February 16, 2025 • 4 mins
Australian racing driver Thomas Randle joins Jonesy & Amanda ahead of Supercars season!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jack Jersey and Amanda Gama.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, our next guest is a superstar of the supercars.
Last year, Thomas Randall was named one of the top
ten supercar drivers of twenty twenty four and if this
year is anything like the last one, he is in
for a ripper. Thomas.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Hello, Hello Amanda in Jonesy, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good to talk to you, Thomas. Did you get to
drive across the Harbor Bridge yesterday?
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Unfortunately not no, but that was pretty cool to see
and I think there was seven or eight of them
driving across the Harbor Bridge, so pretty cool way to
welcome in the new supercar season.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
So with the supercar season kicking off in the off season,
do you still have to train and what does training involved?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, we definitely do. Unfortunately we don't actually get to
drive the cars off in the off season, so we
spend a lot of time with doing a lot of
fitness work, so whether that's running, swimming, so cycling in
the gym, spending bit of time on simulators, so we're
try and replicate what we do on the track using simulators,
which is pretty accurate. And I actually spent a couple
(01:05):
of weeks on holidays. I went over to Vietnam, which
is pretty cool. So yeah, really nice over there. And yeah,
now we're getting It's crazy to think that they're the
season is so close now.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I'm always obsessed every time I'm in my car. I
have a bladder the size of a budgeryguard. How do
you have to do a bladder training?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
We do? Well. It's funny when the adrenaline kicks in,
you don't actually need to go, if you know what
I mean. Whereas before that, sometimes when the safety car
comes out or you're at this just before the start
of the race, you think, geez, I probably should have
gone beforehand. Look, there's been some rumors that, you know,
some people have have done things in the seat, but
(01:46):
I can guarante I can assure you that I have not.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I think it be too hard to do.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, that's what I think. You know, I wouldn't want to.
I wouldn't want to do the seat. You know, my
poor mechanics, you know, I hate to break the news
to them.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
A person doing the laundry win in a windshield and
the mate.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Oh, I couldn't imagine it. Couldn't imagine it.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Thomas, You've been quite open about your battle with cancer.
And I know you've been cancer free for a couple
of years now, how did that experience shape you as
a driver? Has it changed you professionally?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Look? To be honest, that's an experience. Obviously, I couldn't
wish that experience upon anyone, you know, but it's definitely
an experience that I'm glad I've had. And I think
it's made me realize that, I guess on really challenging
days of the track, really tough days that we face,
you know, I've certainly been through a lot worse, and
(02:41):
it certainly puts things into perspective and makes you realize that,
you know, what a bad day at the racetrack, you know,
it's still a really good day. And as much as
you still want to get a good result and all
those sort of things, and you set your own goals
and your own tart targets and if you don't meet them,
yes you'd be disappointed, but yeah, things can be a
lot worse. And yeah, having I guess been through that firsthand, yeah,
(03:05):
I know it all too well. But you know, there's
certainly people that are going through a lot worse than
me as well, So I certainly feel like I'm one
of the lucky ones for sure.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Good that's good perspective. That's a good perspective to have.
And how are you feeling with the forward this year?
Is it going okay? To Mustang?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So I actually haven't driven it yet this year, So
I look, all the boys and girls at Sixford Racing,
have you know, done heaps to work on the off season,
just rectifying a few things that we discovered throughout the
year that you know, we knew we could do better
this year, and fingers crossed. Yeah, when we roll out.
We've actually got an official practice day on Wednesday, so
the whole field to be a part of that, So
(03:43):
I guess we'll get a pretty good idea on Wednesday
how it's feeling. And then yeah, all the racing starts
Friday with a Friday night race, which were really cool
to over the season, Saturday Saturday Night race and then
a Sunday race as well, So plenty of racing action
and hopefully we see you guys out there, you know,
to get you both down if we can. I know,
you know, there's a few petrol heads here.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So yeah, yeah, and now you've readone the carl of
have a new car, smell.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Well, it's funny to say that I actually carry a
I don't know if many people know this, but I
do carry a Russell cooy air freshener in the car.
He's been Ryan for a few years now. I still
haven't been able to get him out of the track,
but hopefully he's listening.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I'd like to see that. I'd like to see that
dangling from your rear view mirror.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
It's not distracting at all at all.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well, Thomas, it's great to talk to you mate. Supercars
opening around twenty twenty five. Is this Friday to Sunday
at Sydney Motorsport Park. All the infome you need is
at supercars dot com. Thomas Randall, thank you for joining.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Checking with you throughout the season. Nice to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, Thanks Aman, Thanks Jerons you hope you have a
great day and hopefully we've seen lots of people out
there on the weekend.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Thanks Times, thank you,
Jack Jersey and Amanda Gama.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Well, our next guest is a superstar of the supercars.
Last year, Thomas Randall was named one of the top
ten supercar drivers of twenty twenty four and if this
year is anything like the last one, he is in
for a ripper. Thomas.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Hello, Hello Amanda in Jonesy, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good to talk to you, Thomas. Did you get to
drive across the Harbor Bridge yesterday?
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Unfortunately not no, but that was pretty cool to see
and I think there was seven or eight of them
driving across the Harbor Bridge, so pretty cool way to
welcome in the new supercar season.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
So with the supercar season kicking off in the off season,
do you still have to train and what does training involved?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, we definitely do. Unfortunately we don't actually get to
drive the cars off in the off season, so we
spend a lot of time with doing a lot of
fitness work, so whether that's running, swimming, so cycling in
the gym, spending bit of time on simulators, so we're
try and replicate what we do on the track using simulators,
which is pretty accurate. And I actually spent a couple
(01:05):
of weeks on holidays. I went over to Vietnam, which
is pretty cool. So yeah, really nice over there. And yeah,
now we're getting It's crazy to think that they're the
season is so close now.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I'm always obsessed every time I'm in my car. I
have a bladder the size of a budgeryguard. How do
you have to do a bladder training?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
We do? Well. It's funny when the adrenaline kicks in,
you don't actually need to go, if you know what
I mean. Whereas before that, sometimes when the safety car
comes out or you're at this just before the start
of the race, you think, geez, I probably should have
gone beforehand. Look, there's been some rumors that, you know,
some people have have done things in the seat, but
(01:46):
I can guarante I can assure you that I have not.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I think it be too hard to do.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, that's what I think. You know, I wouldn't want to.
I wouldn't want to do the seat. You know, my
poor mechanics, you know, I hate to break the news
to them.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
A person doing the laundry win in a windshield and
the mate.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Oh, I couldn't imagine it. Couldn't imagine it.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Thomas, You've been quite open about your battle with cancer.
And I know you've been cancer free for a couple
of years now, how did that experience shape you as
a driver? Has it changed you professionally?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Look? To be honest, that's an experience. Obviously, I couldn't
wish that experience upon anyone, you know, but it's definitely
an experience that I'm glad I've had. And I think
it's made me realize that, I guess on really challenging
days of the track, really tough days that we face,
you know, I've certainly been through a lot worse, and
(02:41):
it certainly puts things into perspective and makes you realize that,
you know, what a bad day at the racetrack, you know,
it's still a really good day. And as much as
you still want to get a good result and all
those sort of things, and you set your own goals
and your own tart targets and if you don't meet them,
yes you'd be disappointed, but yeah, things can be a
lot worse. And yeah, having I guess been through that firsthand, yeah,
(03:05):
I know it all too well. But you know, there's
certainly people that are going through a lot worse than
me as well, So I certainly feel like I'm one
of the lucky ones for sure.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Good that's good perspective. That's a good perspective to have.
And how are you feeling with the forward this year?
Is it going okay? To Mustang?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So I actually haven't driven it yet this year, So
I look, all the boys and girls at Sixford Racing,
have you know, done heaps to work on the off season,
just rectifying a few things that we discovered throughout the
year that you know, we knew we could do better
this year, and fingers crossed. Yeah, when we roll out.
We've actually got an official practice day on Wednesday, so
the whole field to be a part of that, So
(03:43):
I guess we'll get a pretty good idea on Wednesday
how it's feeling. And then yeah, all the racing starts
Friday with a Friday night race, which were really cool
to over the season, Saturday Saturday Night race and then
a Sunday race as well, So plenty of racing action
and hopefully we see you guys out there, you know,
to get you both down if we can. I know,
you know, there's a few petrol heads here.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So yeah, yeah, and now you've readone the carl of
have a new car, smell.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Well, it's funny to say that I actually carry a
I don't know if many people know this, but I
do carry a Russell cooy air freshener in the car.
He's been Ryan for a few years now. I still
haven't been able to get him out of the track,
but hopefully he's listening.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I'd like to see that. I'd like to see that
dangling from your rear view mirror.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
It's not distracting at all at all.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well, Thomas, it's great to talk to you mate. Supercars
opening around twenty twenty five. Is this Friday to Sunday
at Sydney Motorsport Park. All the infome you need is
at supercars dot com. Thomas Randall, thank you for joining.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Checking with you throughout the season. Nice to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, Thanks Aman, Thanks Jerons you hope you have a
great day and hopefully we've seen lots of people out
there on the weekend.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Thanks Times, thank you,
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