| Shannons Legends of Motorsport | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Motor racing program |
| Presented by | Bill Woods |
| Starring | Aaron Noonan Mark Oastler |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Neil Crompton |
| Producer | AirTime Media |
| Production locations | Bathurst, New South Wales (2014); Sunshine Coast, Queensland (2014-15); Melbourne, Victoria (2014-15) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | 7mate |
| Release | 19 July 2014 – 12 December 2015 |
| Related | |
| Shannons Supercar Showdown | |
Shannons Legends of Motorsport was an Australian motor racing television series that aired on 7mate. First aired in 2014, each episode featured a particular topic from the history of Australian motor racing, with a focus on touring cars. The show included a mix of interviews, analysis and historical footage. [1]
The 'Shannons' in the show's title refers to Shannons Insurance who have a sponsorship arrangement with the show. This was the second motor racing television show aligned with Shannons, following the Shannons Supercar Showdown which aired from 2011 to 2013. [2]
The show was launched in July 2014 to complement the Seven Network (parent network of 7mate)'s coverage of V8 Supercars. It aired on Saturdays, but only on weekends that did not coincide with a championship event of the 2014 V8 Supercars season. Hosted by commentator and former driver Neil Crompton, who was also the executive producer, the show used the Seven Network's historical motor racing footage, with the network having held the broadcast rights for touring car racing in Australia, including the Australian Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000, in various stages from 1963 to 1996. [3] Season 1 episodes included features on iconic drivers, teams and eras of Australian motor racing.
In late 2014, Crompton left the Seven Network to follow the V8 Supercars broadcast rights to Foxtel and Network Ten. [4] Following this, journalist Bill Woods replaced Crompton as host for Season 2 in 2015. [1] From 1997 to 2006, Woods had hosted RPM , a motor racing program on Ten, and has also written a book on the legends of Australian motor racing. Aaron Noonan also took on a greater role as co-host of the show for the new season. Season 2 covered a wider range of topics than Season 1, including documentary presentations of three Bathurst 1000s. [5] It also featured an episode detailing the history of the Seven Network's motor racing broadcasts, including the invention of RaceCam. [6] Episodes were later repeated on 7mate in an early morning timeslot. [7]
In 2017, online-only episodes were released on the Shannons website.
Each episode, produced by Crompton's production company AirTime Media, was recorded in front of a studio audience and featured one or more motor racing figures in conversation with the host. This was intertwined with historical footage and highlights, as well as pre-recorded comments about the episode's theme from former drivers and team owners. The exceptions to this were the episodes which featured a Bathurst 1000 race, which featured no studio guests and only pre-recorded interviews to narrate and accompany extended race highlights. As well as the host, there were also two other on-screen contributors to the show; Aaron Noonan, who researched and introduced video clips from the Seven Network vault, and Mark Oastler, who discussed historic racing cars situated in the studio. [8] Oastler only appeared in selected episodes in Season 2.
In Season 1, each episode was filmed at one of three Australian locations, in front of a range of cars relevant to the theme of the episode. These three locations were the National Motor Racing Museum in Bathurst, New South Wales, Bowden's Own Car Collection in Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Queensland and the Shannons National Auction Centre in Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria. [8] For Season 2, only the Bowden's Own Car Collection was retained as a filming location, with a Seven Network studio in Melbourne becoming another location. The studio featured a video screen background instead of the historic cars seen in other filming locations.
| Ep # | Airdate | Theme [9] | Guest(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 July 2014 | Allan Moffat | Allan Moffat and John French | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 2 | 26 July 2014 | Larry Perkins | Larry Perkins | National Motor Racing Museum |
| 3 | 9 August 2014 | Dick Johnson and John Bowe | Dick Johnson and John Bowe | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 4 | 16 August 2014 | Nissan Motorsport | Fred Gibson, Jim Richards and Mark Skaife | Shannons National Auction Centre |
| 5 | 30 August 2014 | Allan Grice | Allan Grice | National Motor Racing Museum |
| 6 | 6 September 2014 | 1980s | Kevin Bartlett, Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 7 | 20 September 2014 | Jim Richards | Jim Richards | Shannons National Auction Centre |
| 8 | 4 October 2014 | Allan Moffat | Allan Moffat | National Motor Racing Museum |
| 9 | 18 October 2014 | 1987 | John Bowe and Glenn Seton | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 10 | 1 November 2014 | Mark Skaife | Mark Skaife | Shannons National Auction Centre |
| 11 | 8 November 2014 | Colin Bond | Colin Bond | National Motor Racing Museum |
| 12 | 22 November 2014 | Peter Brock | John Harvey, Jim Richards and Brad Jones | Shannons National Auction Centre |
| Ep # | Airdate | Theme [9] | Guest(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 September 2015 | Dick Johnson | Dick Johnson, John French and John Bowe | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 2 | 26 September 2015 | Seven Motorsport | Mike Raymond, Garry Wilkinson and Mark Oastler | Studio |
| 3 | 10 October 2015 | Bathurst 1972 | No studio guests | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 4 | 17 October 2015 | Bob Morris | Bob Morris | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 5 | 24 October 2015 | Kevin Bartlett and Brad Jones | Kevin Bartlett and Brad Jones | Studio |
| 6 | 31 October 2015 | John Bowe | John Bowe and Dick Johnson | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 7 | 7 November 2015 | Bathurst 1973 | No studio guests | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 8 | 14 November 2015 | George Fury | George Fury, Fred Gibson and Christine Gibson | Studio |
| 9 | 21 November 2015 | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 10 | 28 November 2015 | The Originals 1 | Kevin Bartlett, Fred Gibson, John Harvey and Brad Jones | Studio |
| 11 | 5 December 2015 | Bathurst 1990 | No studio guests | Bowden's Own Car Collection |
| 12 | 12 December 2015 | The Legend of Bathurst | No studio guests | Studio |
Shannons Legends of Motorsport received awards from both the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and the V8 Media Association in 2014. [1]
The twelve episodes of Season 1 were released in a DVD box set by Chevron Marketing Services in August 2015. [8] Season 2 was released in a box set in July 2016. [10]
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