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Behind the Sport

Hosted by Shane Lawrie and Brent Peters, Behind the Sport takes you inside the world of Australian motorsport. Each week, Shane and Brent sit down with racers, teams, and industry figures for unfiltered conversations about life on and off the track. From grassroots categories and karting prodigies to seasoned professionals, the show uncovers the stories, struggles and triumphs that fuel the sport we love. Fast cars, fierce battles, and plenty of laughs — this is your front-row seat to the people and

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01:13:11

Kathy Lisson

Behind the Sport ·

2025/10/20

She’s flipped cars, crossed finish lines, and now leads one of the most passionate motorsport clubs in the country.In this episode, Shane and Brent sit down with Kathy Lisson — racer, Formula V WA President, and all-round legend — to talk about her 12-year journey in motorsport. From humble beginnings racing alongside her husband Rod, to rolling her car (and somehow getting paid for it), Kathy’s story is one of grit, good humour, and serious racing talent.

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01:37:01

Anthony Jewell

Behind the Sport ·

2025/10/06

From go-karts to SuperUtes, Anthony Jewell has carved his way up the Australian motorsport ladder with a mix of determination, family heritage, and a touch of chaos. In this episode, Shane and Brent chat with the Perth-based racer about growing up around race tracks, making the leap from Excels to Bathurst, and what it’s really like to drive up Mount Panorama for the first time. Jewell shares stories of wrecked karts, reverse-grid nightmares, Street Machine magazine spreads, and lessons learned

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54:21

Michael Howlett

Behind the Sport ·

2025/09/29

Grassroots racing done right. Michael Howlett joins Shane Lawrie and Brent Peters to talk father-son race days, state title glory, and wrangling HQs at Nationals with 50-car grids. From Sydney Motorsport Park to Morgan Park, Baskerville and beyond, he shares the tracks that shaped him, the e-scooter mishap that nearly derailed a round, and why the social side of HQ racing is just as important as the laps.We dive into the endurance adventures, Collie pranks, the awkward brilliance of Dodge Vipers,

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01:14:48

Taylor Grant

Behind the Sport ·

2025/09/22

Perth official and tarmac-rally tragic Taylor Grant has worn a lot of hats at CARCO Raceway: flag marshal, grid, recovery and event ops. He tells us how a flyer from the Wanneroo Flag Marshal crew in 2017 pulled him trackside, why “if you’re going to wave a flag, wave it like you mean it” is gospel, and how WA events have sharpened up—faster recoveries, better training, more new officials. We get into the calm (and the chaos) of race control, and his push to rebuild DriftWest into a proper,

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01:02:48

Reginald Ralph

Behind the Sport ·

2025/09/15

On this episode of Behind the Sport, we shine a light on one of Western Australia’s most familiar names in the Saloon Car paddock, Reginald “Reg” Ralph. A true grassroots racer, Reg has been a constant presence in the WA Saloon Car Championship and the Australian Saloon Car Nationals, steering his Holden Commodores through years of hard-fought battles.From podiums at the state level to campaigns on the national stage, Reg’s story isn’t about factory budgets or flash pit set-ups — it’s about passion,

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01:32:48

Cooper Cutts

Behind the Sport ·

2025/09/08

On this episode of Behind the Sport, we sit down with Cooper Cutts, one of Western Australia’s brightest talents in Radical Cup Australia. But this isn’t just a conversation about lap times and trophies.Cooper opens up about the personal moments that have shaped his journey, and how working with a psychologist has helped him navigate challenges far beyond the race track. He also shares how his father, Terry Cutts — himself a respected racer — instilled in him a motorsport pedigree and an attitude of

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49:23

Mason Harvey

Behind the Sport ·

2025/09/01

This episode on Behind the Sport, we sit down with Western Australia’s rising star Mason Harvey. At just 20 years old, Mason has already claimed back-to-back WA Pro Saloon Car State Championships, dominated the Saloon Car Nationals at Wanneroo Raceway, and now he’s making waves nationally in the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series.We talk through his journey from growing up in a racing family — with father Clint Harvey a former Australian Saloon Car Champion — to his breakthrough national

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01:08:06

Ellexandra Best

Behind the Sport ·

2023/04/24

Ellexandra Best! .. Driver in the V8 SuperUtes Series, Girls on Track Champion, Twice on Podium in Class at Bathurst 6 Hour and absolute legend for putting up with our technical difficulties joins us for a chat about her motorsport journey so far!

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01:27:14

Lochie Dalton

Behind the Sport ·

2023/04/07

Brad Jones Racing's Lochie Dalton joined us for a chat about Karts, Toyota 86, Trans Am and Super2s, his backers, his beginnings and just where did he end up instead of at our studio for recording the episode?

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Priyanka Chadha

Behind the Sport ·

2022/11/01

Priyanka grew up in a country that had minimal motorsport exposure but soon found herself in a deep immersion when she started a job at Motorsport Australia.Priyanka is the National Participation Lead for Motorsport Australia and part of her role is the Ricciardo Racers program and the FIA Girls on Track program.We had a chat about how she ended up in Motorsport and then went for a dive into the FIA Girls on Track program which has undergone some big changes in the last 12 months.

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01:22:03

Justin Hunt

Behind the Sport ·

2022/10/09

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

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01:41:26

Gavin Migro

Behind the Sport ·

2022/08/11

Perth Motorplex's Speedway manager Gavin Migro jumps into the guest chair this episode for a chat about his 20 year race career and now 20 plus years in administration and promotion of Speedway.We find out about his early experience in some form of racing and some news about the upcoming speedway season.

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01:34:42

Sam Dicker

Behind the Sport ·

2022/07/12

Sam Dicker joins us for the latest episode almost fresh off the back of a championship win at Puckapunyal where he battled with James Golding. A look bat at his karting history, his other motorsport endeavours and what led to him being relegated to 55th on the Behind the Sport podcast grid list!

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01:40:39

Chris Cheverall

Behind the Sport ·

2022/05/31

From the land of the long winter, miserable weather and toffy accents comes Chris Cheverall who moved to Western Australia and brought with him a passion for race cars and his BMW.Hear about the racing in the UK where they are 10000% spoilt for choice on tracks, given the small distances, and the mammoth effort to bring his BMW to Australia.

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01:59:50

Chris Mitchell

Behind the Sport ·

2022/05/17

Described as someone who has a child like excitement around motorsport, in a positive way, Chris Mitchell almost had no choice about getting involved with motorsport. His Dad, His Dad's Dad all competitors in motorsport before him, he's given Karting, Formula Ford, Sim Racing, RC Racing a go all before landing himself behind a microphone after having one of his "I can do that" moments and giving it a go.From racing, to commentating, to movie star and more we get to learn more about one of Perth's

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01:38:10

Nathan Green

Behind the Sport ·

2022/05/10

As we come off the back of the Supercars weekend, we caught up with one of the many volunteers who make events like the Perth Supercars round possible, Nathan Green.Nathan has been volunteering for some time and gives us an insight into how to get started, what volunteers get to do and see and some favourite moments from his time so far as a marshall.Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer motorsport official should get in touch with their local motorsport club.

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01:50:51

Jess Dane

Behind the Sport ·

2022/04/29

Episode 50 lands and we grabbed Jess Dane just before she headed to Perth for the return of the V8 Supercars at Wanneroo Raceway.Lawyer in training, all rounder at Triple Eight Racing, on air personality and so much more including ambassador to FIA Girls on Track and representative of FIA Women in Motorsport she squeezed us in to talk about her history in motorsport and women in motorsport.

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01:14:29

Gianni Lutzu

Behind the Sport ·

2022/04/27

19 year old Gianni Lutzu went from karting into the Arise Driver search where he placed second with mentoring from Nick Percat and BD Soutar Dawson, he then competed in the Arise camp in an F1000 for an interrupted 2020 season and then the following 2021 season.He has now turned his hand to sim racing and we caught up with him a chat about his journey so far.

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01:20:24

Brooke Newson

Behind the Sport ·

2022/04/19

Growing up around motorsport family and friends, it was probably inevitable that Brooke was going to end up in Motorsport, but she was eventually convinced to give it a go and now loves competing. Come hear her story and find out what's next for Brooke as she heads off to compete in some "away" rounds of sprintcars.

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01:56:10

Charlie Bullis

Behind the Sport ·

2022/04/13

As we edge closer to Episode 50, we turn our attention to the Supercar series and a young woman who booted down doors to achieve her goals. No polite door knocking here!Charlie Bullis is a Digital Content Producer for Supercars and takes us through how she got into motorsport, FIA Girls on Track, her new project Careers with Gears, plus some fantastic behind the scenes chat about Supercars and the upcoming Perth event.Check out Charlie on her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/charlie_bullis and

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