First all-women pro final highlights Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder20180506150246
First all-women pro final highlights Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder
May 6, 2018
Top Fuel rookie Kelly Bettes has taken the lead of the 400 Thunder championship after a win in a historic final at Gulf Western Oil Nitro Thunder at Sydney Dragway. In the first all-female final in Australian professional drag racing history, Bettes ...
Profile: Juliann Pokorny (USA)20180430145351
Profile: Juliann Pokorny (USA)
April 30, 2018
Getting your foot in the door of the automotive industry isn’t easy. It’s already a small space and it’s extremely competitive. But if you’re talented and you want in badly enough—and you’re willing to gamble anything and everything you have to get i...
Still Fast, Still Furious: ‘First Lady of Drag Racing’ recounts past, gives perspective on present20180429150033
Still Fast, Still Furious: ‘First Lady of Drag Racing’ recounts past, gives perspective on present
April 29, 2018
CONCORD — Last year, when the NHRA came to Concord for the Four-Wide Nationals, the organization was touting its most recent accomplishment: being the most diverse motorsports league in the world. However, as is the case with just about any Ame...
AUSTRALIAN DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AMBASSADORS ANNOUNCED20180428145743
AUSTRALIAN DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AMBASSADORS ANNOUNCED
April 28, 2018
CAMS has confirmed that Simona De Silvestro, Betty Klimenko, Romy Mayer and Molly Taylor will be Australia’s first Dare To Be Different (D2BD) Ambassadors. The four women will also be the first ambassadors outside of Europe as part of the exciting ‘D...
The female drag racer aiming to make history at Top Fuel20180427141222
The female drag racer aiming to make history at Top Fuel
April 27, 2018
“There’s no advantage to being male or female, it’s all down to mental strength – the competition can be won or lost in your head,” Bettes said. “The skill is being able to make the right decisions, to keep your co...
Toyota planning female driver initiative in Australia20180411150737
Toyota planning female driver initiative in Australia
April 11, 2018
Toyota Australia is working on a programme focussed on bringing more female drivers into motorsport through its one-make Toyota 86 series. Increasing female participation is a hot topic in Australian motorsport, with the Dare To Be Different programm...
This 11-Year-Old Racing Prodigy Is Breaking Records20180407151526
This 11-Year-Old Racing Prodigy Is Breaking Records
April 7, 2018
Juju Noda is like any other 11-year-old. She loves her family, animals … and speeding 150 mph in her Formula Three racecar. Myrtle Motorhead Myrtle is Girls Torque’s mascot who loves to go and visit motorsport people and events, and also write ...
Sector Report: Update on Kidzucates Anti Bullying Campaign20180226001900
Sector Report: Update on Kidzucates Anti Bullying Campaign
February 26, 2018
Sian Williams, Founder of Kidzucate, was invited to Parliament House two weeks ago by Mr Ian Goodenough Federal Liberal Member of Moore (WA). On Sunday, Sian was invited by the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, to attend a private BBQ at...
Profile: Nathalie McGloin (UK)20180131093200
Profile: Nathalie McGloin (UK)
January 31, 2018
Nathalie McGloin is an inspirational woman who has become the UK’s first – and only – female race car driver with a spinal cord injury. Nathalie was paralyzed from the chest down after a serious car accident when she was only 16. Despite ...
The World’s Greatest Shave20171113054200
The World’s Greatest Shave
November 13, 2017
Are you brave enough to shave your head for a good cause? Most people will opt for the colour, but these girls are much braver than that. Chloe will be putting aside her race helmet with her best friend Emily to take part in the World’s Greates...
RIP Anita Board20171112090000
RIP Anita Board
November 12, 2017
The entire motorsport community across the entire world is realing after the tragic accident on Saturday at the Perth Motorplex, which claimed the life of 8 year old Anita Board during her licensing pass. At Girls Torque we know Anita from her smilin...
Natasha Romanoff – looking to work in Australia full time.20171025044000
Natasha Romanoff – looking to work in Australia full time.
October 25, 2017
So what happens when you have a dream, but look back 9 years later, and you’re still hoping to fulfil it? Well that is exactly what has happened with Natasha. But it’s not like she hasn’t made the most of her time between graduatin...
AWMN in Profile: Brooke Hall20171025011500
AWMN in Profile: Brooke Hall
October 25, 2017
The 2017 Polaris Australian ATV & Sidecar MX Championship was held at Murray Bridge Motorcycle Club on the weekend of the 30 September – 1 October this year and Brooke Hollins was lucky enough to be able to enter and race there. It was a big chan...
Racers against Bullies20171023032700
Racers against Bullies
October 23, 2017
Everyone thinks that just because you’re in the public eye, and appear confident on the outside, that you can’t be a victim of bullying behaviour. But I’m here to tell you first hand that anyone can be a victim, and it hurts just th...
Ararat Police and Grampians Grease Monkeys appeal for ‘Beat the Heat’ legal drag racing funding20170914173000
Ararat Police and Grampians Grease Monkeys appeal for ‘Beat the Heat’ legal drag racing funding
September 14, 2017
ARARAT Police and Grampians Grease Monkeys have appealed for funding to keep the ‘Beat the Heat’ legal drag racing events going. The groups also want to expand their youth outreach program that uses mechanic training to keep at-risk young people out ...
1Q1 is turning heads20170816021100
1Q1 is turning heads
August 16, 2017
The 1Q1 Bodyshop Flow Management system has proved a smash hit with customers such as Monza Smash Repair in Sydney and Gino’s Panel & Paint in Perth, both reporting to Paint & Panel that it has transformed the way their business functio...
Girls are Stepping into all Roles20160131062300
Girls are Stepping into all Roles
January 31, 2016
Think of any role in motorsport, team manager, driver, mechanic, photographer, track marshall, and I’ll bet you a new set of tyres, that somewhere there is a woman in that very role. Now while this observation may not surprise some of you, ther...
Surviving the “off season”20150630034200
Surviving the “off season”
June 30, 2015
Whether your season finished early due to breakage, or it’s just the regular “off season” … then if you’re anything like me, simply going without for even a few months is a terrifying thought akin to “going cold tu...
How to be Mum on Race Day20150514054100
How to be Mum on Race Day
May 14, 2015
So you've decided you'd like to step into the drivers seat, but what to do with the kids while you're trying to focus on a good race. Race days are long and tiring enough for adults, but kids can get bored pretty quickly, and there's plenty of danger...
Vikki Paxton rose joint failure in Jedi R1 [VIDEO]20140320014000
Vikki Paxton rose joint failure in Jedi R1 [VIDEO]
March 20, 2014
This is a graphic reminder of why you need to wear and have the best safety gear when racing! I had a major suspension failure at Morgan Park in Queensland yesterday while I was driving. Replay it after watching the first time and see what...