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Don't Lift Off
by Anthony Dunn
Don't Lift Off podcast - for anyone who loves to keep it pinned with their foot hard on the throttle! Talking to anyone who is flat out in life...
Episodes
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The Zenith of Super Touring | Anthony Reid on the Era That Couldn’t Last
1990's and 00's BTCC star Anthony Reid talks about his time in the Super Touring era, racing with three of the best teams and cars of the time and tells me why it was the era that couldn't last.Anthony raced a Nissan Primera with RML/Ray Mallock Ltd, Ford Mondeo with Prodrive and MG ZS with...
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#37 - Anthony Reid | 1990's racing in Japan, BTCC Super Touring...and the CARNAGE in-between!
Anthony Reid is British racing driver with a multi race and championship winning career spanning continuously for over 50 years. From starting as a humble mechanic, he serving a long apprenticeship in British National racing in Formula Ford 1600 and 2000 before taking an opportunity to race in...
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“These are BRILLIANT CARS!” | Inside the World’s Biggest McLaren Specialist
John Thorne from Thorney Motorsport, the world’s largest and longest established McLaren Independent Specialist runs through the opportunities and challenges of caring for pre-owned McLarens from both a service and sales perspective.Thorney Motorsport are based near Silverstone race track in...
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#36 - John Thorne - Thorney Motorsport | Becoming the World's Largest Independent McLaren Specialist
John Thorne is the owner of Thorney Motorsport, the world’s largest and longest-established independent McLaren specialist franchise.From beginnings as a Lawyer and Stock Broker, nearly 25 years ago John turned his passion of tuning cars into being his business by creating Thorney Motorsport, and...
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#35 - Danny Watts | From Winner To Counsellor: A Racer's Redemption
Danny Watts is a former multiple Championship Winning British Racing Driver. In an illustrious career, he has won in everything from karting to single seater Formula cars, to Le Mans Prototypes, including winning the Le Mans 24 hours twice.He is now a full time driver coach and also a qualified...
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#34 - Steve Perez | From Global Drinks Magnate to Rally Champion
Steve Perez is a self made British drinks entrepreneur from Chesterfield, UK. From helping at his Dad’s pub as a teenager, and working for local brewery Tetley’s, he launched Global Brands, building it into a £90 Million pounds (GBP) business with brands such as Kick Energy Drinks, VK Vodka…
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#33 - Will Redford & Bourne HPP | Guyana Adventures - Winning the Caribbean Clash of Champions!
Will Redford is a 20 year old racing driver & instructor from Warrington, England. He is a mechanic turned Sim Racer, Junior Saloon Car Championship podium finisher, Milltek Sport Civic Cup race winner and in 2025 he became a Racing Prodigy P3 Champion in North America, racing a Radical SR1…
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#32 - Ian Ashley | A Life Less Ordinary: F1 Racing Driver, Jet Pilot and Motorcycle/Sidecar Champion
Ian Ashley is a former British Motor Racing Driver, Pilot and Motorcycle and Sidecar Champion. He has also been an instructor in all three disciplines.In a hugely varied life and career, Ian went from dominant novice at the Jim Russell Racing School to a fast, but uncut diamond in Formula Ford…
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#31 - Kelvin Burt | From a £100 scholarship...to Formula 1
Kelvin Burt is a British Racing Driver with nearly 40 years of motor racing success. From the late 1980’s as David Coulthard’s title rival in Formula Ford 1600, Kelvin rose through the ranks to become a Formula Vauxhall Lotus Champion, British Formula 3 Champion, Porsche Supercup race winner,...
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#30 - Steve Markham
Steve Markham is a former Oval Grass Track Racer, Stock Car Racer, Hot Rod Champion, Start Marshall, Rally Driving Champion, Rally Co-Driver and Instructor and lifelong HGV Truck Driver, Logistics Organiser and Trainer.#rallying #ovalracing #hotrod #rockingham #silverstone #stockcarracing…
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#29 - Chris Hartley
Chris Hartley is a British Motorsport Commentator and former Go Kart Racer. He has over 30 years of experience from competing in Club and National Karting Championships in the 1990’s to becoming a commentator firstly in karting, then rising to some of the most prestigious championships in the UK...
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#28 - George Proudford-Nalder
George Proudford-Nalder is a young Australian driver racing in the British Ginetta Junior Championship. Having raced in karting since he was 9 years old, in his rookie season in car racing with McKenna Driver Development, 15 year old George has impressed by being a front runner and finishing on…
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#27 - Mike Wilds
Mike Wilds is a true British Motor Racing hero with over 60 years of racing experience from humble beginnings in 'club' Single Seater racing, then through into National and European Single Seaters, Formula 4, Formula 3, Formula 2, Formula 5000 and finally Formula 1. He later furthered his...
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#26 - Barry Dunn
Barry Dunn is a former Clothing and Motor Trade Salesman, Sales Manager, Car Dealership owner and House Restorer. He is also a former sponsor and (still current) Father of Don't Lift Off podcast host Anthony Dunn!#dontliftoff #motorsport #motortrade #football #music #karting #f1 #stories...
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#25 - Paul Taft
Paul Taft is a former multi-championship winning Racing Driver and Scramble bike rider. Since the 1950’s as a ‘works’ supported BSA rider to winning in Honda CRX, Metro Turbo, Renault 5 Turbo and in the British Touring Car Championship he has been at the sharp end of motorsport from rider to…
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#24 - Max and Mika Salo
Mika Salo is Finnish racing driver with a prolific international career beginning in Finland in the 1970’s in Karting through to Formula Ford, Formula 3 (against compatriot and former next door neighbour Mika Häkkinen!), Formula 3000, GT’s, Sportscars and Formula 1, racing with Lotus, Tyrrell,...
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#23 - Richard Attwood
Richard Attwood is a winner of the 1970 Le Mans 24 hour race with Porsche and a Formula One Grand Prix Podium finisher at Monaco in 1968 with BRM. In an illustrious international career, that also including racing for Ferrari, Lotus and Lola at almost every racing circuit of the age including the...
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#22 - Mark Werrell
Mark Werrell is a British Motorsport commentator with 25 years experience at racing circuits and on television for many National and International series. In addition to commentary he also provides voice over, presentation and event hosting services both within and outside of motorsport. Mark is...
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#21 - Clive Baker
Clive Baker is a former international racing driver and BRDC Member. From 1962 he competed in a huge array of sportscar races including being a ‘Works’ Austin-Healey driver with their 3000 and Sprite and as a Chevron Works driver in their B8 and B16 in a total of eight starts at Le Mans and also...
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#20 - Lars Sexton
Lars Sexton is a high performance coach and mentor, specialising in motorsport. He is a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Timeline Therapy ™ Coaching and Hypnotherapy.He is also a former BMX Champion, 1990’s Formula A Open Champion in Karting, Elf La-Filiere Scholarship...
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#19 - Andy Corner
Andy Corner is a farmer from Oxfordshire who has competed and won in rallying for over 40 years and now supports his grandson Aiden in F1000 Junior Rallying. He has been a friend of Don’t Lift Off Podcast host Anthony Dunn’s family since the 1960’s.In this conversation he discusses his rally...
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#18 - Charles Rainford
Charles Rainford is a multiple race winning British instructor, coach and racing driver in the Porsche Carrera Cup Championship. He is racing in the 2025 British Touring Car Championship with West Surrey Racing in a BMW 330i.Charles can be found at:Website:...
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#17 - Olly Allen
Olly Allen is a multiple Ford National Champion in his super-fast “Fezzie” Fiesta. He has also won in the Time Attack Championship Pro class and is an ARDS Grade A licenced instructor and coach with over 20 years of experience. He is the owner of ORA Motorservices car service and repair shop and...
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Motorsport, War Planes, Touring...and Scalextric!
Geoff Banks, Neil Primrose and Anthony Dunn talk about Motorsport, 60's, 70's and 80's War Planes, Music, Touring, Life and Scalextric while they are walking in the Yorkshire Dales at Ingleborough. Geoff is a former Sponsorship Manager for HP who worked with Jordan Grand Prix, Anthony is a racing...
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#16 - Ray Grimes
Ray Grimes is a motor racing driver, instructor and coach. He has over 40 years of winning in motorsport from karts to single seaters, saloons to F1. He is currently racing in an LMP3 Ligier Sports Prototype and Ferrari Challenge car in the Masters series. Ray can be found at: Instagram:...
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#15 - Fell Men
Geoff Banks is a former Sponsorship Manager for Hewlett Packard in many high profile sports, including IndyCar, FIFA World Cup, RFL, British Touring Car Championship/BTCC and Formula 1 with clients including Williams and Jordan Grand Prix.He is Co-Owner of The Art Of Wine Ltd, Sole UK Importer of...
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#14 - Ian Flux
Ian Flux is a 5 x British National champion racing driver. From Karting to Formula Vee, Formula 3 to Formula Atlantic, Can-Am through to Sports 2000, TVR Tuscans, the British Touring Car Championship, British GT and Historic Formula One cars, Ian has raced and won in almost everything he has done...
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#13 - Bryce Wilson
Bryce Wilson is a former junior karting World Cup Champion, Renault Spider Champion, National Saloon race winner, Sports Prototype race winner, British Touring Car Championship test and development driver, driver coach and owner of a Vapour Blasting and Protective Coatings business “Restore &…
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#12 - Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts is a double British Touring Car Champion (BTCC), TVR Tuscan Champion, British GT Champion, Le Mans 24 hour winner and driver coach to future racing stars. In this conversation he shares his rich history in motor racing, from his early days as a milkman to becoming a celebrated…
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#11 - Ice Drive Sweden
Conor Flynn discusses his experiences and insights from running Ice Drive Sweden, an ice driving school that offers unique driving experiences on frozen lakes. He shares the evolution of the business, the types of cars used, the experiences the customers have, and the importance of maintaining a...
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Ice Drive Sweden: Affordable fun for all
Ice Drive Sweden owner Conor Flynn tells how affordable the experience can be
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#10 - Brad Philpot
Brad Philpot is a professional racing instructor, automotive industry trainer, go-kart racer, coach and YouTube content creator. He is also a former Toyota MR2 champion, Red Bull Kart Fight champion, 'Works’ Peugeot racing driver, Nurburgring 24 hour race winner, Race Of Champions Celebrity…
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Are home racing sims really any good?
I travel across to Sim Dynamics in Manchester to try the latest generation of affordable home and office simulators made by real world motor racing instructor, coach and racer Simon Mason. I want to discover how sims have progressed since I last spent a lot of time on them and how easy they are…
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#9 - Sim Dynamics
I travel over to Sim Dynamics in Manchester to try the latest generation of affordable simulators made by real world motor racing instructor, coach and racer Simon Mason. I want to discover how sims have progressed since I last spent a lot of time on them and how easy they are to pickup for a…
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Life working with an F1 legend
Motor racing drivers and instructors Keith Robinson and Anthony Dunn talk about working at Club Fiorano for Peter Gethin, the 1971 Monza F1 Grand Prix winner - still the closest ever Formula One race in history. Club Fiorano was the brainchild of Peter and was Ferrari UK's original driving club…
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#8 - Keith Robinson
Keith Robinson is a former car valeter, racing driver, current Mercedes Benz World instructor and Classic Supercar test driver. Over a 30 year period he has worked for and raced top sports marques including Ferrari, Morgan and Noble in British GT and he is a winner of the Britcar 24 Hour event at...
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#7 - Simon Hill
Simon Hill is a former racing driver, instructor, coach and automotive trainer. He is also the father and mentor of 2024 British Touring Car Champion Jake Hill. Simon delves into his wealth of experiences in motorsport, giving the his early days of single seater racing in Formula Ford at Brands...
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Adventures in Barbados
Rallying, Racing and Automotive Training industry veteran Howard Paterson tells the story of an unexpected rallying opportunity in Barbados. He explains evolution of rallying in the region and the camaraderie among rally drivers, and the vibrant atmosphere of the event and the lasting impact of...
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The Pet Shop (racing) Boys
Rally school owner Howard Paterson tells the story British Touring Car Drivers creative job titles on nights out... #dontliftoff #btcc #simonharrison #jasonplato
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#6 - Howard Paterson
Howard Paterson is a race and rally driver, automotive trainer and former team owner. He shares his extensive experiences in the world of motorsport, from rallying to car sales and sponsorship, reflecting on his early days in rallying, the evolution of his career, and the importance of engaging...
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Colin McRae, Richard Burns and winning the Lombard RAC Rally
Former Peugeot 'Works' professional rally driver Kevin Furber reflects on his competitive journey, the professionalism of works teams, and the intense pressure of rally competition and breaking the nearly 20 years of class dominance by Skoda in the World Rally Championship at the Lombard RAC…
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Nightclubbing with Colin McRae
Former professionally rally driver Kevin Furber tells the story of trying to get into a nightclub with his friend legendary World Rally Champion Colin McRae
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#5 - Kevin Furber
Former National Rally Champion Kevin Furber shares his remarkable journey from being a Works Peugeot Rally Champion to his current endeavours in film production and content creation. He discusses the challenges he faced, from on his early experiences in karting and rallying, the competitive…
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#4 - Rob Garofall
Rob Garofall is a racing driver, coach and a heritage Formula One Test Driver for the McLaren F1 Team. He is also the founder of Silverstone RV Motorhomes (SilverstoneRV.com) who supply luxury motorhomes to motorsport drivers and teams and for film events throughout UK and Europe. Rob explains…
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#3 - Michael Vergers
Michael “The Baron” Vergers is a Professional Racing Driver, Driver Coach and Driving Standards Advisor Official. In a career spanning over 40 years, has competed in many international championships in a huge variety of competition vehicles. From humble beginnings in 2-Stroke Go-Karts to becoming...
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#2 - Tom Jakobitsch
Tom Jakobitsch is an Austrian former 2-stroke kart racer, Formula Vauxhall Junior single seater and Caterham Roadsports race winner in the 1990’s and a European Endurance Racing Champion. He is now a regular ‘Citizen Journalist’ reporter on Formula One through his social media feeds. He can be...
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#1 - Brian Saunders
“Dangerous” Brian Saunders is a former Formula Asia Championship winning racing driver, performance driving instructor, coach and ADI Qualified driving consultant. Over a 30 year period he has worked for most major sports car manufacturers and is also a former Slot Car World Championship winning...
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Don't Lift Off podcast - for anyone who loves to keep it pinned with their foot hard on the throttle! Talking to anyone who is flat out in life...
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