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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Sally Watts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After nearly twenty years away from the driver's seat, Sally Watts almost withdrew before the Winternationals. Three days later, she won.]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[A first-hand account of mentorship in practice, exploring what the mentor gains and why structured support builds long-term industry leadership.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Makayla &#038; Abigail Reed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Makayla and Abigail Reed are learning the lanes of drag racing—one run at a time—guided by family, patience, and a legacy that spans generations.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>H2 Racing: Breathing New Life Into Old Iron</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s something poetic about a bike brought back from the brink. A machine dusty and forgotten, rescued, rebuilt, and reborn to thunder down the quarter mile once more.In Mackay, Queensland, Rachel “Pocket Rocket” Wilkins and her partner Simon have made that poetry their calling. What began as a modest hobby—buying old race bikes to tinker [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Linda Devlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Linda Devlin, Mini racer and four-time champion, made history at Winton while balancing family, career, and a lifelong devotion to racing.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Racing Towards the Future For as long as she can remember, Alyssa “Lyssa” Halliday has lived and breathed speedway. She was just seven weeks old when she first attended a meet — bundled in the stands while her dad, a lifelong racer, took to the track. With both parents deeply involved in the sport as drivers, sponsors, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Kelly Thomas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fearless on the Rally Stage For Kelly Thomas — better known in the paddock as KAT — rallying isn’t just a sport, it’s a family tradition. With parents who were rallying long before she was born, Kelly grew up surrounded by the sound of engines, the smell of fuel, and the energy of competition. What began with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Bobbie “Stitch” Schluter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Racing Against the Odds When you hear the whine of a ZX1000 roaring down the quarter-mile strip, you might not realise the rider tucked in behind the fairings has titanium rods running the length of her spine. You might not know she was diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome, anxiety, and depression before her teenage [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Bailey Hawke</title>
		<link>https://girlstorque.com.au/bailey-hawke/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Born to Run the Quarter Mile Some people stumble into their passion. Others? They launch off the start line with it in their DNA. For Bailey Hawke, drag racing didn’t slowly creep into her life—it hit full throttle the moment she heard the roar of engines at the Bend Dragway’s opening in 2023. That spark [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Alicia Naylor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lightning at the line “Nothing compares to the adrenaline of Motorsport. Once the helmet is on, it&#8217;s like nothing else exists.” &#8211; Alicia Naylor Western Australian Alicia Naylor is a highly decorated racer within the drag racing scene. Currently piloting an eye watering 632ci Big Block Chevy Spitzer Dragster in the very popular Modified Dragster [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Racing with Passion, Drive, and Determination Amanda Johnson is an up-and-coming kart racer with a deep connection to motorsport, stemming from a love that was sparked by her father’s own racing career. As a karting enthusiast, Amanda is quickly making a name for herself, not only in her home state of Western Australia but also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AWMN in Profile: Women are making waves in Speed Boating</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maddi Gurmesevic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 00:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meet Paula Gill, Riley Bride and Josie Shaw—three women making waves in Australian speed boating through racing, leadership, and community impact.]]></description>
		
		
		
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