Historic Racing News podcast
Podcasts from the team at HistoricRacingNews.com
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John Fitzpatrick discusses his career, from the early days in a Mini, through the Broadspeed Anglias and Cologne Capris right up to running his own Porsche team. Alan Brewer tells Paul Tarsey about the plans for Goodwood to ‘cross the pond’ and how he will be very involved in setting up the new operation which will take much of the flavour of GRRC to the USA. Jim Roller digs into the auctions during Monterey Car Week and Paul Jurd looks back at the Festival of Speed.
Ross Brawn tells Paul Tarsey about the takeover of the Honda Grand Prix team, the creation of the Brawn F1 organisation and the subsequent fairytale World Championship with Jenson Button. And if you think that the British Grand Prix started at Silverstone; think again: The first ever BGP was at Brooklands 100 years ago, in 1926. Allan Winn from the Brooklands Museum will talk about the exciting plans they have to celebrate this important centenary. Paul Jurd looks back 100 years and brings us a race report from Brooklands and Jim Roller, Paul Jurd and Paul Tarsey discuss the reasons why Stirli
Motorsport legend Ross Brawn talks to Paul Tarsey about his life in Formula One from his earliest days with Williams and then working with Michael Schumacher, through to that fairytale year of 2009 when he won the World Championship with Jenson Button. Derek Daly tells Paul about his life on both sides of the Atlantic. Derek talks very frankly about the difficult time he spent as Keke Rosberg’s Williams team mate and then his transition to Indycars. He is also painfully honest about a very serious accident in 1984 and the long slow recovery. Plus Nick Padmore on his up-and-down Monaco Historiq
A look at the life and times of Lella Lombardi: Jon Saltinstall argues that, although famous for being the world’s most successful female F1 driver, there was much more to her than that. Experienced historic racer Saif Assam tells Paul Tarsey about the cars he competes in, and Rob Young and Arnout Kok talk about the amazing South African F1 ‘specials’ of the 1960s. There is a debrief from Jim Roller on Monaco Historique and the Goodwood Members Meeting and Paul Jurd looks back at why Barry Sheene and James Hunt were so important to British morale in 1976.
The far-reaching changes brought about by the new set of rules for Formula One have caused much discussion: Paul Jurd takes a look back to the changes in Formula One regulations over the years from pre-WW2 up to the more recent past. Josh Parsons from the Goodwood Road Racing Club talks about the upcoming Members Meeting and the team takes a look at Monaco Historique which also happens in April and dissects the entry grid-by-grid.
Win a pair of full hospitality tickets for the Saturday and Sunday of the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, courtesy of Twynhams Tours. Just answer a simple question to get the chance to win this amazing prize (Ts and Cs apply). Details are on the show. Tthe team debriefs a very successful but very busy Race Retro and we talk to some of the guests from the Live Stage.
In our February edition we talk to Richard Jenkins about the real story behind March Engineering and Tim Foster tells us about Group B rallying and where those cars are now. With a Ferrari 250GTO coming up for auction last month, there was a lot of hype about its expected price tag and the team chats about whether any car is worth the multi millions that this car achieved. Andrea Seed joins us to talk about the upcoming Race Retro which happens 20th to 22nd of February and we look forward to some things happening on-track in 2026.
The first Historic Racing News Chat Show of 2026 sees the team of Paul Jurd, Jim Roller and Paul Tarsey look at some of the many special dates which will happen in 2026. Paul Jurd has researched a whole range of anniversaries, from Ford at Le Mans in 1966 to the 70th birthday of Mallory Park, plus many more in between. Jim Roller looks back at the auction market in 2025 in general, and the last quarter of the year in particular whilst Paul Tarsey has a view about some of the cars sold in the UK and Europe. Race Retro happens at the end of February and the team looks forward to what they can ex
In the final show of 2025 Paul Tarsey talks to Bruce Jones about his latest book about the history of Formula One and Jim Roller congratulates Pete Lyons about his award-winning autobiography ‘Tales from Racer Road’. John Brooks, stalwart of the Le Mans 24 Hours joins us to look at the ‘Great Race’ during the early part of the twenty first century and Gabes Ewbank brings us up to date on the latest news from Race Retro. Paul Jurd is very clear on his views during a discussion the team has about ‘when is a Ferrari not a Ferrari’ (it’s all about replicas and re-creations) and the whole HRN crew
Kenny McLean from the Jim Clark Museum shows us around the fantastic exhibits and talks about the local farmer who became arguably the world’s greatest-ever racing driver. Paul Jurd explores Clark’s magnificent 1965 season and explains some of Jim’s unique achievements to Jim Roller and Paul Tarsey. Gabes Ewbank from Race Retro lets us know what we can expect at the UK’s leading motorsport show in February, TV commentator Alex Jacques chats to Roller and Tarsey about some of his ‘greatest hits’ in the last 75 years of F1, and Jodi Ellis John Nickas and Neil Smith launch volumes four and five o
Romain Dumas talks about his Le Mans wins for Audi and for Porsche and the most unusual job interview with Roger Penske. He looks back at the Dakar rally and his amazing feats in the all-electric Ford Transit Supervan. Paul Tarsey is joined by the Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, Duncan Wiltshire. Alex Brundle is very involved with the world of historic racing these days as well as commentating at Grand Prix weekends. He will explain how he juggles all the various parts of his life so successfully.
Nigel Mansell tells Paul Jurd about his amazing career in a surprisingly candid interview, and Jim Roller looks at some multi-million dollar sales at the auctions in Monterey Car Week. James Newbold looks back to the years where F3000 was the acknowledged stepping stone to F1. Josh Parsons, Manager of the Goodwood Road Racing Club, looks forward to Revival with Paul Tarsey and regular stars Mike Jordan and Mike Whittaker give their thoughts on the upcoming event.
Paul Jurd talks to Mario Andretti about his fantastic career all over the world. Mario talks frankly about his days with Lotus, his Indycar experiences and NASCAR. Don Wales tells us about his grandfather, Sir Malcolm Campbell on the centenary of Campbell’s breaking of the 150mph Land Speed Record in his Blue Bird leviathan. At the other end of the scale, we chat about the upcoming Shere Hill Climb.
Derek Warwick talks to Paul Tarsey about his five participations at Le Mans, BP Motorsport supremo Les Thacker about getting arrested in the paddock and Graham Tyler re-lives some Le Mans thoughts. Paul Jurd is your host.
Derek Bell tells Paul Tarsey about the time he drove the glorious Harrods-liveried McLaren at Le Mans with his son Justin and Jaguar winner Andy Wallace. Continuing our Le Mans theme, Robin Donovan chats to Paul Jurd about his days in a variety of C2 machines before hitting the big time racing a Kremer Porsche 962/K8 to fourth place with Derek Bell and Jurgen Lassig. Mark Raffauf is in conversation with Jim Roller about the turbulent but hugely exciting, years of sportscar racing in the USA in the 1990s under his IMSA organisation. Our studio guest is Neil Smith who digs deep into the history
If it’s May it must be the Indianapolis 500 and we take an in depth look at the race from the earliest event in 1911 right up to the present day. We also talk to Guy Loveridge about 1950s Grand Prix driver Peter Collins who, with his American wife Louise, were the glamour couple of the race circuits of the world. When he won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1958 in a works Ferrari he had the world at his feet but three weeks later, he was killed in an accident at the Nurburgring Nordschleife during the German Grand Prix. We hear all about Peter and Louise and their life together.
Eddie Jordan has been labelled as a ‘maverick’ and a ‘showman’ but behind all the brouhaha was a very astute businessman who loved his racing. We take a look at the ‘man behind the mask’ in our tribute to Eddie who died last month. We also look at EJ the racing driver and also what happened to the team after he sold it on. Goodwood Members Meeting takes place later in April and we highlight some of the things to look out for.
Jim Roller has taken in some Florida sunshine as he visits Brian Redman’s Targa 66. He talks to Bill Auberlen, Scott George and Brad Kettler about this unique event and the cars they run there. Paul Tarsey and Paul Jurd discuss the success of Race Retro and Simon Owen from Scalextric talks to Joe Bradley about the new season’s cars from the world’s leading slot car manufacturer.
Motorsport legend Brian Redman talks to Jim Roller and previews the 2025 edition of his ‘Targa 66’. Paul Jurd looks back to the first-ever Daytona 500, which was more dramatic than any Hollywood movie could have come up with and Paul Tarsey leads a somewhat off-the-wall discussion about the Ecclestone Collection.
Joe Hale, President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, tells Jim Roller about the sale of some vehicles from the museum’s collection. The first car to go under the hammer will be the ex-Fangio and ex-Moss Mercedes W196 Streamliner with an expected sale of $50 Million! Paul Jurd reviews the career of Giancarlo Baghetti who won his first-ever Grand Prix, and asks why the comparative unknown got a factory Ferrari drive.
We complete our conversation with Derek Warwick. We talk more about his Formula One career and his stellar sportscar drives which brought him a World Championship and a win at Le Mans. Regular contributor Les Thacker tells us about Derek’s early days in the Toleman Formula Two team which led to the amazing exploits in Grand Prix racing, all under Les’s BP Motorsport banner. We also hear from John Mayhead who talks about ‘Goldie’ Gardener who was perhaps the least known, but in some ways the most successful record breakers of the ’30s 40s and who was still breaking LSRs in the 1960s.
Derek Warwick remembers his times in the junior formulae, also as a Le Mans winner and right up to date as a Driver Steward at Formula One races around the world. Goodwood TT winner, Mike Whitaker, gives Paul Jurd the lowdown on seven years of trying to get his TVR onto the top of the charts and Bob Evans recalls his career which saw him driving in Formula One for BRM and Lotus. His views on some of the 1970s team managers is worth a listen on its own!
Paul Tarsey talks to one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, Sir Jackie Stewart about racing, both now and then. Jim Roller hears from George Levy about his book about Jim Hall and his Chaparal cars and Nick Whale brings interesting thoughts on the current auction scene.
It is a bit of a different show this time around. Our broadcast colleague and producer Jim Roller is marooned in the basement of his home in North Carolina dealing with the recent devastation caused by Storm Helene. Consequently we are unable to bring you the intended podcast but instead Paul Jurd and Paul Tarsey sat down and reminisced about the racetracks of the UK mainland. Amongst their memories, Tarsey remembers his first ever motor sport outing to see the Silver Arrows demonstrated by Peter Collins and Tony Brooks at Oulton Park and PJ recalls Thruxton in the 1960s.
Motorsport legend Dick Bennetts talks about everything from being Ayrton Senna’s team owner before the Brazilian superstar got to Formula One to running Nigel Mansell in a Ford Mondeo. Derek Drinkwater met up with Jim Roller at Watkins Glen and they talked about Derek’s epic coast-to-coast-and-back-again trip across the USA in his Cadillac Le Monstre, and Joe Bradley investigates the best and worst books about Ayrton Senna.
