The latest Torq Moto Podcast Show is the first episode two with one of the most popular and likeable characters in British Motocross over the past 50 years, Brian Wheeler.
Always armed with classic tales and more than his fair share of wise cracks, Brian is in his element as he sits on the sofa and talks with hosts ‘Jeffro’ Perrett and ‘DocWobs’ about his youth career and early days in adult motocross before he became a fully-fledged World Championship campaigner. Of course, the whole hour is littered with golden nuggets of stories and opinions from Brian, all delivered in his dry West Country accent.
He finally sets the record straight on a long-standing rumour that he once had to walk home from a youth motocross meeting because his performance wasn’t up to scratch, and to the surprise of the hosts, explains how he was one of Team Green UK’s first signings. He also talks with great affection about his KTM days and how much influence the UK importer at the time, Gordon Jones, had on his career.
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Conversation continues to flow when the trio discuss how difficult the transition from youth to adult racing in the British championship support series actually was and how in awe he was of the top riders before they get into the thick of it reminiscing about the glory days of 500cc GP racing in its pomp of the 80’s.
It’s classic ‘Torq Moto’ fodder and exactly why DocWob and Jeffro formed the show, so sit back and catch to an hour of chat with one of the biggest personalities of British motocross over the past five decades looking back on his youth and early career in a sport that still means so much to him, like it does to us all.
