Reel45 Podcast With Greg Hancock And Stefan Juhnell

For Greg, Speedway is a career, job, ambition and hobby but its not the only thing in life. Wives, partners and families play such a major role in our daily lives including speedway. Greg talks in brief about his life in the fast paced speedway world (his job) and how he tries compromise that with his wife and family. There are awlays ups and downs but communication is the key, he says..... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Welcome to Episode 48 of the Reel45 Podcast. Greg and Stefan take a recap of the week gone by with the Slovenian Grand Prix, Polish League Semi Finals, Swedish Elite League Semi Finals and the unfortunate injury to Patryk Dudek during the clash with Västervik last Tuesday. It has been an eventful week to say the least and that included a lot of travelling to and from Race events throughout Europe. Enjoy the content and see you next week. Grin2Win! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Motorcycle racers spend much time in their vans or race transporters. There is a lot that happens behind the closed doors. Do you ever wonder what goes on in the van? It might a race celebration or facing the agony of defeat. No matter what, many discussions take place as well as sharing the confidential information of the event ahead or the event that just finished. We are giving you the chance to join Greg for an experience of what goes on inside the van along with a live Reel45 Podcast together with both Greg and Stefan. Listen in and pay attention to our @reel45podcast social media for more details. Thanks for listening and Grin 2 Win!! Follow us on Instagram: @reel45podcast and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel45/ #Speedway #GregHancock #StefanJuhnell --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Welcome to the Reel45 Podcast and Episode 46- I wanna Go Fast! Greg takes you into the pits with his mechanics and a little behind the scenes preview of how he goes fast. The relationship between Greg and his mechanics is the key to making him fast. We decided to involve our listeners and fans of Greg by asking them to write in with questions that you would like Greg to answer. We were delighted at the feedback generated from this and will do much more of it. Enjoy this informational episode with a solo Greg. Thanks for listening. Grin2Win...... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

This is the Episode that Greg has been waiting for. Well, we have have been building up to Episode 45 and trying to determine what guest we would approach. Of course it was an easy choice with 2x World Speedway Champion, Hollywood Actor and a great mentor/hero to Greg: Bruce Penhall! As a kid, Greg wanted the number 45 which came from his hero Bruce Penhall and has stuck with him throughout his career to date. In the world of speedway, most people know who the number 45 belongs to but what more lies behind it??  This podcast brought out some interesting yet truthful stories that many don't know and that includes Greg. Much success with racing, a great Hollywood career, and family man who had a hard time getting away from racing. Following the tragic accident with Bruce's youngest son Connor, life changed quickly for the Penhall family and you too should hear how.  We could not make the trip to California to get this podcast with Bruce so it was done over a weblink which went pretty good most of the way but we

Michael Teurberg created a name for himself by taking Rospiggarna Speedway back to the top of the Elite Series in Sweden. He always gives 100% and has become quite the visionary. He continued to dream big and then was given the opportunity to present Hallstavik with the possibility of hosting a round of the World Championship Speedway Grand Prix in 2018. Not only did he do that but he gave the stadium a complete renovation and lifted the town in the process. After rebuiding Rospiggarna Speedway, renovating the stadium in Hallstavik and then providing a top class Speedway GP Event, is it time to move on for Micke? Listen to this interesting story of the man behind the Rospiggs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Not many people get a chance to hear from Tomasz Gazinski. We are pleased that he gave  us his time to talk all about his life growing up in the USA before moving to Bydgoszcz, Poland. This eventually led him to become the manager of 2010 Speedway World Champion and Polish legend Tomasz Gollob. Gazinski elaborates on how his original family roots emigrated to the USA back in 1939 to avoid  future war conflicts etc. He also explains his move back to Poland including his transition into Speedway before becoming the manager of Tomasz Gollob. The secrets that have surrounded the Polish star are those which we all have tried to figure out and Tomasz Gazinski explains to us some of the situations he’s encountered throughout their long time relationship/friendship. Truly interesting... Enjoy this episode! You will hear various stories about the past and present times.  Thank you again Tomasz Gazinski! ✊

Welcome to the Speedway Candy Shop called "Joe Hughes International"! We recorded a live webcast this week together with Morgan Hughes who owns and operates Speedway's largest parts supply store. They are the distributors of a large catalague of speedway spares and sell to numerous countries around the world. It's the one stop shop for everything you need to race speedway. Morgan and Greg became friends in 1989 when Greg first started his career for Cradley Heath in the UK. Morgan's father Joe became a friend and sponsor of Greg's from day and that family friendship has grown over the years. The speedway family is huge and its no wonder why after hearing it from someone like Morgan.  Thanks for listening and tune in next week for another great episode.. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Greg have some days of and enjoying the Sunny weather in Sweden. He visited Stefan and his family on the small island Singö where they spend most of the summers. This is a conversation between Greg and Stefan about all and nothing as it should be on vacations. Relaxing and reflecting. Hope you enjoy it and that you have some vacation and recovery. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

I am Bill! We finally had a sit down with Greg's middle son Bill Hancock so that he could share his story with us. Listen to him tell you why it's soccer and not speedway for this young, energetic kid who's full of life as well as a great critic. :() He will also elaborate on his "Good Sweden" too.. '   Thanks for listening and see you next week. Grin 2 Win!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Just days after the successful Speedway GP Event in Hallstavik, Sweden we do a recap about our overall opinion of it. Greg had a rough start to the GP but finished well and narrowly missing out on the final. A podium place was not achieved by Greg but Stefan actually made the podium himself. Here his legendary story of the newly organized VIP Experience from BSI and Monster Energy which took Stefan all the way to the Podium. Thanks for listening to Episode 39. Follow us on social media with Instagram: @reel45podcast or our Facebook channel: Reel45 Podcast. See you next week. Grin 2 Win..... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

This week, Greg was in Horsens, Denmark for the Danish Speedway GP and Stefan was on regular duties back in Norrtälje. On route to Horsens Greg made time to stop into Tjæreborg, Denmark and visit his longtime friend and big hero/mentor Erik Gundersen along with his wife Helle at their home. From the early days of Greg’s European career riding in the same team with Erik to having the opportunity to live in the same house with Erik and Helle in his second season and less than a year after Erik’s career ending neck injury, it’s quite a story. Erik continues to be a hero for Greg and is the current coach/trainer/mentor to the future Danish Speedway stars. Erik, Helle and Greg take a step back in time to talk about their careers and the life they’ve led up to present day. Erik elaborated his thoughts about teaching the kids including Greg back in the day as well as how important it is to get them grounded. You will love hearing these motivational words coming directly from the Main Dane himself. It’s no wonder why

Stefan and Greg were recently put on a mission from Visit Roslagen in Norrtälje, Sweden to see and do as much as possible in the Roslagen Area and all in one day. After a brief vacation from racing for Greg, the Speedway GP resumes in Horsens, Denmark this Saturday and then he goes straight back into GP action again one week later in Hallstavik, Roslagen for the Swedish Speedway GP. In this episode, they talk about the brief summer vacation as well as the build up to the weeks ahead including the exiting future podcast with the "Great" Erik Gundersen. Listen up and enjoy this episode. Be Good Peoples! :()  Link to the Världsklass Roslagen movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SPbExJxNl-M --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Episode 36- Meet The Press!    Join us for this entertaining yet informative conversation with Pove Persson from Sweden’s Norrtälje Tidning newspaper. Many journalists from the press have a tough job to get the story the want or need and we did all that we could to trap Pove into telling us all about it. Many riders are easy to get the interview but there are also numerous that can be difficult or make you feel like you are talking to yourself as we (Reel45) put it. As we began our Podcast with Pove, he was also trying to get that interview from Greg at the same time so it seemed like he tried to trap us instead! :) Greg and Pove have a long time business relationship which has turned into a friendship at the same time. There is a lot of sarcasm within their relationship so it leaves many to wonder “whats on the record or whats off the record”????!!! Listen here and decide for yourself.    Norrtälje Tidning is a newspaper from the Roslagen area of Sweden and are giving great coverage for Rospiggarna Speedway.

We all learn from our mistakes and sometimes don't think before we speak. In this Episode 35, Stefan asks Greg about a recent situation that occurred within Team USA directly after the Speedway of Nations in Teterow, Germany.  After reading an article in a UK Speedway magazine about a Wasted journey for Greg's Team partner in that event, Stefan decided to put Greg on the spot to ask his opinion or response to the disturbing comments made against Greg and the whole Team USA crew. It's an eye opener all around and leaves Greg to wonder who really had the Wasted Journey! Thanks for listening and please follow us on Podbean, Itunes and Acast or follow our social media @real45podcast and give us a like or even a comment.    Keep it sideways and "Grin 2 Win"! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Greg and Stefan become World Class Vikings! Thanks for joining us for Episode 34- Roslagen: The World Class Country Life. With the Speedway GP in Hallstavik coming up on July 7th, we had an interesting yet inspiring invitation to tour the Roslagen community and show everyone all that can be done while visiting this beautiful part of Sweden. Greg's neighbor, Therese Carlström works with www.visitroslagen.se in Norrtälje, Sweden and plays a major role in organising this great film feature together with Sound and Vision Norrtälje. Stefan and Greg spent a day visiting numerous places in Roslagen and took part in many amazing Swedish cultural activities as well as catching up with some of the locals to learn more about Roslagen and what makes it so #worldclass or #världsklass as they say in Sweden. Look out for the hashtags #världsklassroslagen or #worldclassroslagen in the weeks ahead. Be sure to follow the social media channels and catch this cool film feature when its released. Thanks again for listening and se

This week marks Greg’s return to the USA Team for the inaugural Speedway of Nations event. Team USA begin their qualification chances in Teterow, Germany this Saturday June 2nd with high hopes for reaching the 2 day finals in Wroclaw, Poland on June 8-9! Greg was due to be teamed up with the young up and coming “Lil missile” Luke Becker but a crash in Denmark last week has ended his chances of teaming up with his mentor Luke once again joins the show this week to express his disappointment and the what the future holds for him. Greg also analyses Team USA’s chances as well as what it’s like to be back in the game with his National Flag proudly portrayed on his chest once again. As always, it’s an inspiring conversation led by Stefan. Thanks for listening and see you all next week. Keep it sideways and Grin2Win! ✌

Episode 32- Wide Open Will! Wilbur Hancock   This week we get to hear all about the life of “Wide Open Willy” and what it’s like to be an Ameriswede! Wilbur recently became a teenager and he explains his international lifestyle as a kid, student and a speedway rider amongst many other things. A true mix of languages, cultures and talents make “Wide Open Will” the unique character that he is.   Listen and follow the Reel45 Podcast on ITunes, Podbean and ACast or follow @reel45podcast on Instagram or Facebook. Give us a like and please share. Thanks for listening and see y’all next week. Grin2Win --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/message

Greg recently ran into long time friend and fellow speedway competitor Hans Andersen down in Småland, Sweden. They met up at the MX World Collection on route to their first home match with Dackarna. Hearing the whole story of how hard Hans has worked to get where he is today as well as maintaining a family lifestyle is impressive. The youth of today could learn a thing or two about dedication and working to achieve your goals. Success starts with a dream as well as looking up to your idols. Hans has captained Denmark to World Team Championship success and he continues to strive for more World Championship success for both himself as well as the Danish national team. You will understand what a cool and inspirational guy he is and its no wonder Greg calls him a friend.   Thanks for listening and see you next week. Keep it sideways and “Grin 2 Win”! Follow us on Social media. Instagram @reel45podcast and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel45/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reel45podcast/m

Welcome to Episode 30 of the Reel45 Podcast. We recently made a stop to the newly opened Renaissance Hotel Warsaw Airport and caught up with some key people on sight for the hotel. Warsaw airport is a frequent stop for Greg as well as an overnight stay numerous times throughout the year. With this newly opened hotel at the airport and only 64 steps away from the airport terminal, we had to drop in and get a tour as well as to see this amazingly beautiful facility. Its a must see and an even moreso an awesome place to "Get a Room" at least for a night. We will defintiely be back and for Greg will make this a frequent stop for  accomodation, food and relaxation during his travels. Listen up and check out the Renaissance Hotel Warsaw Airport #renwarsaw and the first of its kind in Poland.  Be sure to follow, like and share us on social media. @reel45podcast  Thanks to our friends at Titans of Dirt and www.titansofdirtextreme.com for assisting us with the Reel45 Podcast media. Check out their website and thanks f