Rob sits down with Nick & Katie Ramsey Gough to digest the 2024 racing season - Rob asks "Where are we at with British Motorsport", they talk about the new DS3 and Swift Challenge racing series being released for cost effective sprint racing, Sustainable racing, a worrying rise in costs, Race with respect...the list goes on! Finally of course, they talk about the progression of Driven Minds over the year.

The Mini Challenge Trophy might just be the most competitive one make championship in the UK at the moment. Rob sits down with 3 Drivers competing for honours in the final race weekend of the 2024 season at Brands Hatch. Rob also asks about Driving heroes, Actors who would play them and the question he trys to get the answer to the most.. whats the plan going forward? Its great to talk to young drivers that are hungry to move up the ladder in British Motorsport.. but face the same issues...

This weekend is a momentus race on the world motorsport calender, its also the favourite race of Rob and this weeks guest Scott Woodwiss! We talk the 2024 storylines going into this years event...Will the Fords make it? Will Brodie get the bathurst win to add to his 2023 title? Which animal will appear midrace?? Rob and Scott then look at the Great races of old. From the WTCC 1987 race, Greg Murphys Lap of the Gods and the blockbuster 2014 Chaz Moztert Win

Rob & Max are joined by Britcar Trophy Champions Maurice and Hadley to talk about an amazing year in the Britcar Trophy Championship. We also chart the individual rises of both drivers aswell as the Team Boss point of view from Max! Finally we talk about a wet penultimate Cayman Sprint Challenge Round at Silverstone which has set up a Grand Stand finish at Brand Hatch this weekend.!!! Go on Max!!

This week! We are live trackside again as the Season comes to a close for the C1 Racing Club, We talk to Series owner Robin Welsh on the High and indeed the Lows of running a Club Motorsport Series in current times. 2024 has been tough! Katie Ramsey Gough also talks about her year as the series coordinator, rounding up quite literally hundreds of drivers over any given race weekend.!! Allen Prebble also talks about Gen2, sponsoring the series and supplying recycled parts to the series....

This week sees some very special guests, BTCC Race winner Ronan Pearson and his very supportive Dad Chris. We also have Driven Minds Director Katie Ramsey Gough as a special cohost! Ronan & Chris talk about the rise up the ranks and the toll it took on them both, from JSCC to Clios to Minis and finally making the break in the British Touring Car Championship Culminating with a fabulous Race 3 win at Brands Hatch.

This week we grabbed the chance to talk to one of the best Driver Coaches in the UK - Chris Dymond, he's helping Max in his Championship Charge this year and in the most timely way possible he joins us as Max takes the lead of the Porsche Sprint Challenge. The Elephant in the room? Tyrestacks. Rob gets irrationallly angry alot of the time and this really got under his skin. We talk tyrestacks and quite literally access the Damage!! Chris also talks championship hunting in the Driven Minds...

Rob Brings 2 Pauls to the Podcast this week! Paul Harvey returns to Co-host and both Harvs and Rob have a chat with Paul Nevill of the Modified Ford Series. They are facing a rule change from MotorsportUK to create more championships.. This has stirred up a quite literal hornets nest...!! Rob and Paul then discuss the incoming TOCA Junior Championship. with its rather eye watering pricepoint (says Rob) but already with teams commiting to the series, does it means its off to a good start??...

Max & Rob Reunite to talk all things Croft Porsches, How good the BTCC has been this year - F1 & Lemans too!! How Goodwood Festival of Speed looks from the Sky and much much more. Paul couldnt join us for this one but we have some awesome episodes lined up with him - Enjoy!!

To start season 3 Rob sat down in a late Podcast with Robin Welsh and Nick & Katie Ramsey-Gough of Driven Minds. We talk Track limits, Cancelling a 24hour race and much more!!

Rob Grabs a 1 on 1 interview with one of the best characters in British Motorsport. Patrick Watts has raced against and beaten some of the very best drivers in the world. He won Multiple Championships in Minis, Honda CRXs and Mazda MX5s when they were fully factory backed championships.!! He is mostly remembered as the Mazda then Peugeot factory works driver in the BTCC in the ERA everyone remembers.. Supertouring!! He talks Bathurst, Why he felt Peugeot never got the success they deserved...

Scott Woodwiss continues his chat with the guys on his favourite commentary moments, Working with the late Brian Jones in the Brands Hatch Commentary Box and what his aspirations are moving forward.

This week its Max thats otherwise engaged! So Rob & Paul sit down with Scott Woodwiss to talk about the news including the British Rally championship going back on terrestrial TV, The Daytona 24 hour results and the WRC opener the Monte Carlo Rally. Finally we start to delve into Scotts commentary beginnings starting with Sim racing.

Rhys Lloyd joins the show to talk about all things Dragonsport, running the only endurance scholarship in the UK. He goes into his humble beginnings karting at Pembrey, Winning the Euro Saloons and Welsh Titles before a GFC enforced break from the sport. Finally he's goes into how Dragonsport racing was formed with Amigo Motorsport, how he had to have the Astra TCR car as soon as he saw it! before we get the downlow on exactly what they are looking for in a Dragonsport ambassador. Max is on...

A New year and a New season of the Driving Torque Podcast. The guys get together and cover the silly seasons mutterings including the demise of Team Hard, what could be the most exciting WEC season coming up & the return of the Renault Clio Cup. Finally the debrief a manic 2023 before looking ahead to the new year!

Now for the second part of the Charles Rainford podcast, this part he tells all about Porsche Carrera Cup GB racing including a superb PROAM Championship win in 2022. He also looks back to a one off appearance as the support package for the LeMan 24hours!! Again its a great listen!! The Driving Torque Podcast - Now on Youtube!! https://youtube.com/@Thedrivingtorquepodcast?si=DoyhyDYADYoWqCNm

This week is the first part of a mega Bank holiday recorded podcast with Porsche Carrera Cup GB Racer Charles Rainford. He starts off with revealing exactly what goes into his haircare, his childhood which didn't actually have a lot to do with a classroom and racing MG Midgets. Goodwood circuit also gets a good mention and Paul takes the opportunity to tell all about an "EVO" trackday, not that it was anything special. Finally Charles talks historics, including his favourite historic race car...

Another one from the Archive, Again at the 2022 Enduro KA Indy 500. Alex Solley spoke to us about his season in the MINI Challenge Trophy and his views of how the year went, its certainly looked as a solid foundation for 2023.

Part 2 concludes the Brands BTCC finale tour behind the scenes at Graves Motorsport. We talk to Dom Wheatley after his 2nd season in the Top MINI Challenge JCW class, Nelson King Prepares to finish off his very Impressive Rookie campaign as does Spencer Stevenson. Then Rob talks to Karl Graves about how the journey started from Production BMW to Porsche's. Finally we managed to chat to Max before he started a crunch weekend aiming for Porsche Sprint Challenge Honours.!

Part 1 of the BTCC Finale weekend, Rob and Paul descend to the Graves Paddock to talk to the Graves Mini Cooper drivers Alex Keens, Alex Solley & James Black. Including a Bonus chat with Mark Black on the travails of a racing dad! At this point Max was either on track or in the shower...

This Week, Rob took the time to sitdown with Martin Wall of Wellchuffed Media. An accomplished automotive photographer for many VW, BMW and Ford magazines before emerging in the world of Goodwood. He tells all about dream shoots, the unique landrover that wasnt what it turned out to be... & his aspirations for the future. The Driving Torque Podcast - NOW ON YOUTUBE!! https://youtube.com/@Thedrivingtorque

Unfortunatley Rob, Paul & Max are flat out this week. So we have a brief throwback chat from EnduroKA500 Last November with "proper clubracer" Les Conway. Always enthusiastic and never gives up.

This Week Rob sits down with commentator Alex Goldschmidt to talk all things behind the mic, From Rotax to Formula E, he takes us through his early days of watching the great Ayrton Senna, DTM Writeups for a pop culture magazine, heading to Europe to commentate on some future F1 stars to an emotional Berlin Formula E weekend. He's had a varied commentary career so far. Silverlake Sit-down's in partnership with ⁠Silverlake Automotive Recycling⁠ - Reclaimed parts for YOUR cars! Road or...

This week, Max fills us in on a hectic Croft TOCA weekend in the Porsche Sprint Challenge, Including THAT final race of the weekend. Paul regales us with tales of the KA 12 hours at Snetterton & Rob crossed some things off his bucket list recently including meeting Bathurst Legends Greg Murphy, Steven Richards & Paul Radisich before having a chance to commentate alonside Richard John Neil on the BRSCC package! All this before looking forward to the EVO trackday at Goodwood!