The Paddock Podcast: Recent Episodes
Peter Wilkinson
We will wrap up and preview everything that happens in the prestigious Logitech G Supercar Pro Invitational series each round. Race wrap ups, intrerviews with drivers and much more. We will be a 30 minute podcast that will drop inbetween rounds of this iRacing Supercar series
Brenton and Jordan take over the reins of the Paddock Podcast and delve into the 2024 Logitech G Pro Invitational Series so far as the championship crosses the half-way mark. Take a look ahead at what’s to come at Monza for Round 7 and how the last race before the Trueforce Enduro Cup might play out.
Also hear from Round 3 winner at the Red Bull Ring; James Scott from Lobs Esports about his season to date and his high expectations for the remainder of the season.
Rhys and Sandman review the chaotic round at Belle Isle and chat to race 1 winner Andrew Gilliam.
Andrew goes into detail about his meticulous approach to going faster, how he was brought into Pursuit Sim Racing, and gives insight into how sim racing helped him to get a job in the real world as a data engineer!
Rhys and Sandman break down the fifth round of the 2023 season at the Red Bull Ring, and have a chat with the new championship leader - Synergy Simracing's James Scott.
The Paddock is back! Sandman and your new host Rhys Gardiner review the season so far and interview current championship leader Jake Burton. Also included is a detailed breakdown of round 4 at Watkins Glen, and a preview of round 5 at the Red Bull Ring.
This week Wilko and Sandman have a quick look at the TTR sweep of Phillip Island and quickly talk about what it has been like being part of this new series and the work that has gone into making this season happen through our eyes and the eyes of the drivers themselves. The pair wrap up the season and discuss that first round yet again, the dominance of Jarrad Filsell and the level of skill we have already for 2023 just in the top 20 automatic entries.
Wilko gets a chance to talk to Jake Burton about his year, that first round and the amount of time it takes to really polish your skills for a series of the 40 best drivers in Australia. They touch on the fatigue that can set in over a season, especially at this level where you have so many other commitments to fulfill around each race. They discuss the future of Jakes real life racing and his career which now has him working in the sim world, which is a dream come true.
Scott Gamble then joins Wilko for a chat about the qualifying series he is about to embark on and how getting the taste for the series in the enduros has really made him keen to qualify for 2023. They talk about his progression path through to the series through V8 Vets and how his work on Youtube and this Logitech wheel he got his hands on really helped his driving. Finally we talk briefly about his time serving and how that relates to the sim.
Finally the team look at the qualifying series and how it is structured to bring through the best and most consistent drivers to the series. The team discuss the large numbers of people that are trying to get into the series and what we expect from the four big races early in the new year.
Anyway, hope you all enjoy the episode and we will be back In the new year
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This week we celebrate Jarrad Filsell wrapping up the first ever championship for the Logitech G Super Car Pro Invitational. With his round 9 win he cant be beat now and claims the trophy in style and heads into Phillip Island without any pressure at all. This episode we have Brenton O'Brian on to replace Sandman and we hear how Brenton got to work at Phillip Island and how this series came to exist.
Ethan Grigg-Gault then joined Wilko to chat about the drive and passion he has for racing and how that really changed his life and saw him become a mechanic so he could get into racing a little cheaper. We have a a chat about his stellar Excel series and his future in the Toyota 86 series next year. Finally, we chat about what he has taken from the sim world into the real world and just how he approaches the series.
Finally, Wilko gets a chat with Coby Jones who had a break through performance this round by getting his SSR car onto the podium is a solid drive from start to finish. We chat about what it is like racing for a team and how he ended up at SSR and how that helped him get better as a driver. Coby talks about what his future holds and his success he has had in the endurance races over the past few years.
Anyway, hope you all enjoy the episode and we will be back after the next round
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The Bathurst 1000 has been run and won and it has been a near perfect endurance period by Jarrad Filsell and Dayne Warren so Wilko and Sandman have a chat about how often the cream rises to the top even though so much can go wrong in a Bathurst 1000 campaign. The team chat about Brodie Kostecki flying through the field in a bad way and how the race has changed the championship in the mid-pack. This episode Wilko gets a chat with Luke Rosella who managed 4th in the big race and also a chat with vet come pro driver, Greg Favelle on his transition from watching the Supercars eseries to racing in a Vets league to racing with some of the best in Australia. Finally, Wilko and Sandman discuss the state of the championship and what the next round at Belle Isle could mean for the drivers of the series as we make our way to the end of the long season. They also have a good chat about the carnage that could come from a race track that is the closest to our very own Gold Coast street circuit after the trouble the supercars saw there on the weekend. Anyway, hope you all enjoy the episode and we will be back after the next round Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Peter over on the Locked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
The Bathurst 1000 is upon us and we have collected 12 of the best sim drivers in the country and Brenton O'Brien, one of the men behind the Pro invitational Series on the episode to have a chat with Sandman and Wilko. The team gets to have a chat with each of the guests about their season so far and what moments have really annoyed them so far. We all have a chat about where the world of sim racing has come to over the past few years and where it has taken the drivers in this series right now. The drivers talk about the real life income streams they have all gotten and the massive opportunities that have opened up because of their efforts in the sim racing community. Finally the drivers chat about some of the best stories and moments that have come out of Bathurst in their sim racing history. We hear about some heart breaking stories of races lost due to small little things and how little battles and near misses can sometimes stand out more then some big wins. Hope you enjoy this very special episode and we look forward to bringing you all the wrap up from the Bathurst 1000 next episode. Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Peter over on the Locked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
The first Endurance race of the season has been completed and Jarrad Filsell and Dayne Warren have topped a Synery Sim Racing podium lock out of the Sandown 500. Wilko and Sandman sit down and have a chat about the race and what the results have meant for those on the bubble of auto qualifying for next years race. Wilko gets a chance to chat to Ethan and Dayne Warren this week about how they got into sim racing and what it was like growing up in the Warren house hold. Ethan shares just how much effort goes into making a model of your sim car in real life while Dayne talks about the fun that Jarrad gets up to while he is not in the drivers seat in a teams race. Finally Wilko and Sandman discuss what Bathurst means to them, what the big race could mean for the championship and just how much mental strength you need to just finish a Bathurst 1000 let alone win one. Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Peter over on the Locked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
Hot off the heels of the Spa episode we have our wrap-up of the Hockenheimring sprint round for you. Wilko and Sandman discuss the nature of the track and how it led to some interesting moments in the race. They also have a chat about the strategy that unfolded during both races and how the pit stops really made for an interesting twist on what was always going to be a great race. Wilko also gets to have a chat with the Aussie Racing car champion of 2022 and this week's third best points getter from the round, Josh Anderson. We get to learn how he became the Aussie Racing car champion, how he started in iRacing and just how different the legends cars in iRacing are from the Aussie racing cars. Josh also explains what it is like racing with TTR and what kind of an influence Madison Down has been on him in the sim and out of it. Finally, Wilko gets a chance to sit down and have a chat with the head of TTR and round winner, Madison Down to discover what it is like at the top and what this season has meant to him so far. We discuss the upcoming endurance season and how one little power outage back in May has changed his whole outlook on the endurance races. We have a chat about Madison's co-driver and what the TTR has been working on improving this season.
We are back from the break, which was a bit longer for us as we missed the Monza race but the action from the 39 laps of Spa was worth the wait. Wilko and Sandman discuss all the major points of action in the latest round of the Logitech G Supercars Pro Invitational that just wrapped up. Wilko also gets a chance to sit down with the number 88 of Brenton "Hobbo" Hobson about how he got into content creation and iRacing and how he thinks his season is tracking so far. We learn about the cars he likes to drive and his passion for dirt racing which is the main reason we have him in the iRacing community to start with. Finally, Wilko gets a chance to sit down with a driver that is really going places in the Supercars world and the simulator, Brodie Kostecki. We chat to Brodie about how he got into the simulator in the first place, his amazing relationship with Jarrod Filsell, and how hard it is to get sponsors to come across from the real world to the simulator. We also get some time to talk about Brodies win at Red Bull Ring and how he will be attacking the rest of the season Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Brayden and Peter over on the Lacked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
This week We welcome Sandman to the team as they discuss the long race at the Red Bull Ring that ended with a podium lock-out for Synergy Sim racing and a win for Brodie Kostecki. The team discuss the strategy that unfolded in round 3 and the big crash at turn one on lap one. Wilko gets to chat to Sandman about his career in commentary and how he got into sim racing in the first place plus he has an interview with both Jordon Ross and Hayden Harrison to help get a bit of understanding of how both of these drivers are doing in the series so far. Finally, the team chats about the up coming round 4 at Monza and what that will mean for the group of drivers that we have in this series. Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Brayden and Peter over on the Lacked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
In this episode, the team talks about the dual race round that was round 2 at Winton Raceway. The team discuss all the highlights of the two races and what was the big takeaways from the races. They also talk about why Winton is such a fan favourite and how that was shown in the broadcast. Peter then gets to chat with Round winner Jarrad Filsell about how his journey as an esports driver has come along so far and what it has been like in the series so far. Peter then has a chat with Luke Mitchinson about his journey to this series and what it is like racing amongst the fastest sim drivers in Australia and what that has taught him. Finally, Peter and Brayden preview round 3 of the Logitech G Super Cars Pro Invitational which now heads to The Red Bull Ring on June the 29th for a one-race showdown and we look at what you need to look out for as a spectator of that race. Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Brayden and Peter over on the Lacked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
In this episode, Peter and Brayden discuss the epic finale to race one at Sebring of the Logitech G Supercars Pro Invitational. The boys chat about the production value of the series, the stacked field that we get to watch each round and that last lap and finish to a spectacular first round of the series. Peter has a chat with race winner Brady Meyers about what got him into Sim Racing in the first place, what it was like driving for a team of drivers that inspired him to race in the first place and the doors that have opened to him from his Sim racing and what it was like to win the first round in such crazy cirumstances. Peter then gets a chance to chat with Shawn McNamara who finished 18th in Round 1 and hear what it has taken to get to where he is, what rig he drives and the day job that supports the Sim racing habit that he loves and that has brought him so much success. Finally, Peter and Brayden wrap up the results of round 1 and give their thoughts on who to watch and what could possibly happen and the series heads to Winton for the 2 race round 2 of the Logitech G Super Cars Pro Invitational. Check out all the action of the series over on the https://supercarsproinvitational.com.au/ (website) and follow Brayden and Peter over on the Lacked on Lads https://www.facebook.com/gaming/lockedonlads (Facebook page)
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