S3E43: Tom Sargent | Le Mans, here we come baby!

On today’s episode we’ve got Porsche driver Tom Sargent. We were fortunate to interview Tom before he set off for the US to drive for McElrea Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America Series in 2023. 

Tommy brought the banter and told us some hilarious stories both on and off track that you don’t want to miss including:

• Family life and growing up in Young, NSW
• Go-kart career including the UK trip to the world’s most expensive daycare 
• CHE Racing official ‘Truck Driver’
• Formula Ford days & pressure to win a championship
• Living the bachelor life 
• Few Blokes Inc…Tommy reveals all
• The infamous Gold Coast road trip story revealed
• What’s a Porsche like to drive?
• Trans AM. Yay or Nay?
• USA…here Tommy comes!
• The 6hr backstory with Cam Hill
• What’s in the future? Le Mans? …
• And The FAST FIVE!

 

WATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/eyIedBo1n14 

#otchooly #motorsport #sportspodcast #podcast #porsche 

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TIMECODES:

00:00 - Show Teaser

01:00 - Show & Episode Intro's

03:00 - Hooly dives straight into Tom’s family life

05:50 - What karting era is Tom from?

07:30 - Working for Dad’s business

13:35 - Karting career - ‘Give the kid a chance & pull the restrictor out’

18:30 - The Young racing crew  

19:15 - Speedway? HELL NO! 

21:30 - Tommy’s Mum the Town Planner

22:45 - Few Blokes Incorporated - Zack Bates exposed!

24:55 - Electric Go-Karts - Tom, Hooly and Brooke share experiences

27:30 - ‘Official Truck Driver’ - CHE Formula Ford Team

28:15 - Hooly’s Special Intro (aka send-off) for Tommy 

29:30 - Ah brotherly love - what happened to Tom’s brother

31:30 - Living out of home - cleaning, cooking… 

33:10 - Few Blokes Incorporated - Tommy aka GUN COOKER  

34:30 - Few Blokes Incorporated - The back story

37:45 - Trans AM. YAY or NAY? 

39:00 - What’s a Porsche like to race?

42:00 - Winning FF, was the Supercars test (the prize) worthwhile?

47:00 - America…here Tommy comes!

49:50 - Racing go-karts in the UK

51:49 - The world’s most expensive daycare center  

56:45 - Formula Ford - From Synergy to CHE Racing 

59:36 - The ONLY DNF ever in car racing to date

01:02:10 - The lost SuperUte at the Bend - anyone surprised? LOL

01:03:40 - We know you’re listening Noah…

01:06:00 - Few Blokes have no openings? WTF! Hooly might be too old

01:06:35 - What went down on the Gold Coast road trip with Josh Haynes

01:15:45 - Pressure of winning your first championship 

01:21:30 - Is the 12HR in the plans? 

01:22:30 - The 6HR backstory ~ Tommy’s version 2.0 (check out Cam Hill’s episode for v1.0 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tePKQg6aXiQkqByRAqvlO?si=b20f608cbb3c4736 )

01:34:30 - Co-driving with coach and mentor Cam Hill 

01:39:15 - 6HR Drama - The ride height mistake explained 

01:43:45 - THE FAST FIVE

01:54:20 - Plans for the future

01:57:20 - Before we go…The new Formula Ford cars coming

 

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LINKS TO TOM SARGENT:

Website: https://tomsargent.com.au/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom_sargent47 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.sargent47/ 

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