#264 Gypsy Rees [MITCH REES]

Chasin' The Racin'

Grace Rouse

Automotive, Leisure, Sports

4.9 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

This week on Chasin' the Racin', Josh and Joe had the pleasure of chatting to New Zealander, Mitch Rees. He tells all from his early years in NZ, a roundup of his time in the UK and how racing the Isle of Man TT came to be. It was a special one for us as one a few years ago, Mitch's brother Damo was sat right in this seat. They reflected on losing Damo, Mitch's perspective and the legacy Damo's left and what that looks like through Mitch's racing now. Enjoy - CTR x

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Episode sponsor: Mongrel Boots - They are an Australian manufacturer of work boots and dealer boots. They're a 5th generation family owned company that has been making boots in Australia since 1930. Worn on farms and building sites Down Under for almost a century, Mongrel Boots know all about hard work and these Aussie boots are now available in the UK. Find them online and in seletced retailers. Head to mongrelboots.co.uk or bigboots.co.uk for more info.

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0:00.0	3, 2, 1 and welcome back to chasing the racing.
0:03.9	And welcome back to another episode of the podcast.
0:06.1	It's actually episode 264.
0:09.0	Brought to you, as always, by WSC Performance and JCT Truck and Trailer Rental.
0:15.2	And the episode sponsor this week.
0:17.2	Yes, a bit of me is this.
0:18.2	It's mongrel boots, which are an Australian manufacturer, the five generations old, formed in Australia in 1930. Farms, building sites. To be honest, I need to get me a pair of these, 100%. I feel like if you opened the mongrel boots catalogue, it's actually a picture of joe what on site the mullet
0:38.9	the flannel shirt maybe not the shorts but yeah it's just missing the boots so bit so basically
0:45.1	if you want to look like joe or you've got a real job yeah no let's rephrase that josh
0:49.4	if you actually go to work for a living yeah i'd have to get blathered every day, get a set of mongrel boots.
1:12.7	Yeah, I'm not required at my keyboard, but definitely required. On building side. Yeah. 100%. And anyway, that should actually bring us onto our guest. We're joined in the studio by Mitch Rees. How's good? Yeah, it's good. It's great to get the invite and be on here, you know, to be fair.
1:27.8	It's sort of watched a few episodes now. So it's, you know, I guess to be fair, the first one I watched was when Damo and Shane were both on here. So, yeah, it's pretty cool to now sort of be here and be part of it. Been in the hot seat. Yeah, something like that. There's no pressure.
1:28.6	No, there's not.
1:30.1	It's just chin shit, I think.
1:31.6	That is 100% all the day. We've done about 45 minutes of chatting shit before we're actually pressed record. So we've probably got nothing else we used to listen to. Thanks for tuning in. if you want to turn over at another channel.
1:42.7	No, in all seriousness,
1:43.6	thank you very much for making the journey up.
1:45.3	So we are actually camped out at the Rouse household. If you want to turn over at another channel. No, in all seriousness, thank you very much for making the journey up.
1:45.3	So we are actually camped out at the Rouse household in the usual spot.
1:49.7	And actually, it's a sunny Newcastle that you've came up to today.
1:52.4	So thanks for making the journey up for us.
1:54.8	Yeah, delighted to have you on and actually really looking forward to hearing your story as well.
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