Races Of Our Lives Podcast

FEATURING: Special guest Johnny Mowlem! Remember the American Le Mans Series? It was all the rage. Four classes, huge races, and mouth-watering cars. ...And then came the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2007, where one class was decided in the last corner under abrupt fireworks. Dan Mason, Laura Donaghy and Joe Hudson re-live Ferrari vs Porsche, diesels designed in pubs, and cheeky Sebring shortcutters. Sportscar ace Johnny Mowlem also drops in to talk about his part in the battle, and his own F1 dreams. Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

FEATURING: Special guest Greg Murphy! Super Touring was taking over the world of motorsport in the 1990s - including down under. Among this, a truly spectacular contest between three V8 Supercar legends played out at the old Lakeside circuit, featuring a three-wide moment destined for the Louvre. Eric Barnes and Dan Mason wax lyrical about the 90s, Super Touring Power and the moment Tony Longhurst briefly became John Cleland. *BIFFO* Greg Murphy joins us to talk about his times with Audi, his chase of an Indycar career, and his love of Brands Hatch. Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

FEATURING: Special guest Timo Scheider! How cool was German Touring Car racing? We all know the answer. It was even cooler when UK fanboys like our hosts Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield got to see it at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, and 2008 served up a CLASSIC. *And that wasn't because VW Polo Cup was still a thing. We're delighted to have the winner of that DTM race with us in this episode, as double champion Timo Scheider recalls his 'best win', his battles with Paul di Resta, and how close he got to an F1 seat with Benetton... Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

Who wants to win? Anybody? .....No? Fine. They say the mountain makes up its own mind - on this occasion it didn't seem to know which way to turn! The result was two cars that started at the back of the field, and had crashed already, sorting it out over one lap after 8 hours of racing down under. Sam Hall joins Dan Mason to digress from the point regularly - from team-mates binning each other off, to the safety car's mishap, and what team orders Triple Eight COULD have tried... Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

Overtakes around the outside + Estoril? = Iconic. Move over Villeneuve, because in 2004 it was Christijan Albers who wowed the DTM crowds in a classic race with fellow future superstars Mattias Ekstrom and Gary Paffett. But whatever happened to him? Well, he scored points with Minardi(!) And what about that grid? Well Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield have donned their fanboy caps to discuss the best F1-to-DTM swaps in history as Alesi and Frentzen go door-to-door in Portugal. *COMMENTARY BLUNDERS INCLUDED* Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

The World Rally Championship became a battle of Britain in 2001. Colin McRae. Richard Burns. Both absolute giants of the game, and both had the chance to win it at home.What followed was both memorable and dramatic in equal measure. Luke Barry joins Dan Mason to discuss Burnsie's delight, Colin's heartache and the tragedy that followed two years on for the UK's new hero and world champion. PLUS: Co-driver Robert Reid shares his tales on Burnsie and McRae's differing mind games. Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

"This is BLERKS racing!" It was a title decider that had everything. A straight fight between two riders, nothing between them, and a red hot one-lap showdown. The result? Broken commentators, much gasping, and 0.006s deciding it... Dan Mason and James Charman try to decipher the utterly brilliant Brands showdown between Tommy Hill and John Hopkins in the 2011 BSB season. Also, the champion himself pops in to share how it changed his life. Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

"To finish first, first you must finish." Well tell this lot - they didn't not oblige. 90s Indycar was something that made even sliced bread look rubbish, and the race at Elkhart Lake in 1996 had absolutely EVERYTHING. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield look back at vintage Zanardi, Al Unser Jr's crushing heartache, and the potential F1 career of Robby Gordon that never was. Boooo! Oh, and Salazar's involved again... Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

You know that school reunion where all the famous faces get back together, then instantly make fools of themselves? Yeah... that, in racing form, arguably happened in a cult classic one-off race in 2004, when Alan Gow sanctioned the BTCC Masters event at Donington alongside its season finale, with some amazing throwback names fighting it out on track as one happy family. What followed? Chaos. In many forms. Dan Mason, Eric Barnes and James Charman discuss all the biffing, their future version of the race, and of course... Patrick Watts. PLUS: Special guest Anthony Reid actually won the damn thing, so we asked him about it and how he almost raced in DTM. Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

FEATURING: Special guest Anthony Reid! It's 1990, and two chicanes have been added to the famous circuit ahead of what would be a Le Mans 24 Hours of attrition... Jaguar took a 1-2 despite their own gremlins and a controversial driver change, while Nissan made the headlines with a mental pole position lap aided by a turbo that - literally - went 'full Turbo'. And poor Mr Salazar... Oh, and hear how the third-placed driver actually could have been in Michael Schumacher's prime Jordan F1 seat if things had played out! Talk about your favourite races in motorsport with us by using the hashtag #racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

#MansellMania hit the British Touring Car Championship for the second time in 1998... and this time for the right reasons. Nigel Mansell joined Ford to take on the Super Touring era of BTCC for three meetings, but it was one wet weekend at Donington Park where he grabbed all the headlines. Dan Mason, James Charman, Ian Gallagher and Eric Barnes discuss the madness including which other F1 champion almost joined the fray, John Cleland's warm-up mind games, and manufacturer freebies desperation. And of course, TOCA 2. But you already know that. (But was your Dad in the game?) Talk about your favourite races using the hashtag #Racesofourlives on X or Facebook. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

FEATURING: Special guest Greg Murphy! The great Australian race. Or in this case, the great Australian QUALIFYING session... In 2003, all looked normal in the top-10 shootout. That was until car #51 arrived to take on Bathurst to produce one of the greatest laps in motorsport history. Dan Mason and Stephen Brunsdon dissect a magic weekend on the mountain, while the man of the moment himself spills the beans on the 'lap of the gods', a portaloo PR stunt and how they dominated a classic. Use the hashtag #Racesofourlives on social media! Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

He was known by his friends in motorsport as 'Lionheart'. Dan Wheldon famously won the 2005 Indycar Series Championship, but in 2011 he was only racing sporadically. And it later ended in tragedy. At the Indy 500 however, the most amazing result arrived out of nothing... at the final corner. Dan Mason and Steve Whitfield pay tribute to the late great British driver, and discuss JR Hilderbrand's heartache, entry buyouts, and one man's journey from sportsman to property expert (Not Dion Dublin). Enjoy, and use the hashtag #Racesofourlives. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

FEATURING: Special guest Steve Parrish! 500cc bikes. Murray Walker. 1979. Lovely stuff. The most famous 'flying V' in the history of sport came this day at Silverstone thanks to a British hero of motorcycle racing. Dan Mason and James Charman froth at the mouth over the UK vs USA fight for victory, the hand gestures, and Honda's nightmare day. PLUS, former team-mate and friend Parrish shares his stories of the man himself, including how he 'telepathically' cost him a British GP win... Enjoy! (waves finger) #Racesofourlives Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology

FEATURING: Special guest Phil Bennett! It's a wet and miserable day in Kent, where Vauxhall's two drivers are at loggerheads in the BTCC... What followed? Chaos. Of the unadulterated kind. Dan Mason, Ian Gallagher, Eric Barnes and James Charman gather to talk of the bitter spats, drivers changing their name to their sponsors, and Tom Boardman's many auditions for Tokyo Drift. Plus... former racer Phil Bennett spills the beans on his redemption from a race ban to driving standards officer 20 years on. Get in touch using #RacesOfOurLives. Music: Tiger Gang - Mythology