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The home of motorsport on SEN covering all things Supercars, Formula One, TransAm Australia, TCR and much more - featuring exclusive interviews and news from Australia and across the world.

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S06E11 - FULL SHOW - May 4th 2022
Surprisingly it was a track that the 2022 Championship Leader had not had a win at in his illustrious career but after the long awaited return of Supercars to WA, Shane van Gisbergen finally left Barbagallo Raceway with a victory and another set of trophies for the Red Bull Ampol Racing Team. We look back at the round that was and we do a deep dive into the rumours that Walkinshaw Andretti United - the former Holden Racing Team - would be sensationally switching to Ford in 2023. Plus we chat to our feature interview Will Davison about his breakthrough win last weekend.
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Feature Interview - David Reynolds - S06E10
David Reynolds has been a trophy hunter the past few rounds for Penrite Racing, and we spoke to him ahead of the trip back to Barbagallo this weekend. The 2017 Bathurst 1000 winner chats to us about what's been the big catalyst of change at Grove Racing, having Lee Holdsworth as his team mate, and gives us his thoughts on the Gen3 machinery as well.
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S06E10 - FULL SHOW - 27th April 2022
The Supercars Championship returns to the West for the first time since 2019, with the Bunnings Trade SuperNight this weekend. We look at how the grid has changed since the last visit to Barbagallo three years ago, as well as recap a busy fortnight for Jett Johnson who's been juggling both the Trans Am Australia Championship and the TA2 Muscle Car Series. Plus we chat to David Reynolds from Penrite Racing after a rich run of form for Grove Racing.
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Feature Interview - Aaron Cameron - S06E09
When it comes to Mount Panorama, Aaron Cameron from GRM goes a bit of all right around the mountain. We spoke to the Garry Rogers Motorsport young gun about his impressive record at Bathurst, his stints in the S5000, as well as find out what the 22-year old hopes to accomplish in the future.
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S06E09 - FULL SHOW - 20th April 2022
We're Steve Johnson-less once again as he's on his way to The Bend for the next round of the TA2 Muscle Car series - but that won't stop us looking back at a huge weekend of motorsport with the SpeedSeries front and centre highlighted by the Bathurst 6Hour. We wrap up the remarkable race on Easter Sunday as well as speak to one of the rising stars in the TCR Australia category when Aaron Cameron from Garry Rogers Motorsport stops to chat.
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Off The Track Update - Luke King returns to TCR...
He was one of the drivers of 2021 that was really making a name for himself in the TCR Australia Championship, but some changes behind the scenes left Luke King off the grid for the first two rounds of this year's season. Thankfully Luke is back and will be returning to the category at the Bathurst 6 Hour and he joined us to talk about the move from the Audi to the Hyundai.
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Feature Interview - Andre Heimgartner - S06E08
It was one of the shocks of the silly season, with the departure of Andre Heimgartner from Kelly Grove Racing to Brad Jones Racing. We spoke to Andre about how he made his decision and got his first hand thoughts of the Gen3 Camaro which he drove at Phillip Island earlier in the week.
20 min
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S06E08 - FULL SHOW - 13th April 2022
Just because the Formula One Australian Grand Prix is done and dusted it doesn't mean we've got a quiet Easter on the horizon! With the Bathurst 6 Hour this weekend, we look at the bombshell news that defending champion Shane van Gisbergen will be sitting out the event due to contracting COVID - plus we'll wrap up all the action from Albert Park in F1 and Supercars, and we're joined by Andre Heimgartner from BJR as well as Luke King who's making his return to TCR Australia this weekend at Mount Panorama.
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Classic Cars Corner - April 2022
Malcolm Owens joins us for another edition of the Classic Cars Corner where we look at the costs of anyone that might want to add a Formula One car to their collection - spoiler alert, you'll be spending a fair bit!!
11 min
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S06E07 - FULL SHOW - 6th April 2022
The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is this weekend, and Melbourne is buzzing in anticipation for the race's return to the streets of Albert Park for the first time since 2019. In a special edition, we are live from Bells Hotel in the heart of South Melbourne a stones throw away from the AGP circuit to preview the return of F1 and look ahead at the next Round in the Supercars Championship - the Melbourne 400!
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Feature Interview - Former Clipsal 500 GM Natha...
With the return of the Adelaide 500 as a result of a change of government in South Australia, we spoke to former General Manager of the Clipsal 500 Nathan Cayzer to get his thoughts on the reboot of the traditional race.
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S06E06 - FULL SHOW - 29th March 2022
Round two of the Supercars Championship is in the history books and the orange championship leader's numbers are back on the door of Shane van Gisbergen's Holden Commodore. We wrap up the round as well as hand out the latest votes in the "Power Rankings" plus we wrap up all the action from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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Bonus Interview - Chaz Mostert - S06E05
Chaz Mostert will be heading in to this weekend's round at Symmons Plains with the orange numbers on his door, and for the first time in a long time a Triple Eight or DJR driver is not championship leader after the first round. We spoke to Chaz about his Bathurst win, a successful run at Sydney Motorsport Park, and the new look Walkinshaw Andretti United.
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Feature Interview - Tony D'Alberto - S06E05
Tony D'Alberto was the runner up in the inagural season of TCR Australia and while we might have had a few interrupted seasons and long periods of being parked up - TD has started this season off absolutely spectacularly. He's the current Championship leader heading into the Bathurst 6 Hour next month and he joined us on the show this week to wrap up the big weekend at Phillip Island.
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S06E05 - FULL SHOW - 24th March 2022
It was an action packed weekend with Round 2 of the SpeedSeries heading to Phillip Island featuring Trans Am, S5000, GT and headlined by the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Championship. Overseas we saw Scott McLaughlin once again perform spectacularly in IndyCar, and the 2022 Formula One season kicked off in Bahrain. Closer to home, we spoke to Tony D'Alberto the current series leader in the TCR Championship as well
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Feature Interview - Jett Johnson - S06E04
After winning the TA2 Muscle Car Northern Series in 2021, Jett Johnson has made the jump to the TurtleWax TransAm Series for 2022. We chat to Junior Johnson Jr ahead of his first time racing at Phillip Island and get his thoughts after two weekends in the Trans Am Ford Mustang at Symmons Plains and Sydney Motorsport Park.
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S06E04 - FULL SHOW - 16th March 2022
It's race week and all eyes are on Round 2 of the SpeedSeries as TCR Australia returns to Phillip Island. Plus we chat to Jett Johnson about his second round in the TurtleWax Trans Am Australia series.
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Classic Cars Corner - March 2022
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Feature Interview - Peter Xiberras - S06E03
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S06E03 - FULL SHOW - 9th March 2022
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Bonus Interview - Scott McLaughlin - S06E02
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Feature Interview - Shane van Gisbergen - S06E02
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S06E02 - FULL SHOW - 2nd March 2022
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Feature Interview - Anton De Pasquale - S06E01
While some teams struggled with the four back to back to back to back rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park before Bathurst last year, Anton De Pasquale landed an incredible purple patch of form with five race wins, six podiums and seven ARMOR ALL Pole Positions from the month at SMP. We spoke to Anton ahead of his second season with Dick Johnson Racing and got his thoughts on the season ahead.
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S06E01 - FULL SHOW - 23rd February 2022
We are back for a brand new year, but we kick off the season by going back to a well that Supercars have really run dry - Sydney Motorsport Park! We'll look at the year ahead and as is tradition dust off the crystal ball and see if we can predict what will happen in Supercars, TCR Australia and Formula One. Plus we do a deep dive and get your thoughts as well on the brand new broadcast deal that the Australian Racing Group has signed with Stan Sport and go through what it means for the competitors and for the fans. Plus Anton De Pasquale from Dick Johnson Racing chats to us ahead of the season opener next week.
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