Once a hobby, Golding is spinning DJ project to new heights

A hobby born out of COVID times is set to take James Golding places, amid the Blanchard Racing Team driver’s rise up the Supercars leaderboard.

Golding has been one of the standout performers in 2026, racing to eighth in the standings through four rounds.

Just 13 races into life at BRT, Golding scored a breakthrough pole for the team in Sydney, before racing to third. He added a second podium in Christchurch, and heads to Tasmania just 49 points from fifth.

When 'Jimmy' isn’t ragging race cars around Australia and New Zealand, he’s right at home producing high-energy underground music.

"I started DJ'ing during COVID. I then dabbled in producing a bit myself with a mate, before I started the duo that I'm in now,” Golding told Supercars.com.

Golding and friend Sam Drechsler’s collaborative project ‘Don’t Think’ has gained momentum in recent weeks amid a series of releases, with the next release landing on June 19.

For Golding, Don't Think is becoming more than a hobby — it is a passion built on hard work and collaboration that is now gaining momentum.

"If you want to get anywhere, you’ve got to spend the time on it. With the two of us, that definitely helps out a lot. If one of us is busy, the other one can pick up the load," Golding continued.

“Recently, we're mainly been focusing on producing. We've got some releases coming up, we're pretty much set to release a new track every two months.”

The challenge for Golding and Drechsler is to create fresh, new beats as they balance their own professional lives. Golding is trackside for approximately 20 weekends a year, so time is at a premium.

However, they stood up to the task across the summer, offering them a runway to explode in the second half of the year.

"When we can get together, Sammy and I get together in a studio in Melbourne, and do the work there,” said Golding, who resides on the Gold Coast.

“A lot of stuff is also done remotely as well, and back and forth with another guy we work with as well. It's a long process, very teething, but also very rewarding at the end of it when you get a good track out of it.

“A lot of our tracks were made over the summer break, we’re now finishing stuff off. We’ve got a fair few backed up ready to release, so it’s a matter of putting them all up there in time and trying to get them as much exposure as possible.

“It’s definitely a lot better for me being in a duo, it shares the load a bit and allows it to be more easygoing and creative."

The hard work has set Don’t Think up to have a big 2026 as they look to expand to festival line-ups.

Should Golding remain a contender throughout the Finals, that plan may change. It may also add even more credibility and notoriety to the project, should the Victorian emerge as a surprise title contender.

At the heart of it all is Golding's desire to have fun, whether that be behind the wheel or behind the decks.

"I've been pretty flat out with the racing, so we try and do gigs just whenever we can fit it in. Sammy has a full-time job as well, so it's about trying to tie it in with both of us,” Golding said.

“We’re hoping to try and get onto bigger and better things towards the end of this year and next year. We’d love to get onto a festival or something like that. That would be awesome.

“There are a few contacts that we're gonna try and utilise, but a lot of it comes down to your audience and fan base and building that across social media and Spotify and whatnot.

“We've been focusing on trying to get a good amount of interest to really put ourselves in a better position to get some bigger gigs."

As for the next release, it hits close to home for Golding.

“The next one’s called Ferrari, actually,” said Golding, who resumes his 2026 Supercars campaign in Tasmania on May 22-24.

“I should have made one called Ford."