Matt Payne is back on the pod fresh from his Sunday Supercars victory in Tasmania.
The Penrite racer talks about that epic finish (he won by 0.05) and whether he could have kept Broc Feeney behind him for much longer? Plus how much it means to some of the former 888 team members in the Grove squad!

We also look ahead to the next couple of rounds in Perth and Darwin - what he thinks of their chances there?

Then TA2 Category Manager ‘Matty Mack’ (MacKelden) joins us with the ink still drying on this week’s deal to acquire Trans Am. Why it’s important to still have some separation between the two despite the awesome combined field recently at Bathurst.

How they stepped in to help fill a void on the support bill at Waneroo and the nice balance they seem to have struck between rowing their own boat and working alongside Supercars at some marquee events.

It’s a Matt-a-thon on this edition of the Garage shortcast. Get into it!
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Tickford Racing’s Thomas Randle returns to the Garage for a Tassie Supercars preview ahead of this weekend’s round.

Will his pole setting pace at Symmons Plains in 2024 carry over to this weekend? What impact will the new format have and the T word - tyres!

How Randle’s piano skills impressed Harry Connick Jnr at a train station of all places!! And warming up for the weekend with a ripper GT3 drive in Sydney.

Then for the 2nd half of the ‘shorty’ we welcome Matt Hickey to the show.

The Daily Telegraph F1 correspondent talks about Jack Doohan’s sideways shift, Oscar Piastri’s inner strength and a challenge for the FIA leadership.

Cue the Miami Vice theme song (Rusty still has a white suit and apricot t shirt from that era) as we debrief Miami F1 and preview the Supercars action on the Apple Isle.
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Rusty’s homework is always late….err sorry that’s an old one. Award winning journo Paul Gover from Race News (https://www.race.news/) joins us for a state of the Motorsport nation…the world really.

Lando Norris won’t give it up easily but PG reckons his McLaren teammate and series leader Oscar Piastri is the better driver for the F1 World Title fight.
The Webber effect: how Mark can make a difference while Oscar treads new ground with the eyes of the world watching on.

Why the FIA should do some navel gazing right now even though the organisation has a history of not worrying about what the troops or constituents think.
And the hunt for a new Supercars CEO - the kind of credentials needed for the top job and the qualities the candidate should bring to the table.

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