1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: Shut up and DAP. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: Seven past eight, you know the show and Motorsports, Dixon, Mclonchlin, 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: arms Strong fly the flag for US and Indie, Van 4 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 2: Gisberg and Nascali and Lawson of course waiting for his 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 2: time and if one back, here are the next really 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 2: big name, according to a number of analysts in the 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: New Zealand racing scene, as Tom Buley. This year he 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 2: won the twet or eighty six Championship at sixteen years old, 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 2: major's debut in the course GT three's at the weekend 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: took pole, ended up in the race, coming second. So 11 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: let's meet Tom Buley and learn some more. Tom, very 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: good morning to you. 13 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, good morning, and thanks for having me. 14 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 2: Not at all. What's it like? And I don't mean 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: to insult you in any way, shape or form by 16 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: asking this question, what's it like to one day be 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: racing a GT three in the next day going to school? 18 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's quite interesting. I'm definitely saying to go tell 19 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 3: the teachers at school, which they don't really believe once. 20 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 3: But no, it's been good. You know, they've given me 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,559 Speaker 3: time to you know, catch up on work and stuff. 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 3: But yeah, definitely a good story to tell. My mates 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 3: and tell all the teachers fantastic. 24 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: Tell us your motor racing history. I'm assuming like everyone else, 25 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: you started in carts. 26 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, Yeah, went through carts, you know, racing likes 27 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 3: of Lewis sharp and really good mates with him and 28 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: it's good to you know, we always give in contact 29 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 3: and push each other along what we're doing and support 30 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: each other, which is good. And just learning the basics 31 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: about racing and race craft and what you need to 32 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 3: make it to the main goal, which is racing on 33 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 3: on the world stage. 34 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: What do you reckon the Is it art or is 35 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: it science? In other words, you gifted naturally or you 36 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 2: anyone can learn it. 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 3: There's a bit of both. I think you definitely have 38 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: to most therese hates of people that are gifted naturally 39 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 3: that make it. You know, you got all the Forum 40 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 3: one drivers and basically like Liam Laws and stuff, definitely 41 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 3: naturally gifted good right from the starts and is lower 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: end stuff like that, but you definitely got to work 43 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 3: towards it and put a lot of effort to be 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: up the front. 45 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 2: What's the difference in terms of Louie's gone on to 46 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 2: single seat of stuff, He's over on the other side 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: of the world. Of course you've gone ten tops. Is 48 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: it just about financing money or is it a personal preference? 49 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely a bit of both. I mean, Louis's doing 50 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 3: saying that's a lot harder to get, but that's his goal. 51 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 3: And I'm not into single seat of racing like he is, 52 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 3: so I'm into, you know, rubbing doors and getting close 53 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 3: to other drivers, which you can't do in a single setter. 54 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: So yeah, I guess it's more of a personal. 55 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: Preference, right, So eighty six is tell me about the gap. 56 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: Eighty six is for people who don't it's basically it's 57 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: a hotted up toyota. The point being, what's the difference 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: between that and getting into a GT three porch? 59 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely it's quite the difference. Obviously for a starter, 60 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 3: you're seeing on the other side of the car, so 61 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 3: in eighty six to eighty six or in the eighty 62 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 3: six you're sitting on the right side of the car 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: and in the Porsch' seeing on the left side of the car. 64 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 3: So that's probably the main difference. Just getting used to 65 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 3: that and not dropping wheels off on the right side 66 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: coming into corners and stuff like that. But other than that, 67 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: the arrow that's huge through the corners, just trusting the 68 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 3: grip and relying that the car will stay stuck to 69 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 3: the track and get around the corner. 70 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: What about the sheer power? And this I mean size 71 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 2: apart from anything, it's a bigger car, but the power, 72 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 2: I mean the speed you're going must be miserably different. 73 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. I think you're probably going 74 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 3: about sixty combs in our Quaker or eight eighty kmas 75 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 3: are Quaker and saying like that. And when I hopped in, 76 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: I didn't think you could actually go that fast in 77 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: the race car, and I never thought you'd go that 78 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 3: fast ever, But no, it's an awesome experience and something 79 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: that I'm slowly getting used to. 80 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: The speed fantastic. What got you into motor racing from 81 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 2: the very start? Where where's the interest come from? 82 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: Definitely my brother and my dad. My brother wanted to 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: go out and have it gone to go and he 84 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: wasn't too interested. So I decided to jump in and 85 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 3: have a crack, and then I kind of raced around 86 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 3: the back of the field for tour so years and 87 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 3: then finally something clips and that's like actually passing people 88 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 3: so yeah, definitely my dad coming from a racing background himself, 89 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 3: racing in Australia and having that at his career. 90 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: But yeah, the eighty sixers I follow with an element 91 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: of interest because what fascinates me about them is they're 92 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 2: the same car and it's not like if one where 93 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: you can do things to a car and there like 94 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 2: Red Bull, are measurably different to you Williams. So in 95 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 2: these eighty six is you're in the same car, yet 96 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 2: somebody wins and somebody doesn't. What's the difference? What makes 97 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: you a winner? 98 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's nothing really can change on a tour 99 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 3: at eighty six car. There's a few things you can 100 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 3: do with suspension, camber obviously, tie pressures that give you 101 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 3: a little bit of advantage on depends on conditions wet 102 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 3: or drive. But to me, the best you just got 103 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 3: to always you just got to hit your marks, make 104 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 3: absolutely no mistakes and just be eager always to win 105 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: and always you know, it's always down to the little 106 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 3: bits of data finding those little extra tents that will 107 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 3: jump you up five or so spots. 108 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 2: Right, have you jumped out of the eighty sixers now 109 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 2: and you're going to be in GT three's for a while, 110 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: or you're going back to eighty six's next year. 111 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: Now keep out of the eighty six. I don't think 112 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 3: I can go back, to be honest, because I'll just 113 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 3: think it's too slow for me. Now, yeah for one, Now, 114 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 3: definitely we'll try do some testing in the Porsche and 115 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 3: then see where that ends up and hopefully you can 116 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 3: head overseas and cracking something over there. 117 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: Fantastic. Hold on, mate, don't go away. We'll come back 118 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 2: in a moment, Tom Buley, because part of the prize 119 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: winning the eighty six is he gets to go somewhere 120 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 2: very special. More on that in the moment thirteen past 121 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 2: you six me fifteen minutes past a Tom Buley's our 122 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: guest Motorsports Champion of the Future. Tom tell us about 123 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: the prize that this neerburg Ring you get to go 124 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: to Whennie had doing it. What are you know at 125 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: the nrburg Ring? Have you watched videos going around it? 126 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: And how fast do you reckon you can go? 127 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been watching quite a few videos, just getting 128 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 3: used to the track and yeah, tell me awesome experience 129 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 3: going over to Jermmy driving on an international track for 130 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 3: the first time in a hurt a super a digits 131 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 3: war car and racing against a heap of other cool 132 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 3: cars and stuff like that. So really looking forward to 133 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 3: it and it should be a very good experience. 134 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 2: What sort of time do you reckon you could do? 135 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 3: I'm not sure. I think probably around a one minute 136 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 3: thirty lap time. 137 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 2: Wow, that's impressive. Can you memorize the whole track given 138 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: its length? 139 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 3: I no, not definitely, not the nordche life of the 140 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 3: road track, but definitely the Grand Prix circuit they were doing. 141 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 3: It's a lot shorter. It's the one that the if 142 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 3: one cars and stuff used to race on, So definitely 143 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 3: I think can memorize the Nordska, but definitely, Yeah, the 144 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 3: Grand Prix circuits is a lot shorter. 145 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: Super exciting. Who are you following at the moment? I look, 146 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: I mean you're at what are you? Sixteen? Seventeen? 147 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sixteen, Matt Matt Pain's. 148 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: Not too much ahead of you. Do you look at 149 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: him in the supercars and think that could be you? 150 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 3: Yeah? Definitely Hamm and Ryan. You know, Ryan's got a 151 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 3: good catch and pushima to him and he's anly an 152 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 3: awesome job over there, and so was Matt Pain. So 153 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 3: that's definitely where I want to end up racing with 154 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: those guys, and yeah that's my gone. I'm not going 155 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: to stop until get there. 156 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: Good on you. Does it help, because this is the 157 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: often asked question in sport, If you see other people 158 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: doing it, you're aspired to do it. I mean if 159 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 2: you by the time you do your you know your 160 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: your your indies, you're as cars, your f ones, your supercars. 161 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: I mean there's so many people from New Zealand out 162 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 2: there doing so well. Does that encourage you to chase 163 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 2: your dream as well knowing it is possible. 164 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 3: Yes, definitely, But you've got to stay in poe and 165 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: stick to your own track and just make it at 166 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 3: your own pace. You know, don't compare us after other 167 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: people and how fast going and where they're heading to 168 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 3: and what they're racing. It's just about sticking on your 169 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: track and doing your own things. 170 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: Good stuff you year twelve or thirteen? 171 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: A year twelve? 172 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: What are you doing. 173 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: Currently? I'm doing at school just the classes for automotive 174 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 3: being just another little learning curve to get my head 175 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 3: around learning more about the cars, and just a bit 176 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 3: of an after schoolwork and stuff like that. 177 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: Fantastic well go well. Everyone speaks so highly of you, 178 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 2: and the eighty six victory is a very good start, 179 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: and I hope the newburg Ring is fantastic and good 180 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 2: to meet and talk with you, and I'm sure we'll 181 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 2: talk again. 182 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, cool, Thank you, Good on your mate. 183 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 2: Nice to talk Tom Buley, who is sixteen years old. 184 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 2: As you heard one, the Toyota eighty six has been 185 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: in the GT three over the weekend. Drove on fresh tires, 186 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: brand new tires, which I didn't realize was a thing 187 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: I would have thought of. You got experience. You always 188 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: had new tires at some point. But he'd never been 189 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: on new tires, new slick tires for the weekend, so 190 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: he got polled, came second, and there was a name 191 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: to watch nineteen past eight. For more from the Mic 192 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 2: Asking Breakfast, listen live to News Talks at B from 193 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.