TORQ MOTO - Brian Jorgensen - He knew I was there for REAL!
Brian’s back! For this week’s ‘Torq Moto Podcast Show’ it’s time to continue the Brian Jorgensen interview as the second and final part of the conversation drops. After listening to tales of Brian’s early career of how he started out in the sport and went on to be European and British 125cc champion, this second episode features on his life a factory MXGP racer. He talks to hosts ‘Doc Wobs’ and ‘Jeffro’ Perrett about the transition from 125cc racing, first to the 500cc class and then eventually on to the MXGP class that we know today where he became a factory Honda and Yamaha racer with likes of Mickael Pichon and Stefan Everts as teammates. He talks fondly about ‘the perfect’ day of winning a GP in the class and life as a factory racer and the differences and pressures it brings before explaining his reasons for eventually calling it a day and moving into rider coaching, a job he’s still doing now to great effect with his own coaching schools and also helping Yamaha Europe as a coach and ambassador for their bLU cRU program. You can listen or watch part two of the Brian Jorgensen interview on Torq Moto through Spotify, Apple or YouTube from 7pm this Thursday 26th where you can also catch up with all previous episodes of the show.
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TORQ MOTO - BRIAN JORGENSEN - Almost over before we started!
Yogi bears all ‘Torq-ing Moto’! It’s time for another 'Torq Moto Podcast Show’ and this week’s guest is one of Denmark’s finest motocross racers - Brian Jorgensen. ‘Yogi’ as he was affectionately known in the early part of his racing career, joins hosts ‘Jeffro’ Perrett and Doc Wobs in the studio over two episodes to discuss his career to date and the sport in general. It’s a good tale from beginning to end. Brian starts off explaining how his mum needed some convincing on letting him ride a motocross bike, let alone race one, and that wasn’t helped when she came home one day to find he’d sneaked out on his bike, crashed and put a clutch lever into his skull through his eye socket! Unfazed, Brian and his dad eventually won his mum around, even though Brian’s dad was in the dog house for a bit and going racing with his brother Jesper soon became their way of life. There’s some great stories from Brian has he explains how he worked his way up to EMX 125 standard and then on to be a European 125cc champion before coming to race in the British and World 125cc championship. Brian was a popular addition to the British championship and he looks back on his time in the U.K fondly after riding for Rob Hooper’s Suzuki team, a stint with Dave Thorpe on the CAT Finning Honda Team and finally with Steve Dixon on Yamaha, where he finally won the British 125cc title in 2001 before moving on further his career in the 500cc and 250cc World championships which the trio delve into in the following episode. You can watch or listen to the first episode of the Brian Jorgensen interview on the 'Torq Moto Podcast Show’ from 7pm this Thursday 12th June on YouTube, Spotify or Apple where you can also catch up with all previous episodes.
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TORQ MOTO - Steven Clarke Part 1 - I WAS World Champion!
‘Scuba Steve’ dives in to 'Torq Moto'It’s time again for another episode of the 'Torq Moto Podcast Show’ with hosts Doc Wobs and ‘Jeffro’ Perrett as they once again sit down with a guest to talk about their career and opinions. This time around they're joined by former junior World 85cc, Loretta Lynn’s and European 250cc motocross champion, Steven ‘Scuba’ Clarke. In this first of two episodes ‘Clarkey’ talks through his journey to becoming a world champion, how it all started and the huge influence his dad Richard has had on his progression. Steve talks fondly of his days racing youth motocross, even though by his own admission he wasn’t any good, but that all changed after his first trip to the Millsaps Training Facility (MTF) in Georgia, USA. It was a ‘penny drop’ moment for Steve and he came away from there knowing he wanted to be a professional racer and what he had to do to get there. Here he talks candidly about the sacrifices made by himself and his family to not only win the 2005 Junior World 85cc title but also the 2007 Loretta Lynn’s Schoolboy 2 14-16 title beating the likes of Jose Butron, Valentin Teillet and Dean Wilson along the way to both championships and what life was like on the road and living in America as a teenager. You can listen to episode one of the ‘Steven Clarke interview' on the Torq Moto Podcast show on either Spotify or Apple or watch the interview on the ‘Torq Moto’ YouTube channel from 7pm this coming Thursday 15th May, where you can also find all previous episodes.
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TORQ MOTO - Mark Jones pt 2 - Too many crashes!
This week’s guest on the ‘Torq Moto' Podcast Show is yet another former GP and British championship racer, Mark Jones, who joins hosts DocWob and ‘Jeffro’ Perrett on the sofas for more candid MX chat and motocross nostalgia.Jonesy’s story about his MX career is a good one. In this first episode of two, he explains how and why he started in motocross and quickly became one the UK’s top youth racers before the boy from the valleys of South Wales became a young man and a factory Honda HRC rider in only his second year of 250cc Grand Prix racing. He describes what it was like being MXGP teammates with the likes of Stefan Everts, Fred Bolley, Ryan Hughes and Mark Eastwood and the pressures of being a young factory racer for arguably the most renowned and prestigious team in World Championship motocross. It’s an interesting insight as he explains what was expected of him and how he was a bit of a rabbit in the headlights, especially with the extensive testing after his first year with the team.Thank you for all the likes and subscribes. You guys are fantastic.If you haven't subscribed yet, do it now!
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TORQ MOTO - Mark Jones - Riding for HRC was.....
This week’s guest on the ‘Torq Moto' Podcast Show is yet another former GP and British championship racer, Mark Jones, who joins hosts DocWob and ‘Jeffro’ Perrett on the sofas for more candid MX chat and motoross nostalgia.Jonesy’s story about his MX career is a good one. In this first episode of two, he explains how and why he started in motocross and quickly became one the UK’s top youth racers before the boy from the valleys of South Wales became a young man and a factory Honda HRC rider in only his second year of 250cc Grand Prix racing. He describes what it was like being MXGP teammates with the likes of Stefan Everts, Fred Bolley, Ryan Hughes and Mark Eastwood and the pressures of being a young factory racer for arguably the most renowned and prestigious team in World Championship motocross. It’s an interesting insight as he explains what was expected of him and how he was a bit of a rabbit in the headlights, especially with the extensive testing after his first year with the team.Thank you for all the likes and subscribes. You guys are awesome.If you haven't subscribed yet, do it now!
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