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.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 78 minutes
- Episodes
- 61
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Cooper Cutts
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 troph…
Mason Harvey
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, do…
Ellexandra Best
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…
Lochie Dalton
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 th…
Priyanka Chadha
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 Lea…
Justin Hunt
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 Australi…
Gavin Migro
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 fi…
Sam Dicker
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 …
Chris Cheverall
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 raci…
Chris Mitchell
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 compe…
Nathan Green
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 s…
Jess Dane
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 persona…
Gianni Lutzu
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…
Brooke Newson
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. Co…
Charlie Bullis
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 Co…
Grant Johnson
For Grant Johnson, motorsport is all about having fun. If he's not having fun, he's not going to race. So how did this late bloomer to motorsport end up competing in the V8 Utes series?
With stints as…
Alex Rullo
Karting, Hyundai Excels, Super 3, Super 2, Supercars, GT, Targa and so much more, he's traded paints with the best of the best in Australian motorsport and he's not done yet.
Get an insight into what …
Ian Board - Part 2
A while ago we spoke with Ian Board from the Junior Dragsters here in Western Australia. We mainly spoke about the association, history of the sport and the various competitors in it.
In this episode,…
Alex Newton
An avid indoor karter, which we won't hold against him, he tried his hand at Sim Racing where he ended up on the radar of quite a few people in the WA Motorsport scene before finally stepping into an…
Madison Brown
Madison Brown is one determined woman. No matter what happens, she will end up in motorsport and from our chat, it would appear anything else is not an option!
Have a listen as she tells us about the …