BJR Run Down: What ‘parity’ looks like in 2025, support for SVG
On this week’s episode of The Brad Jones Racing Run Down, the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones is joined by team owner Brad Jones to wrap up the last few weeks since Taupō and preview this weekend’s racing at Symmons Plains. They chat about what a race team does when there’s no racecars in the workshop, Brad’s first ever trip to a zoo, the new Dunlop soft tyre, whether different manufacturers having different ‘tracks’ is what parity should look like, and the potential for a New Zealand double-header. Brad, the 1994/95 Australian NASCAR Champion, also shares his take on Shane van Gisbergen’s performance so far in his maiden full-time season in the NASCAR Cup Series.
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Special Stage: ‘Blind’ rallying lessons and Toby Price’s ARC debut
Brendan Reeves and Mitch Newton join Luke Whitten on the Special Stage Rally Podcast to talk about the week’s news and also give a valuable lesson on ‘blind’ rallying.
Reeves and Newton give their tips and tricks on driving and co-driving on route chart rallies – a style that is a large part of the Australian rallying calendar and what most beginners start with.
Prior to that, the discussion covers Toby Price, Taylor Gill, and the Ada River and South Canterbury rallies.
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Special Stage: Toby Price’s rally win, and was the Canary Islands a bore?
Whether you’re a gravel fan or a tarmac lover, there’s something for everyone on this week’s Special Stage Rally Podcast.
The boys start by looking at another hugely successful Rally of the Heartland, where Toby Price took the win, before turning their attention to the world scene, where the Canary Islands made its WRC debut.
It was a Toyota domination from start to finish, but that didn’t make for an entertaining rally according to our team. We discuss why it failed to live up to expectations, and why we found ourselves turning off the TV in favour of other things.
There’s always plenty on the feature front too, and this week we look back 35 years to the 1990 Alpine Rally – an event won by the brilliant George Fury, but also one that wasn’t without its controversy.
There’s never any shortage of rallying to chat about.
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Special Stage: Internationals for the ARC and an all new WRC (feat. Guy Tyler)
The announcement of former JWRC champion Tom Kristensson entering the next round of the Australian Rally Championship was big news this week.
Special Stage host, Luke Whitten, welcomes former ARC 2WD champion, Guy Tyler, to delve into how the Swede will fare on the tricky West Australian roads.
Also discussed on the podcast is the new round of the World Rally Championship this weekend in the Canary Islands, as we talk all about the leading players from Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport.
Then, Tyler talks about the upcoming Rally of the Heartland, his experiences of running a Mitsubishi Magna rally car, and where he sees the future of rallying in his home state of South Australia.
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Special Stage: Remembering Ed Mulligan, and chatting with the Stokes brothers
This week on the Special Stage Rally Podcast we take a moment to remember the life of one of rallying’s larrikins, Ed Mulligan, who tragically passed away this week.
On a more brighter note, we head to New Zealand and chat with the brothers Robbie and Jack Stokes who performed so brilliantly in the recent Otago Rally.
All that is discussed in detail, while also covering the latest rally news appearing on the RallySport Magazine website.
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The Motorsport News Podcast brings you the latest news and views on motorsport in Australia and around the world. This feed also showcases regular episodes of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down, hosted by the Supercars squad's general manager Chris Westwood and driver of the #96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet Camaro Macauley Jones, as well as the Special Stage Rally Podcast, hosted and produced by RallySport Magazine’s Peter Whitten and Luke Whitten.
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