On today’s episode we’ve got Australia’s international driving sensation, Jake Parsons, who is taking Japan by storm. We sat down with Jake and had one hell of a chat tracking his career journey across the globe. Here is a taste of some of the topics we got stuck into throughout the episode:

• Where has Jake been living/racing these past eight years?!?
• The BAD start in karts to racing the U18 Karting World Champs
• Transitioning to Duratec Formula Ford with Synergy 
• Road to Indy - the international journey begins
• Japanese culture & Hooly’s obsession with vending machines
• Japan’s motorsport programs, engineering & marketing (Take notes Supercars)
• Japanese Super GT300, Super Taikyu & Formula 3 racing
• Tokyo Auto Salon (from visitor to exhibitor)
• Game show! Japan vs Australia Trivia

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⭐️ TIMECODES ⭐️ ➡ 

00:00 - Show Tease

01:00 - Show & Episode Intro

03:00 - Where has Jake been?

04:00 - BTS living in Japan 

08:00 - Japan’s motorsport programs, purses & points

10:00 - Racing Super GT in Japan

13:00 - BAD START! Jake’s first time in a go-kart

16:30 - COME BACK KID! Returning to karts

21:00 - Melbourne ➡ Sydney ➡ Tokyo 

24:00 - Tokyo Auto Salon relationship

27:00 - Shogun Autosport business 

30:00 - Performance psychology benefits

35:30 - NEVER believe what you read on driverdb.com 

37:00 - CIK Stars of karting era

41:00 - Transitioning to Duratec Formula Ford 

46:00 - Road to Indy 

51:00 - Moving to Formula BMW in Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBTrY6JwPU0 

53:50 - Next stop, Japan! F3, Super GT & more

58:00 - YOU CAN BUY A CAR IN A VENDING MACHINE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0aPm02JM0&t=49s 

01:02:45 - Seattle’s mysterious vending machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4SktHP_GU0 

01:04:00 - How to get sponsors in Japan?

01:09:00 - Japan’s engineering capabilities in motorsports

01:11:00 - EV vs Hydrogen cars

01:15:00 - Back to racing talk: GT4’s

01:20:00 - Hardcore Japanese fan base (take notes Supercars)

01:24:00 - GAME SHOW: Japan vs Australia Trivia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogHnUYftFxs 

01:35:00 - What’s changed in Australia’s go-kart scene

01:39:00 - Jake’s absolute favourite track, cars and twitch streaming

01:40:30 - 2023 Yokohama World Time Attack  

⭐️ LINKS TO JAKE PARSONS ⭐️ ➡ 

Personal  ➡

• Website: https://www.jakeparsons.net.au/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeparsons.jp/ 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JakeParsons.JP 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeparsonsjp 

Businesses ➡

• Shogun Autosport: https://www.instagram.com/shogunautosport/ 
• Motorsport Japan: https://www.instagram.com/motorsport.japan/ 

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