The Grasstrack Banter Podcast

After over a year away, we are finally back with something completely different! Gareth, Ben, Russell and Mitch have come together to watch a bit of racing on YouTube, courtesy of Bob Ruffle. It's a watchalong of the 2022 Thrills and Spills compilation video on YouTube. Get yourself onto YouTube, search the video and listen/watch along as the lads give their thoughts and reviews to last year's racing. It's Grasstrack's answer to Gogglebox! It's the Grasstrack Banter Watchalong!

This episode completes the fascinating interview with Paul Miller...enjoy.

Episode 40 is packed once again! Gareth is educated this week with how to work out gear ratios, the boys rate the 2021 season's GT140 and Lefthand classes and we have the second part of the Paul Miller interview.

In this episode, we round up all of the latest news from the world of Grasstrack racing. And then joining us for the first installment of fascinating interview is 3x British 500cc Sidecar Champion and former Sidecar Supercup promotor Paul Miller. Unmissable stuff!

We were saddened by the news that our friend, Steve Brace, passed away last week and we have tried to put into words some of our thoughts on the loss of Steve. On more positive news, newcomer to GT140 racing Mark Headling joined us to talk about his experience back in the Grasstrack after losing touch of the sport throughout his adulthood. It really is a fascinating listen!

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It's another packed podcast! This week, Gareth, Russ, Mitch and Ben review the season by looking at individual performances of 2021, trying to decide on a 'rider of the year'. We also introduce a brand new feature, The Right Filange' where the more technically-minded try to educate Gareth a little bit with the mechanical side of the sport! We end the show with some nostalgic quizzes. We'd love to hear your feedback. Why not email the show grasstrackbanterpodcast@outlook.com

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The Grasstrack Banter Podcast Episode 35 is here! We are joined by three times British Champion Henry Atkins to discuss his racing career to date, getting over injuries and his future ambitions in the sport. We also delve into the National Gradings Lists and argue over what we think is the best way forward. 

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The final installment of a bumper Episode 34 finally brings the much-anticipated Mark Cossar interview. Plus the lads begin their 2021 season review by discussing the tracks from the season. We also bring back some of our favourite features, including 'It Was Better In Our Day' and the themed meeting specials! 

The 2nd part of our 34th Episode brings you the latest news in the wonderful world of Grasstrack! Gareth, Ben, Mitch, Luke and Russ discuss the 2022 World Longtrack rounds, the FIME dates, the domestic calendar, the racing achievements of Gerry Goodwin and many other hot topics of conversation. Part 3 will be out soon, including the next part of Mark Cossar's interview, plus our reviews of the 2021 season.

Episode 34 is so stacked full of chat that we've decided to split it in two! In this podcast, Gareth, Russ, Luke and Mitch all discuss various potential formats of the ACU British Championship events whilst delving into the views of our Grasstrack Banter members. We also hear from Jay Sayer and discuss Mitch's latest crash into the Paddock Hill Bend! Make sure you don't miss Part 2, which will include the second part of the Mark Cossar interview!

Episode 33 is here! Gareth is joined this week once again by newly crowned British Champion Mitchel Godden and the PPG Luke Russell as the gents break down all of the action from a fantastic British Championships at Ledbury. We caught up with Six times British Masters Champion Mark Cossar and discussed potential changes to the British Masters format. 

We're back once again and we hit some major Grasstrack issues this week. The usual ensemble of Ben, Russell, Luke and Gareth are joined this week by Mitch Godden, who is fresh off of the back of his tremendous podium spot at the Masters. We run through all of the action from the British Masters, whilst looking forwards to this weekend's big British Championship event at Ledbury. Mitch even brought his own feature along, Blast From The Past, where we heard from several big names from the past.

It's a huge episode this week! With Ben and Luke unavailable, we are joined by guest presenters Mitchel Godden and James Shanes as we break down the latest track racing action. The episode includes reviews of the GT140 Gold Cup where the world famous Trevor Steward joined us. The main part of the episode gives an in-depth preview of this weekend's massive British Championships taking place at Ledbury. Another fabulous episode of Grasstrack chat.

A fantastic podcast episode right off the back of a tremendous British Youth Championships in Kent. We run down all of the action from a memorable meeting. We also discuss the day after's washed out Pairs event. Isle of Wight Speedway Co-promotor Barry Bishop joins us to discuss the Island Masters series that began successfully last week. It looks like it is building into a great event and finally bringing grass fans and shale fans together. 

It's a bumper episode as we run through the tremendous meetings that we have already seen so far this season. We review the Battle of Britain, Tallington, Helsby, VMCC, the British Masters Qualifier, the British Upright Championships and Round 5 of the Dirt Track Championships. All of the usual news, previews and chat make this a brilliant listen for Grasstrack fans!

Episode 28 and we bring you more Grasstrack chat. We caught up with Dirt Track Events supremo Karl Rushen as we break down the first four rounds of the brand new NORA championships. We discuss the incredible line-up coming to the tapes at Frittenden. The perfect remedy for a rainy day!

After several weeks away, your favourite Grasstrack podcast returns with a bang this week as Episode 27 drops! We discuss all of the goings on at Bantasia, reviewing all of the classes. We discuss the latest news, including the current controversy surrounding the Upright class. We introduce a brand new game that you can all join in with! As always, get in touch as we'd love to hear from you all!

A shortened version this week. We were due to have our International Women's Day Special, celebrating the ladies of Grasstrack racing. But due to a technical glitch, we have lost much of the episode. However, we did manage to salvage some of the news items, so to give you your podcast fix, here is a quick podcast discussing some of the latest news.

In the wake of Boris Johnson's 'roadmap' speech, the Banter boys got together to discuss what all of the new dates will mean to Grasstrack racing in 2021...there is light at the end of the tunnel at last! This episode also includes the second part of our incredible chat with sidecar legend Rob Wilson. We are getting very excited about a potential return for the sport!

Welcome to Episode 23 where we are joined by our first ever Speedway Grand Prix rider! Chris 'Bomber' Harris joins us and discusses his Grasstrack career and looks forward to his 2021 season in the World Longtrack Championship series. We also discuss the fixtures for the 2021 season and what our hopes and dreams are for this coming season.

Welcome to Episode 22! After a month off we are back with a belting podcast once again. We caught up with one of the standout talents in the short 2020 season, 17 year old Chad Wirtzfeld. We also heard from one of the most popular 1000cc sidecar crews in the sport, Kieran Hicks and Kieron Ivy. We discussed all of the plans for Grasstrack Banter Promotions Bantasia 1 as well as bringing back 'It Was Better In Our Day'.

Episode 21 is an absolute corker! We are joined by freshly crowned World Longtrack Champion Lukas Fienhage, who talks about how it feels to be World Champion at such a young age. Also joining us is the sensational Dane Kenneth Kruse Hansen. He talks to us about his immaculate performance as Rzeszow, his experiences of British Grasstrack and all of the background to him becoming a Grasstrack racer. 

We also discuss an article written by Simon Wigg in 1981, and draw terrifying comparisons to what Simon was saying all those years ago with today's sport. 

We return the Just For Lols section as we plan our 'Halloween Spooktacular' Grasstrack, 

It's another packed episode full of news and reviews. We are joined by both  2019 European Champion Zach Wajtknecht and multi-European Champion James Shanes as we break down the 2020 World Longtrack Championships. Both of the lads had a great night in Poland, successfully qualifying for the 2021 Longtrack series. 

We also review domestic Grasstracks, taking a look at both the Longdon Lazer and the GW Racing event at Gosbeck.

All of the usual news and gossip is all featured on Episode 20!

Episode 19 brings you all of the latest news and reviews from the world of Grasstrack racing. This week we were joined by Paul Cooper who chatted to us about his oh-so-nearly glorious day at the World Longtrack Challenge over the weekend. We review an absolute belter of a Grasstrack meeting in Cornwall over the weekend as spectators finally got a taste of trackside action at the Boarded Bash. We preview this weekend's World Longtrack Final in Poland and we look at the latest news from around the pits.

The Grasstrack Banter Podcast is back! After a few weeks off, the number 1 Grasstrack podcast in the world returns with some fantastic news, views and reviews and all of the latest gossip from around the wonderful world of Grasstrack racing!

The month began with the controversial running of the FIME Euro Final in Tayac, France. We look back on the event with former European Champion James Shanes and multi European finalist Paul Cooper. The lads discuss how the night went for them and how they were able to prepare for such a big meeting with so few laps. 

We also hear from two other competitors from Tayac: James Wright, who finished as top Brit joins us for a run through of his evening, and Mitchel Godden joins us for an impartial view on the Euro Final, as well as how his night went in the sidecar support class.

We get all excited as British Grasstrack leaps into life next weekend and we preview the brave efforts of GW Racing to stage the first Grasstrack meeting of the season next weekend.

It's good to be back! 

We're taking a short break from producing the podcast whilst the COVID-19 sorts itself out and we get some regular racing back! But before we go, we've left this final glorious podcast. We break down the bravely organised practice day held by GW Racing last weekend with one of the club's organisers Steve Tyrrell. We bring you updates from the latest from the world of Grasstrack and we try to look for positives in what has been a highly negative few months in the world. It's a short break for us, but Season 2 of The Grasstrack Banter Podcast will be back before you know it!

It's another Grasstrack Banter Podcast featuring Russell, Ben, Luke and Gareth. An unusual start to this episode brings lots of information in a hope of getting some racing started for this season. We look at how clubs might proceed going forward from this current pause in action. We also discuss the sport's greatest brothers.

To celebrate reaching a milestone number of listeners, we bring you this extra-special Bonus edition of The Grasstrack Banter Podcast, featuring Kelvin Tatum. Perhaps one of the greatest Grasstrack and Longtrack racers of all time, Kelvin talks through his career starting from the early days, through his World Longtrack title performances and offers his thoughts on the sport today. 

The sport is still on lockdown but your fortnightly Grasstrack chat is still keeping you up to date! In this episode, we hear the second part of a fascinating interview with 3x British Masters Champion Joe Screen. We are joined by Midshires club member Matthew Wear who fills us in on the thoughts, concerns and hopes of the club regarding the planned FIME Euro Final in August. We reveal the final results of the much anticipated Virtual British Masters Online. And we chat through some highly thought-provoking opinions sent our way over this week. Enjoy!

In this episode we bring you the first part of our great interview with 3x British Masters champion Joe Screen, He talks about lots of the meetings that he took part in back in the early 90s and shares his thoughts on how his career began in such explosive fashion. We also caught up with Neil Waddoups, Will Penfold and Steve Palmer, whose clubs were due to run ACU British Championship events this year. We discuss all of the latest gossip and developments surrounding the sport and try and make sense of it all! We hope you enjoy our 13th episode!

Welcome to Episode number 12! This episode is featuring the long awaited second installment of World Longtrack Champion Jannick De Jong's interview. He discusses his brilliant World Longtrack win, plus all of his European wins. He talks candidly about his suspension and looks forward to his comeback next year. The Banter Boys also discuss the latest coronavirus impact on the sport, as well as looking into possibilities of entry level classes for beginners. Enjoy!

The 2020 season is still on hold for now, but the Banter Boys are still producing podcasts and we're now on Episode 11, and it's another belter! We are joined for the first time by a World Champion! The boys begin to pull apart what the current situation may actually look like in the sport, as well as thinking about ways to improve the sport. The highlight of the episode however is the first half of a brilliant interview with 2015 World Longtrack Champ Jannick De Jong. Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 10...another ram-packed adventure through the wonderful world of Grasstrack motorcycle racing! This week, we have a brilliant interview with Trevor Banks, who talks us through nearly  4 decades of racing at the very top of the sport. We also hear from FIME Track Racing Commissioner and former TRC Chairman Dickie Staff. He tells the unbelievable story which led to one of the most spectacular arrivals to a Grasstrack event ever seen. The boys discuss all the latest news and speculation surrounding the sport. We even pick our 'Grasstrackers as movies' just for laughs. So sit back, relax and think about nothing but Grasstrack for the next 2 hours!

Welcome to Episode 9. It's a bumper, packed episode with guests galore! This week, we catch up with sidecar racing legend Steve Dewison. As well as discussing the highlights (and some lowlights) of a glittering career, we remember a great man in his former passenger Dave Ward, who passed away recently. Also joining us to tell us some Grasstrack stories are Mitchel Godden and Trevor Banks, and Jay Sayer! Phil Syms joins us to talk about Cornish legend Ken Hicks, plus we break down all the latest news and gossip surrounded the wonderful world of Grasstrack racing over the last two weeks. We even get in a time machine for this week's 'It Was Better In Our Day'.

It's another packed Grasstrack Banter Podcast this week. The Grasstrack season was launched at Kings Lynn the day before recording, as the Motor Sports Events Team produced a platform to celebrate all things Grasstrack and Speedway. We heard from several riders and officials over the weekend and you can hear their views on this episode. We talk about the 2019 Lincolnshire Poacher and our hopes for the 2020 season. All of the latest news, reviews and gossip can be heard right here on the latest episode of The Grasstrack Banter Podcast.

Episode 6 is here folks, and it is absolutely ram-packed full of interviews and exclusives! World Champions, European Champions, British Champions and future Champions all feature on this fabulous episode. But the highlight is arguably a very special interview with a very special young man as we hear from our Bravery Award Winner Sam Norris. We even managed to squeeze in a new feature which we'd love you all to get involved in.

There's plenty of news, chat and banter in what is our best episode to date!

It’s another action-packed Grasstrack Banter Podcast this week. We catch up with European Champion Zach Wajtknecht and discuss his plans for 2020. We continue to break down the meetings from 2019, and this week we pick apart the tremendous British Masters and the highly engaging Frittenden Open Pairs Meeting. We talk about the latest Grasstrack news, including some big news from Ledbury about the Halloween Spooktacular and their British Championships. We have news on the plans Tom Perry, Jack Smith and Rob Finlow.  It’s another busy Grasstrack racing podcast for your listening pleasure!

It's another packed Grasstrack Banter podcast! Our 4th episode features a brilliant interview with the reigning British Masters Champion and former European Champion James Shanes. We find out how his recovery is coming along and how he is preparing for a big 2020 campaign. The boys also break plenty of news and begin to predict what might be in store for the Ledbury Halloween Spooktacular. Our nostalgia segment features our choices for the greatest just out of youth sensation, in honour of James Shanes' appearance on the Podcast. 

Episode 3 of The Grasstrack Banter Podcast is here! The lads review all of the Banter Awards winners in the build up to the Grasstrack Banter Awards Evening, taking place on Saturday 22nd February. Also in this episode, we catch up with Karl Rushen ahead of the Dirt Track Show. We preview the World Longtrack Championships for 2020, and look back on some brilliant Grasstracks during 2019. In the news, we discuss some very significant rule changes and how they'll impact the sport.  It's another packed episode of Grasstrack Bantery!  

This week on The Grasstrack Banter Podcast, Gareth chats to Grasstrack organisers and track racing legend Graham Hurry about the beginnings of both his and son Paul's racing careers, as well as looking forward to the huge British Masters Championships being hosted by ASTRA on September 13th. The boys also break down all of the track racers who are taking part in the speedway season, and we announce all of the winners of the Grasstrack Banter awards. It's another jam-packed Grasstrack Banter Podcast.