RACER PROFILE: AndyK & the Poken Mobile20150914060300
RACER PROFILE: AndyK & the Poken Mobile
September 14, 2015
The PokenOz drag racing team didn’t start with an easy ride, but with determination, support from friends and extreme love for the sport, the team is finally completing its first full season of racing. About 4 years ago, after crewing for a frien...
RACER PROFILE: Drag Racer Lisa Sherry20150909055900
RACER PROFILE: Drag Racer Lisa Sherry
September 9, 2015
Lisa has crewed for her father, Bob Sherry, since she was 16 but has been at the track watching her dad race since the age of 5. In 1993 she raced her daily drive, a white VN 308 Commodore, and then in 1995 Lisa had a run down the track in a hot 308 ...
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...
RACER PROFILE: Introducing Niki Zakrzewski20150627021200
RACER PROFILE: Introducing Niki Zakrzewski
June 27, 2015
The Winternats, Australia’s biggest annual drag racing event, was a great result for myself, my race team & Harley Davidson VRod enthusiasts around the world, running 2 x 8.6 ET’s and getting into the semis & bugger when I cherrie...
Racer Profile: Introducing Kellie Kidd20150519011400
Racer Profile: Introducing Kellie Kidd
May 19, 2015
Apart from running around after 2 kids, I’m on Online Personal Shopper @ Woolworths… and I have a 60kg Rottweiler named Thor. On the weekends when I’m not racing, I love watersking with family and friends. We used to do marathon ski...
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...
How to steal all the attention at a show?20150430013000
How to steal all the attention at a show?
April 30, 2015
On the weekend I attended a Vintage Collectors Market and Car Show with a couple of friends, to show of my old drag racing car. Although it was only a small event, all three of us were run off our feet until closing time talking, posing for pictures,...
Do you really want to be facebook friends with all your fans?20150420031200
Do you really want to be facebook friends with all your fans?
April 20, 2015
Whether you like it or not, being a racer means you have fans. Whether you’re an international celebrity or just a celebrity in your street, you can’t avoid the fact that there are people out there who think what you do is really cool, an...
Meet the Fastest Ladies in Tasmania, Australia20150327142400
Meet the Fastest Ladies in Tasmania, Australia
March 27, 2015
by Ruth Bowler Recently returned from competing overseas, Ruthie “Racer” Bowler is continuing her 2015 Aussie Racing Cars campaign with a return to Tasmania and Symmons Plains. Whilst bringing the popular Ford Coupe back to Launceston is always excit...
I got in the car and drove like I thought I had to. BIG MISTAKE!20140728041400
I got in the car and drove like I thought I had to. BIG MISTAKE!
July 28, 2014
I started my racing, can’t call it a career as I only do it for fun……..in 2007. I was 43 and had been married for 25 years. I had no training, no input, no guidance. I got in the car and drove like I thought I had to. BIG mistake! I blew two engines,...
Childcare Worker by Day, Circuit Racer on Weekends20140529080700
Childcare Worker by Day, Circuit Racer on Weekends
May 29, 2014
I have loved Motor Racing since I can remember. Throughout my childhood I watched my Dad, Barry Devlin, build and race his own minis. Most of our weekends were spent supporting and following him to race tracks around Australia as he set lap records a...
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...