#50 - The Bend Q&A
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What is the opening banter and who is hosting episode 50 of the Lucky Dogs podcast?
I've been pretty vocal from day one that there's been differences spoken out on my podcast.
It was cool to have both the lucky dogs up there, though, right? And I thought we might see if the podcast is still going next week after this one.
We're going to let Ainsley take it away for episode 50 of the Lucky Dogs podcast. And she's got her hair down.
Yeah,
you got your
hair out. It's always down normally. It's a bit greasy.
I know, and we've got Ari, her dog here, that's absolutely
causing
havoc today. But that's all right. She's generally very well behaved. Take it away, Haynes.
Was that the intro? I don't know. Yeah, well, that could be the intro. First one, what do you guys think about Motorsport Australia cracking down on tobacco-sponsored cars?
I feel like that's been around for a long
time now. It's the same. Well, that's why when Ferrari come, they have to take off. Who is it? Is their partner for AusGP? Or is it? It used to be they had to take someone off the car in the last couple of years. Yeah, they had the barcode,
didn't they?
Yeah, and now McLaren have to take off their nicotine or vaping or whatever it was.
Well, I don't know. See, I'd like to, I like earning money. So I'm sure if we had tobacco and smokes in it, we would. But I also look at the fact that I don't enjoy smoking. Like I'm not a smoker. Don't think it's a big thing. And I can see the side of it these days that if we were running a smoke brand on the side, someone turns 18, they might think it's cool to smoke. So I don't, I don't know. Like, I don't think there's a right or wrong. Everyone has their own thing and you're not going to stop people smoking. But I think I can understand why it's happened. Yeah. It's real
simple, I think, though. Like if you like seeing, if you like watching touring cars, masters or group A style cars racing around at home or being streamed, and if you want to watch it from home, you can't unless they do this because it's Australian law.
Yeah, well, I don't even know. Yeah, I have no idea how that works. But like I get with this.
This is only so MA, well, this is basically so they can show, like they raced at Sydney like a couple of weeks ago and they couldn't show any of the stuff on TV or
stream it. Because it's Australian
law. So they have to like blur the cars running around. So you just see like a blurred blob running around the racetrack. So-
Yeah, I kind of agree with the Australian law in a bit of a way. Like it's, yeah, just I think once you're at an age, you can do what you want. But I get for the young kids coming through, maybe we shouldn't.
That's strange. I mean, you see betting stuff everywhere these days and gambling is
okay. Yeah, whatever. Let them put whatever on the car then. You sold
me. It might be a slippery slope. It might be like, you know, we've had Woodstock cars.
What
I do agree is that the alcohol and the betting, like now isn't the betting out of NRL or something now? I
think I'm from Toowoomba, which is a bit more of a country town, and we're definitely going more and more left side, which is like, yeah, you start with banning smokes and that sort of stuff. Then they start wanting to ban alcohol and then they start wanting to ban, you know, all that sort of stuff. So there's got to be a point that you pull it up and say, hey, put what you want on your car.
Well, I mean, I just think it's a bit hypocritical, right, in a way. Like you can put on – gambling is a big problem in Australia and there's gambling
stuff.
Yeah, you can advertise.
How is Motorsport Australia handling tobacco‑sponsored cars and why does it matter?
Guys,
take it up with your local government. If you don't like it, take
it up with local
government. Vote whatever you want to do and, yeah, that's – unfortunately, it's just Australia. So there you
go. Yep. Cool. As a driver, how do you overcome the nerves on a race start in the first few laps after qualifying so well?
I get this cough when I'm nervous and it just doesn't stop. Really? Yeah. So like right before qualifying, I'll start, like I'll plug my helmet in when I get in the car and then you obviously run the intercom and I'll be like coughing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening banter and who is hosting episode 50 of the Lucky Dogs podcast?
0:02–3:26
2
How is Motorsport Australia handling tobacco‑sponsored cars and why does it matter?
3:26–6:04
3
What techniques do drivers use to overcome nerves at the start of a race after qualifying?
6:04–8:28
4
Which Bend circuit layout (International vs West) do the hosts prefer and why?
8:28–11:36
5
What would have been the backup plan if Todd wasn’t cleared after his crash?
11:36–14:13
6
Should a 125‑km co‑driver race be added on Saturdays and how could it work?
14:13–16:53
7
How did Will recover from a 30‑second penalty and what strategy helped him win?
16:53–20:34
8
What advice do the hosts give for someone wanting to start a career in motorsport?
20:34–23:32