On The Overrun Martin Kotze
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A podcast about the cars and the people around them, where we try and create appreciation and spark interest into why these creations are so special. We invite guests, tell stories and share our insights and views on the automotive world. Disclaimer: Our advice and recommendations are slightly below average.
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53 | Breaking your pelvis racing a ‘65 Mustang ft. Franco Scribante
A name that doesn’t need introducing in the South African racing scene, and a name you would have heard a lot about over the past weekend at Simola Hillclimb, racing with his B19 Chevron and heavily-modified GTR called “Sheriff”. His family is well-known in the mining industry, but also for their racing, with Franco being part of a family of racers. He has stories upon stories to tell, including racing F40’s around on Italy’s mountain roads, and how he is rebuilding the very Mustang that almost caused his death.
Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:43 How did you passion come to be
00:08:25 The choice between motorsport and other ambitions
00:12:05 Knowing what you know now, would you have gone full-time motorsport?
00:16:06 Do you get a thrill from cars outside of motorsport?
00:19:41 Classic car tour experiences
00:22:00 Cape 1000
00:25:03 Most precious cars
00:25:39 300SL story
00:30:41 F40
00:35:00 Car culture in Italy
00:36:16 Race cars owned and driven
00:36:41 B19 Chevron
00:38:41 B26 Chevron
00:39:03 '65 fastback
00:39:11 Mustang Crash
00:40:03 Worklife vs Motorsport
00:43:13 Racing successes
00:46:08 Is the body still up for racing?
00:50:10 Project cars
00:53:33 Muscle Cars
00:54:27 Restomods
00:56:27 One road one car
00:57:03 250 SWB
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52 | Racing Porsche’s as a 23-year-old ft. Andrew Rackstraw
It’s definitely not an everyday thing for a 23-year-old to be driving around in Porsche’s for a living, but that is this man’s reality. His name is Andrew Rackstraw and he’s a talented and acclaimed young racing driver from South Africa, currently making his way up the ranks in the Porsche Cup Great Britain. He started his carting journey in his early teens and has already racked up some big SA championships. This man is going places, and in this podcast I find out where.
Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:57 Where does the passion come from?
00:08:01 Failing his learner's test
00:13:41 Progression in race cars
00:18:05 Current racing series
00:23:42 His progression through the ranks
00:25:17 Who's racing with you?
00:30:05 His input in his race car
00:33:14 Most memorable races
00:50:42 Road car vs race car - what's the difference
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51 | The Art of Rebuilding Ferraris ft. Carlo Viglietti
“Ferrarista” is probably one of the words best describing Carlo Viglietti. A man that has been in and around Ferrari’s his whole life - working on them, selling them and driving them. He has had the full Maranello experience and continues to live the prancing horse dream at his workshop in Cape Town. We speak about carburetors, going around corners without traction control, and also what is wrong with Lamborghinis (obviously).
Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:45 What is wrong with Lamborghinis?
00:01:36 Introduction to Carlo
00:11:06 Working with Ferrari as a company?
00:15:54 Carlo's thoughts on the current Ferrari line-up
00:20:02 Carlo's best driving experiences
00:22:05 The difference between a Ferrari F1 and Road car
00:33:09 Ferrari Piloti driver courses
00:38:12 What does a bike offer that a car doesn't?
00:39:30 What is Carlo Viglietti Motors?
00:41:53 Ferrari 308 Rebuild
00:46:05 Ferrari Daytona Restoration
00:55:33 How long does a full restoration take?
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50 | Taking a Porsche around the world ft. Frisco 911’s Andre Bezuidenhout
Every success story starts with a vision, just like every great car story starts with a written-off Porsche… right? Andre Bezuidenhout has experienced a lot of the world behind the wheel of a classic 911 and has raced Polo’s to F1 cars. His story about a tin of coffee is so interesting that even Petrolicious wrote about it.
Here are the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:12:24 Where Andre's passion started
00:17:40 Andre's experience in motorsport law
00:25:06 Did Motorsport law fuel or quench the fire
00:33:40 The real start to Andre's racing career
00:35:01 Andre's Kayalami 9h story
00:49:37 Andre's Simola Hillclimb story
00:53:04 Andre's story with Frisco 911
01:01:38 STG x Frisco
01:05:30 Andre's bucket list experiences
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48 | Wilhelm Lutjeharms - Automotive Pallet Cleansers
Wilhelm Lutjeharms is a journalist, having worked at various US, UK and South African publications, of which Car Magazine would be the most famous. A car guy through and through, a lover of the German automobiles, and driver of some of the worlds most amazing cars, including Bugatti Veyron’s, Pagani Huayra’s and even Volkswagen Polo’s. We delve deeper into his love story with cars, most insane drives, and also why he decided to buy a French car.
Here are the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:01 Call to action
00:02:50 Why did Wilhelm buy a French car?
00:04:12 How did his passion start?
00:07:34 Wilhelm's career
00:13:18 How he's driven the best cars in the world
00:17:59 Wilhelm's first collection story
00:19:20 The making of a story
00:23:06 The first dream drive
00:32:14 Reading about vs Driving a car
00:38:00 The art of driving and recording
00:41:31 Wilhelm's one & only car
00:48:29 Memorable drives
00:50:54 The attainable dream car
00:59:26 The appeal of small sports cars
01:02:49 The bucket list car experience
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49 | M5's on Hillclimb ft. Shiraz from SA Beemer
Not surprising that a podcast with the founder and head of SA Beemer, a South African BMW-enthusiasts brand, consists mainly of BMW content. But don’t fear, some conversations on Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes, road trips, car movies, and in-car telephones form part of this conversation.
Here are the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:09 Automotive movies
00:03:10 How Shiraz got into cars
00:06:42 The car that hooked Shiraz
00:09:16 The golden generation of cars
00:13:19 Car modification
00:18:32 Simola Hillclimb
00:19:03 Shiraz's M5
00:28:54 SA Beemer
00:35:51 Resistance toward SA Beemer
00:39:41 Open road driving experiences
00:43:08 Shiraz's collection
00:52:04 Profit vs Passion cars
00:54:12 Bucket list cars
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