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From climbing the ranks as a South Australian Champion in a Subaru RX Turbo to securing Australian titles and an impressive stint with Mitsubishi, where he drove everything from Galant VR4s to various Lancer models, Ed Ordynski's career is a testament to enduring partnerships in the often fickle world of Motorsport. In this three-part series, Ed reveals how he channeled his inner hunger and mastered the art of winning by dedicating himself to every aspect of his sport—both inside and outside the car. Whether you're an aspiring champion or just looking to elevate your performance as an athlete, Ed's insights are packed with valuable takeaways. With victories at iconic WRC events in New Zealand, Finland, and Rally Australia—where his record in Group N or production-based machines remains a benchmark—Ed's achievements are legendary. Plus, with his experience as a magazine writer, Ed is a captivating storyteller. Get ready to be spellbound as you dive into his remarkable journey. Head to Rusty's Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and give us your feedback and let us know who else you want to hear from on Rusty's Garage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New South Wales rallying young gun, Josh Redhead, is our guest on this week's Special Stage Rally podcast as he prepares for the weekend's Bega Valley Rally. The Hyundai i20 G4 driver is one of many top-class entries in this year's event, that also includes Neal Bates, Brendan Reeves and Kiwi Derek Ayson. We take a look at the Bega Valley Rally's long and successful history, and also dig deep into the happenings of last weekend's Rally Italia Sardinia where Ott Tanak took a last-gasp victory. Aussies Taylor Gill and Dan Brkic again strutted their stuff with success in the JWRC field and have closed the gap to leader Romet Jurgenson. We also take a cautious look at Saudi Arabia's new 10-year deal to host a round of the World Rally Championship and how this might affect the future hopes of Rally Australia and Rally New Zealand. There's news on Molly Taylor's entry in the next round of the New Zealand Rally Championship, and good news for rally crews with a new tyre supplier hitting the market. Special Stage is produced for the Motorsport Podcast Network by RallySport Magazine >> https://rallysportmag.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Voices from Sydney Palestine Rally Nov 12 here II MC Asala Saya Ara, Josh Lees, and Mehreen Faruqui. Recorded by Vivien Langford from the Climate Action Radio Show on 3cr every Monday.Student Strike for Climate II Some voices hosted at the Friday 17th Nov Student Strike for Climate in Melbourne. Pacific voices here & Amelia from the Freedom Socialists hereThe Other Film Festival here II The Artistic Director od The Other Film Festival, Fiona Tuomy, joins us to tell us about the online, accessible film program available for streaming on demand via ACMI's Cinema 3. A festival proudly disability-led, films either made by Deaf and Disabled people either as key creatives, collaborators, and/or performers. All films free.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy strafes the week with satire.George Crumb Festival here II Paavli Jumpannen talks about who George Crumb was and why you should get a ticket to this once in a life-time performance of his groundbreaking work of contemporary music.Refugee Rally: Australia's Shame here II David Glanz, from RAC, talks about today's rally set to highlight the people in Indonesia, still stranded by Australia's refugee policies.
Justin Hunt may be a name you recognise if you've been around motorsport and events for a while in Australia, or perhaps not. He's been involved with some of the biggest motorsport events in Australia at various levels including the never to be repeated Rally Australia super stages in Perth, Western Australia, Australasia Safari and more.Now, he's bringing to life an event in Joondalup, Western Australia called the Joondalup Festival of Motoring.We caught up with him to chat about his history, get some funny tales from before things got so strict, the logistics put into running an event like the Safari and of course we hear about the Joondalup Festival of Motoring and what one thing about the event is making it all worthwhile to put his reputation (and more!) on the line to put this event on.
FOLLOW UP: SSANGYONG GB AND MITSUBISHI END TALKSSsangYong GB and Mitsubishi have now ceased, over the possibility of the Korean brand taking over the UK operation from the Colt Car Company. Suggestions were that the price both wanted was too far away from each other to satisfactorily conclude negotiations. To read more, click the CarDealer article here. PORT DELAYS AND COVID AFFECT BRITISH FACTORIESThe ongoing delays at British ports, for both import and export goods, has caused some problems for manufacturing sites in the UK. The most notable examples of this are Honda, which had to halt production last week. JLR’S site Castle Browmich, has been hit by a slow down of parts from suppliers due to the impact of Covid. Whilst Swindon has started up again, the West Midlands site has not. To read more, click the Autocar article here for Honda and click here for the JLR Autocar article. TFL CONSIDERING CHARGING NON LONDON CARS A FEE TO ENTERThe financial hole that TfL is trying to fill could mean that cars, that are based outside of London, may be charged £3.50 to enter the city limits. Transport for London is looking to claw back some of the public transport income they would’ve expected to have received this year. To read more, cick the Autocar article here. NORTHUMBERLAND PICKED FOR EV BATTERY FACTORY Britishvolt has selected a site near Blythe, Northumberland, for the large (we will not be calling it a gigafactory!) electric vehicle battery factory. The expectation, until very recently, was for a South Wales location to be used but after agreement between the Welsh Government and Britishvolt that it would not be ready in time they decided up the North East. To read more, click the Autocar article here. DIESS FENDS OFF THREAT TO LEADERSHIP IN VW GROUPHerbert Diess has had to deal with an internal power struggle, within the Volkswagen Group, over his leadership and plans to move the organisation forward. Following a vote of confidence, that he brought forward himself, he has got the backing of the board. The future of Bugatti is still unclear but all the other brands will be following the strategy for their Together 2025+ plans. To read more, click the Autocar article here. FERRARI CEO IN SHOCK DEPARTURELouis Camilleri has announced his retirement, with immediate effect. He had been suffering from Covid and was recuperating following a stay in hospital, according to reports, although this was not the main reason for him leaving. Under his short tenure he has helped the company sell more cars than ever before, breaking the 10,000 barrier in 2019. There is no indication as to who will lead the company on a permanent basis. To read more, click the Autocar article here. BLACK AND SILVER NUMBER PLATE CLARIFICATIONThe DVLA has now adjusted legislation for vehicles that are in the historic tax class and therefore exempt from from paying VED. Under the previous rules the 40 year date for entering the historic tax class is a rolling, ever moving line, which meant black and silver plates could technically be fitted to cars younger than 1973. However, this has now changed, from 1 January 2021, only cars built prior to 1 January 1980 can have those plates fitted. To read more, click the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs article here. FRANCE CAR TAX LAWS HURT HOT HATCHESFrance has different car tax rules than we do in the UK and they’re getting tougher in 2021. They start to heavily penalise the first owner of a car, if that car emits over 133g/km. However, if you buy a car with 218g/km or more, dig deep to fork out the extra €29,070 on top of the list price! This particularly hits performance cars, such as hot hatches. To read more, click the EVO article here. LIST OF FREE PARKING AROUND THE UK OVER CHRISTMASGavin Braithwaite-Smith has compiled a list of all the places that have free parking leading up to and over Christmas, to learn if anywhere local to you does click the Motoring Research article here. _____________________________________________If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST——————————————————————————-FORMULA E: GEN 3 LANDSCAPEFollowing the announcements from Audi and BMW, Sam Smith has written a piece to explain how Formula E is shaping up to Gen 3. To read more, click The Race article here. WRC: 2021As the dust is still settling on the end of the 2020 season, 2021 is coming at us fast. France is expected to announce new restrictions on the population, to prevent a third wave thanks to Covid, which will effect Rally Mote Carlo. To read about the implications, click the Dirt Fish article here. Rally Sweden has fallen already, again due to tighter governmental controls to prevent the infection spreading through the country. However, there may well be an Arctic Rally. To find out more, click the DirtFish article here. In further good news, Rally Australia may well be back on the calendar. Rumours abound, mainly in Europe, that Bathurst could host the event, however, it looks like Adelaide is trying hard to be the location. For more information, click the DirtFish article here. LIST OF THE WEEK: IN MEMORIAM - THE CARS THAT DIED IN 2020Autocar has compiled a list for us to run through, confirming the cars that stopped being produced in 2020. There will be some sadness and also some surprise, that they were still being built as much as anything. To pay your respects, click the article link here. LUNCHTIME READ: HOW LASER SCANNING TRACKS MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR GAMESThere is an interview with the makers of Assetto Corsa Competizione, explaining some of the efforts they went to in order to replicate as much realism as possible in a game that can be found on both PC and console. To read more, click the article link here. AND FINALLY: SUBARU LEVORG IS JAPAN’S CAR OF THE YEAR 2020The latest iteration of the family estate from Subaru, the Levorg, has beaten off stiff competition from Toyota and Honda to be named the Japanese Car of the Year for 2020. In what was a surprise to many, possibly including Subaru themselves. To find out more, click the link from Motoring Research here.
The penultimate round of the 2001 WRC takes us to Australia where Colin McRae makes a seemingly innocuous mistake with severe ramifications, Hyundai's PR person puts in a blinder and we reveal who of the 2001 WRC field is the most likely to run off with your wife
The final round of the World Rally Championship in Australia was cancelled due to the catastrophic bushfires which caused loss of life and destroyed homes. At times like these, sport takes a backseat to far more important events. However there is still plenty to discuss as there was criticism for not cancelling the event sooner, whilst others thought it was an overreaction. David Evans looks at the situation from all angles. The Constructors Championship was automatically decided and there was impact on the driver market for 2020 too.
Ryan and Tony talking the fully understandable cancelation of Rally Australia at the top and then are joined by newly crowned European Rally Champion Chris Ingram!
David Evans looks ahead to Rally Australia and the end of another incredible season of WRC. With so many drivers fighting to be 'best of the rest' there's everything to fight for down under.
Jack,Ryan and Tony talk Wales Rally GB and Hayden Paddon join the boys to talk GB in the new M-Sport Fiesta R5 and the up coming Rally Australia back in the World Rally Car
With both Steve and Matt racing at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500 this weekend, we jumped in the studio earlier in the week and chatted to Triple Eight Race Engineering Team Manager Mark Dutton about his thoughts on 2018 so far (and what he thinks of the Mustang) plus Anton De Pasquale returns to the show to talk about his first year in the main game and we interrupt Dean Herridge at the World Rally Championship Gala for a wrap up of Rally Australia. Podcast for Kubota
Rally Australia preview special with Kris Meeke and from the ceremonial start auzy legend Dean Herridge!
No Steven Johnson in the studio today, but Matt MacKelden and Nims Azoor kept the ship on course with another big edition of the show. Nick Percat from Brad Jones Racing joined us to talk about his bit of contact with Cam Waters at Pukekohe, and he even drops some goss about 2019 driver movements! Also making her glorious return to The Driver's Seat is Molly Taylor to talk about the Australian Rally Championship so far, her role as a "Dare To Be Different" ambassador, and a quick preview of Rally Australia in Coffs Harbour next week. Plus car flipping - and no it's not what you think it is! Malcolm Owens slides open the doors to the Classic Cars Corner and lets us know what the ins and outs of car flipping are Podcast thanks to Kubota
M-Sports Rich Millener join Jack and Tony at the top of the show to tell the boys about M-Sports prep ahead of the title deciding Rally Australia. Mark Higgins checks in after winning another British title all be it in Rallycross he tells the boys about the epic Prodrive Subaru USA which he used to make another fantastic video. Jon Armstrong tells Tony about VR videos he is making and where they are up to with Dirt 2.0
Jack, Tony and Trevor Agnew talk Rally Australia. Chris Mellors talks the new Proton Iriz R5. David Higgins talks about his 2017 and beyond. Ryan Champion previews East African Safari Classic Rally which today has already started!
Jack, Ryan and Tony talk RAC (Roger Albert Clark) rally which took place last weekend in the UK. Nicky Grist talks to us about his memories of competing on Rally Australia and where he sees the 2018 and 2019 WRC winners!
In Extra Time this week, Radio New Zealand Sport asks the All Blacks what they think of Argentina and how long will it be before they lose to them. Black Caps coach Mike Hesson has extended his contract with the national cricket side, but how long does he think he'll stay with them. It's been a successful week for a number of New Zealand athletes on the world stage... rowing, athletics and triathlon have all been in the news and we hear from some medals winner. The Geraldine driver Hayden Paddon has had an encouraging start to his WRC career, but he wants more at next week's Rally Australia.
In Extra Time this week, Radio New Zealand Sport asks the All Blacks what they think of Argentina and how long will it be before they lose to them. Black Caps coach Mike Hesson has extended his contract with the national cricket side, but how long does he think he'll stay with them. It's been a successful week for a number of New Zealand athletes on the world stage... rowing, athletics and triathlon have all been in the news and we hear from some medals winner. The Geraldine driver Hayden Paddon has had an encouraging start to his WRC career, but he wants more at next week's Rally Australia.