Shannons Legends of Motorsport

This article is about the 2014–onwards Australian series. For the American series, see Legends of Motorsport.
Shannons Legends of Motorsport
Genre Motor racing program
Presented by Bill Woods
Starring Aaron Noonan
Mark Oastler
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Neil Crompton
Producer(s) AirTime Media
Location(s) Bathurst, New South Wales (2014)
Sunshine Coast, Queensland (2014-15)
Melbourne, Victoria (2014-15)
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network 7mate
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release 19 July 2014 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Shannons Supercar Showdown
External links
Website

Shannons Legends of Motorsport is an Australian motor racing television series that airs on 7mate. First aired in 2014, each episode features a particular topic from the history of Australian motor racing, with a focus on touring cars. The show includes 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 is the second motor racing television show aligned with Shannons, following the Shannons Supercar Showdown which aired from 2011 to 2013.[2]

History

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 is 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]

Production

Each episode, produced by Crompton's production company AirTime Media, is recorded in front of a studio audience and features one or more motor racing figures in conversation with the host. This is 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 are the episodes which feature a Bathurst 1000 race, which feature no studio guests and only pre-recorded interviews to narrate and accompany extended race highlights. As well as the host, there are also two other on-screen contributors to the show; Aaron Noonan, who researches and introduces video clips from the Seven Network vault, and Mark Oastler, who discusses historic racing cars situated in the studio.[7] 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.[7] 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.

Presenters

Hosts

Co-host

Reporter

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

Ep # Airdate Theme[8] 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

Season 2 (2015)

Ep # Airdate Theme[8] 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 Originals1 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
Notes

Recognition

Shannons Legends of Motorsport received awards from both the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and the V8 Media Association in 2014.[1]

Home video

The twelve episodes of Season 1 were released in a DVD box set by Chevron Marketing Services in August 2015.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Johnson features in Legends TV return". SpeedCafe. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Shannons Supercar Showdown to hit screens in July". Shannons Insurance. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Button, Tracey (6 August 2014). "New Motorsport TV Series - Shannons Legends of Motorsport". Targa Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "V8 Supercars signs $241m media rights deal with FOX SPORTS, Foxtel and Ten Network from 2015". Fox Sports Australia. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Shannons Legends of Motorsport Returns to 7Mate". V8 Sleuth. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Relive Racecam’s birth in Legends episode". SpeedCafe. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Shannons Legends of Motorsport on DVD!". V8 Sleuth. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Shannons Legends Of Motorsport". Shannons Insurance.
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