Endurance Chat

Endurance Chat S8E8 - April’s Mad Month of Racing!

It's been a mad month in April and there's plenty to chat about! Join Michael and Kris as we talk WEC Portimao, IMSA Long Beach, ELMS Barcelona and already WEC Spa wrapping up a 2 week period where each major series has had a race. We've squeezed this in just ahead of the 6 Hours of Spa today so hopefully you can have a listen before race start!

Endurance Chat: From The Grandstands, April 2023

Welcome back to From the Grandstands; Floody and Kiwi's monthly catch up on all things Sport. This month, we discuss Supercars Gen 3, the controversy around RBR and SVG, challenging times at the AGP, plus wrap up another exciting month of Cricket, both international and league, and look ahead to what we're watching in the month of April!

Timestamps:

• 0:01 SupercarsChat: Gen 3
• 0:06 RBR DSQ? SVG's media troubles?
• 0:22 How long does Newcastle have left?
• 0:29 Aus GP - Tyres, Fires, and Ire
• 0:41 Other Sport - NZL Barely win again
• 0:53 WPL Cricket - a great first edition
• 0:58 Biathlon wrap up - Why is dominance boring?
• 1:01 What are we watching in April? Fairbank T20 Cricket
• 1:05 The Masters!
• 1:09 Cycling Spring Classics - de Ronde wrap and Paris-Roubaix preview

Endurance Chat S8E7 - The Super Sebring Wrap Up

Michael, Austin and Kris wrap up both the WEC and IMSA portions of the Super Sebring weekend! We give each of the Hypercar outfits a grade on their performance, talk GT and track safety, shine a light on IMSA driving standards, and discuss the upcoming rounds of the WEC at Portimao!

Timestamps:

• 0:01 Super Sebring! The vibe from the campsites
• 0:10 Hypercar Report Card - How well did each marque perform
• 0:46 Other WEC Storylines - Was GTE-Pro missed?
• 0:54 IMSA - Driving standards under scrutiny...
• 1:16 The last Super Sebring?
• 1:28 Other discussions: What's happening with Vanwall again?
• 1:39 Portimao - More cars, more representative, and the biggest controversy in EChat history...

Endurance Chat S8E6 - SuperSeason and Prologue Preview - AsLMS Season Review

Kris and Austin (Cookie) are back and ready to chat about SuperSebring! And don't forget AsLMS - we'll review the season and Le Mans auto-invites. Get our thoughts on the upcoming prologue and first round of the WEC and 2nd round of IMSA's NAEC!

Timestamps:

00:45     SuperSebring -  Intro
03:35     AsLMS - Season Review
09:45     WEC Prologue - Expectations 
12:45     LMH - Expectations
25:30     WEC - 1000 Sebring - Entry List
44:00     "Michael Shank should be ******* shot"
51:40     12 Hours Sebring - Entry List
1:20:30  Closing Thoughts

Endurance Chat Season 8: From The Grandstands with Kiwi and Floody, March 2023

Welcome back to From the Grandstands with Kiwi and Floody! After getting asked by some of you whether or not we were planning on previewing the Supercars season, or talking about some other sports, we've decided to bring this project back! Join Michael and Chris as we talk Gen 3, Newcastle, Test Cricket, Women's Premier League Cricket, and all the exciting things we're looking forward to in sport for the month of March, while we're watching, From The Grandstand

Timestamps:

• 0:01 Welcome back to the grandstand!
• 0:02 Supercars Gen 3 - Why Gen 3? Is there Parity?
• 0:12 New faces, new colours...
• 0:19 Newcastle!
• 0:26 Test cricket: NZL vs Eng - 'The Barest of Margins' after 5 enthralling days
• 0:37 Test Cricket: Border Gavaskar Trophy - Australia collapse, India collapse, the pitches collapse...
• 0:43 Women's Premier League Cricket - A new era in Women's Cricket
• 0:51 What are we watching in March? Super Rugby, Biathlon Finale, Cycling Spring Classics!

Thank you to everyone who has expressed their interest in this returning - it truly wouldn't have happened without you!

Endurance Chat S8E5 - The 2023 Daytona 24 and Bathurst 12 Hour Reviews

In this two-part episode, Austin and Kris meet to wrap up the talking points from the Daytona 24 Hour, while Michael and Chris take on the Bathurst 12 Hour. Did Cookie make it to Daytona on time? How did GTP look on it's first outing? How many people went to Bathurst just to see Rossi? What does Maro Engel need to do to win Bathurst? All this and more!

Timestamps:

• 0:01 The atmosphere in the speedway
• 0:06 BoP gripes with GTD - Porsche neutered?
• 0:12 How does GTP compare to DPi?
• 0:17 A look at the lower classes
• 0:21 Broadcast woes - Peakock and NBC showing more ads than racing?
• 0:29 General discussions
• 0:33 Bathurst! How's the atmosphere?
• 0:42 Disappointments from the weekend - Audi and Invitational Class
• 0:49 Surprises? Rossi, Feeney, and SunEnergy1
• 0:59 The awkward bits: Modems, Contact between team mates, and a tense press conference
• 1:14 Bits and pieces, and the future of the event

Endurance Chat S8E4 - The 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour Preview

Less than a week after Daytona and we're already gearing up for the next big endurance event: the Bathurst 12 Hour. Join Michael and Chris as we breakdown Australia's International Endurance race, discussing regulations, schedules, entries and of course, a run through of the teams and drivers making up this endurance classic!

Timestamps:

• 0:02 Why do we care about Bathurst?
• 0:07 Australia's International Enduro - and why the International matters
• 0:17 Bathurst Specific rules and considerations
• 0:22 The Pro Field - 8 cars from 4 manufacturers battling out for overall honours
• 0:47 Pro-Am - A selection of Aussie talent and a few cars that could take on the Pros
• 1:13 Silver Cup - Aussie Ams the focus in this 6 car class
• 1:33 Invitational - The loud, odd and quirky flavour of the Bathurst 12 Hour
• 1:45 Final thoughts

Endurance Chat S8E3 - Daytona 24 paddock walk

In this episode of endurance Chat, Austin and newcomer Indecisiverock walk the Daytona 24 paddock on Friday, chatting about the weekend's activities ahead of the first major 24hr event of the year.

 

This is raw audio with literally no editing, so excuse the 20 seconds of dead air to start, but enjoy the ambiance of the sounds of Daytona speedway in the background!

Endurance Chat S8E2 - Rolex24 Post-Qualifying - LIVE

Welcome back for Season 8 of Endurance Chat!

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everyone! Austin, Kris, Ollie, and newcomer Josh (JebTheRebel) host a post-qualifying session of the 24 Hours of Daytona - LIVE! We talk about updates, developments, hunches, and take questions from Discord and Youtube! 

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:03 Thoughts on what we've seen so far of LMDh/GTP
• 0:07 Daytona 2023 - Race action at The Roar, MPC supporting, and 61 cars in the main event
• 0:17 New GT3: new sounds and new car's BoP woes?
• 0:24 LMP2 - Qualy Recap
• 0:28 GTP - Qualy Recap?
• 0:37 Moar GTP to iRacing?!
• 0:39 GTD - Qualy Recap - winners and losers
• 0:41 New GT3: new sounds and new car's BoP woes?
• 0:47 GTD-Pro - Qualy Recap
• 0:52 Rolex24 Event Schedule review
• 1:00 Outros!

Endurance Chat S8E1- The dawn of a new era; the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona Preview

Welcome back for Season 8 of Endurance Chat!

Today, Michael, Kris, and newcomer Josh (JebTheRebel) preview the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona, and there's plenty to discuss! 61 cars across 5 classes, with the brand-new GTP class featuring 9 LMDh machines making their debut. As always, we ask the hard questions, make outlandish predictions, and mispronounce driver names!

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Welcome Jeb!
• 0:03 The Daytona 24 Hours - the event, the atmosphere, and the banking
• 0:18 Daytona 2023 - Race action at The Roar, MPC supporting, and 61 cars in the main event
• 0:24 GTP - 9 brand-new LMDh machines ushering in a new era of sportscars
• 0:46 LMP2 - 10 Oreca 07's, with American machines up against some of the world's best
• 1:03 LMP3 - 9 cars with good variety, but should it be on such a big grid?
• 1:18 GTD-Pro - An all-out GT showdown with 9 cars from 8 different marques
• 1:42 GTD - 24 cars of GT3 mental-ness!
• 2:15 Kris previews all of MPC without taking a breath
• 2:18 How to watch, and how to be involved!