Chelsea Angelo

 

Chelsea Angelo races single-seaters and touring cars in Australia. Her career began in Formula Ford and she almost won a National class Formula 3 championship in 2014, but she now races saloons.

She has been involved in senior-level motorsport since 2012, when she was 16. At first, she raced a Formula Ford in the Victoria state championship,  but that turned into an attack on both the Victorian and Australian championships in 2013. She scored her first outright win in the Victorian series. Her best finishes in the Australian championship were sixth places at Surfers Paradise and Sydney. She was thirteenth overall. Despite her win in the Victorian championship, she was only 15th overall as she did not do the whole calendar. 

She raced in Australian Formula 3 in 2014, in the National class, where she was a front-runner. She was either first or second in all of her races, winning seven times, and missed out quite narrowly on the championship. This was the high point of her single-seater career, although the issue of finances was beginning to rear its head.

As well as single-seaters, she has also tested Supercars, and this led to a last-minute race seat for 2015 with the THR Developments team. However, this only stretched to the first round and Adelaide, and she sat the rest of the season out. She finished 18th and 22nd in her two races. 

She signed with the Dragon team for the 2016 Supercar Dunlop championship. After almost a full season she was 21st overall, getting into the top ten once at Sandown. This was impressive, as it followed a DNF due to contact with another car. Her car was a Prodrive Ford Falcon FG and the only known Supercar to be fitted with a cup holder, a nod to her sponsor, Rush Iced Coffee.

Her programme was very limited in 2017, with only one major race. The Dragon team had signed Renee Gracie in her place. She drove a Ford Falcon in the Winton 300 but did not finish. 

2018 was spent in the Australian Porsche Supercup with Wall Racing, who won the championship the year before. Sportscars suited her and she was fifth overall. Her best finish was second at Sandown, one of four podium places including one third place at Phillip Island. 

Hoping to resurrect her single-seater career, she put her name down to try out for the inaugural season of W Series. She was long-listed and attended the winter selection event at Melk in Austria, but was not selected. Chelsea took to social media to express her anger and lack of confidence in the W selection criteria, which she claimed were very unclear and not fully related to on-track performance.

After her W Series disappointment, she threw herself into the Australian TCR Series, driving a Holden Astra for Kelly Racing. It was not the easiest of seasons and she had car problems to contend with, as well as being taken out by another competitor in the third race. She sat out the middle part of the season while the team sorted out the car troubles and returned in November at The Bend. Sadly, a first-race crash put her out for the weekend. Her best finish was twelfth and she was 25th in the championship. Among her team-mates that year was Molly Taylor. 

She also raced a Hyundai Excel in some one-make endurance races with the Brett Parrish Race Organisation, finishing tenth and sixth. Her co-drivers were Ashley Izod and Tim Slade. The sixth spot was with Ashley Izod and was a charge through the field from 20th to sixth.

She planned to race in TCR again in 2020, but the season was cancelled due to coronavirus. 

The following season ran and Chelsea did most of it in a Volkswagen Golf. It was a hard year for her and her best finish was eleventh at Phillip Island. She was 20th overall.

At the beginning of 2022, she posted on her social media that she did not have sponsorship to race, although she has not retired and has not ruled out a return later in the year. She works as a driver coach and personal trainer.

(Image copyright Chelsea Angelo)

Fiona James

Fiona James is a British sportscar driver who mostly races on the Continent. She also the founder and owner of Walero racewear, which manufactures body-temperature regulating fireproof underwear.

Her introduction to motorsport came when she was already an adult, in the form of a track day in 2006. Her sporting background was equestrian rather than automotive; she trained dressage horses for Team GB. “Walero” was the name of one of her notable ones.

She actually began racing in 2007, driving a Radical SR4 to some class wins in Britsports.

After that, she switched from a prototype to a GT car: a Ginetta G40. She competed for the next two seasons in both the British GT Cup and the Dutch Supercar Challenge, running part-time campaigns in each with In2Racing. Her best UK result in 2008 was a 13th place at Brands Hatch and she was 27th in the championship, having driven in four rounds. She and her team-mates also won their class at Spa.

She was thirteenth in the Supersport 2 category of Dutch Supercars in 2009, driving a Ginetta G50. Her results in the Britcar GT were improving and she scored her first top-ten at Snetterton, finishing eighth and winning her class. This was augmented by another class win at Silverstone.  

It was back to the UK in 2010, when she and the In2Racing team entered Britcar in the Ginetta. This included the season-ending Britcar 24 Hours, although they did not manage to finish. The team struggled to get on to the grid much that year, for reasons not clear.

he drove a Lamborghini Gallardo on her return to Britsports in 2011, first with Backdraft Motorsport. Her best result was an eighth at Donington. Later, she came back in the same car as part of the Panic team. She only managed to drive in the Spa round, when the car suffered a fire.

Later in the season, she drove the Gallardo in the Barcelona 24 Hours, and was 41st overall, second in class, with a four-person Backdraft Motorsport team.  

She moved back to the Netherlands for the Dutch Supercar series in 2012, still in the Gallardo, but had to cut her season short due to a skiing injury. She was ninth overall. Her team-mate Simon Atkinson was sixth.

She was meant to return in 2013, but does not appear to have raced.

In 2014, she took part in the world's longest race, the Maxi Endurance 32h, at Algarve. She was second in the Sport class, driving a BMW M3 with four other British drivers.

She did more 24-hour racing in 2015, taking part in the Barcelona 24 Hours in a BMW Z4, but she did not finish. The Backdraft Racing Lamborghini was also in evidence, at the Spa round of the Supercar Challenge. She was fourteenth in one race, and did not finish the other.

She raced a BMW for Intersport at the 2016 Silverstone 24 Hours, as part of a four-driver team. They were 25th overall, after a radiator problem and a broken propshaft.

For the first time since the start of her career, Fiona drove a prototype during 2017. She signed up with Blueberry Racing, a Dutch team, alongside Cor Euser and Dick van Elk, driving a Praga R1.

Her first race was the opening round of the Supercar Challenge at Assen, and she was eleventh and thirteenth. After the car’s debut, the team switched focus to the GT & Prototype Challenge for most of the season. Fiona  was second in class, with four wins, two seconds and a third. Her best overall finish was a fifth place at Assen, which coincided with one of her class wins.

In 2018, she took another step up in her racing career, sharing an Academy Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage in the GT4 European Series with Matt Nicoll-Jones. Part of her programme involved a run in the Aston Martin Race Festival that supported the Le Mans 24 Hours.   

Her second season in the GT4 European Series with the Aston included two third places at Brands Hatch, in the Pro-Am class. She and co-driver Tom Wood were also fifth at Paul Ricard. Unfortunately, a crash at Zandvoort ended their season prematurely. Neither driver was seriously hurt but the car was badly damaged.

She has not been able to get back on track since then but hopes to recover fully in the future.

(Image from https://european.gt4series.com)

Female Drivers in Touring Cars: the Netherlands

Ina van Kooten, Ann Vader and Mabel t'Hooft are congratulated by actress Yoka Beretti after a record attempt at Zandvoort, driving a Ford Corsair, in 1965.

Saloon and touring car racing in the Netherlands has attracted a relatively large number of female drivers since the 1960s. This post has been created from existing content, in an ongoing attempt to make Speedqueens easier to read. New drivers will be added in future. Liesette Braams and Henny Hemmes now have their own profiles.

Lilian Andela - active in Dutch motorsport between the late 1970s and early 1990s. She began her career as a rally navigator, in the 1978 Tulip Rally, in a Datsun. In 1988, she competed in the Dutch Touring Car Championship, in a Talbot Simca Rallye 3, in the Super Touring Group A section. She was not among the front-runners. In 1990 and 1991, she raced in the Citroen AX GTI Cup. In 1990, she was again not among the front-runners, but did quite well in the Ladies’ class. In 1991, the story seems to have been the same, although results from this year are proving hard to track down.

Theresia Balk - began racing almost as a joke in the 2005 Formula Woman Nations Cup, with no prior experience and no motorsport background. After that, she bought a BMW E36 and raced in a one-make series in the Netherlands. She signed up for another year but a sponsor pulled out. With the funding she had, she entered some rounds of the 2007 Suzuki Swift Cup. Her time in the series was marred by an early-season accident, caused by the wrong wheelnuts being supplied by the car preparer. A couple of years back racing BMWs followed, working on a very low budget in the Toerwagen Diesel Cup and some rounds of the Dutch Supercar Challenge, where her underpowered car was not big enough to compete. She stopped competing due to financial pressures, and because she was no longer enjoying herself. During her time on-track, Frans Verschuur once got so frustrated at not being able to pass her that he bit his tongue. 

Rianne Bergman – races in the PTC Cup for production cars in the Netherlands. She began racing in 2013, when she was 17, driving for the Lohuis team. Her first car was a Citroen C1, changing to a Toyota Aygo for some of 2014, then back to a Citroen. She won the championship’s Ladies’ Cup in 2014, after really announcing herself in her first year, with a second place in her first race. She was seventh in the combined championship, with a best finish of third. Her best 2015 finish was fourth, at Zandvoort. She was second in the Ladies' Cup, and fifth overall in the championship. She raced a C1 again in 2016, and was fourth in the championship, with two third places. In 2017, she won her first race in the PTC (also known as the City Bug Cup) and was third in the championship. She did at least some races in the C1 in 2018, but does not appear to have competed much. She returned to the tracks mid-2019, racing in the DTC 2 championship in a sportscar run by Stayfast. She won at least two races. In 2021, she raced in the Mazda MX5 Cup, finishing fourteenth and twelfth in the opening rounds of the season. She returned to the PTC series in 2022 and 2023.

Eline Braspenning - races in the Dutch Supercar Challenge. Her debut year was 2007, when she drove a in a couple of rounds of the DNTR series, finishing on the podium twice. She moved on to the Supercar Challenge in 2008. Her car for the 2008 season was a BMW Z3 Coupe, and her co-driver was Esra van Elk. They were driving for Eline’s father’s Braspenning Racing team. Their best finish was third, and they were tenth in the Sport class at the end of the year. During the winter off-season, they took part in one round of the Dutch Winter Endurance Championship, in the same car, before returning to Supercars in 2009 with a BMW E36 M3. Eline, now driving with Iman van Schelven, was fifth in the Sport class after six podium finishes and one pole position. She drove in the Supersport class in 2010, in an E46 this time, but it was less reliable, and she could only manage a best finish of fifteenth. Her usual co-driver was her father, Ron Braspenning. In 2011, she competed in Supercars again, but only managed to enter three rounds, still with Ron in the BMW. They were 18th overall. It was a similar story in 2012: driving in the Sport 1 class, she and Ron were tenth, after four races. Their car was still the BMW. In 2014, Eline and her father competed in the Dutch Supercar Challenge together, in a BMW Compact. They performed well, winning a race in the Sport 1 class at the Nürburgring, and finishing second in another, but they were dropped to eleventh place, as they only did a part-season. 

Evelin Dorssers - Dutch driver who mainly competes in the DNRT Endurance championship, driving a BMW. In 2021, she won the Touring class of the Zandvoort 8 Hours, as part of a four-driver team. They were 21st overall and it was her third class win in the race. She spent part of the season competing with an all-female team with Danielle Kleyheeg, Audrey Van Ham and Vivienne Weijs, in the same championship. The team, with new driver Sandra van der Sloot, raced in the BMW Racing Cup in 2022 as well as winning their class in the three-round endurance championship. In 2023, they were seventh in the Netherlands 24H race. Previously, Evelin competed in a Mercedes in the SLK Cup in 2018 and 2019. She is also a rally co-driver.

Eva Harkema - drove in the Dutch VW Endurance Cup in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She raced a Golf for her family team, Palmyra Racing, alongside her father, Henk, and brother, Paul. Their best finish in 2010 was eleventh, and they were fifteenth overall. Although they were only 21st in 2009, they scored their best finish to date - ninth. 2008 was very much a learning season, and they were only 36th. In between seasons, they have also raced in the Dutch Winter Endurance Championship. More recently, she has raced in the Renault Clio championship. She was 26th in 2012, after six races with Verschuur Motorsport. She drove the same car in the 2011-2012 Dutch Winter Endurance Series. In 2013, she was twelfth in the Dutch Clio Cup, with a best finish of seventh, at Zandvoort. In 2014, she took part in the Syntix Winter Championship, in the Clio, with Paul Harkema. 

Mabel ‘t Hooft - raced mainly in the Netherlands in the 1960s. She mainly seems to have driven Fiat-Abarth cars, chiefly an 850cc TC model, which she shared with her husband, Dick. Her racing mainly centred on saloon events at National level, but she also took in a few sportscar races in the Abarth. The 1965 GT race at the 1965 Circuit van Zandvoort meeting is a case in point. As well as the Abarth, Mabel drove other cars; one of her best results was a fifth place in a Class B race at the Grand Prix of the Netherlands in 1965, which she achieved in a Ford Corsair GT. 

Amée de Jong (Caron) - winner of the first Ladies’ Cup in the Citroen AX GT Cup, in 1990. She won races outright that year and featured strongly in the mixed standings. In 1992, she found her winning form again, this time in a Suzuki Swift, after a quiet season in 1991, when she some Production racing in a Peugeot 405. She drove in the 1400cc class of the 1992 Dutch Production Car Championship and was second overall. She won two races at Zandvoort, the Pinksterraces round and one of the Interantionale races. She returned for a part-season in 1993, replacing a dismissed driver in the Suzuki works team, but her only race ended in disqualification. She then disappears from the starting lists for quite some time, but she must have kept her Suzuki links, as she made a couple of appearances in the Dutch Touring Car Championship in a Baleno, in 1999.

Danielle Kleyheeg - raced in the VW Endurance Cup in a Golf in the Netherlands in 2009, driving for the Certainty Racing team. She and her team-mates were 28th overall. In 2010, she stayed with the team, and moved into the Toerwagen Diesel Cup. Her car was a BMW 120d. She was 44th overall, again, alongside her team-mates at Certainty. She gained attention due to her car being sponsored by an underwear company. In 2011, she carried on with the Diesel Cup for six races, finishing 37th overall in a BMW 123d. More recently, she has been involved in classic rallying to raise awareness for female cancers. In 2021, she joined forces with an all-female team consisting of Evelin Dorssers, Audrey Van Ham and Vivienne Weijs. They competed in the 2021 DNRT Endurance series in a BMW and won their class in the 2022 edition. They were seventh in the 2023 Netherlands 24H.

Ina van Kooten - raced a Glas 1204 TS in the Netherlands in the 1960s. She appears on the entry lists from about 1965, and then the 1204 was upgraded to a 1304. Although she competed up to ETCC level sporadically, she was not especially competitive, and scored few decent finishes. Mainly, she stuck to National level races in the Netherlands, especially at Zandvoort, up until 1968. Away from the track, she may well have owned a scooter dealership at about the same time as she raced.

Nella Kruizinga - raced in the Netherlands in the 1970s. She is most known for campaigning a VW Golf GTi in the Dutch Touring Car Championship, where she was ninth at the Zandvoort finale in 1978. She also raced the Golf in a one-make series for that car, and was photographed having a coming-together with Martin Burgondie’s car, also at Zandvoort. Further information about Nella’s career is not forthcoming, although she was apparently the girlfriend of racer Fred Krab.

Nan van Lennep – did some touring car racing in the Netherlands in the 1960s. Her car was an 850cc Mini. She did not finish the 1963 Zandvoort Trophy, but was ninth in the Benelux Cup, also held at Zandvoort. At the time, she was married to Gerard van Lennep, of the famous Dutch racing family. She is better known and a model and actress.

Nina Pothof (Gademan) - Dutch driver who  took her first steps in cars in 2020 after a karting career that included a win in the mixed-pair karting event of the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games. She started racing a Citroen C1 in the PTC Cup when the 2020 season finally got under way and was fifth in her first race at Zandvoort, having been demoted from fourth for her car being underweight. At the end of the year she was the leading female driver and one of the leading rookies in the series. She was part of an all-female team for the Zolder 24 Hours, run by Xwift. Nina, Esmee de Vilder, Ellen Leysen, Shana Mertens and Janine Rozendaal drove a BMW 325 and finished second in class. After a quiet year, she signed for the British F4 championship in 2024.

Ellen Sminia - raced a Mini in Dutch Touring Cars in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1969, she was eleventh at the Paasraces and eighth in the Zandvoort Formula 5000 meeting. She also entered the Clubraces, but did not finish. In 1970, she drove in the Paasraces, Formula 5000 and Grand Prix meetings but did not finish any of her races. In 1971, she took part in the Formula 3 meeting at Zandvoort, but does not appear to have finished, this time in a Fiat 600D. 

Liesbet Tolman – chiefly a motorcycle racer, who has competed in the Netherlands since at least 2008, and also in the European Road Racing Championship. In 2015, she raced in the PTC Cup in the Netherlands, scoring points in six races. The best of these was an eighth place finish. She was third in the Ladies Cup. Her car seems to have been a Toyota Aygo. 

Thea de Vos – Dutch driver who raced a Renault Clio in the DNRT championship in the Netherlands. She won at least one race in 2006, at Zolder, and another in 2005. That year, she was ninth in the Sport class of the championship. She continued to race the Clio in the same series in 2007, and was still competitive, with top ten finishes. Her career seems to end there.

Elisabeth Wagenaar – raced in the Dutch touring car championship (NTK) in the 1980s. She first appears in the final round of the 1980 season, in a VW Golf. This would become her signature car. She did almost a full season in 1981, with a best finish of fourteenth, in the Trophy of the Dunes. 1982 was rather an indifferent year, still in the Golf, but with sponsorship from Samsonite in 1983, she became more consistent, and managed her first top ten at the Pinksterraces – a tenth place. Although she scored well in class in 1984, the Golf was not powerful enough to challenge to Chevrolet Camaros and Opel Monzas of the championship. She does not appear in the entry lists after 1984.

(Image from http://www.anp-archief.nl/)

(Thanks to Theresia Balk for her assistance)

Saloon and Truck Racing in Australia

Ruthie Bowler

This post is about female racers in the saloon/production scene in Australia. This includes Ute racing. In recent years, there have been several women drivers who have started to appear regularly, and achieve decent finishes. For the results of female drivers in the Bathurst 12 Hours, please click here. For the equivalent drivers in New Zealand, click here. Christine Cole now has her own post, as do Paula Elstrek, Sue Ransom, Melinda Price, Alexandra Whitley, Kerryn Brewer, Ellexandra Best, Madeline Stewart and Sue Hughes.

Amber Anderson - Australian driver who competes in touring cars, mostly Production racers, and sportscars. She began racing a Porsche 944, and still drives it on occasion. She drove in the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2007, 2008 and 2009, finishing fifth in the Porsche in 2009. Her 2007 car was a Toyota Celica, which she shared with Danielle Argiro. They did not finish. They competed together again in 2008, driving a Holden Vectra this time. During the 2007 season, they also drove in the Production Car championship in the Celica. In 2009 she did not race as much and concentrated on driving the course car for the V8 Supercar series. 2010 went in much the same way, but with three rounds of the V8 Supercar development series at the end of the season, with a promise of more in the future. In 2011, again, she did not do much official racing, although she took part in a motorsport reality TV series, competing for a race seat alongside other novice and underfunded drivers. She did not win. For 2012, she was close to a deal for the Fujitsu Supercar Development Series, which appears to have fallen through. She took part in three V8 Ute races, and remained involved as the series' safety car driver. 

Danielle Argiro - competed in three Australian Formula Three rounds in 2004, for the Piccola Scuderia team. She finished twelfth overall. That year, she also raced V8 Brutes, coming 23rd. Previously, she raced saloons at club level with some success, since the age of 17. After some time away from major events, she competed in the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2007 as part of an all-female team, driving a Toyota Celica. Her team-mate was Amber Anderson and they were 21st, sixth in class. She also raced a Holden Vectra in Australian Production Cars, sometimes with Amber Anderson as a co-driver in enduro races. She does not appear to have raced much since 2008, although she was ninth in the Golden Holden One Hour race in 2009, driving a Gemini with Kandice Cannon. She has also taken part in some Time Attack speed events, in a Commodore. In 2018, racing as Danielle Walton, she entered the Phillip Island round of the APRC, driving a Holden Commodore for Katilyn Hawkins's team. She did not finish.

Anne Bennett – raced in Australia in the 1960s. She was second in Class D in the 1964 Sandown 6 Hours, sharing a Toyota Crown with John Colwell. Previously, in 1962, she was one of the first female entrants into the major endurance race that became the Bathurst 1000, when she raced a Simca in the Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island. Her team-mates were Pam Murison and Diana Leighton. Anne may have been active in other saloon races in the early 1960s, but details of her career are very sketchy.

Samantha Bennett – raced as part of Lauren Gray’s all-female team in the 2012 Australian Production Car Championship, driving a Toyota Echo alongside Lauren and Maddison Gray. She was seventh in class E, and 50^th overall, as she did not complete the whole season. Previously, she raced at club level, from at least 2009, when she competed in her regional Holden Gemini Championship. She also raced in sprint cars and production cars, at club level, and tested for the Suzuki Swift Cup, with support from the CAMS Women Drivers’ Development Programme. She does not appear to have raced since 2012.

Carly Black - raced a Renault Clio in the 2016 Australian Production Car Championship. Her best result was eleventh place, at Sydney, and she was 34th in the championship. This was her second time in the APCC, after she raced the Clio part-time in the series in 2014. In between, she raced in the NSW PCC, still in the Clio. She has been active in motorsport since at least 2008, when she took part in the Wakefield 300 enduro, in a Peugeot 206, finishing twelfth.

Karlie Buccini - races in the Australian Production Car Championship, driving for her family team. Her car is normally a BMW E82 135i. She was 26th in the 2023 championship after a part-season. Her best event is probably the Bathurst 6 Hours: she won her class in 2024, sharing with Courtney Prince and Sue Palermo. In 2023, she was 23rd, with Courtney and Ellexandra Best. In a different car, a Suzuki Swift, she was also third in 2022. Previously, she competed in the Queensland Production Car championship in 2019 and 2020, in a BMW.

Teigan Butchers – raced in the 2005 Australian Production car Championship. She used two different cars: a Proton Satria and a Citroen Xsara. She was not among the front-runners, and did not score points in the championship. 2005 seems to have been her only year of competition, and she now works as a physiotherapist and specialist personal trainer for people with disabilities.

Michelle Callaghan – raced saloons in Australia in the 1990s. She competed in two Bathurst 12 Hour races, in 1992 and 1994. The first time, she drove a Nissan Pulsar as part of an all-female team, with Tracey Taylor and Melinda Price. They were 17^th, and fifth in class B. In 1994, she was partnered with Brian Callaghan and Chris Symmonds, in a Class A Toyota Corolla. She finished again, in 23^rd place, and again fifth in class. Earlier, in 1991, she was tenth in the Winton 300, in a Toyota Corolla. Further details of Michelle’s activities are not forthcoming, although she did race in Formula Vee at some point.

Emma Clark – raced in Aussie Racing Cars in 2016. Her car was an Aurion, and she ran in support of ovarian cancer charities. She was not among the front-runners, with her best finishes being two 23^rd places, at Phillip Island and Hidden Valley. In 2017, she was a much improved driver, and neatly got into the top ten at Symmons Plains. She was 13th overall. 2018 was another season spent in the lower midfield. In 2019, she did a part-season and was 30th in the championship. In a new car, she raced in the 2021 Excel Bathurst Challenge, in a Hyundai Excel, although she finished a long way down the order. Although 2016 was her debut year in Aussie Racing Cars, she had raced in club events for the past ten years, driving a Mazda RX-3.

Carole Corness – active in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Australia. She took part in the Hardie-Ferrodo 500 twice, in 1969 and 1970. The first time, she drove a Mini Cooper with fellow Queenslander  Ann Thomson, but did not finish. The second time, she drove a MkI Ford Escort, and was 42^nd, alongside Gloria Taylor. The pair were sponsored by Women’s Day, an Australian magazine. In 1970, she also raced a “Super Bee” MGB with her husband, Iain Corness, and was active in ladies’ races held at Oran Park, possibly in a Mini.

Emily Duggan - the first female driver to race in V8 Supercars in Australia, in 2016. She entered the three Sandown races in April, finishing one in eleventh place. The rest of her season was spent racing a Hyundai X3 Excel in her home state of New South Wales. She won a one-hour enduro race outright, and was fifth in the state championship. She returned to the X3 NSW series in 2017, and was fourth, driving for her own team. Most of her career has been spent at the wheel of an Excel, the car in which she started her career in 2014. She won her fifth-ever race in this car. In 2018, she moved up to the Toyota 86 one-make series and was 25th overall, with a best finish of eighth at Newcastle. She raced the Excel twice at Mount Panorama. In 2019, she did another season in the Toyota 86, and combined it with a part-season in the Super3 supercar series. She was 19th in Super3, with a best finish of sixth at Winton. In 2024, she joined the Indian Racing League, driving for the Chennai Turbo Riders. She did the first two rounds, finishing ninth and tenth in her two races. She then joined an all-female team for the Circuit Excel Enduro at Mallala, sharing a car with Maisie Place and Lisa Totani. They did not finish.

Madison Dunston - races in the Aussie Racing Cars series in Australia. She began with a part-season in 2016, which was a bit of a disaster with only three finishes from twelve planned starts. She fared much better in 2017 in an ARC Altima, and earned two tenth places at Symmons Plains. She was fourteenth in the championship and third out of four female drivers, closely behind Charlotte Poynting and Emma Clark. At the Townsville race, Madison became the first female driver to race against her own father in Aussie Racing Cars. In 2018, she continued in Aussie Racing Cars and also branched out into other series. She did some rounds of the Toyota 86 Racing Series at Townsville, although she was not near the front. In the ARC championship, she was 15th, with one top-ten finish. It was a quiet season for her in 2019 but she managed three top-ten finishes when she switched to the ECB SuperUtes series mid-season. She switched again to a Toyota GT86 in 2021, racing in the Australia 86 one-make series. Her best finish was a 16th place at Townsville, from six races. Her second season in the car in 2022 gave her championship 27th, with a best finish of 23rd at Townsville. Moving sideways championship-wise, she contested the TGRA Scholarship Series in 2023, finishing 26th after a part-season. Her best finish was 20th at Phillip Island.

Holly Espray - races a Hyundai X3 Excel in Australia. She was ninth in the 2019 Track Attack Excel Cup, a single-make series, finishing on the podium on two occasions. This was her third season in the championship and her best overall finish. She has also done endurance events in the Excel, including the 2019 Track Attack Excel Cup EFS 4x4 Accessories 170, in which she was ninth alongside Jasen Hannagan. Continuing in the Excel, she did five races in the Queensland Excel championship in 2020. In the same car, she was ninth and sixth in the Excel Bathurst Challenge, but she spent most of the year racing a Toyota GT86 in the Australia 86 one-make series. Her best finish was eleventh at Mount Panorama. In 2022, she did some races in a Hyundai Excel, in the National series, before switching to racing Utes in 2023. She was fourteenth in the V8 SuperUtes series, with two seventh places at Sydney and Surfer's Paradise as her best finishes. She also took part in some TGRA Scholarship races in the GT86. Another season in Utes in 2203 gave her a championship thirteenth. She became a top-ten regular and had a best finish of eighth at Hidden Valley. She first appears on the major entry lists in 2016, driving a BMW E46 323i in the Queensland Outlaws Sports & Sedan series and other events. She has been racing karts since the age of seven and was still only fourteen when she started racing cars.

Mary Fabian – raced in Formula Gemini in Australia in 1978, driving a Holden Gemini. She was fourth in at least one race. Further details of her time in Formula Gemini are not readily available. In 1980, she raced in the Australian Touring Car Championship, for at least two races, driving an Isuzu-badged Gemini. Again, further details of her activities this season are proving hard to find. Her surname is sometimes spelled “Fabien”.

Maddison Gray - did two seasons of Production Car racing in Australia, driving for her sister Lauren Gray’s team. Her car in both 2011 and 2012 was a Toyota Echo Sportivo. Both times, she raced in Class E for a part-season only, so was not able to feature highly in the leaderboards. In 2013, she recorded a single tenth place at Phillip Island, but does not appear to have done much since then. As well as saloons, she is a regular Formula Vee racer, competing in state championships, also for Lauren Gray Motorsport. This was her main motorsport activity for 2013. In 2014, she competed extensively in Formula Vee, with Hendrick Racing. She tackled the Australian championship, for at least a part-season, and was twelfth in the Victoria state championship. She raced against her sister in some of the rounds. She made a small return to motorsport in 2016, driving a Eunos 30X in the Phillip Island round of Australian Production Cars. She was seventeenth. Later in the season, she drove for Team Brock in the Ken Leigh 4-Hour Endurance Classic. Her car was a Holden HQ Kingswood. She did not finish.

Amy Griffith - raced a Toyota Echo in the Australian Production Car Series in 2017 and 2018. Both years were part-seasons. In 2017, she scored two top ten finishes: tenth places at Phillip Island and Wakefield. The following year, she only raced at Sandown, in the first meeting of the season. Her best finish was a 23rd place. She raced alongside her husband, Mark Griffith, in their own Griffith Racing Corporation team.

Tania Gulson – raced in Australian touring and one-make series in the 1990s. Her first major races were the AMSCAR Series events at Amaroo, in 1993. She drove a BMW 635 CSi, and managed to finish most of her races, but was not among the front-runners. She was driving for her father, Ray’s team, and was set to contest the Bathurst 12 Hour race with Ray and her brother, Graham, but she could not start the race, due to not qualifying. Later on, she did some one-make racing, including the Suzuki Swift GTi Cup in 1995. In 1996, she won the all-female Mazda 121 Challenge. Later, she raced motorcycles with her husband, Mark Bennett.

Sheryl Hanright - New Zealander who races in the Ssangyong Ute Racing Series. Her first season in the Ute was the 2015-16 winter season. This followed a title win in the NZ Holden HQ championship in 2015. At the time, she had been racing the car for almost ten years. She has also taken part in some NZ enduro races in it. So far, she has not been quite as successful in the Ute. She finished in 23rd place in the 2016-17 Ute series.

Sarah Harley – races production saloons in Australia. She began in 2000, and between 2007 and 2011, she raced a Mazda MX-5 in production sportscar races, usually in her home state of Queensland, although she did make a trip to Mount Panorama in 2008, for the Production Sports race at the Easter meeting. In 2010, she took part in the Queensland rounds of the Mini Challenge, with a best finish of tenth, despite narrowly avoiding being involved in a serious accident where spectators were injured. After a couple of seasons in Rocketsports and small sportscar enduro racing, in the MX-5, she got herself a drive in the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hours, sharing a Lotus Exige with Christian Klien and Robert Thomson. They were second in Class C, ninth overall. The following year, she raced a Mazda 3223 Astina in the Australian Production Car Championship, winning Class E by two points. She also did some APCC races in a Honda Integra, and was eighth in Class D, sharing a car with Michael Gray. In 2014, she was back in the Mazda, and was fifteenth in the Willowbank 300. In 2015, she was tenth in the HQ Holden vs Gemini 1-Hour race, driving a Holden, but she does not appear to have raced since then.

Katilyn Hawkins – races a Suzuki Swift in a one-make series in Australia. She started in 2013, at the age of 20, with a short part-season. Her final finishing position was 20^th. In 2014, she was tenth. After a slow start to the season, and some missed races due to car trouble, she managed a seventh  place at Winton, her home track. Her 2015 activities are unclear; the Swift was put up for sale in March. However, she was racing a Swift in November, when she took part in the Winton 300 race, finishing thirteenth. She carried on in the Swift in 2016, on a limited programme. She was eighteenth in the Phillip Island round of Australian Production Cars, and 31st in the Winton round of the Australian Endurance Championship. She also tested a V8 Supercar. Her programme in 2017 was very limited; she drove the Swift twice at Winton, and was tenth and twelfth. 2018 was similar: she entered four rounds of the APC series but only finished one, at Winton. She entered additional cars for Danielle Argiro and others during the year but did not always drive herself. She remained involved in 2019, but mostly as a team manager. 

Darrilyn Huitt – raced saloons in Australia in the 1970s. She entered the Bathurst 1000 once, in 1973, driving a Holden Torana with Pat Peck. They did not finish. Darrilyn drove solo in different classes, and also took part in some of the ladies’ races that were held at Oran Park in the 1970s, but details of her career are very sketchy. She may have been one of the drivers in a Renault 12 ladies’ race at Oran Park in 1977.

Ashley Izod - races a Hyundai X3 Excel in one-make series in Australia. She ran almost a full season in the Queensland Excel Cup in 2018 for Hannagan Motorsport, finishing 42nd in a very strongly subscribed championship and earning one podium finish. In 2019, she teamed up with erstwhile single-seater racer Chelsea Angelo for the Track Attack Excel Cup EFS 4x4 Accessories 170, an endurance race. They were sixth overall, driving for the Brett Parrish Racing Organisation.

Lynne Keeffe – raced in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s. She raced in the Bathurst 500 twice, in 1969 and 1970. She did not finish the first time, driving with Christine Gibson. In 1970, she was 36^th, driving a Mini with Arthur Olsen. Lynne started off competing in rallies in 1964, initially as a co-driver, then as a driver. She drove in the Southern Cross Rally at least five times, between 1966 and 1970, first as a co-driver, then as a driver. She won four Ladies’ awards, one for navigating, and three for driving, and her cars were a Volvo 122 and a Hillman. In 1970, she navigated for Sue Ransom in the Ampol Round Australia Rally. Lynne also competed in rallycross, but no results are forthcoming.

Megan Kirkham – raced Mazda cars almost exclusively between 1996 and 2002. She started much earlier, in the 1980s, in club events. Her car then was a Ford Escort. She competed in this car up to Production Championship level, before taking some time out for motherhood, and racing part-time along with her husband, Phil Kirkham. In 1996, she made a major comeback, and was one of the twelve women who took part in the Mazda 121 Challenge. For the following two seasons, she raced a Mazda 626 in Production events, including two runs in the three-hour Bathurst Showroom Showdown. Both times, she shared the car with Phil. Her best result was twelfth, in 1997. For 1999, the 626 was swapped for an MX-5, which she used in the GT Production championship, finshing fourth in Class S. A move to Class B in 2000 gave her a ninth place. The same car was good for sixth in Class E in 2001. She carried on in 2002, but the results are not forthcoming. After that, Megan retired again, and worked as the team manager for Phil and their son Declan. In 2012, she was set to do some more racing herself, with daughter Lyndsay, but it is unclear whether this happened.

Robin Lacey - races saloons and sportscars in Australia, often in endurance events. She has been active since at least 2004. Normally, she does part-seasons in the Queensland Production Car Championship, using a Mazda MX5 until 2016 and a Volkswagen Scirocco after that. In 2007, she had a good year in the series, finishing seventh overall with Sarah Harley. Normally, she shares cars with her husband, Peter Lacey. In 2021, they teamed up with Matilda Mravicic for the Bathurst 6 Hours, but did not finish. This was Robin’s third attempt at the race. She and Matilda were fourth in class in the 2018 and 2019 events. In 2022 she raced a Volkswagen Scirocco in the 6 Hours, with the same team.

Bronwynne Leech - racing in the Ssangyong Ute Racing Series in 2016-17, in New Zealand. She is driving a pink Ute, in support of breast cancer charities, having had the disease herself. Her team is named 4-D Cup, and will feature other drivers. She only began racing in 2016, initially in a Peugeot 206 that she raced as part of an all-female team in endurance events. Her co-drivers were Sheridan Broadbent and Wendy Metcalfe.

Brooke Leech - races saloons in Australia. She first started racing in 2010, by winning a CAMS “Young Guns” young driver’s sponsorship deal during her karting days. She was 17 years old. She did a full season in Aussie Racing Cars, driving a Holden Commodore, and was 28th overall. She also did a couple of Production Car races in a Holden Vectra, which she shared with Belinda Halliwell. In 2011, she moved into the Australian Swift Racing Series, a one-make championship. Despite missing out on a win, she was second overall, with four top-three finishes. She returned to the Swift series in 2012, but was only able to enter six rounds due to a lack of sponsorship. In 2013, she did some karting.

Maria Mare - South African-born racer who began her career in her 40s, in 2007. She mainly competes in her home state of Queensland and the Holden Commodore has been her most frequent car of choice. She has done part-seasons in the Queensland Outlaw Sports & Sedan series, Queensland Saloon and HQ Holden championships, either in the Commodore or in a Ford Falcon. Since 2017, she has been racing a 6200cc Dodge Ram pickup in the Sports class of the Outlaw series.

Bronte Michael – began racing in 2011, when she was only 16. She started out with a historic Datsun 120Y, which she used for two seasons in Queensland. Continuing in historics in 2012, she raced a Holden Torana and HQ, finishing twelfth in the Golden Holden One Hour race. 2013 included her taking part in the Suzuki Swift Racing Series, vying for a funded place in the championship in 2014. She was 19^th overall. She also raced a Hyundai Excel in the Excel Cup, a series she returned to in 2014 for three races, finishing 29^th, as well as some endurance events in the same vehicle. Mid-season, she did some rounds of the Production Championship in a Honda Integra, and had a best finish of eleventh, at her home track of Queensland.

Elly Morrow - Australian driver most famous for competing in the V8 Supercar junior classes. She first entered the Super3 championship in 2021, driving a Holden Commodore. After three races, she had a best finish of sixth at Mount Panorama and was thirteenth in the championship. Brad Jones Racing moved her up to Super2 in 2022, which proved tougher. She was fourteenth overall, just missing out on a top-ten finish at Townsville. After missing the last meeting of the season, she then joined the Shannons S5000 Tasman Series, a V8 single-seater championship. She was the first woman to enter and was tenth overall, with a best finish of eighth at Surfer’s Paradise. At the start of 2023, she continued her single-seater adventures with a run in a Formula Ford at Mount Panorama, finishing eighth. Her main plan for 2023 was another campaign in Super2, driving a Ford for the Tickford team. She did all twelve races and was thirteenth overall.

Matilda Mravicic - has raced a Mazda MX5 or a Volkswagen Scirocco in Australia since at least 2009. She has competed in the Bathurst 6 Hours four times, in 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018, finishing fourth in class in the first two races. Her car was the Scirocco. All three times, her co-driver was Robin Lacey. Before that, she drove the MX5 in single-make championship and endurance events, including three runs in the Valvoline 300 at Wakefield. She also drives in Targa endurance rallies occasionally in the Mazda. 

Brooke Newson - raced a Subaru Impreza in Improved Production Nationals in Australia. She began in the class in 2015, driving a Mitsubishi Mirage in the 1600cc Western Australia series. She acquired the Impreza in 2016 and was eighth in the Western Australia 2000cc championship. She did more 2000cc races in 2017 and also competed in the Wanneroo 300 as part of an all-female team with Stephanie Esterbauer. They were sixth overall. Since then, Brooke has not raced as much as she would have liked as the Impreza developed serious problems at the Improved Production Nationals, held at The Bend. At the end of 2019, she switched to racing sprint cars.

Lorraine Orchard - raced in endurance events and Formula Vee from the 1970s onwards. She began in Formula Vee in 1976, initially in hillclimbs. Her car was a Venom. Later, in 1981, she raced a Triumph Dolomite with Martin Power, sharing the car for the Hang Ten 400 at Sandown. They were 26th overall. In 1985, she drove for the Gerald Kay team in the Australian endurance championship, as team-mate but not co-driver to Martin Power in another Dolomite.

Sue Palermo - usually races German cars in Improved Production in Australia. Her best result so far has been a class win in the 2024 Bathurst 6 Hour, driving a BMW 135i E82 with Karlie Buccini and Courtney Prince. They were tenth overall. That year, she also raced a Mercedes AMG C63 in the Duggan Family Hotels Combined Sedans series, finishing fifth in class. She used the same car in the Improved Production Nationals.

Cheryl Parnell – raced a Mini in New Zealand in the late 1970s, for at least three seasons. No actual race results are forthcoming, but pictures exist of Cheryl alongside her Mini, which was sponsored by Unipart in 1976. She continued to race in 1977 and 1978, until the car was sold at some point.

Pat Peck – raced from about 1969 to 1973, normally in a Ford Falcon or Holden Torana. She drove in the big Bathurst races on three occasions, between 1971 and 1973. Her first attempt gave her a 29^th place in a Torana, with Jan Holland. The two raced against each other in 1972, but neither finished. She did not finish in 1973, either. During the same time period, she drove both the Falcon and the Torana in the big yearly Sandown endurance race, but does not appear to have finished any of them, either. After this, she continued to race karts, and had some success at club level. She now runs a chain of garages.

Maisie Place - races a Mazda RX-8 in Australia. Since 2019, she has been a regular presence in the one-make series for that car. A full season in 2021 led to a tenth place in the championship, her best so far. A part-season in 2022 led to an 18th place. This improved to 17th in 2023. She did at least some races in the RX-8 in 2024, as well as some in the Hyundai Excel one-make series. She uses the same car in endurance races such as the Wakefield Park 300, which she has competed in twice, once in the RX-8 and once in an MX5 in 2018. As well as racing herself, she manages Maisie Place Motorsport, which runs three cars for herself and others in the RX-8 Cup and various endurance races.

Charlotte Poynting – raced for two different teams in Aussie Racing Cars in 2016. This was her debut season, and it was mostly a learning year, but she did manage to win one race, at Hampton Downs, and was fourth in another, at Queensland. Her cars were a Camaro and an Aurion. She was 28^th in the championship. 2017 was another split season, spent racing for her own team and Laser Electrical. She was twelfth in the championship, with three top-ten finishes: two ninths and a tenth. In 2018 she was twelfth again and best female driver, but her top-ten tally rose to five. She also did some rounds of the SsangYong Ute series. Another strong season in ARC followed, with three top-ten finishes and twelfth overall. She also raced in the ECB SuperUtes Series at Queensland, and managed one ninth place from pole. The 2020 ARC series gave her an eighth place at Mount Panorama. She did not do as well in 2021, managing an eleventh place at Symmons Plain as her best finish. After a year out, she returned to ARC in 2023. Prior to her switch to cars, she raced karts in Australia for five years.

Nicole Pretty – raced touring and stock cars in Australia in the 1990s. In 1998, she raced a Holden Commodore prepared by her family team. She took part in the FAI 1000 Classic event with her brother, Nathan, but they did not finish. In 1999, she did another major touring car race, the Bathurst V8 300. Again, sharing the Commodore with Nathan, she was fifth overall. That year, she did some more races in the SCS series, including one at Calder Park, for which she did not qualify. After that, she seems to fade from the scene, although the Pretty family remains involved in Australian circuit racing.

Summer Rintoule - races at Toyota 86 in the one-make series organised by Toyota Gazoo Racing. She got her start in Toyotas aged 16, in 2023, taking part in the TGRA 86 Scholarship Series. Previously, she had raced a Hyundai Excel in another one-make championship. In 2024, she took on both the Australian and New Zealand GR Cup. So far, her best result has been a 25th place at Sydney Motorsport Park, in the Australian series. She also raced in the Bathurst 6 Hours, in the same car, finishing fifth in class. 

Monique Sciberras - former boxer and martial artist who has raced a Hyundai Excel in Australia on and off since 2017. In 2017 and 2018, she entered the New South Wales X3 series for the Excel, running for most of the year in 2018. She was 15th in that year’s championship. In 2021, she returned to the circuits, doing two rounds of the MRF Tyres Excel Bathurst Challenge. Her best finish was a 27th place. Her only race in 2023 was the Bathurst Challenge again. She usually competes alongside her father, Brian.

Gwenda Searle – raced production saloons in Australia in the 1990s. Her car in 1994 was a Suzuki Swift, and she was eighth in Class B of the Australian Production Car Championship. In 1995, she tried out a more powerful car, a Class C Toyota Celica, and a Toyota MR2 in the same class. She was driving for the New Woman magazine-sponsored Toyota team, and was second in Class C, with one win. That year, she shared a Celica with the Scots driver, Heather Baillie, in the Bathurst 12 Hours, but did not finish. Although she no longer races, she is still involved in motorsport, in development.

Caroline O’Shanesy – raced in the Bathurst 1000 three times, in 1973, 1975 and 1976. She drove a Mini for the first two attempts, finishing 26^th and 27^th. The third time, she drove a Fiat, but did not finish. She had been racing Minis on the Australian circuits since at least 1970, and was active in other touring car enduros in 1975, including the Sandown 250, which she did not finish. Caroline was also a rally driver, and remained active until at least 1989. In 1984, she was second in the Australian Rally Championship’s Production class, with Meg Davis, driving a Fiat Superbrava. She competed several times in the Rally des Femmes, a women-only event.

Ashleigh Stewart - New Zealand-born driver who races a Radical in Australia. 2019 was her first year of senior competition after ten years racing karts alongside her younger sister, Madeline. The two competed against each other in the Western Australia Formula 1000 series, with Ashleigh in the Radical and Madeline in a Stohr single-seater. The Radical was not as fast as the Stohr and Ashleigh did not do a full season. She also made a guest appearance in the Radical Australia Cup at The Bend, finishing eleventh and thirteenth in her two races. She now works on the team side of motorsport.

Helen Stig – raced in the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2007, as part of an all-female team in a Toyota Celica, with Amber Anderson and Danielle Argiro. The same year, she competed in the ThunderSports series, in a Toyota-powered car. She was 20^th in the championship. This was her second year in ThunderSports, as she had driven the same car in 2006. Both seasons, she did particularly well in the AMRS 500 event, finishing third in both occasions, in the same car. She was still racing in 2015. 

Alexandra Surplice - raced in Australian touring cars in the 1980s, usually in a Toyota. She made three Bathurst starts between 1980 and 1984. Her best result was 26th, in 1984. She also finished 28th in 1980, driving a Toyota Corolla with John Gates. In 1981 and 1982, she shared a Toyota Celica with Doug Clark for other Australian endurance races. Although their finishing record was patchy, they did manage a points finish at Oran Park in 1981. 

Hayley Swanson - began competing in sprints in Australia in a Subaru Impreza WRX in 2009. She switched to Aussie Racing Cars in 2011, in a Holden Commodore and Toyota Aurion, but only managed one race in each. In 2012, her career really took off, and she contested a whole season of V8 Utes. It was a learning year, and she was 25th overall after 21 races. In 2013, she entered three Aussie Racing Cars events, in a Commodore. Away from the track, she is a model, and she entered the Australian motorsport-themed reality show “Supercar Showdown.” In 2014, she raced her Impreza in the Winton 300, although she does not appear to have finished. She also raced a Holden in at least some events. She returned to the Winton 300 in 2015, in the Impreza, but did not finish. In 2017, she entered the Impreza into the Wanneroo, but did not finish.  

Gloria Taylor – raced saloons in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She took part in one Bathurst classic, the Hardie-Ferrodo 500 in 1970. She drove a MkI Ford Escort with Carole Corness, sponsored by the magazine Woman’s Day. They were 42^nd overall. The year before, she had raced another Ford with another female co-driver, Pat Peck. They raced in the Datsun 3 Hours at Sandown, in a Falcon, and were listed as finishers. She is also known to have raced a Holden in Australian touring car events, in 1970 at least. She also drove in ladies’ races, often held at Oran Park, in cars belonging to her husband, Herb Taylor. She died in 1990.

Jane Taylor – raced at Bathurst, in the 12 Hour race, in 1992 and 1993. In 1992, she drove a Holden Commodore with Alf Grant and Peter Brierley, but did not finish. Sadly, her second attempt, in a Citroen BX, also ended in a non-finish. Her team-mates this time were Chris Wiles and Chris Clearihan. Jane may well have taken part in more races, but information is proving hard to track down. “Taylor” is the name of at least two racing or rallying families in Australia, and it is possible she is part of one of them.

Tracey Taylor – raced in the Bathurst 12 Hours in 1992, as part of an all-girl team with Michelle Callaghan and Melinda Price. They were 17^th overall, fifth in class B. Their car was a Nissan Pulsar. Away from major saloon races, she was also involved in Formula Vee racing, and seems to have competed in New South Wales in the 1990s. Unfortunately, further details are proving hard to find.

Ann Thomson – driver from Queensland active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning in 1966. She partnered Carole Corness in a Mini Cooper for the 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500, but did not finish. Earlier, in 1968, she raced a Ford Cortina, a car she also rallied. Among her other cars were a Lotus Elan and a Holden Kingswood, which she drove in the 1970 Round Australia Rally. Later, she became more involved in the technical side of motorsport, acting as a timekeeper, and a Clerk of the Course for State-level rallies, in addition to serving on club committees. She is still active in her motor club to this day.

Midge Whiteman - drove in the Bathurst 500 race in 1967 and 1968, finishing both times. Her cars were a Morris 1100 and a Mini respectively. She was 36th in 1967, driving with Jane Richardson, and 41st in 1968 with Christine Gibson. Presumably, she entered other touring car races in Australia, but the results are not forthcoming.

Natalie Willmington – driver from a motorsport family who competes in different disciplines in Australia. She first raced in the 2006 Production Touring Car Championship, in a Mitusbishi Magna. She was on the pace straight away, and was third at the end of the year. Sadly, she did not finish the AMRS 500 enduro. Her second season in the APTCC was another success, and she was second, driving a Ford Falcon. Back in the Magna, she was sixth in the AMRS 500, driving with Simon Morison. Since then, Natalie has competed in drag racing and won burnout competitions. She now supports her teenaged son in his own motorsport career.

Brianna Wilson - raced in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2017. Her car was a Nissan Pulsar. She only did a part-season, but managed to get into the top ten in her last race, finishing ninth at Wakefield. She was 34th in the championship. In addition to this, she raced the car in her state’s (New South Wales) championship, driving for her own team. She was 17th overall. In 2019, she raced a Nissan Pulsar in the Sydney 300 and was fourteenth overall with Nathan Stephens. In 2020, she partnered Gene Phillips for the Wakefield 300. They finished eleventh in a Maxda MX5. She won her class in the 2021 Bathurst 6 Hours, sharing a Mazda3 with Ryan Gilroy. In 2022, she entered again, this time in a Subaru WRX and sharing with Dimitri Agathos. Another Bathurst entry in 2023, in the Subaru, was not as successful. She drove a BMW M3 in the 2024 6 Hours, but does not appear to have finished.

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