ZM's Bree & Clint - Bree's petty quest is complete

Episode Date: July 10, 2026

When Bree heard that Vaughan from the Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley show had a record at the Go Karts, she made it her personal mission to knock him off the leader board and replace it with herself. This is how it went. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You tapped it, so we're playing it. It's ZM's Brian Clint, the podcast. The next thing we're going to talk about is petty. I'll just say that we know that. We are aware. But it's Bree's passion and it's something she wants to do. Sometimes I'm a petty bit. It's true.

And they're not even here to defend themselves either. No, they aren't. There is something that was said on the breakfast show in the last couple of weeks by Vaughn from Fletford and Haley. The iconic Vaughn Smith. Which has subsequently been turned into what's called a radio promo where they play that clip a few times. Which subsequently means we have heard it multiple times.

We have heard it multiple times. This is the clip in question. The board with the top ten times on it. My name is on there. But that's a celebrity one. He was really nice. No, you need to tell you're not on the actual leadership board. No, no.

It's for people that you might know, maybe off the tally once or twice. That's what I think that leaderboard should be called. And I knocked Ali Williams out of the top 10. That felt pretty good. And every time I think he wants a helicopter in Hearn Bay, I'm like, maybe get back on the top 10. Yeah, suck.

So, Bree Thomas L, as a fellow person who's been on the telly once or twice, please reveal to us what you'll be doing today. I said, if Vaughn Smith knocked Ali Williams off the leaderboard, I want to try and knock Vaughn Smith off that same leaderboard. Give him a bit of his own medicine, which I am worried about. about if I actually have the ability to do that or not. Behind the scenes,

Bree has had our producers organize a closed race track. She's going to the same go-kart track where Vaughan set his record before they open so she can have open track time with one goal and one goal only, and that's to knock Vaughan off the leaderboard. I don't care about my time. All I care about is getting one millisecond faster than Vaughn-Smith. so I can then knock him off that leaderboard. That is the only goal.

It is the sole goal of today. What if he is eighth? Because then you'll only be knocking him down to ninth. See, I already question, I already question my racing abilities whether I can do it. No, that's not the attitude. That's not the attitude. Okay, if you're going into this,

you believe that you can do it. I don't question my commitment. Correct. I hope that he's 10 because I feel like that'll be the best case scenario is that I knock him off and then I go into 10th position. The level of pettiness required for you to spend possibly the whole rest of your day. For someone who's been up since 4 a.m. for work today, the level of dedication to pettiness, honestly, it's laudable. It's actually admirable.

Thank you. I appreciate that. The only thing I think that could make it funnier would be if you took Ali Williams with you and you both knock Vaughan off the leaderboard and Ali Williams regains his place on the leaderboard? If Ali Williams is listening, I would love him to come down to the go-kart centre this morning with me. Our shout, it's our shout. Our shout will cover drinks and hot dogs in the canteen.

And him and I on the track, just trying to knock Vaughn Smith. It's actually impressive that Ali Williams even got on there. Ali Williams is 6'9. The heavier, like, correct me if I'm wrong, the heavier you are, the lesser advantage you have. Yeah, the slower you go. Yeah, it's not like a luge cart where the heavier you are, the more advantage you have because you're using gravity.

Because my dad always used to use it as an excuse when I'd beat him at the go-karts. And he goes, you're a bit lighter than me. Bree's acting cool about this. The second she gets in that car, she is going to be Max Vestappan level competitive. Okay, you're not going to be able to talk to her. No, I'm just going to be laser-focused.

Do you, you've seen, have you seen me driving a go-car before? No. You've seen me driving a real car. Yes. Remember when we drove the, what was it? It was a new Hyundai. Oh yeah, we drove the I-30N around the racetrack with the Stig. Honestly, like, and not, let's forget we're on the radio.

Do you think that I could knock Vaughn Smith off the go-car top 10 leaderboard? A hundred percent. Okay. 100%. In fact, I'll be disappointed if you don't. I feel like my confidence is waiting. It's just a song and dance about it now that if you don't, it's going to be embarrassing. How embarrassing for me! You can't leave. If we have to cross to you there in 24 hours from now

and you're still doing laps of the go-car track, so be it. How embarrassing if I've come on the radio gone, I'm going to go down and try and knock Vaughn Smith off the leaderboard and I can't do it. You can do it. It'll be one of the biggest disappointments of my life. I'm going to give it all. I'm going to give it my all. Yeah. It's all I can do. And go for a wee first so you're as light as you can be.

Play Z-D-N's Bree and Clint. Look, if you're wondering how the petty quest went yesterday, or if you're wondering what the petty quest is, Vaughn Smith talked about on the breakfast show multiple times how he'd beaten Ali Williams at the top 10 go-kart centre. He said this. The board with the top 10 times on it. My name is on there.

But that's a celebrity one. He was really nice. And I said, oh, you need to tell him when you're not on the car. the actual leadership board. No, no, just. For people that you might know, maybe off the tally once or twice. That's what I think the leaderboard

should be called. And I knocked Ali Williams out of the top ten. That felt pretty good. And every time I think he wants a helicopter in Hearn Bay, I'm like, maybe get back on the top ten. Yes, I'm going to be. Vaughn said it felt pretty good.

I wouldn't have felt pretty good. So I made it my petty quest yesterday to go out to game over in Albany and knock him off the top ten leaderboard. We didn't know where he was on the top ten because I was like, if he's six, It's going to be a lot harder.

And you can't knock him off. You could just go ahead of him. You could knock him down to seventh. Yeah. Kind of thing. All I wanted to do was knock him down a peg. Luckily when you got there, he was 10th. He was 10th.

So just beating his time would have knocked him off the leaderboard altogether. Exactly. The time to beat was 21 seconds. 0.850. I got into the go-cart. I got it done in two laps. 21.559 was my second full lap. Yeah.

And I was pretty happy with that. I could go home. Yeah, you're done. You're in 10th place on the leaderboard now. Yeah. Crazy that you didn't want to, the competitive part of me would have gone. Well, if I can do that in two laps, can I knock the guy in first place off as well? Because I've got my...

Because who was in first. That's a good question. I can't, yes, producer Claude. I know exactly who it was. Who was it? You'll never beat him. Shane Van Gisbergen. The real race car driver.

Well, what was the difference between Shane Van Gisbergen's time and your time? I'm just having a look here. There's a photo. So you did a 21-5. Yep. He did a 20.3. Oh, no. So about a second?

Almost a second and a half. Which doesn't seem like a lot. Who else is on there? Locky Ferguson from the Blackcaps. Who else? Matt Payne. Who's Matt Payne? Matt Payne.

I know Tim Payne. Oh, Scott Dixon's on this leaderboard as well. Indy car driver. He's the New Zealand. He's the IndyCar champion. Oh, Matt Payne is New Zealand racing driver. Supercar's. Okay, so he's a supercar driver.

Richie Stanway is a supercar driver. Wait, are they all... You're in good company here. I'm in pretty good shape. I'm the only woman. Fabian Coulthard is a supercar driver. That's amazing. And then there's a cricketer and brie.

I'm stoked about it. So, you know, that's a good. well achieved. Anyway, if you're looking to beat me and knock me off the leaderboard, you can go out to game over. Albany, right? Is where your record is. Albany, if you want to knock me off, yep. Play ZM's Brian Clint on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and live weekdays from three on ZM.