S3E48: Jake Parsons | Aussie young gun taking Japan by storm

On today’s episode we’ve got Australia’s international driving sensation, Jake Parsons, who is taking Japan by storm. We sat down with Jake and had one hell of a chat tracking his career journey across the globe. Here is a taste of some of the topics we got stuck into throughout the episode:

• Where has Jake been living/racing these past eight years?!?
• The BAD start in karts to racing the U18 Karting World Champs
• Transitioning to Duratec Formula Ford with Synergy 
• Road to Indy - the international journey begins
• Japanese culture & Hooly’s obsession with vending machines
• Japan’s motorsport programs, engineering & marketing (Take notes Supercars)
• Japanese Super GT300, Super Taikyu & Formula 3 racing
• Tokyo Auto Salon (from visitor to exhibitor)
• Game show! Japan vs Australia Trivia

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⭐️ WATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE ⭐️➡ https://youtu.be/lIz3aX0FIWw

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⭐️ TIMECODES ⭐️ ➡ 

00:00 - Show Tease

01:00 - Show & Episode Intro

03:00 - Where has Jake been?

04:00 - BTS living in Japan 

08:00 - Japan’s motorsport programs, purses & points

10:00 - Racing Super GT in Japan

13:00 - BAD START! Jake’s first time in a go-kart

16:30 - COME BACK KID! Returning to karts

21:00 - Melbourne ➡ Sydney ➡ Tokyo 

24:00 - Tokyo Auto Salon relationship

27:00 - Shogun Autosport business 

30:00 - Performance psychology benefits

35:30 - NEVER believe what you read on driverdb.com 

37:00 - CIK Stars of karting era

41:00 - Transitioning to Duratec Formula Ford 

46:00 - Road to Indy 

51:00 - Moving to Formula BMW in Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBTrY6JwPU0 

53:50 - Next stop, Japan! F3, Super GT & more

58:00 - YOU CAN BUY A CAR IN A VENDING MACHINE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0aPm02JM0&t=49s 

01:02:45 - Seattle’s mysterious vending machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4SktHP_GU0 

01:04:00 - How to get sponsors in Japan?

01:09:00 - Japan’s engineering capabilities in motorsports

01:11:00 - EV vs Hydrogen cars

01:15:00 - Back to racing talk: GT4’s

01:20:00 - Hardcore Japanese fan base (take notes Supercars)

01:24:00 - GAME SHOW: Japan vs Australia Trivia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogHnUYftFxs 

01:35:00 - What’s changed in Australia’s go-kart scene

01:39:00 - Jake’s absolute favourite track, cars and twitch streaming

01:40:30 - 2023 Yokohama World Time Attack  

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⭐️ LINKS TO JAKE PARSONS ⭐️ ➡ 

Personal  ➡

• Website: https://www.jakeparsons.net.au/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeparsons.jp/ 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JakeParsons.JP 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeparsonsjp 

Businesses ➡

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