FULL EPISODE: EP42 TOM WILLIAMSON - Driver Coaching minus the bullshit
On today’s episode we’ve got the legendary driver coach Tom Williamson. In this episode we cut the bullshit and hear it straight from Tom on all things racing, including:
→ Tom’s life growing up and racing career before coaching
→ Why and how coaching became a career?
→ Fuck ego! Accepting when you’re wrong.
→ Why Formula Ford is so crucial in any drivers career
→ Karting AU vs NSW + club level (It’s a shit fight!)
→ Teaching autistic kids to tap into their hidden superpowers
→ Importance of media training & psych for drivers
→ Who’s the best racer in the world? Hint: you don’t know them
→ Karting costs, tips and BTS know-how
→ Thoughts - Is SuperUtes a path to Supercars (yeah nah), How to become a pro driver, Trans-AM, Supercars charter system, IndyCar with Will Power, F1 & the GOAT Ryan Sanderson + LOADS MORE banter…
→ And The FAST FIVE!
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⭐️ TIMECODES ⭐️ ➡
00:00 - Show Intro
00:20 - Hooly, Brooke and Tom Williamson banter about Bathurst
02:34 - We are LIVE!
04:45 - Failed Athletes & Coaching
09:19 - Working and living with Macauley Jones
12:20 - Scouting Tom Sargent before he made it
16:45 - Teaching autistic kids in kart racing
21:00 - Back to basics, professional kart teams back in the day
25:01 - The Race Academy Trans Am Team
27:33 - How social media changed the game & needing media training
30:34 - Tom wanting to be a professional racing driver
34:54 - Racing in Western Australia is laid back
40:37 - Becoming a karting dealership for multiple brands
46:12 - Who’s the best racer in the world?
48:16 - Racing karts with Daniel Ricciardo
49:01 - Growing up near Oran Park Raceway
51:28 - Looking up to his dad when racing karts
57:03 - Laps, Laps, Laps
01:00:35 - Karting costs for a professional team
01:04:07 - Thoughts on trying to become a professional driver
01:07:57 - Current thoughts on the nex-gen SuperUtes
01:09:14 - The reason Trans Am racing is working in Australia
01:13:50 - Tommy admitting he stuffed up with his coaching techniques
01:14:44 - What’s the hardest thing to drive?
01:15:22 - Reasons why Formula Ford’s so crucial in any racing car career
01:20:18 - The Morse Family and the way go about racing
01:23:53 - V8 Supercars charter situation & wildcard scenario
01:28:33 - Remembering the CAMS Rising Star days
01:33:09 - David Sera creating online Kart Class
01:36:06 - The Williamson family and racing
01:38:44 - Tom’s brother in-law Cody Gillis
01:43:35 - Karting Australia vs Karting NSW
01:46:01 - CIK Stars of Karting merging with Australian Karting Championships
01:49:00 - Is club level kart racing struggling?
01:54:41 - HFFA vs FFA, confusing the consumer
01:58:42 - Will Power and the love for IndyCar racing
02:00:23 - The Go-Pro Motorplex, the real home of motorsports
02:02:19 - Chatting about motocross
02:04:04 - Ryan Sanderson changed the game in both Supercars and Motocross
02:12:41 - Lando Norris and other F1 drivers bringing out kart brands
02:18:36 - The Fast Five
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⭐️ LINKS TO TOM WILLIAMSON ⭐️ ➡
Website: https://tomwilliamsonmotorsport.com.au/
Instagram: / tomwilliamsonmotorsport
Facebook: / tomwilliamsonmotorsport
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