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    CHAPTER 422 Ft. Jeremy McGrath

    16/10/2026 | 3h 14 mins.
    The King of Supercross is back for round two. Jeremy McGrath won 72 supercross main events, 15 more than Eli Tomac and 24 more than Ricky Carmichael, and nobody has got near that standard since. This one is three hours on how it actually ended for him, what he would do differently, and what he sees when he watches the current field.
    Jeremy McGrath is a seven time supercross champion with more main event wins than anyone in the history of the sport. In Chapter 422 he sits down with Jase Macalpine to go through the Yamaha offer that cut his salary in half, the KTM that was never ready and made the decision for him, the two fourth places that finally let him stop, and why he is in the gym five mornings a week at 54.
    JEREMY EXPLAINS:
    ◼ The Yamaha offer that halved his salary after he won them three titles
    ◼ Signing with KTM, a bike that was not ready, and telling Larry he was done tomorrow
    ◼ The two fourth places behind Carmichael, Stewart and Reed that let him walk away at peace
    ◼ What he would tell Eli Tomac about the first year out
    ◼ Why Haiden Deegan should sit behind someone for a whole race and copy him
    ◼ The same front end crash Chase Sexton keeps having, on every brand
    ◼ Twenty years of Monster, and the Hansen's sticker on his forks in 98
    ◼ How he squashed twenty years of beef with Jeff Emig
    ◼ A hip, a knee, and the ankle he is getting looked at next week
    0:00 Intro
    1:13 The Gambling Money Behind a Factory Team
    7:00 Sports Betting Is a Pandemic
    10:38 A Word on Subscribing
    12:21 The King of Gypsy Tales Is Back
    13:17 Beast Mode at 54
    14:34 Empty Nesters
    18:54 Six Guys and an 8:30 Start
    25:52 A Hip, a Knee and the Ankle Left to Fix
    30:37 Jase's Dad, Cambodia and Riding Till the Wheels Fall Off
    31:50 What He Made of Jett's Ankle
    33:47 Mars Men
    36:10 Nobody Races the Off Season Anymore
    37:19 Flying Race to Race Across Europe in the 90s
    46:12 Why the Sport Moved to Florida
    48:40 Still Driving the 2015 Prius
    50:01 The Strait of Hormuz and China's Hidden Reserves
    54:09 Telling the Truth and Becoming the Enemy
    59:02 Written Off, Then a World Champion
    1:03:46 Chase Sexton and the Same Crash Every Time
    1:10:59 Silly Season and Eli Tomac Retiring
    1:11:55 The Day a Racer Knows It's Over
    1:17:28 BRUNT Workwear
    1:19:36 Did He Ever Feel Like the King?
    1:20:51 He Got Hurt More After He Retired
    1:23:47 Advice for Guys Who Beat the Game Early
    1:28:43 How Fans Turn on You, Then Love You
    1:33:07 Which Criticism Is Worth Listening To
    1:35:15 What He Makes of Deegan's 450 Year
    1:38:22 Learning Outdoors by Watching Jeff Emig
    1:41:07 Decoding Ricky Carmichael's Riding Style
    1:43:13 The Best Deegan Interview He Has Heard
    1:49:12 Prado vs Deegan on the Last Lap
    1:51:07 The Pass on Cooper Webb
    1:53:11 Riding the New Two Stroke at Ironman
    1:57:35 The Colorado 500
    1:59:53 Swing Arm City and Missing Ken Block
    2:03:59 Winning King of the Hammers Back to Back
    2:06:36 Where He Has Ridden in the World
    2:10:25 AG1
    2:11:31 A Thousand Miles of Baja in Five Days
    2:16:26 Why the Lawrence Brothers Are Ahead of the Field
    2:19:01 The Biggest Turnover in Years
    2:20:28 Twenty Years of Monster Energy Supercross
    2:22:50 How the Monster Deal Happened in 2008
    2:24:32 How Energy Drinks Funded the Sport
    2:32:38 The Crash That Overshadowed Hunter's Title
    2:36:41 Predictions for Next Year
    2:37:38 Riding a Defensive Line
    2:40:47 You Cannot Make Enemies of Everyone
    2:43:49 Moving Up to the 450s
    2:45:37 Larry Brooks, the Unsung Hero
    2:48:36 The Cinderella Story of the Season
    2:51:36 Watching the Tomac Tribute
    2:54:20 Squashing Twenty Years of Beef with Emig
    2:55:57 Where the Rivalry Started
    2:59:35 FIST
    3:01:01 Tomac's 57 Wins
    3:05:14 The Two Fourths That Let Him Walk Away
    3:08:47 Yamaha Halving His Salary
    3:12:47 What He Was Actually Being Paid
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    CHAPTER 421 Ft. RJ Hampshire

    07/10/2026 | 3h 11 mins.
    RJ Hampshire is officially headed to Ducati. Fresh off the announcement, RJ joins Jase Macalpine on Gypsy Tales to talk about signing with Ducati, the decision behind the move and what comes next for his Supercross and Motocross career.
    RJ also opens up about his aggressive riding style, making passes with millions of dollars on the line, Chase Sexton and Kawasaki, Haiden Deegan vs Cole Davies, losing his dad, nearly racing MXoN, training with the Lawrence brothers, getting the Ducati race bike ready and the mentality it takes to win at the highest level.
    We also talked about:
    👉🏼 RJ PISSING OFF Mitch Payton
    👉🏼 Why RJ has NO agent
    👉🏼 The Darren Lawrence effect
    👉🏼 Supercross getting quieter!?
    👉🏼 Where Chase Sexton will sign in 2027
    With RJ moving to Ducati AND training with the Lawrence brothers, what do you think his results will look like in 2027? Drop your predictions below! 👇🏼
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    00:00:00 Intro
    00:03:13 Welcome RJ Hampshire to Gypsy Tales
    00:03:27 Haiden Deegan VS Cole Davies
    00:14:32 Blud Lubricants Ad
    00:15:13 Signing with Ducati
    00:19:57 Kawasaki Wanted to Trade Riders!?
    00:26:37 RJ Hamphire has no agent!?
    00:31:29 Chase Sexton is done with Kawasaki!?
    00:37:32 The Darren Lawrence Effect
    00:53:45 RJ Opens Up About Losing His Dad
    01:13:04 Anything to Win a Supercross Title
    01:15:36 RJ's Best Life Decision
    01:18:48 The People Who Saved RJ's Career
    01:20:50 AG1 Ad
    01:21:53 Mike Grondahl's Impact in Supercross
    01:27:08 Mitch Payton was Pissed
    01:39:45 2026 SMX Finals
    01:48:04 Supercross Noise Reduction
    01:53:57 RJ Almost Raced MXON!?
    02:01:01 Cooper Webb & Team Tedder
    02:05:32 Where is Chase Sexton Going!?
    02:12:14 Why RJ has no agent
    02:18:46 Motosport.com Ad
    02:19:41 Malcolm Stewart, Aaron Plessinger & RJ
    02:29:55 New KTM 250!!!
    02:31:38 Sacha Coenen Goes Full Send
    02:34:29 Jeffery Herling's on Honda
    02:41:30 Why Honda Get's Such Great Starts
    02:46:55 The Process of getting the Ducati Race Ready
    02:50:13 Training with the Lawrence Brothers
    02:51:24 Taking out Seth Hammaker
    02:55:10 RJ Hampshire's Career Highlights
    02:56:43 Scary Head Injury
    03:03:35 The Love of Doing the Work
    03:08:05 The Real RJ Hampshire
    03:10:38 Outro
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    Gypsy Tales Recap: LA SMX DRAMA!

    23/09/2026 | 1h 33 mins.
    The heat just got turned up at Round 2 in LA! We never thought we’d see a Haiden Deegan and Cooper Webb rivalry, but it’s officially here. Jase Macalpine breaks down all the 2026 SuperMotocross World Championship drama, including Cooper Webb vs. Haiden Deegan, Hunter Lawrence going off, Jorge Prado’s incredible SMX run, the problems with the current SMX playoff format and tracks, and what the future of SuperMotocross could look like.
    We also dive into the 2026 MXGP season, Guillem Farrés winning the MX2 World Championship, Jeffrey Herlings, MXON, and the latest Supercross silly season talk. Jase breaks down the recent performances of Cole Davies, Ryder DiFrancesco, Levi Kitchen and Julien Beaumer, what could be next for each of them heading into 2027, Eli Tomac’s retirement, and whether Ken Roczen will continue racing in 2027.
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    00:00:00 Intro
    00:00:13 Where Have we been? (NEW STUDIO)
    00:12:39 Cooper Webb vs Haiden Deegan
    00:20:27 The Problem SMX?
    00:26:43 How can the SMX Tracks be better?
    00:29:18 Future of the SMX Playoffs
    00:32:25 Team Managers Suspended??
    00:33:56 Was year 1 of SMX the best?
    00:36:55 Hunter Lawrence GOES OFF!
    00:41:19 Do Riders Race TOO MUCH
    00:45:21 Jorge Prado.... WOW
    00:51:42 Guillem Farrés Takes MX2 World Championship
    00:55:20 Silly Season Chatter
    01:00:33 Kitchen / JuJu / Ryder D
    01:02:27 Cole Davies
    01:04:24 ChatGPT Haiden Deegan vs Cole Davies
    01:08:25 MXON Discussion
    01:20:48 Jeffrey F**king Herlings
    01:22:09 Tomac Reitres...
    01:26:25 Does Ken Roczen race in 2027?
    01:30:16 Wrap Up
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    CHAPTER 420 Ft. Tosha Schareina

    28/08/2026 | 2h 29 mins.
    How do you go from racing enduro in Spain to taking on the Dakar Rally for one of the biggest factory teams in the world? Tosha Schareina reveals the reality of racing Dakar, how he used a Dakar video game on PlayStation to learn rally navigation, what it takes to survive at the highest level of rally-raid, and his journey to becoming a factory Honda rider.
    Tosha Schareina is a Spanish rally-raid racer and factory Honda rider competing at the highest level of cross-country rally. In Chapter 420, he sits down with Jase Macalpine to break down his journey from motocross and enduro to Dakar, and his pursuit of the World Rally-Raid Championship.
    TOSHA EXPLAINS:
    ◼ How playing the Dakar video game helped him learn rally navigation
    ◼ What it really takes to race the Dakar Rally
    ◼ How he went from Spanish enduro to racing for Factory Honda
    ◼ Why Billy Bolt and Josep Garcia helped make enduro cool again
    ◼ The physical and mental demands of cross-country rally
    ◼ His take on Jett Lawrence vs Haiden Deegan in Pro Motocross
    0:00 The Dakar Dream That Started on a PlayStation
    9:44 Cardo Systems
    11:11 The Uncle Who Got Him on Bikes at 7
    13:12 Why He Missed His Shot at Being a Motocross Pro
    20:55 Choosing Enduro Over Motocross in Spain
    21:40 How Billy Bolt and Josep Garcia Made Enduro Cool Again
    32:58 Racing Under the Spanish Federation, Not a Factory
    37:37 Battling Josep Garcia Through the Junior Ranks
    55:54 The Sponsor Money That Gets You to Dakar
    59:53 He Trained for Dakar Using the PlayStation Game
    1:05:19 MotoSport.com
    1:14:15 Racing Argentina, Morocco, and the Learning Curve
    1:28:51 Physical vs Mental Prep in Cross-Country Rally
    1:43:14 Where Supercross and Rally Overlap
    1:59:30 Chasing the World Rally-Raid Championship
    2:00:35 AG1
    2:10:16 Tosha Schareina on Jett vs Deegan
    2:23:47 What's Next: Baja, Brazil, and Morocco
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    CHAPTER 419 Ft. Pernilla Solberg

    26/08/2026 | 2h 17 mins.
    Jase Macalpine sits down with Pernilla Solberg for Chapter 419 of the Gypsy Tales Podcast to tell the story behind one of rally's most influential families. Pernilla never wanted to be the best female driver. She wanted to be the best driver, period. When one competitor told her that if she ever beat him, he'd put his helmet on the shelf, that's exactly what she did.

    Pernilla raced against the boys in Sweden throughout the late '90s, met Petter Solberg at Rally GB in 1998, and retired at 28 to raise their son Oliver, now a WRC driver in his own right. Today, she runs the Solberg motorsport operation, serves as President of the FIA World Rally Commission, and holds board seats across five family car companies.

    In this chapter, Pernilla gets into what it takes to run a rally team, why a Rally1 car can now cost $1.5 million with few buyers lining up, how modern PR is stripping motorsport of its biggest personalities, and why a new WRC owner could be days away from being announced. Plus, the sim racer who beat everyone with a Logitech taped to his kitchen table, the Norwegian Prime Minister who wrote Petter a letter about his swearing, and why Pernilla believes YouTube, not TV, has become the biggest engine in motorsport.

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    00:00:00 Intro
    00:03:37 Growing Up Around Swedish Motorsport
    00:09:35 The Lando Norris Ice Session
    00:11:32 Starting Rally At 16 With Her Dad
    00:14:47 SOTA Fuel Ad
    00:15:26 The First Race In A Volvo 240
    00:19:45 The Guy Who Put His Helmet On The Shelf
    00:24:24 The Sim Racer Who Won With A Logitech
    00:28:36 Stepping Up To A Mitsubishi Evo 3
    00:32:05 Meeting Petter At Rally GB 1998
    00:37:07 Retiring At 28 To Have Oliver
    00:41:36 Getting Oliver Into Cross Karts
    00:52:54 The Call That Subaru Was Leaving
    00:57:13 AG1 Ad
    00:59:00 Starting A Rally Team In Five Weeks
    01:07:21 The Muzzling Of Modern Motorsport
    01:16:29 Petter Told Off By The Norwegian Prime Minister
    01:22:53 Rally 1 Cars Now Cost $1.5 Million
    01:33:57 YouTube Is The World's Biggest TV Channel
    01:36:19 Brunt Workwear Ad
    01:37:52 If Championships Went All-In On YouTube
    01:44:34 Women In Motorsport
    01:53:56 Can Oliver Be A World Champion
    01:57:48 Favorite Rallies On The Calendar
    02:03:35 Building A Rally Car From Scratch
    02:13:07 The Vision For WRC

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About Gypsy Tales
Host Jase Macalpine has spent the last ten years as a Gypsy Film Maker traveling around the world. Gypsy Tales is about the people met along the way, people who have inspired the journey or are just plain interesting.
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