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Krunching Gears | The Rally Podcast is an Irish based podcast. We interview guests from the world of rallying, promoting local rally talent and bringing you a wide range of Irish and International rally news. Follow on Facebook & Twitter @KrunchingGears
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Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
In this week’s episode, we speak to Paul Murphy from the Toyota Gazoo WRC team about the Monte Carlo Rally and the debut of the Yaris Rally2 car. We hear from Matt Edwards, three-time British Rally Champion and his plans to compete in this year’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Staying with the ITRC, we chat to Sean Hayde, the recently appointed Championship Manager. It would be fantastic if you could subscribe to the channel and get all the latest uploads.
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Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
This latest episode of, Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast looks back at the 2023 East African Safari Classic Rally with John Coyne, Josh McErlean, Eoin Treacy, Paul Rowley and Richard Tuthill. Join us for a bucket list adventure in a classic Porsche 911 through the plains of East Africa for a tale of broken steering racks and gearboxes, flash floods, fesh fesh, secret route details, sketchy pace notes and wild animals over 2,100km of competitive stages.
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Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Join Krunching Gears for a one-to-one chat with Mark Higgins, whose accolades include three times British Rally Champion, British Junior Rally Champion, 2018 British Rallycross Champion, five times winner of the Manx Rally, winner of the Cork 20, Galway and Ulster internationals, Isle of Man TT lap record holder, works driver for Nissan, Volkswagen, Hyundai & Ford and not forgetting James Bond’s stunt driver!
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Krunching Gears reviews the 2023 WRC Season with Becs Williams and Luke Barry. With over 20 years spent working in the World Rally Championship, Becs Williams is one of the most respected and recognisable faces and voices of the WRC. Luke is an award-winning motorsport journalist (not to mention Junior BRC podium finisher on the 2023 Jim Clark Rally). Their unique insight into the WRC 2023 season and thoughts ahead of the 2024 are full of emotion and fun. If you enjoyed this episode, we would appreciate it if you could please subscribe to our channel.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Our third season kicks off with a WRC special. We celebrate some of the crews from this Island who have reached the pinnacle of our sport, the World Rally Championship.
Aaron Johnston is one of only six codrivers to have competed in all the rounds of the 2023 WRC in a Rally 1 car, he recaps his season and looks forward to 2024.
William Creighton and Liam Regan became the Junior World Rally Champions in 2023, along with fellow JWRC competitors Eamonn Kelly and Conor Mohan, they review their year and preview plans for 2024. Seb Scott, the former JWRC/Msport Coordinator also joins the conversation.
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Final episode of Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast for 2023. We look at what is behind the WRC Ireland rumour mill, plus a review of the year at Msport and finally catching up with one of the bright young talents from the MIRallyAcademy.
We hear from:
.Motorsport Ireland President Aiden Harper
.Msport engineer Jamie McMillan
. Aoife Raftery
There’ll be a few specials over the festive season and we are already excitedly planning for 2024
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Latest Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. A Killarney Historic Rally special. We get a chance to catch up with the winners of the Historic and Modified sections of the rally. Plus, we chatted with a guy who made the trip all the way from America to compete.
Hear from:
. Jonny Greer, Kirsty Riddick, Rory Kennedy, Michael McDaid & Declan Casey
. Rob Duggan, Kevin Eves, Chris Melly and Declan Gallagher
. Derek James & Martin Brady
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
The Roger Albert Clark Rally has become one of the most demanding rallies in the world. It has captured the imagination of rally crews and spectators alike. In this bonus episode of the Krunching Gears Podcast, we look back at this fabulous event and speak to the overall winners, one of the bad luck stories of the event and some great stories from crews from this side of the Irish Sea.
We hear from:
. Marty McCormack & Barney Mitchell
. Seb Perez and Gary McElhinney
. Robert Woodside, Dean Beckett, Allan Harryman, Bryan Jardine, Declan Campbell, Fintan McGrady and David Burns
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Latest episode out now. We preview the Killarney Historic Rally with Sean Moriarty. Look back at Rally du Var and the epic drive by Jon Armstrong. Also Casey Jay Coleman tells us about recent Italian adventures. We also talk Roger Albert Clark Rally, all this and more....
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Brand new Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. In this episode we are in full Roger Albert Clark Rally Fever!! Also there are some exciting developments from Race and Rally ahead of the 2024 season.
We hear from;
. Ryan Champion
. Paul Woodford
. Raymond Moore