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Topical chat and opinions on the hear and now

You Cannot Be Serious Sam Newman & Don Scott

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Topical chat and opinions on the hear and now

    Episode 252 - Part 3 - Captain Peter Janson

    Episode 252 - Part 3 - Captain Peter Janson

    "Captain" Peter Janson (born 10 April 1940 in New Zealand) is an Australian socialite and former motor racing driver.
    Janson was born in New Zealand, emigrating to England at a young age. In 1967, he moved to Australia and settled in Melbourne. 
    Janson, who listed his occupation as "Gentleman", established a playboy penthouse in the Federal Hotel before moving to the Hotel Windsor. In the 1980s he moved to Rutherglen House. Janson is renowned for the parties he throws and was a pioneer in transforming the Melbourne Cup into a major event on the Australian social calendar.
    Motor racing
    Janson was a competitor in Australian Touring Car Racing. He made 19 Bathurst 1000 starts between 1973 and 1992 primarily in Holden Toranas and Commodores, finishing second in 1979 and 1980 and third in 1977 (all of his podium finishes were with Larry Perkins who would go on to be a six-time winner of the race). With the end of the Group C era in 1984, Janson closed his team but continued to drive for other teams including joining Sydney based privateer Garry Wilmington in a V12 Jaguar XJS in the 1985 and 1986 races. He later scored a class win and fourth outright driving a BMW M3 with fellow Kiwi Trevor Crowe at the 1988 Bathurst 1000 Janson's last appearance at Bathurst was in 1992 where he and Bob Jones finished 20th in a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV. 
    Always a colourful character who gave his sponsors a plug at every opportunity, especially when being interviewed in the pits, Janson briefly changed his name by deed poll in the mid-1970s to NGK Janson to circumvent a rule that only allowed a driver's name to be carried above the window line. His former co-driver Larry Perkins also told that one year on a parade lap at Bathurst, Janson continually pulled the car off onto the grass in order to throw Cherry Ripe chocolate bars out to the crowd (his major sponsor being Cadbury Schweppes).

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 252 - Part 2 - Dr Ben MD, Politics and Pronunciations

    Episode 252 - Part 2 - Dr Ben MD, Politics and Pronunciations

    • 50 min
    Episode 252 - Part 1 - AFL, F1 and Les

    Episode 252 - Part 1 - AFL, F1 and Les

    • 52 min
    Episode 251 - Part 3 - Mike Brady

    Episode 251 - Part 3 - Mike Brady

    • 50 min
    Episode 251 - Part 2 - Sledging Gather Round

    Episode 251 - Part 2 - Sledging Gather Round

    • 49 min
    Episode 251 - Part 1 - War and Peace

    Episode 251 - Part 1 - War and Peace

    • 41 min

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