On The Grid

Oscar Targett is a young man going places in a hurry. Just 18 months removed from professional-level karting in Europe, this young star has been taken under the wing of the Grove Racing team and is leading the way in the ultra-competitive Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series in 2024. We chat all things with the young gun - including his pathway to Porsche's, aspirations for a professional career, working with gurus like Garth Tander and David Cauchi and even why he might consider changing his surname.. Then it's the usual dive into the best bits of the week that was with the Hots and Nots from the world of Motorsport this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NICK Percat is back - though he never really went anywhere to begin with. Sitting fourth in the Supercars Championship half-way into the season, Nick is in form on and off the track. He's back OTG this week to discuss how to generate consistency in Supercars, what he'd like to see change within the event formats currently in place, his enduro co-driver, karting team and much more. Oh - and which kart track has the best canteen.. Then the boys dissect the week that was and preview the week that will be with the Hots and Nots of this week in Motorsport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS week we dive straight into the Hots and the Nots from a massive weekend in motorsport, in the Top End and over at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. There's plenty of good stuff to review, plus some stuff that needs some improvement. Also, why Mark left our group chat, why Craillsy didn't know about it and several Darwin-hangover related discussions you don't need to miss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week On the Grid, Craillsy, Schibecs, and Walker break down a massive weekend in motorsport. We look ahead to Supercars' annual trip north to the topics and a big weekend at Hidden Valley Raceway, plus what is shaping up as a blockbuster Le Mans 24 Hour. The team reviews a crazy Canadian Grand Prix, plus a successful weekend for the Antipodean set in both Indycar and NASCAR. And to round it all out, there is the weekly serve of Power Ranking Hots and Nots! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week On the Grid, we chat to Todd Hazelwood about his breakthrough weekend in the Australian Trans Am Series from the Shannons SpeedSeries at The Bend.   Against a hyper-competitive field, Todd claimed his first two race wins of the season, with there being a fair degree of controversy along the way.   It's been a wild rollercoaster of a season to date for Todd, and we break it all down in what is always one of our favourite interviews.   Dale Rodgers dropped by Speedway Australia night of nights, and he gets the low down from all of the main players at the National Speedway Awards.   Then the lads wrap up a big weekend for the sport from The Bend, plus Shane van Gisbergen's big NASCAR win in Portland, with the show rounded out with a hearty serving of Hots & Nots! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE biggest weekend in motorsport for the year gets the full Hot / Not / What treatment from team OTG this week as we delve into everything good, bad and insane that happened.  There's a full Indy 500 debrief and a discussion into what made the show so good, a substantial Formula One rant about what made the show so bad, lots of weather chat and all the usual interesting titbits you might not have picked up on across the weekend from those races and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FORD found themselves back in victory lane in the Perth Supersprint last weekend, their first wins of the 2024 season. We welcome Ford's Motorsport Engineering lead, Brendan McGinniskin, to the show to discuss their rise to victory for the first time this year, plus how the global elements of Ford Motorsport are contributing to their Aussie program - and vice-versa. Then we debrief the weekend that was - including the proverbial elephant in the room about a certain Aussie Racing Car - and work through the Hot's and Not's of the event, including a deep-dive into what the Supersprint format is lacking after seeing it live. All that, plus F1, NASCAR and IndyCar from qualifying at the '500 - it's another big show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, for something completely different, our interview guest under the spotlight is none other than Aussie Racing Car part team owner and part-time commentator/PR operative/podcaster Richard Craill! RC is joined by Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises team pilot Asher Johnston, with the dynamic duo breaking down their venture into national-level motorsport - unsurprisingly, it's a highly insightful chat! In part two, we break down a big weekend in sports, look forward to Supercars heading west, plus F1 at Imola, and all of the usual shenanigans in the weekly serving of Hots and Nots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Robotham is taking an alternate route in his motorsport career, with a contrasting array of programs on his 2024 roster. From Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia to the Thai Super Series with a wild Ford Ranger Super PickUp and a MARC Mustang, Jay plans to put the miles to good use when he lines up in the Supercars enduros with Bryce Fullwood at Brad Jones Racing. From luring monkeys with bananas to a cracking Thai lifestyle, it's a top chat. Plus, the team breaks down a massive week in sports, including F1, NASCAR, and the greatest race you've never heard about, rounded out with a serving of our patented Hots and Nots!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IMAGINE racing one of the most successful IndyCars ever? That's what Aussie Jordan Roddy is doing having recently purchased and now raced the famous Macca's Newman Haas Lola raced to a pair of Champ Car titles by Sebastien Bourdais. Jordan joins the show to discuss some of his incredible car resto projects, including a Cadillac LMP1 car, V12 Jaguars and how he's reassembled lots of Newman Haas Racing to run his latest purchase. It's a great story with some cool moments along the journey.  Then it's the hots and nots of the week that was, including serious chats about cheating, mannequins and more..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Repco Supercars Championship debut in Taupo witnessed a massive bounceback for Anton De Pasquale and the Shell V-Power Racing Team, who jetted home with the all-important Jason Richards Memorial Trophy after a classic weekend of racing. Anton joins us to break it all down, while Richard Craill phones it in from across the ditch with all of the inside gossip from on the ground at our newest championship circuit. The team analyse a big weekend in sport, plus there is the usual dose of Hot and Not to round out the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supercars are back in New Zealand this weekend and we're the first on the ground at Taupo to give the first impressions on the series newest venue. We also recap the weekend that was at the Shannons SpeedSeries, hear from SRO Chief Stephan Ratel, as well as Craig Lowndes and Cooper Murray and run through some hots.. and some reasonably serious items in the opposing Not column.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GEORGE MIEDECKE is on the show this week which gives us a chance to look backwards - at his significant role in claiming the Bathurst 6 Hour - and forwards, at his GT4 Australia debut this weekend at Phillip Island aboard a mighty Ford Mustang. George is at his usual best with an engaging chat about all things! Then it's a big debrief of the week that was and the weekend that will be, plus the usual rundown of all things Hot and Not in the world of Motorsport.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jayden Ojeda and Courtney Prince both made history in the Bathurst 6 Hour this year, 'Juice' the first to defend his win while Courtney is the first female driver to stand on the top step of the Bathurst podium in years. They're both on the show this week to help debrief another magic Mountain moment. Then it's into the breakdown of the race and the Hot's and Not's of the week that was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Percat brought home the win in the final race for Supercars at the Grand Prix. It was celebrations all round for Nick and his team at Matt Stone Racing. We chat to the Bathurst 1000 winner about life moving forward. A massive review of the Aussie GP and a big preview of the Bathurst 6 hour. Hots and Nots and there could even be a what. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previous Supercar AGP winner Dave Reynolds talks about his move to Team 18 and how he found himself there. Dave also talks about family life, his love of GT3 cars and much more. Our hots and nots are very hot this week and we also slip in a GP preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Schibecs is away in Thailand this week, so we've begged Greg Rust, of TV and Rusty's Garage fame, to come and co-host the first half of our ep. Always thoughtful and insightful, Rusty offers up his thoughts on F1, this weekend's Shannons SpeedSeries round in Tassie, his best guests on his own podcast and dream guest scenarios. We don't have a dream guest scenario any more: Rusty was it and we've now ticked that box. Then it's the Hots and Nots of the week including why timed races going is bad, why Penske is good and more on SVG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We catch up with Tom Randle and talk about his first GT3 race 'The Bathurst 12 hour' which was followed up 5 days later by the Bathurst 500. Tom talks about the fun he had driving with a legend of the sport and how he got his head around two very different types of cars on the mountain. We preview the first IndyCar race of the year and plenty of hots and nots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Lowndes spoke to Mark Walker about driving in the Fink Desert Rally, The Bathurst 12 hour and last weekends 500. We hear from the driver of the fastest closed in car to lap Mount Panorama Romain Dumas, Hots and Nots and plenty more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaxon Evans very nearly scored a podium in the Bathurst 12 hour last weekend, and now he'll try the same as he makes his Supercars debut at the same venue five days later. He joins us to discuss his big career change and much more. And then it's all the hots and nots from the week that was and what is to come this weekend.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the team records the podcast at different times because they all had a little bit on. Ben Bargwanna joins Tony Schibeci for a chat about his solid start to season 2024 in TCR Australia taking 2 from 3 wins at Sandown. Richard and Mark catch up to give a huge Bathurst 24 hour preview and chat a couple of other things as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As always all the news breaks when we're not on air. We take a few minutes to go through some of the big Motorsport stories to have broken over the past 6 weeks. The boys cover off on things they think might or will happen in 2024 via way of a top 5 and delve into their Caltex Hot's and Not's. It's good to be back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our grand finale for 2023! We close out a massive year of On the Grid stories with our all-time HOT and NOT power rankings from the year that was.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two key interviews this week as Motorsport Australia's CEO, Sunil Vohra, drops in and believe us - he's a race fan. We quizz the new boss about his passion for the sport and what his plans are moving forward. And then, with the summer of speedway almost here, James McFadden drops in to chat his return with the NAPA Hodges Motorsport entry, fills is in on his World of Outlaws campaign and talks his big summer of Speedway ahead. It's a big show with fun, interesting chats!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KAI ALLEN sealed the Super2 series crown in Adelaide so we had to get this impressive young bloke from Mount Gambier back on the show to discuss his achievements - and find out the odd reason why he couldn't have the chat at our usually scheduled time.. Then it's a massive debrief in and around the Adelaide 500 and the end of the Supercars Championship for 2023. It's a big one, this.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A simple show this week and most of it is centred around the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the VAILO Adelaide 500 this week. A typically comprehensive and opinionated breakdown of the Vegas highs and lows is mirrored by a typically comprehensive and opinionated breakdown of this weekend's Supercars decider. A lengthy Hot / Not breakdown features as well, of course.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A huge show this week, as Josh Buchan joins us to discuss the start of his reign as TCR Australia's champion after claiming the title in Adelaide. Todd Hazelwood is on the show to discuss the pausing of his full-time Supercars career and what may come next, before a typically feisty Hot and Not segment processes the pro's and con's of McDonald's and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ROB HUFF joins the show - the first World Champion to do so - to reflect on his successful weekend in the TCR World Tour races in Sydney and his incredible Touring Car career in general. Plus, how close he came to racing Supercars, his sneaky pre-Sydney test and how he's got his own museum in Macau! Huffy is a legend and a great chat - this is well worth a listen!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YOUNG GUN Bayley Hall has launched from zero to success in his Porsche Carrera Cup career, claiming his first race and overall victory in the tough one-make championship at the weekend. We get to know the young man from Queensland, talk pathways to the top and racing in America, plus an incredible weekend at Surfers that delivered him a maiden Carrera Cup win.  Then it's the Hot's and Not's from a massive week of motorsport.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than 35,000 people turned out to watch Drag Racing at The Bend for the first time at the weekend, an event that doubled as the launch of the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC). One of the series' main players, Nathan Prendergast, is our special guest to download the weekend and the exciting future a unified sport has moving forward. Then it's our Gold Coast preview and a particularly scathing Hot and Not segment to not be missed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bathurst is in the rear-view mirror but we're still breaking down the Great Race, this time with former winner Mark Winterbottom who had a challenging end to his Bathurst campaign. Still, he's upbeat about what is to come. Then the team breaks down a huge weekend of racing at Tailem Bend, discusses why Speedway is so good in spite of itself, and breaks down the Hot's and Not's of the week that was.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ONE of the great voices of the Great Race, Garry Wilkinson, is our special guest this week as he reflects on his incredible career having been inducted into the Supercars Media Association Hall of Fame at the weekend. Then it's our breakdown of everything hot and not from the Bathurst week as we run through all the big moments that made the 60th anniversary race so good.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Great Race week so the OTG team are here to walk you through the pressing issues ahead of the Repco Bathurst 1000 this weekend. From parity talk, co-drivers to the best place for a beer or a drive in the Bathurst region, we've got you covered. All the Bathurst chat and our regular Hot and Not segment as we build up to a massive week of content covering the big one on the big hill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We know we spoke to Tom Randle not long ago, but we had to do it again and chat about the Saab V8 that he flew around Phillip Island on the weekend. We also chat to him about Sandown, Bathurst and his boss. There is some talk about Oscar Piastri's podium and our world famous Hot's and Nots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Russell just finished second in the Sandown 500 with Erebus Motorsport, and he's dropped into the show to tell us all about it this week, including an insight into just how to squeeze into a Gen 3 Supercar, road-trip memories from his Nissan days and thoughts about the Great Race that is rapidly approaching - especially given he a co-driver Brodie Kostecki head in among the favourites. Then special guest co-host Chad Neylon joins the fun as we break down a successful Sandown enduro season kick off and run through the big ticket items from the week that was, including all the Hot's and Not's floating around. There are many.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HUNTER McElrea joins the show this week to reflect on a successful INDY NXT Championship, where he won two of the final five races and finished second overall. Hunter reflects on the year, the challenges of progressing to IndyCar and what is to come on his ongoing US Adventure.  Then it's all the Hot's and Not's from the week that was and the week that will be at Sandown Raceway as the '500 returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLAY RICHARDS has made an impression in 2023, fast in the Toyota 86 Series and on the podium in TCR Australia on his debut, he's very much following in the footsteps of his famous father and grandfather. Clay drops in to preview this weekend's TCR round at Sandown raceway, talk his ambitions, racing with family and a whole heap more.  Then we're joined by a SPECIAL GUEST HOST to help break down the Hots and Nots of the week that was..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JACK PERKINS is a racing driver, broadcaster and also a bloody good car restorer. With a seven-year process to restore his Dad's 1993 Bathurst 1000 winner almost complete - the car turned its first laps last week - Jack drops by to discuss the restoration, how the motorsport community embraced his search for originality and finding pieces of the car where you'd least expect it.  He also talks about his upcoming enduro campaign with Erebus, which perhaps represents his best shot yet at becoming a repeat Bathurst winner.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOM RANDLE was a star of The Bend's Supercars weekend, scoring his first solo Supercars podium. Then the second. Then the third! The Castrol Racing Tickford driver swings past for a chat about his performance, how he has built to this moment, enduro season and how his Simulator is a handy tool to have..  Then the boys break down the weekend that was with the usual chat and Hot / Not rundown - which includes several self-inflicted Not's..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JOSH BUCHAN has charged into the lead of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Championship at the series' mid-way point and even though it's only by a solitary point, it's still a lead. The Sydneysider jumps aboard the OTG ship once again to discuss this year's compelling title battle, fighting with his teammate for the championship lead, rivalries and how he's going to take on the world when they come Down Under later this year.  Then all the hot's and not's from the week that was, including some Calder Park chat and the Scott Dixon fun facts you need to know.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is Garnet Patterson? That's the question we answer this week as one of the leading lights in Aussie GT3 racing joins the show. 'GP' talks about leaving Australia early, racing with top Prototype teams, his pick of the tracks and this year's intense GT World Challenge title battle - all from his roots in a small town in country NSW. That, and we talk about very little else because we now just save everything for the Hots & Nots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT MIGHT have been a while between wins, but Andre Heimgartner is pushing Brad Jones Racing forward apace this year and continues to notch up podiums, all the while sitting pretty in sixth position in the championship. He jumps on the line to discuss his mighty efforts in Sydney, how having quick teammates is helping and whether he too will be jumping to NASCAR.  After that, the weekly Hot / Not segment turns into a full-blown argument about, of all things, Pizza and chocolate..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YOUNG GUN Kai Allen is getting the chance of a lifetime to start the Great Race this year as prepares to line up alongside Simona De Silvestro in a Shell V Power Racing Mustang at Bathurst.  It's a huge opportunity for the young man from Mount Gambier who at the start of last year was a relative unknown starting his Supercars journey. Kai drops by the show for his second visit to chat about the announcement, teaming with Simona, his career progression and much more - including his successful season so far in Super2, and life with Eggleston Motorsport.  Then there's an extensive overview of the Hot's and Not's of the weekend that was.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BARRY RYAN has a bit on. He's running the leading team in Supercars, beating Triple Eight and has two drivers first and second in the championship - oh, and he's also off to the 'States to see how Erebus and NASCAR Powerhouse Richard Childress Racing can work together to go even better. Just before jetting off, Baz stopped by with the OTG team to discuss all that and more. PLUS: The Top 5 things we think will happen before the year is out - you heard it here first..  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALEX Davison is back on top in one-make Porsche racing, claiming a sensational victory in the most recent round of Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia in Townsville. He joins the show to reflect on that achievement, but to also reflect on his long Porsche Career, his time in Europe driving for the brand and, yes, his upcoming 19th Enduro Campaign - this time with DJR.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE'VE reached across the oceans to help put Shane van Gisbergen's mighty win in the NASCAR Cup Series debut on a street circuit into context.  Owen Kelly, who has been there and done that in US Stock Car Racing and helped advise Shane on his NASCAR debut, joins the show to discuss the enormity of the result.  Then we're joined by full-time Cup Series Journalist, Jeff Gluck from The Athletic, to get the US angle and see what it all means from a stateside perspective.  Finally, in a massive show, Team 18's head honcho Charlie Schwerkolt swings past to discuss breaking their duck and what it means for his Supercars team moving forward.  That plus our usual chat and Hot / Not segment make this one of our biggest ever episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are back this week as we return from a much needed, if not deserved, break to chat all things state of play. There's the inevitable Darwin recap, the even more inevitable Parity discussion, the SVG prospects for Chicago and ruminations on everything else, including an excellent segment of the Hot / Not game.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's back! Craillsy is back from France and only moderately jetlagged, so we've dragged him out of his pre-Darwin sleep cycle to break down his big week in France. There's also a look back at Winton and a look ahead to Darwin's Supercars this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Mate Richard Craill has finally become an international man of mystery. He's over in France calling the Le Mans 24 hour and catching up with James Allen and Scoot Andrews for us. Dale Rogers went to the Speedway Awards night and caught up with Award Winners and Hall of Famers while Mark and Tony stayed home before their big weekend away in Winton for the Shannons SpeedSeries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices