Here we go.

[@yappyev0]

Agree on the need for more race weekends. Throw a 2nd nz race in there and that helps with locations

[@guygriffiths8060]

Big Supercars fan from the Uk, thoroughly enjoyed this gents and looking forward to the podcast moving forward. Agree with a lot of your views regarding Supercars, we need more events!

[@ReplicaTourersTrophySeri-yx2tm]

Love your work ! Keep it real - Great listen and watch too. ♥️🏁

[@methanolmoonshine9311]

Love your work boys. Agree that the social media consequences sadly have too much of an impact on the real entertainment of motorsport. I'd love to get on board with you one day and have a yarn about Speedway and NDRC Drag racing, American dirt track racing and so much more. Great work on EP1. Keep on doing what you're doing. Passion should always be the basis.

[@camschausinger]

Great to listen to fellas. Bring on episode 2! 👍

[@PeteGallagher-e6q]

Enjoying the podcast, can't wait to see you back behind the wheel at Sandown legend

[@Matt-k4s4q]

G’day Legends, great job. I used to love watching v8 superstars as a kid. Getting to see drivers as humans that love their trade but also love having a laugh is so important! Would you guys consider getting a fan or two on to get their views? There’s plenty of passion people out there with good ideas and love for racing. I agree with @scottpye, more race weekends on a f1 sprint style format. That would be amazing. I also agree with bring back some classic tracks, maybe bring back the Canberra street circuit!

[@CroftysBrickStudios]

Well done lads. Drive to survive did so well to let us see a bit more behind the scenes. Maybe there's not the budget to do a show. But things like this will help a lot! TBH I've checked out of Supercars for about 8 years ish.

[@dirtys1317]

Great job really well done! Looking forward to the next one already

[@apexhuntersunited]

Appreciate it!

[@scottbailey8799]

Good work gents. Love your work and this is a great way to get more exposure to supercars. Too much negativity, criticism and tall poppy syndrome on social media. A big thumbs up from me!

[@Norry218]

Awesome show guys. This is the content the fans have been calling for, the type that creates connection without fear of backlash. It's great to hear perspectives from those deeply involved in the sport. Coming from a headline-focused industry myself, watching what you say is crucial; people rarely read beyond the headlines. I've always wanted to start a fans' podcast and felt the hosts of supercars broadcasts should be fans first. The sport shouldn't own the broadcast, allowing pundits to ask the questions the sports own paid hosts might deliberately overlook. Looking forward to seeing where the show goes and eagerly anticipating the journey ahead.

[@richieglasson8804]

Hi guys, I really enjoyed your podcast. It is always good to hear the view of the drivers as the narrative is usually driven by journalists which can be very subjective as they are not always in the know and can be very speculative. It would be awesome to hear the perspective of engineers as well.

[@PeterWhitty-tw2kw]

Fantastic work

[@kaptain_ken]

Fantastic work guys. Look forward for the next ep.

[@coreyross3336]

Awesome pod 👌 keep them coming

[@azzahunting3304]

Great first Pod boys, we need to hear more of the back end and behind the scenes as fans to have a better understanding of the front. As for racing we 100% are lacking interest due to the length of time between races.

[@TysonMcEvoy037]

Great talk about everything motor sport people I think enjoy it more from a driver perspective so looking forward to to that and hearing about personal experiences at the track like how you prepare race week maybe compared to another driver how they would like music helps me prepare for footy every weekend but yeah again great episode 1

[@matt355]

Great job lads. Liked subscribed and shared.

[@peterlettice8290]

Real good guys, looking forward to more 👊🏻

[@MichaelPlummer-lb1gx]

Great show. Really injoy it keep it up👍

[@apexhuntersunited]

Thanks mate!

[@craigholowellphotography423]

Great show guys really enjoyed it.

[@jfreedom2012]

Refreshing to listen to you guys chatting authentically, bloody sick of the fake hosts and there dribble. So cool to know you guys see the need for changes with commentary! Totally agree with the ideas you put forward.

[@apexhuntersunited]

Thanks mate much appreciated!

[@miedeckemotorsport]

Hahahahaha once every 4 weeks 😂 Loved it boys, good chat can’t wait to watch the next one 🙌

[@12jamesmatthews]

Great podcast, great topics and intelligent opinions. Got my own, but will save them for another time.

[@LinzyOsmond]

watching your podcasts awesome, being old school not into long races everyone sits back need short fast races everyone goes for it, progressive grid, need to have a go and feel you have some kind of a chance even if you qualily bad

[@blairo15]

Calder park had and has some of the best racing in the country. Fuck off the pit stops and run 20 lap sprint races. Then you could run every other weekend if you wanted. Way less staff required.

[@chrisrodriquez1903]

So glad you as drivers are willing to put yourselves out there and talk to the punters as real people. Awesome work lads, bring on Ep.2 💪🏻💪🏻

[@apexhuntersunited]

Thanks mate!

[@gerardcrabb4556]

Calder updated as a roadcourse could be good after Sandown goes maybe under lights modified to by pass dragstrip and join part of oval partial resurface and tidy up facilities...

[@Shayne-H]

I agree with Scotty, more weekends, and why not utilise the tracks with multiple layouts? Like Tailem Bend and Sydney Motorsport Park? Do the standard SMP track one week, then the next week to do long track?

[@Alex-tu9bh]

What's your thoughts on giving supercars abit more power? Mainly because I want to see them going over 300kph at Bathurst 😀

[@NateGravy123-kp5ou]

I agree podcasts like Denny Hamlin and Dale Junior are good. I also think they influence the sport somewhat,

[@melissaquin3211]

Totally awesome guys loving the honesty wpuld love to hear how partners cope with drivers not being home

[@sarahcooper942]

We play commentary bingo 🤣 they roll out the same lines on repeat!

[@BT05003]

Gents, great podcast - need at least 16 rounds per season with several rounds included in an "ENDURO CUP" so something for the Co-Drivers to achieve a great season : The season could look something like this.. SMP at Night FEB, AGP MARCH, NZ Double Header APR (inc JR Cup), Tas / WA MAY, Darwin Triple Crown JUNE, Townsville/QR JULY, Winton + Bend AUG, Phillip Is + Sandown 500 (Enduro) SEPT, Bathurst + Gold Coast (Enduro) OCT, ADL500 (Enduro) NOV.... So Enduro Cup is a four round cup. Tassie is in decent weather, rounds every month with the Teams under a little pressure with some extended away rounds.

[@TheLifeOfAaron]

So good, keep it up. Should see if your sim still works for some streams haha

[@chrispyzer8049]

Awesome Pod lads Double header Perth WA swing Double header NZ North swing Darwin , Townsville, QR Southern swing Sydney ,Tassie ,Winton , PI , Sandown , Bathurst Final 3 GC , The Bend & Adelaide Bring back the pirtek cup 3rds GC final Rd

[@apexhuntersunited]

🙌🏼 already better than what’s out there.

[@grkpiper14]

Great to hear it from your guy's perspective. Any chance of the Sidecasts being uploaded here for those of us in the Northern hemisphere to catch up with at a more reasonable hour? Do you think making the Gold Coast an enduro again or adding another enduro event would be beneficial? Do you think it would be possible to do 2 NZ rounds 2 or 3 weeks apart or is it logistically impossible with teams being on the road & needing a base of operations between rounds? I've no idea what tracks are in NZ besides Taupō & Pukekohe but could it be possible to do Taupō & then perhaps a circuit on the South island? Is 3 weeks a more reasonable gap between rounds? They could either fit in a couple more rounds that way or have a 5 or 6 week break in June/July to give staff a chance to have some spend a couple of weekends with their families & do any typical scheduled mid-season maintenance or general housekeeping. I'd like to think most fans wouldn't be as bothered by a 6 weeks off once a year if we're seeing a couple of races a month. Over here the BTCC does 10 rounds/30 races in 5 and a half months. I know the distances you have to travel are far greater than in the UK but with some sensible planning they must be able to fit a few more rounds into a 9 month season or condense the season a bit so the gap between races is a bit more reasonable without being too strenuous on teams. Sorry for the essay waffling a load of what is likely daft sounding bullshit, it's not often you get a chance to hear it from an honest perspective on the other side of the fence. Definitely think this idea of open, honest discourse with fans is great as long as the usual suspects don't come along & ruin it for everyone. I'd also be interested to hear the things you pitched to Supercars to improve the series. Looking forward to episode 2!

[@apexhuntersunited]

Heya! Yep looking at how we can condense the side cast into its own episodes to upload on here. Yes you could have 1 weekend off for sure. Somewhere for all teams to prep the cars in between events and leave them securely while crews then fly home. They then return just before the event starts. In the past team Penske stayed in Melbourne between events and prepped the cars out of their factory. Highland’s is on the South Island and would make for a great event.

[@woodstock1307]

Great first ep. Two things that I feel the category need apart from more races. 1) get the full series back on free to air TV and 2) never let a Supercars race go time certain. Let them race the full length

[@gerardcrabb4556]

If they add more rounds need to be FTA too much gap in races people lose interest...

[@michaelhart5886]

I used to love going to Oran Park. Sitting on the hill at the final corner before the straight. Could see just about all the track. Remember watching an old friend racing appendix J minis there. Great place. Good luck with the podcast and long may it continue. P.s skaife needs to go

[@MG_Motorsport]

Nice Job , enjoyed that. agree on amount of racing , agree on broadcast changes and agree on showing drivers personalities. will watch some more to see how it unfolds. Would like to hear more about this sidecast thing ? That sounds like a lot of fun. Keep going fellas :)

[@Deege89]

If he's up for it, I think Jack Smith would be a great guest. The poor bloke was often vilified by fans for doing what in reality was a bang-up job, even if he ultimately didn't win titles at the pinnacle of the sport (how many do?) - armchair racers cannot turn up and compete the way they think they could from the couch. There's never an avenue for guys regularly in the bottom 50% to talk about their experiences or struggles or the Why's behind some of the results, and broadcast rarely covers narratives of someone's recurring bad days down the field. Scotty's insights in this ep into T8 making all his other teams look a bit Super2 when it comes to prep is a rare point often overlooked. Now that he's out of the sport full-time, it would be interesting to see Jack's personality on show and humanise him a bit; hear what went right and wrong, where some of the results went begging, and what he makes of the fanbase misunderstanding all of these factors. If Jack's washed his hands of it all and not interested, this same format could be applied to a heap of guys up and down the grid, past and present. There are so many untold stories in the sport as to the Why's of performance that the results sheet can't tell (team resource limitations, pre-event mechanic finger trouble, chassis issues undiscovered for way too long, poor test day planning, setup philosophies persisted with for longer than they should have, etc) that in the absence of explanation and insight lead the fans to decide "Oh, Driver X is pretty sh*t", when in reality anyone on the grid is still one of the top 50 drivers in the country capable of doing the job and would run circles around any punter all day long.

[@jackofrew]

Great work fellas! This is what we need as fans to be able to voice our opinions and start the process of positive change. Why can’t there be a double header in Tassie aswell? 2 in nz, 2 in wa and 2 in tas, there is 3 extra races we need! 2 day events need to be the standard for the short weekends, practise sat morn, qual satdy arvo then into a sprint race Sunday morn warm up and then into a feature race that finishes around 3 pm allowing enough time for people to leave the track, aswell as have a proper after race show that isn’t rushed and get pure interviews with drivers, and people in the team that aren’t an engineer. Nascar are one of the best at it with doing interviews with people in the crew and it’s an un tapped resource right now

[@SydneyCroatia021]

Awesome work boys

[@wittsy]

Brodie needs to be on ASAP

[@gerardcrabb4556]

Pretty sure he can't say much might do a Percat once he is free... Didn't do any Supercars press at Taupo...

[@Primer292]

Great listen fellas 🤙🤙🤙

[@gerardcrabb4556]

SVG and Scott McLaughlin might have some things to say now they are out of Supercars...

[@ratbagswamprat]

They need to be racing every 3 weeks, 4 week gap and you become more interested in every other sport that's on every other week!

[@stevenrussell-clarke5393]

Just a grouse watch, 5 stars guys 🏁

[@510gt1]

392 Subs and 166 likes. That shows you boys are onto something!

[@gerardcrabb4556]

Perth Street race Highlands QR and Winton added would be good maybe PI if Sandown goes...

[@mjcurtis8525]

A podcast had a supercars on this day flashback it was round 6. Gaps are to long we should be 16 races 3 enduros and race at permanent circuits.

[@apexhuntersunited]

🤦🏻 exactly mate.

[@gerardcrabb4556]

The Bend in 2025 is an endurance race and Sandown might survive a bit longer...

[@Primer292]

On the round part, more rounds would be great. the use of the tracks mentioned like qr and Winton just seems like it needs to happen The cost of Kayo for me although I pay it is pretty frustrating being that I have zero interest in football and the like paying 35 a month for one race weekend is really starting to feel like a massive ripoff for me. 3 or 4 extra rounds would be a great start to feel like the value is there.

[@gerardcrabb4556]

Speed Series should promote a Marc Cars series above TA2 for young and older drivers with some name drivers cheaper than Super 2/3... Marc Cars about 1/3 cost of Gen 3 cheaper tyres crate motors...

[@jazzboy2126]

I would like to see will brown , broc feeney or Jamie whincup

[@vlockley]

Great episode guys. I want the sport to be better as well. I love supercars and always have. Nrl and Afl look after their heritage better. I don't understand why supercars are selling the gen 3 prototypes right now. Nrl and Afl have headquarters that fans can visit with all these things preserved and on display. Supercars should have a headquarters with a museum filled with championship winning cars, prototypes, race suits, helmets. preserve the past and honour it. Supercars should be doing everything it can to buy former cars when they come up for sale such as the Ambrose and Ingall cars that were recently restored and sold. The racing museum at Bathurst is great but supercars should be doing it themselves for the fans and for the sport. Another issue is watching past races. right now there is no legal way to watch the sandown 2015 race. how is it that something modern that was filmed in HD just isn't available to watch anymore? Supercars needs to focus on the fans. A round a month is embarrassing for Australia's top tier motorsport.

[@petertheodore1860]

Personally love your pod cast I,m a positive person I find on social media in the past I have put post up for positive reasons and I,m sick of being attacked so I very rarely comment on social media these days

[@sirepaulos]

First off, great chat! I really look forward to more 👍 Crisp, clean production & audio- but I found it quiet overall. We definitely need more racing & a mixture of racing. I miss the days of Diff or Whitey anchoring the broadcast & they did mix up the commentary. I'm really enjoying GT on commentary, I think he's wasted in the lane. I wish continued success for you 👍😁

[@sirepaulos]

I'd like to hear from Courtney Prince, I'm a fan & think she could provide a great perspective of an "up n comer".

[@sonofdat]

I'd love to see supercars back at Mallala.

[@apexhuntersunited]

Turn one would be interesting!

[@Mabeanie]

Great stuff guys! Format looks good. I don't think it should be too strictly run in terms of how you conduct yourselves. Just hit record and start talking. You can always chop stuff out. Would love to see Todd Hazelwood, Garth Tander, and James Courtney on the pod. I think that they would have some interesting things to say. Then of course you've got Russell Ingall, who doesn't mind saying whatever he wants. I wonder if Marcos Ambrose might be interested? He's doing interesting stuff these days and would have some good perspective. Oh and at some stage in maybe 5-10 episodes time we could do Q&As from the fans.

[@apexhuntersunited]

Great ideas. Thanks for the feedback too 🙌🏼

[@jameschapman1072]

Perth street race yes, need as many as we can get

[@gerardcrabb4556]

SVG is in Kaulig as development if he runs with Trackhouse it would be better...

[@leemitch2869]

if you did a double header, run one weekend in reverse!

[@apexhuntersunited]

This would be unreal! unfortunately due to FIA standards most tracks are only approved in one direction. In saying that, imagine Bathurst in reverse!

[@gerardcrabb4556]

Add a chicane in on way down in reverse might work to slow cars near pit exit/entry... Few other mods spending 10 million on resurface...

[@NateGravy123-kp5ou]

Some awesome points. Not enough racing in Supercars. We need at least 15-16 weekends x2 NZ, Winton and QR As good as it was, I don’t want to watch Taupo highlights for a month…..

[@gerardcrabb4556]

With Gen 3 and new owners anything negative got slammed early on better to fix issues before they launched then year to get cars even after pre season testing...

[@SkunkMcFunk]

Yeah bloody good

[@gerardcrabb4556]

DJR and 888 will improve now homologation is locked down as Erebus did a good job on their own cars and updated parts pity fallout at end of season...

[@rodwalsh8229]

👏 👏 great job guys

[@apexhuntersunited]

Thanks mate!

[@NateGravy123-kp5ou]

Last comment 😂😂😂😂 Be great to review SVG racing stateside. Cam Waters also running this weekend.

[@apexhuntersunited]

We will be live streaming Sunday morning on twitch watching Cam in the trucks 👍🏼

[@TysonMcEvoy037]

Yes! Well done lads

[@apexhuntersunited]

Thanks bro!

[@ArmchairExpert76]

Could The Bend have a double event

[@apexhuntersunited]

I think it would be better to have Adelaide 500 and The Bend closer to each other.

[@mjcurtis8525]

Good pod. The MS commentary thing amazes me it's clear the opinion is he past the used by date not bad just a bit stale. I also think a reason for that is he retired a while ago so fans know him more as a commentator then a driver. The age driver thing for me I will never get I am a avid Brighty supporter whilst maybe he went on to long he was winning races and getting podiums at BJR consistency wasn't there but the team was never at that level.

[@vlockley]

AVL would be a good guest

[@spearo16]

Great stuff other than the use of the word grouse 😂 will be listening regularly for sure.

[@apexhuntersunited]

Haha Barbour the victorian

[@luke77788]

🤙🏻

[@apexhuntersunited]

✊🏼

[@paulmccourt6185]

Just watched the first episode a bit slow on the uptake, but I got to agree guys that the commentary is pretty a pool of nepotism, and it's been stale for the last decade, we another Barry Sheen or Darrell Eastlake to engage fans! Skaife and Crompton are just a couple of bobble heads!

[@mjcurtis8525]

Cars are to easy to drive put the old 6 speed H pattern and that will Improve the racing cars are to easy to drive now.

[@jamesmcgregor2665]

Have you driven a 600hp race car with no abs and traction control?