February 20, 2025 • 14 mins
He's barely off his P's, but Denman's Rylan Gray is a gun racing driver, who is finding out just what it takes to make it to the Supercars main game.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
My iHeart Upper Hunter. Hello, I'm Darren KATRUPI and you
better buckle up for this high octane episode of iHeart
Upper Hunter. Eighteen year old Ryland Gray is someone who
really likes to drive cars very fast. I mean, this
demon boy can get into a supercar and feel completely
at home driving two sixty two seventy k's per hour.
(00:23):
For as long as he can remember, Rylan always wanted
to go racing motocross, then carting is a kid, and
now he's progressed to his second season in the Dunlop
Super two Series, which is kind of like reserve grade
for the supercars. Ryland is part of the tick for
development team and yet dreams of one day winning the
big one, the Bathist one thousand. The twenty twenty five
(00:45):
season kicks off in Sydney this weekend, and Rylan is
determined to improve on last year's standings, admitting twenty twenty
four was a baptism of.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Fire, really roughier for me. A lot of learning for
myself and just learning the car and how to drive it.
So I got some pretty decent results first round, come
out swinging, ended up fourth and sort of had a
pretty up and down year but yeah, getting a couple podiums,
a couple of wins was always good, and just really
looking to put my head down and get some really
(01:15):
strong results throughout the year and hopefully come away with
the championship by the end of it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Ryland says he knows where he needs to improve this season.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I'm very self critical of myself. That's sort of how
I grew up. You sort of got to be hard
on yourself to sort of progress further. I sort of
don't like a whole bunch of people telling me that
you need to be better. I sort of knowing myself
that I need to be better, and that sort of
pushed me throughout the year and will continue to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Is that from your mom and dad? Is that what
they how they brought you up?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, it's definitely from them, especially growing up in motocross.
I raced that from young age for a very long
time and competed nationally and stuff like that. So I've
always had that since I was young, and I you
to have that throughout my career and hopefully then on.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Ryland has a lot of support behind him from the
Tickford Racing team, but it says it's his family who
encouraged him from a young age to chase his dreams.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
My dad got me into to motocross at a quite
a young age since he'd done it, and yeah, I
did that probably from around two up to fourteen, so
a lot of years were spent on two wheels. And
during that I had my dad racing cars as well,
and I remember going to the tracks and I'm just
pestering Mum to buy me a matchbox car. At the track,
(02:33):
a little model always used to try to get them
from her, and so I used to play with them
on the weekend and I sort of took a big
interest in it, and yeah, I wanted to go and
pursue it that way. I sort of wanted something a
bit safer as well. Two wheels to four is a
bit safer with you don't hit the ground as hard.
So yeah, I went into that side of things, and
(02:54):
I'd say, we're going pretty well on that side.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Can you even get your license at age two?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Now? You can't had to wait quite a while.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Oh, you wouldn't have had to do the test more
than once by the time you went for it.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Nah, Nah, pass it first go, which is always good.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
So was it always a natural progression to lead into
now what you are doing trying to make a career
out of it. I mean a lot of kids, you know,
we'll do motocross and even speedway and stuff like that
as a kid, but as they grow up and you know,
finish school and get jobs, intend to fall away from it.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, there was always an attention to get into the
motorsport career side of things, especially with such a sports
based family. So I did pretty much every sport I
can imagine growing up and keeping it in motorsport was
a big thing and I sort of fell in love
with it. Had a bit more of a natural talent
in that side of things, and so had to sit down,
(03:51):
had a look of what we had to do to
get to that level, and yeah, we've executed it every
step of the way so far. So we just need
to keep progressing.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
So this is the chance I suppose for I supposed
to put a smile on Dad's face because you referred
a couple of times already to the sporting background of
the family. What great things did mum and dad do,
and maybe in particular Dad in sporting pursuits.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Yeah, he did pretty much everything. He did a lot
of cricket, a lot of footy. He was quite good
at footy, to be honest, and then got on a
dirt bike and was quite good at that. So I
think I got the natural talent side of things from him.
And I've pretty much followed in his footsteps since I
was young, so doing the same sports the whole time
we were growing up. And yeah, it's been cool to
(04:40):
do the stuff that he's done. I remember two weeks ago,
I think we went out to the track and had
a test day in a car, and it was cool
to go on the track with him, even though I
was a bit quicker than him. It's always good to
be quicker than him. But yeah, it was great to
be brought up that way. And yeah, just props to
her mum and dad as well. They've done a lot
(05:03):
for me to get me to this point, So very thankful.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
So is mum the safe driver of the household?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I take it, I don't know. I wouldn't say that.
She's definitely got some bite about her on the road,
but yeah, she's all safe, So yeah, i'd say Dad's
got the speed about him. Mum definitely is a bit
more safer.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Who would win the hot lap between you and mum, then.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
She'd probably give me a run for your money. But
hopefully I can pull through, otherwise it might have to
put her in the race car.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Sorry, Dad, I tried. Looks like you're coming third in
that Hot Labs. Support from family is one thing, and
of course from Tickford Racing, but is that enough.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
You need a lot of backing from sponsors is the
big thing. You need a lot from them. It's a
lot to progress through the ranks. So if you build
a relationship from a sponsor when you first get into it,
you can sort of take that all the way and
as far as you need. So build a relationship and
bring sponsors in does a lot for us and it
(06:03):
helps sort of pay for everything that we do. So
if you don't get them, it's it's really hard to progress.
We've we've been pretty good so far of getting through
that side of things. So yeah, it's it definitely requires
a lot of money, but you also need a lot
of talent as well to progress.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Is there some of your sponsors they local sponsors or
are they more than national international car type of companies?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Do have a few locals in Mustbrook. We've got Mustbrook
Steel Supplies Valley Fasteners and a couple of them have
supported me from from when I started and they are
currently on the car now still. So it's been good
to have them and have a relationship with them and
we've sort of built on that and for them to
(06:51):
keep coming back each year has been pretty amazing, So
props to them.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So you're part of the tick for racing team. Are
you expected to bring your own sponsors in or is
it more the team do that.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
You sort of got to bring your own sponsors, but
the team can help out and that side of things
if you're struggling. So if you're struggling to find a
sponsor for a particular pile of the car, they can
help you out on those sense of things. So it's
good to have them on your side to bring them in.
But a lot of it is personally based trying to
get sponsors and bring them in.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
And is there a big I suppose pressure to do
things for the sponsor? Is it? Surely it's more than
just putting a sticker on the side of the car.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Yeah, it is a lot more than just a stick
You can get merchandise made for them. It goes a
long way, and at each race meeting. We have hot
laps that we can put the sponsor in the passage
your seat and they can go around the track and
the race car. So it's a bit of a thank
you to them for what they're doing for me. So, yeah,
you bring them along to a race, we cand you
(07:55):
show them through the car, do some pit tours, just
give them a sense of what they're they're getting into
it and it goes a long way for them.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
They appreciate it still to come holding down a day
job while chasing your racing dream. Also the supercars legend
who will be mentoring Ryland as he goes for the
Super two championship.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
I heart upper Hunter, I heart Apper Hunter.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Welcome back. I'm Darren Katrubi with Deman race car driver
Ryland Gray, eighteen years old and proving to be one
to watch on the grid in the Dunlop Super two
Series this year. Despite aiming high with his motorspoard career,
Ryland has always been told have a backup plan.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Left school, did a trade in boiler mating. God also
to fight in that and it sort of helps a
bit with the racing. If you go on to school,
you sort of fall behind and all lot of stuff
and you've got to catch up, and I think that
just made it too hard. So and Mum and Dad
didn't really want me to just quit everything all together
and go racing, so I just sort of still had
(09:03):
that work ethic to go to work. And yeah it's
been good. Now I've got to trade at eighteen, so
pretty young.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
And yeah, so is it a simple case out on
the track you just have to go faster than everybody else, right,
especially in qualifying as a good grid position is critical
into that first corner. So how fast does Ryland actually go.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
At Bathos the big Conrad Strait? It's pretty long. I
think I just clocked three hundred going down there, so
a lot quicker than we do on the road.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
What does it feel like three hundred? I mean, can
you do you? Can you feel your body? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
You sort of get used to it after a while,
to be honest, Yeah, sort of have other things to
focus on in the car. But sometimes you do sit
back and think how fast you're really going? And then
you've got a break, so you sort of you think
about it for a minute and then you get back
to focus.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Look, this is probably a dumb question, but I do
ask some occasionally, How do you go when you're just
back on the normal road and on the New England
and that sort of thing. Is it hard to separate
that you're just like everyone else at that time as
opposed to being on a track.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Not so much, particularly like I started racing when I
was fourteen in a car, so two years before I
can even get my l's, so it gave me a
bit of experience to go on the road. You learn
things on the track and you're sort of a bit
calmer on the road, so sometimes it is good to
just have a bit of a relax when you're just
driving on public roads, so it's been good on that
(10:41):
side of things.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
The supercar is driven by young drivers like Ryland, just
as fast as the main game Jen three versions and
they only get limited practice days each year, so nothing
beats experience to maximize performance. And this season tick Fit
has enlisted Supercar Legend, but there's one thousand winning winter
Bottom to guide the young blokes through.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
It's pretty amazing to have Mark back in the team.
He stepped down from a full time racing to come
back to Tickford as a mentor role for us and
do some co drives, so to have him in my
in our corner as a team is really amazing to
be honest, to have someone with twenty years experience to
(11:23):
help us get to where we want to be and
help progress because he was in our shoes at one point,
so he knows what to do to get to that
next step.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
So what sort of things are involved in the mentoring?
Is it just talking to him? Is it tips? I mean,
we'll get into the training side of things shortly, but yeah,
what's involved in that.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
It's sort of a second person you can go to,
Like we have engineers that engineer our car, and we
have them on the radio, but we have marked there
to sort of go to him if we sort of
have something sensitive to talk about as well. But a
lot of it is just helping us at the track
if there's like a different line we can use. Just
(12:08):
all the experience he's gathered from all his racing is
sort of got to be put into our minds and
make us a lot older and mature than we are,
so helps us out better on the track.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
When it comes to the training side of things, you
play footy, you get out on Olympic Park or Demonoval
or whatever, and you train twice a week and you
do all those drills and stuff. How is it for racing?
Do you just get on the track and drive as
fast as you can or is you have to go
to the gym keep yourself fit and what's involved.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
It's very physical, to be honest. At this point in time,
at the start of the year, I think I'm on
six days training a week. So Mondays I'll go to swimming,
do about a k at the pool, and then go
to boxing for an hour, and then three days a
week I'll go to work and afterwards do After each
(13:03):
day of work, I'll do running or gym, and then
Friday again you do swimming, boxing, and then on the
weekend you'll do another gym and running session. So it's
pretty full on. It's a very physical inside the car,
like our cabin, temps can reach anywhere from fifty to
sixty degrees inside the car, so you've got to be
pretty well prepared on that side of things doing Sawner
(13:24):
and that side. So yeah, you've got to have a
good mind, like very strong minded and very good breathing
inside the car to make the best decisions possible. So
that's why we do that side of things.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
How do you stay focused for so long at such
a high speed.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
I think you just you get better as it as
you as you grow up. So you start in a
slower car and that just saw you build on that.
Each category you step into it gets faster and faster
until you get into the supercars where it's just super fast.
So yeah, you have practice days beforehand, or you do
a full eight hour day in the car, and you
(14:04):
sort of learn that before the start of the season.
So you stay stay focused as best you can and
just keep hitting your marks, and yeah, it's the best
thing you can do really.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Ryland Gray is a very impressive young man. He clearly
has the talent, focus and drive to just maybe land
himself a seat in the supercar's main game one day.
And hey, having some terrific homegrown sponsors can also really
help along the way. That's the checkered flag for this
episode of I Heart Upper Hunter, proudly supported by the
(14:36):
New South Wales Government. I'm Darren KATRUVII. Catch you next time.
iHeart Upper Hunter.
My iHeart Upper Hunter. Hello, I'm Darren KATRUPI and you
better buckle up for this high octane episode of iHeart
Upper Hunter. Eighteen year old Ryland Gray is someone who
really likes to drive cars very fast. I mean, this
demon boy can get into a supercar and feel completely
at home driving two sixty two seventy k's per hour.
(00:23):
For as long as he can remember, Rylan always wanted
to go racing motocross, then carting is a kid, and
now he's progressed to his second season in the Dunlop
Super two Series, which is kind of like reserve grade
for the supercars. Ryland is part of the tick for
development team and yet dreams of one day winning the
big one, the Bathist one thousand. The twenty twenty five
(00:45):
season kicks off in Sydney this weekend, and Rylan is
determined to improve on last year's standings, admitting twenty twenty
four was a baptism of.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Fire, really roughier for me. A lot of learning for
myself and just learning the car and how to drive it.
So I got some pretty decent results first round, come
out swinging, ended up fourth and sort of had a
pretty up and down year but yeah, getting a couple podiums,
a couple of wins was always good, and just really
looking to put my head down and get some really
(01:15):
strong results throughout the year and hopefully come away with
the championship by the end of it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Ryland says he knows where he needs to improve this season.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I'm very self critical of myself. That's sort of how
I grew up. You sort of got to be hard
on yourself to sort of progress further. I sort of
don't like a whole bunch of people telling me that
you need to be better. I sort of knowing myself
that I need to be better, and that sort of
pushed me throughout the year and will continue to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Is that from your mom and dad? Is that what
they how they brought you up?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, it's definitely from them, especially growing up in motocross.
I raced that from young age for a very long
time and competed nationally and stuff like that. So I've
always had that since I was young, and I you
to have that throughout my career and hopefully then on.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Ryland has a lot of support behind him from the
Tickford Racing team, but it says it's his family who
encouraged him from a young age to chase his dreams.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
My dad got me into to motocross at a quite
a young age since he'd done it, and yeah, I
did that probably from around two up to fourteen, so
a lot of years were spent on two wheels. And
during that I had my dad racing cars as well,
and I remember going to the tracks and I'm just
pestering Mum to buy me a matchbox car. At the track,
(02:33):
a little model always used to try to get them
from her, and so I used to play with them
on the weekend and I sort of took a big
interest in it, and yeah, I wanted to go and
pursue it that way. I sort of wanted something a
bit safer as well. Two wheels to four is a
bit safer with you don't hit the ground as hard.
So yeah, I went into that side of things, and
(02:54):
I'd say, we're going pretty well on that side.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Can you even get your license at age two?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Now? You can't had to wait quite a while.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Oh, you wouldn't have had to do the test more
than once by the time you went for it.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Nah, Nah, pass it first go, which is always good.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
So was it always a natural progression to lead into
now what you are doing trying to make a career
out of it. I mean a lot of kids, you know,
we'll do motocross and even speedway and stuff like that
as a kid, but as they grow up and you know,
finish school and get jobs, intend to fall away from it.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, there was always an attention to get into the
motorsport career side of things, especially with such a sports
based family. So I did pretty much every sport I
can imagine growing up and keeping it in motorsport was
a big thing and I sort of fell in love
with it. Had a bit more of a natural talent
in that side of things, and so had to sit down,
(03:51):
had a look of what we had to do to
get to that level, and yeah, we've executed it every
step of the way so far. So we just need
to keep progressing.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
So this is the chance I suppose for I supposed
to put a smile on Dad's face because you referred
a couple of times already to the sporting background of
the family. What great things did mum and dad do,
and maybe in particular Dad in sporting pursuits.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Yeah, he did pretty much everything. He did a lot
of cricket, a lot of footy. He was quite good
at footy, to be honest, and then got on a
dirt bike and was quite good at that. So I
think I got the natural talent side of things from him.
And I've pretty much followed in his footsteps since I
was young, so doing the same sports the whole time
we were growing up. And yeah, it's been cool to
(04:40):
do the stuff that he's done. I remember two weeks ago,
I think we went out to the track and had
a test day in a car, and it was cool
to go on the track with him, even though I
was a bit quicker than him. It's always good to
be quicker than him. But yeah, it was great to
be brought up that way. And yeah, just props to
her mum and dad as well. They've done a lot
(05:03):
for me to get me to this point, So very thankful.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
So is mum the safe driver of the household?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I take it, I don't know. I wouldn't say that.
She's definitely got some bite about her on the road,
but yeah, she's all safe, So yeah, i'd say Dad's
got the speed about him. Mum definitely is a bit
more safer.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Who would win the hot lap between you and mum, then.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
She'd probably give me a run for your money. But
hopefully I can pull through, otherwise it might have to
put her in the race car.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Sorry, Dad, I tried. Looks like you're coming third in
that Hot Labs. Support from family is one thing, and
of course from Tickford Racing, but is that enough.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
You need a lot of backing from sponsors is the
big thing. You need a lot from them. It's a
lot to progress through the ranks. So if you build
a relationship from a sponsor when you first get into it,
you can sort of take that all the way and
as far as you need. So build a relationship and
bring sponsors in does a lot for us and it
(06:03):
helps sort of pay for everything that we do. So
if you don't get them, it's it's really hard to progress.
We've we've been pretty good so far of getting through
that side of things. So yeah, it's it definitely requires
a lot of money, but you also need a lot
of talent as well to progress.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Is there some of your sponsors they local sponsors or
are they more than national international car type of companies?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Do have a few locals in Mustbrook. We've got Mustbrook
Steel Supplies Valley Fasteners and a couple of them have
supported me from from when I started and they are
currently on the car now still. So it's been good
to have them and have a relationship with them and
we've sort of built on that and for them to
(06:51):
keep coming back each year has been pretty amazing, So
props to them.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So you're part of the tick for racing team. Are
you expected to bring your own sponsors in or is
it more the team do that.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
You sort of got to bring your own sponsors, but
the team can help out and that side of things
if you're struggling. So if you're struggling to find a
sponsor for a particular pile of the car, they can
help you out on those sense of things. So it's
good to have them on your side to bring them in.
But a lot of it is personally based trying to
get sponsors and bring them in.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
And is there a big I suppose pressure to do
things for the sponsor? Is it? Surely it's more than
just putting a sticker on the side of the car.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Yeah, it is a lot more than just a stick
You can get merchandise made for them. It goes a
long way, and at each race meeting. We have hot
laps that we can put the sponsor in the passage
your seat and they can go around the track and
the race car. So it's a bit of a thank
you to them for what they're doing for me. So, yeah,
you bring them along to a race, we cand you
(07:55):
show them through the car, do some pit tours, just
give them a sense of what they're they're getting into
it and it goes a long way for them.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
They appreciate it still to come holding down a day
job while chasing your racing dream. Also the supercars legend
who will be mentoring Ryland as he goes for the
Super two championship.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
I heart upper Hunter, I heart Apper Hunter.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Welcome back. I'm Darren Katrubi with Deman race car driver
Ryland Gray, eighteen years old and proving to be one
to watch on the grid in the Dunlop Super two
Series this year. Despite aiming high with his motorspoard career,
Ryland has always been told have a backup plan.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Left school, did a trade in boiler mating. God also
to fight in that and it sort of helps a
bit with the racing. If you go on to school,
you sort of fall behind and all lot of stuff
and you've got to catch up, and I think that
just made it too hard. So and Mum and Dad
didn't really want me to just quit everything all together
and go racing, so I just sort of still had
(09:03):
that work ethic to go to work. And yeah it's
been good. Now I've got to trade at eighteen, so
pretty young.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
And yeah, so is it a simple case out on
the track you just have to go faster than everybody else, right,
especially in qualifying as a good grid position is critical
into that first corner. So how fast does Ryland actually go.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
At Bathos the big Conrad Strait? It's pretty long. I
think I just clocked three hundred going down there, so
a lot quicker than we do on the road.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
What does it feel like three hundred? I mean, can
you do you? Can you feel your body? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
You sort of get used to it after a while,
to be honest, Yeah, sort of have other things to
focus on in the car. But sometimes you do sit
back and think how fast you're really going? And then
you've got a break, so you sort of you think
about it for a minute and then you get back
to focus.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Look, this is probably a dumb question, but I do
ask some occasionally, How do you go when you're just
back on the normal road and on the New England
and that sort of thing. Is it hard to separate
that you're just like everyone else at that time as
opposed to being on a track.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Not so much, particularly like I started racing when I
was fourteen in a car, so two years before I
can even get my l's, so it gave me a
bit of experience to go on the road. You learn
things on the track and you're sort of a bit
calmer on the road, so sometimes it is good to
just have a bit of a relax when you're just
driving on public roads, so it's been good on that
(10:41):
side of things.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
The supercar is driven by young drivers like Ryland, just
as fast as the main game Jen three versions and
they only get limited practice days each year, so nothing
beats experience to maximize performance. And this season tick Fit
has enlisted Supercar Legend, but there's one thousand winning winter
Bottom to guide the young blokes through.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
It's pretty amazing to have Mark back in the team.
He stepped down from a full time racing to come
back to Tickford as a mentor role for us and
do some co drives, so to have him in my
in our corner as a team is really amazing to
be honest, to have someone with twenty years experience to
(11:23):
help us get to where we want to be and
help progress because he was in our shoes at one point,
so he knows what to do to get to that
next step.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
So what sort of things are involved in the mentoring?
Is it just talking to him? Is it tips? I mean,
we'll get into the training side of things shortly, but yeah,
what's involved in that.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
It's sort of a second person you can go to,
Like we have engineers that engineer our car, and we
have them on the radio, but we have marked there
to sort of go to him if we sort of
have something sensitive to talk about as well. But a
lot of it is just helping us at the track
if there's like a different line we can use. Just
(12:08):
all the experience he's gathered from all his racing is
sort of got to be put into our minds and
make us a lot older and mature than we are,
so helps us out better on the track.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
When it comes to the training side of things, you
play footy, you get out on Olympic Park or Demonoval
or whatever, and you train twice a week and you
do all those drills and stuff. How is it for racing?
Do you just get on the track and drive as
fast as you can or is you have to go
to the gym keep yourself fit and what's involved.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
It's very physical, to be honest. At this point in time,
at the start of the year, I think I'm on
six days training a week. So Mondays I'll go to swimming,
do about a k at the pool, and then go
to boxing for an hour, and then three days a
week I'll go to work and afterwards do After each
(13:03):
day of work, I'll do running or gym, and then
Friday again you do swimming, boxing, and then on the
weekend you'll do another gym and running session. So it's
pretty full on. It's a very physical inside the car,
like our cabin, temps can reach anywhere from fifty to
sixty degrees inside the car, so you've got to be
pretty well prepared on that side of things doing Sawner
(13:24):
and that side. So yeah, you've got to have a
good mind, like very strong minded and very good breathing
inside the car to make the best decisions possible. So
that's why we do that side of things.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
How do you stay focused for so long at such
a high speed.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
I think you just you get better as it as
you as you grow up. So you start in a
slower car and that just saw you build on that.
Each category you step into it gets faster and faster
until you get into the supercars where it's just super fast.
So yeah, you have practice days beforehand, or you do
a full eight hour day in the car, and you
(14:04):
sort of learn that before the start of the season.
So you stay stay focused as best you can and
just keep hitting your marks, and yeah, it's the best
thing you can do really.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Ryland Gray is a very impressive young man. He clearly
has the talent, focus and drive to just maybe land
himself a seat in the supercar's main game one day.
And hey, having some terrific homegrown sponsors can also really
help along the way. That's the checkered flag for this
episode of I Heart Upper Hunter, proudly supported by the
(14:36):
New South Wales Government. I'm Darren KATRUVII. Catch you next time.
iHeart Upper Hunter.
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