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 passion behind Australian motorsport.

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Update frequency: every 8 days
Average duration: 78 minutes
Episodes: 61
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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Tayla Dicker

Tayla Dicker comes from a family of racers but has forged her own path with her racing career. With a stint in Karts, Formula Fords and Excel Cup under her helmet she's also appeared in the movie GO!…

01:21:07 | Tue 01 Mar 2022

Brock Boley

Brock Boley gained himself a reputation as a tough racer in karting which carried on through to his WA Saloon Car racing. Now he's taking a shot at the National TA2 circuit (COVID-19 pending!) while …

01:16:15 | Tue 22 Feb 2022

Charlotte Poynting

From skier to Super Utes driver, Charlotte Poynting has done a varied amount of adrenaline related things in her life so far and her motorsport career thus far has taken her to to Austria for the W S…

01:07:29 | Tue 15 Feb 2022

Brent Peters

Shane decided to book a surprise guest for this week's episode with co-host Brent Peters getting thrown into the guest chair.

We chat about his car collection over the years, behind the scenes stuff a…

01:17:16 | Wed 09 Feb 2022

Ian Board - Part 1

Ian Board from the Junior Dragsters in Western Australia joins us for a chat about everything Junior Dragsters, the cars, the competitors and more!

00:48:04 | Thu 09 Sep 2021

Denver Parker

Fake American Denver Parker from Land Whale Racing team jumps in for a chat about motorsport, landing upside down in creeks and more.

After starting in sprint events, motorkhanas and other entry level…

01:32:46 | Sun 22 Aug 2021

Marc Roissetter

Motorsport and Events Manager of the WA Sporting Car Club joins us for Episode 5 of Behind the Sport to discuss all things Marc and the car club. The WA Sporting Car Club owns and operates the Wanne…

01:17:47 | Thu 19 Aug 2021

Geoff Duckworth

Geoff Duckworth is this week's guest on Behind the Sport. A late arrival to the sport yet he now plays an integral part in it. Have a listen!

01:10:00 | Fri 13 Aug 2021

Paul Trengove

Manager of Perth Motorplex, Competitor in Australian Prototype Series as well as the CEO, Paul Trengove has a fantastic history in Australian Motorsport.

01:01:05 | Mon 02 Aug 2021

Tom Hamlett

Head of Pomtec Motorsport Tom Hamlett joins us for a chat about all things Tom & Pomtec, plus Excel Racing, Shane going arse over tit and much more!

00:45:31 | Thu 01 Jul 2021

Adam Marjoram

Behind the Sport returns for Season 2 and we're in the studio now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted! We've got a huge line up this year!

01:01:19 | Thu 10 Jun 2021

Episode 0030 – Jordan Love

Fresh off support races for the Formula 1 championship in the 2020 Porsche Mobil Cup, local young gun Jordan Love jumps on Behind the Sport for a chat about his history, what he’s been up to and the …

01:03:20 | Tue 05 Jan 2021

Episode 0029 – Jackie Russo Driftability

This week we chat with Jackie Russo about the upcoming Driftability event at Wanneroo Raceway. Started in 2018 by the then D1WA president Andrew Murphy, Driftability was formed to allow special needs…

00:50:01 | Thu 19 Nov 2020

Episode 0028 – Ross Tapper

A name synonymous with rally in Western Australia, by his own words someone more suited for running an event than competing in an event, one of the pioneers of special stages in Western Australia. Ro…

01:16:50 | Mon 16 Nov 2020

Episode 0027 – Cameron Edwards

Cameron Edwards is one of the people behind the scenes of motorsport as well as a seasoned competitor. We asked him to jump on to our motorsport podcast Behind the Sport for a chat about his history,…

01:37:18 | Tue 27 Oct 2020

Episode 0026 – Jamie Worroll

2019 DriftWest champion Jamie Worroll jumps on to have a quick chat about himself, drifting, circuit racing and of course, the wonderful Driftability event coming up on November 26th at Wanneroo Race…

01:01:47 | Tue 13 Oct 2020

Episode 0025 – Jimmy Russo

Jimmy Russo is at almost every drift event here in Western Australia. A man who sacrifices a lot of his personal time to assist the drift community to do what they love. Jimmy sets an amazing example…

01:13:59 | Wed 07 Oct 2020

Episode 0024 – Mike Young

Mike Young, the winner of the 2020 Make Smoking History Forest Rally jumped on the podcast in between new dad duties to have a chat about rallying in Asia, being mobbed in India and much more.

01:21:00 | Tue 22 Sep 2020

Episode 0023 – Dean Herridge

With a list of accomplishments in offroad and onroad rally as long as his two arms, Maximum Motorsport’s Dean Herridge stepped out of his on air duties from the 2020 Make Smoking History Forest Rally…

01:21:50 | Tue 15 Sep 2020

Episode 0022 – Molly Taylor

Australian Rally Champion Molly Taylor joins us for a chat about her history in motorsport and what the future hopes are, plus we get to hear about a pretty fun sounding endurance event over in Lithu…

01:15:12 | Tue 08 Sep 2020

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