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RallySport Magazine’s Luke Whitten was at the pre-season test day for the Australian Rally Championship and spoke to many of the drivers before their season begins.
Each driver shared their impressions on proceedings and just what they were targeting from the all-important test day just a week and a half before the opening round.
We speak to the likes of Hayden Paddon, Harry Bates and Scott Pedder as they prepared for some of their runs along the Canberra test road.
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On this week’s episode of The Brad Jones Racing Run Down, the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood run through all the washup from the opening round of the 2025 Supercars season at Sydney Motorsport Park. They talk about the teeny-tiny margins in qualifying and how miniscule moments are the difference between the top 10 and P-nowhere, Macca’s thoughts on Dunlop’s new durable Soft tyre and the new refuelling churns, the rollercoaster weekend for their Super2 runners, and plenty more!
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Australian Rally Champion, Harry Bates, will face the toughest challenge of his career in 2025.
Former WRC star, Hayden Paddon, is entering the ARC for the first time, and we asked Bates just how he’s going to tackle the season given his new rival’s entrance.
Bates shares that he's prepared to increase his speed and work harder than ever in search of another title.
We also talk with Bates about the World Rally Drivers’ Alliance and the week’s news on the RallySport Magazine website.
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Joining the RallySport Magazine team on this week’s podcast are drivers who are at different points in their journeys.
The experienced Hayden Paddon joins the pod to talk about all the news surrounding his 2025, including the Australian Rally Championship, the Race of Champions and the Otago Rally.
There’s also an interview with young Max McRae who shares an insight on his unfortunate injury and just how he’s found the start of the 2025 British Rally Championship season.
Each conversation is intriguing to listen to, and their goals for the calendar year are clear.
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It was a huge week for rallying in Australia. Hayden Paddon was announced to compete full time in our national championship, while two of our own won at Rally Sweden.
Fresh from the snow, Taylor Gill joins us on the podcast to tell us all about his victory, including just what it’s like to be at the front in not only the Junior WRC but also the WRC3 category.
Also on the podcast is Brendan Reeves, whose WRC experience from a decade ago provides a fascinating insight into some of the challenges Taylor has had to face not only this weekend, but also throughout his entire overseas efforts thus far.
Some of those challenges include gathering the budget for more testing and events to supplement his existing program. The importance of this is discussed in detail.
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On this week’s episode of The Brad Jones Racing Run Down, the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood are joined by BJR owner Brad Jones. There’s a bit to unpack around the Triple Eight-to-Ford news! Brad talks through what it was like when BJR switched from Ford to Holden in 2009, along with what T8’s switch means for GM, for the sport, for Ford teams and for BJR. He also sheds light on the homologation process for the incoming Toyota Supra and what it means for Supercars’ existing models. They also discuss the team’s new Super2 lineup, the new format for the Sydney 500, the Bathurst 12 Hour, and plenty more!
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Rally Sweden runs this weekend, and it marks 20 years since Australian Chris Atkinson made his Subaru World Rally Team debut.
We welcome him to the podcast to discuss what it was like to join the most famous team and begin his WRC journey in the famous frozen forests.
He shares some stories about that first event and gives his thoughts on the upcoming event and how he thinks Australia’s Junior World Rally Championship driver, Taylor Gill, will fare.
Listen to stories from the entirety of Chris’ career on our DustTrails Podcast: https://bit.ly/4aW2Cbc
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It seems like an age since we had an Australian rally to talk about, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of news.
On this week's Special Stage Rally Podcast, Luke and Peter discuss what we can expect from Scott Pedder and his new Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 this year, and the unfortunate absence of the Maguire brothers.
Brendan Reeves is back for a state championship assault this season, while we also reminisce about the 1992 Bathurst 12 Hour that saw rally stars Fury, Ordynski, Bourne and Bates competing.
We also look forward to next week's Rally Sweden where Aussie Taylor Gill will have his snow boots on. And we ask you, the listener, for your questions to ask Chris Atkinson on next week's podcast.
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On this week’s Special Stage Rally Podcast we're joined by Junior World Rally Championship co-driver, Dan Brkic, as he prepares for Rally Sweden.
Brkic and his driver, Taylor Gill, are currently getting ready for the first of five rounds in the JWRC, and we catch up to see how their preparations are going.
We also run through the likely front-runners in this year’s Australian Rally Championship to discuss who’s doing what, and break down last weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally where Sebastien Ogier took a record-breaking 10th victory.
How good was Adrien Fourmaux’s debut Hyundai drive, and what about Josh McErlean’s first event in a Rally1 car? We give our thoughts.
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The Brad Jones Racing Run Down is back for 2025! On this ep, the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood talk about what a Supercars team does when everyone comes back from the Christmas and New Year break and the intensity of that period, revealing the ritual behind how BJR names its new cars, Macca’s new/old engineer, plus their take on a key rule change for 2025.
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What’s happened across the rallying off-season? The answer is plenty!
RallySport Magazine’s Luke Whitten is joined by guests Brendan Reeves and Mitch Newton to discuss what’s happened over the holiday break.
There’s champions looking to return, new stages for the Australian Rally Championship opener and WRC drivers given the shot of a lifetime.
The conversation then culminates in a fascinating Rallye Monte Carlo chat and our predictions of who will take the top spot.
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We’ve got a special summer episode of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down to kick off your 2025! On this ep, the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood run through a bunch of terms and jargon you’ll hear used around motorsport and what they all mean.
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The final Brad Jones Racing Run Down of the year has the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones in the host chair! With BJR general manager Chris Westwood off sick (get well soon!), Macca is joined by BJR boss Brad Jones to look back at season 2024 and chat about the highlights, lowlights, and their take on some of the things on the horizon for 2025.
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In the final episode of the Special Stage Rally Podcast this season, the RallySport Magazine team give their highlights of the year and discuss what’s happened over the course of a busy 2024.
Who are some drivers to look out for next year? What events are going to be the ones to watch in 2025?
This episode puts a bow on the 2024 rally year and shares what’s to come in the New Year.
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RallySport Magazine welcomes two of the brightest young rally drivers to the podcast this week as they talk about their winning seasons in the Australian Rally Championship.
Firstly, though, Luke and Peter Whitten recap the Silver Fern Rally that concluded late last week.
Then Bodie Reading and Mitch Garrad talk about their respective Production and Junior Cup wins and give an insight as to what the future might hold for them.
Also discussed is the Monza Rally Show and the stunning McKlein rally calendars in the RallySport Magazine shop.
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On this week’s Brad Jones Racing Run Down the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood look back at the final race of the 2024 season at the Adelaide 500. They talk about battling the 35-degree heat in the Saturday race and how it highlighted a deficiency with one of the Gen3 specs, whether Turn 8 needs to be changed in the wake of some of the weekend’s accidents, while a chat about concussions leads Macca to open up on the time he raced in Adelaide while concussed, plus much more.
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Both Rally Tasmania and Rally Japan lived up to the hype and we welcome Taylor Gill as the podcast’s co-host to describe the action.
Midway through Sunday, Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaghe took their first World Rally Championship title, then later, Harry Bates and Coral Taylor took the Australian Rally Championship title in Tasmania.
We discuss each of those events and the troubles of some of their rivals, including Ott Tanak and Scott Pedder.
To conclude the podcast, we welcome regular host, Peter Whitten, to update us on what’s happening in New Zealand at the marathon Silver Fern Rally.
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The rally season is about to come to an end, but there's no doubt that it's finishing with a bang. We have it all on this episode of Special Stage.
The boys dive into a massive weekend of rallying, with three major events in three countries.
Peter Whitten will head to New Zealand for the marathon 7-day Silver Fern Rally, while Luke Whitten will be in the Apple Isle getting the low-down on the final round of a successful Australian Rally Championship season.
Not to be outdone, the final round of the WRC takes place in Japan from Thursday evening.
It's nearly summer, but there's definitely no shortage of rallying to talk about!
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It's a bumper edition of the Special Stage Rally Podcast this week as we talk of rallying's news and discuss the five year anniversary of the cancellation of Rally Australia in 2019.
The RallySport Magazine team cover the International Rally of Whangarei, the future of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship and the upcoming Rally Tasmania.
Targa Tasmania is also back on the calendar, and is discussed alongside a disappointing logjam in the calendar at the end of 2025.
Lastly we talk with former Rally Australia Clerk of Course, Wayne Kenny, about the timeline of events that led to Rally Australia's cancellation in 2019, five years on.
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On this week’s Brad Jones Racing Run Down the driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood reflect on the 2024 season and look forward to the season finale in Adelaide. Other topics include Macca’s preparation for the end-of-season Supercars Gala, Test driving a Trans Am car, street circuits versus heritage tracks and more.
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