rally Croatia our own Jon Armstrong talks his performance!   

Ryan, Trevor and Tony this week talk the young guns going into battle in WRC3 and in the JWRC! We have Jon Armstrong talking his return to the series. And Chris Ingram finally makes the move into full time WRC3 program and joins Tony to talk the new team and partners for this two year project!  We also talk Rally NI survey, which you can get involved with until April 14th here https://www.rallynorthernireland.com/ 

One of the most famous faces around the WRC service park over the last 30 years, John "Milly" Millington join Ryan and Tony to talk his early career, joining RED the move to Boreham and then the move to M-Sport! There is definitely a part 2 that needs to happen. We only scratched the surface !  

Ryan and Tony are joined this week by Juho Hanninen to talk IRC, being a test driver, Skoda Motorsport, Hyundai Motorsport, Toyota Gazoo Racing and co driving for Jari-Matti Latvala!   

Jack, Ryan, Tony and Trevor discuss their involvement with the new BTRDA R2 1600 Junior Championship this year. Road position on WRC events, more on hybrid technology and much more. Dave Welford the man who runs the "Richard Burns Fan Page" on Facebook joins the boys to talk about plans for the 20 year anniversary of Richards WRC title. And Paul Glass from the Highland Car club joins Trevor and Tony on the Snowman Rallython!