Profile: Chelsea “Chels” Smith20190110100033
Profile: Chelsea “Chels” Smith
January 10, 2019
Chelsea was born to be a drag racer, after all, she was at the track cheering on her dad when she was only a few weeks old. By the age of 4, Chelsea already had plans to be "just like dad", although now she has the ultimate dream of following in Kell...
Profile: Jill “Jilly” Hickey20190110090044
Profile: Jill “Jilly” Hickey
January 10, 2019
Six years ago, Jill's husband gave her a little red Toyota Corolla and said: "give Khana Cross a try" ... but the chicanes and the lack of speed really didn't impress her, so instead she signed up for the next Hillclimb. "I absolutely loved it," Jill...
Profile: Robyn-lee “Rolly” Holland20181106074855
Profile: Robyn-lee “Rolly” Holland
November 6, 2018
Introduced into dirt track racing as a junior by her father and brother, Rolly now races the bright pink number 92 sedan in Fender Bender at least once a month - preferring to let her racing speak for itself in pictures rather than words....
Profile: Lara “Her Royal Highness” O’Leary20181104110340
Profile: Lara “Her Royal Highness” O’Leary
November 4, 2018
While her friends at school don't ride, it's the boys in particular who think what she does is very cool. This princess of dirt racing is working hard and aiming high to reach her ultimate goal of hitting the world championships. But for now, she wou...
Profile: Maria “Mia” Mare20181001164312
Profile: Maria “Mia” Mare
October 1, 2018
It's a true love story ... love of racing, love of man, then rediscovering the love of racing.
But without a new race mechanic, Mia's dream may not be able to continue....
Profile: Pyper “The Pypz” Kent20180907060017
Profile: Pyper “The Pypz” Kent
September 7, 2018
Having been a competitive dancer from the age of 2, and doing up to 9 classes a week, Pyper decided at the tender age of 6 that it "wasn't really my thing".
"So what's your thing," asked Pyper's mum, Shaz.
"Motorbikes!"
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Profile: Natalie & Shavaun Harvey20180905074507
Profile: Natalie & Shavaun Harvey
September 5, 2018
Natalie Harvey is talking on the headset: the race about to start: she fist bumps her junior drag racing daughter and says “you’ve got this” but closing the door to her world record husband’s car she says “drive like you stole it darling”....
Profile: Courtney Fender20180831080057
Profile: Courtney Fender
August 31, 2018
Even though she started out with oval track racing, Courtney saw that hardly any girls were drag racing, so she took this as a challenge to prove that she could, and took her 2008 Yamaha Nytro Snowmobile drag racing. ...
Profile: Stephanie Huysmans20180831060008
Profile: Stephanie Huysmans
August 31, 2018
"Just concentrate and don't take your eye off your lights"
Unless your car decides to pull an awe-inspiring wheelstand off the start line. Steph might laugh about the situation now, but at the time the brand new engine was a little more powerful tha...
Profile: Dani Richardson20180826080013
Profile: Dani Richardson
August 26, 2018
Not content to just take photos of the team cars, Dani started to get more and more involved in the actual history and stories behind each of the Beat the Heat race vehicles until she finally decided it was time to get behind the wheel and have a dri...
Profile: Lauren Cornes20180812130010
Profile: Lauren Cornes
August 12, 2018
Back when Lauren was only 12 and her mum joined a car club, Lauren couldn't understand not wanting to be hands-on involved in all the activities, which is probably one of the reasons she has such a long list motorsports hats to wear....
Profile: Belinda Vernon20180801143651
Profile: Belinda Vernon
August 1, 2018
If your mum was drag racing a hot pink VT Commodore at 10.87sec @ 124mph, I reckon you would be one of the most popular kids at school. Well, Belinda's sons (Ryder, Brayden) are exactly those very lucky and proud kids, su...