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Let"s Drive Together with Glenn Ridge

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Glenn Ridge takes you on Automotive adventures with a raft of personalities from Australian automotive history, all with tales to tell! From Scott Pedder, Jeff Grech, Kevin Weeks to Jon Waterhouse and Richard Ferlazzo - let us know who you would like us to chat to in an upcoming episode!

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00:43:17

Glen Wood – Flat Out in Carrera Cup Australia

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2025/10/06

In the latest chat Glenn Ridge chats to Glen Wood — a bloke who’s been tearing it up in the Pro ranks of the Porsche Carrera Cup and loving every second of it.Glen’s no rookie. He kicked things off in Aussie Formula Ford, then took his talents to the UK in British Formula Ford before jumping into the Australian GT scene. He’s raced just about everything on four wheels — and if you’re into endurance, he’s your guy: 8 starts at Bathurst 12 Hour, 2 at the Dubai 24, he has driven Development Series

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00:48:25

Barry Oliver – The Voice of Aussie Motorsport

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2025/09/30

In this special episode from the Famous archives, we revisit an unforgettable chat with a true icon of Australian motorsport — Barry Oliver.Barry's voice is instantly recognisable to fans across the country, but his legacy goes far beyond the commentary box. I first met Barry over 30 years ago at the Targa Tasmania Tarmac Rally, where he teamed up with motorsport great Jim Richards. That partnership would go on to make history: 78 starts, 43 podium finishes, and 25 wins — making them the most

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00:44:14

Bernie Quinn, Premcar Engineering Director

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2025/09/15

We’re throwing it back to September 2023 for a seriously revved-up episode featuring Bernie Quinn, the engineering brain behind Premcar—the Aussie powerhouse behind some of the most exciting performance projects on (and off) the road.From the Nissan Navara Warrior to hush-hush auto collaborations, Bernie shares stories from inside the garages of Toyota, Ford, FPV, and beyond—before co-founding Premcar and helping redefine Aussie performance engineering.We talk shop, future tech, wild rides, and what

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00:37:23

Inside the Naked Racer: Johnny Gee

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2025/08/19

We are throwing back to 2020 when Glenn sat down with Melbourne’s king of classic motorcycles—Johnny Gee. Collector, storyteller, café owner and the force behind Naked Racer Moto Co, Johnny’s been keeping Australia’s motorcycle heritage alive (and roaring) for over 30 years.From a garage full of rare Indians to a bar full of bike lovers, Johnny’s built more than just a business—he’s built a motorcycling institution. With over 250 classic machines under one roof, a buzzing café, workshop, and an

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01:04:07

From the Family Garage to the World Stage: Dean Herridge

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2025/08/04

This episode with Glenn Ridge features a name synonymous with Australian rallying—Dean Herridge.With rallying quite literally in his blood, Dean grew up in the co-driver seat of life. Son of dual Australian Rally Champion Rob Herridge, Dean carved his own path across gravel, tarmac, off-road stages, and circuits around the world. From Bathurst to the FIA Pacific Cup, and the Sunraysia Safari, Dean has done it all—with the trophies to prove it.We dive into the moments that shaped his career—from

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00:33:07

Maisie Place on Grit, Gears, and Going Full Throttle

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2025/07/07

Rotary Royalty: Maisie Place on Grit, Gears & Going Full ThrottleIn this episode of Famous Last Words, we sit down with one of the most exciting names in Australian motorsport: Maisie Place. At just 25, Maisie is already a qualified mechanic, competitive RX-8 Cup driver, and race team owner—making waves on and off the track in a scene still largely dominated by men.Maisie shares her journey from apprentice under rotary legend Jon Waterhouse to leading her own team at events like the Bathurst 6

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00:49:51

George Vidovic - The Power behind the Python legacy

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2025/06/02

🏁 George Vidovic: The Man Behind Python Vehicles 🏁From a humble Melbourne garage to the high banks of Daytona, George Vidovic has spent over 35 years building a legacy in motorsport and engineering. In this episode, we dive into his journey — from creating Australia’s most respected Cobra replicas at Python Vehicles, to winningmultiple Victorian Sports Car Championships with the iconic #98 Python Cobra.We also talk racing in the U.S., including the Classic Daytona 24 and Sebring 12 Hour, his

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00:42:48

Toby Hederics - Taking on the Dakar

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2025/04/28

To me this year’s Dakar Rally in January will be remembered for Australians Daniel Sanders taking out the Moto title, Toby Price losing his factory ride leading up to the race and with local support changed over to 4 wheels and privateer Toby Hendrics finished 19th Outright, 9th in Rally 2 and 2nd of the Rookies in the bikes. But it’s the Toby Hederics story that I love.Growing up in Gol Gol on The River Murray and son of one of Australia’s most successful desert bike and car racers John Hederics,

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00:47:17

Mal Rose - Legendary Australian Motor Racing Privateer

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2025/03/31

In this Podcast I talk with a man who is regarded as one of our most highly regarded car racing privateers, Mal Rose. With a career spanning more than 30 years, Mal’s highlights include victories in the Australia Production Car Championship, AMSCAR & V8 Supercar Privateer series, as well as strong performances in AUSCAR, Formula Ford and Truck racing. His real expertise is in 24-hour International Endurance events, boasting 13 consecutive starts at the prestigious Nurburgring 24 Hour race (5

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00:49:24

Richard Ferlazzo – the last Design Director of GM...

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2025/03/09

Richard Ferlazzo is a highly regarded Product and Transport Design Consultant who, in a previous life, spent more than 30 years working in the GMH Design Department. He started off as a Senior Designer, moved on to Chief Designer and then for the last seven years of GMH in Australia, he was GM Australia Design Director.Richard led a creative team of more than 150 people in one of Australia’s largest design facilities, developing Production Design, Advanced Design, and Concept Cars - not only for

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00:44:36

Gavin King - Concours Sportscar Restorations - Over...

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2025/02/03

Gavin King, the Director of Sydney’s Concours Sportscar Restorations has been restoring and rebuilding classic Jaguars, Aston Martins and Ferraris for more than 30 years. He started the business at 21 years of age and has built it up to become one of Australia’s top restoration companies.Over the years Gavin and his team have restored, rebuilt, or recreated classic Jaguars like the C Type as well as Lightweight and Low Drag Coupe versions of the E Type. There have been amazing Ferrari’s like a 1971

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00:49:00

Richard Craill – Motorsport Commentator

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2024/12/30

Richard Craill has been commentating at major motor racing events around the country since 2004. His knowledge of the sport is second to none, and it was great to see him called up by the Ten Network to call this year’s Formula 1 at Albert Park.Richard is also the man behind the motorsport website theracetorque.com and a part of the very successful ‘On the Grid Podcast’ team.

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00:36:19

Kevin Weeks – Success in business and on the racetrack.

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2024/12/25

Kevin Weeks is well known in the Australian Tarmac Rally scene as well as in building circles as the founder of Weeks Building Group and Supaloc steel building systems. I’ve known Kevin for many years and he’s one of the most enthusiastic and positive people I’ve met. These traits have enabled him to succeed in both business and his motor racing endeavours, which include Formula 2 Champion, Bathurst 1000, Saloon Car Championship, GT Championship and multiple winner of Classic Adelaide Targa Tarmac

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00:36:26

Rob Herrod and the Mustang R-Spec

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2024/12/23

The limited-edition Mustang R-Spec has been a standout success story for Ford Australia and Herrod Performance, selling all 500 Supercharged performance machines nearly as quickly as they were being built. Constructed at what was until now, a dormant Broadmeadow’s plant, the R-Spec are one of the rare occasions that the blue oval has worked closely with an after-market supplier to construct a limited run of vehicles where they also warrant the cars under their normal warranty plan. Rob Herrod, the

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00:49:20

John ‘Stonie’ Stoneham – Motoring Cartoonist

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2024/12/16

John ‘Stonie’ Stoneham is one of Australia’s most recognisable cartoonists, certainly within the motor racing fraternity. He was the resident cartoonist at Australia’s weekly motor sport magazine ‘Auto Action’’ for more than 40 years until it closed several years ago, and also for the Murdoch Newspapers afternoon Adelaide News for a time. He loves motor sport and has been involved as a competitor as well as behind the scenes assisting with PR and event organisation. I’ve known him for many years,

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00:52:08

Paul Gover - Renowned motoring journalist shares some...

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2024/12/02

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01:02:31

Dale Moscatt - Professional Rally Co-Driver

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2024/11/18

Dale Moscat has been a professional co-driver in the cutthroat sport of rallying for more than a decade.He started as a circuit racer, but since changing to the side of the car without the steering wheel, he’s teamed up with some of this country’s top drivers in all forms of rallying including dirt rally, tarmac rally, desert racing and SideXSide. Dale competes regularly in international events and in January 2022, he teamed up with Australian Molly Taylor in their first Dakar Rally

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00:47:49

Jon Waterhouse, Rotary Engine Guru

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2024/11/04

Jon Waterhouse is known to many as the guru of rotary motors.Jon is a two-time ACT Rally Champion and as well as being involved with the development of the RX7SP, he was also an integral part of the Mazda Motorsport team in the early 1990’s for the likes of the 12-hour endurance races. Jon’s latest motorsport passion is still with rotary motors and he’s a big supporter of the very successful RX8 Cup Race Series especially a young lady who has a big future as not only a race driver, but also a team

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00:46:06

Alan Heaphy – bush mechanic to International...

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2024/10/20

Alan Heaphy grew up in Benalla, just down the road from Winton Raceway in country Victoria, and his interest in motorsport started from a very young age, in fact he bought his first car at the age of nine.Since then, he’s not only continued to tinker with them, but has built an international reputation as an engineer and team manager. His cars have won 3 Bathurst titles in V8’s and Group A, 2 Bathurst 12-hour titles in Production Cars, and countless podiums in The British Touring Car Championships

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00:36:53

Peter McKay: The adventures of the Repco Reliability...

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2024/10/06

Sunday August 5th, 1979, was a chilly afternoon at the Melbourne Showgrounds when 167 cars embarked on an adventure that would see them compete in what many regard as the toughest long-distance rally since the Continent to Continent epics of the early 20th Century, and the last great round Australia trial. The 1979 Repco Round Australia Reliability Trial was a 14-day event, where competitors in only rear wheel drive cars travelled 19,000 km over some ridiculously tough roads, that would see only 13

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