AWMN in Profile: Stacey Heaney20200621150836
AWMN in Profile: Stacey Heaney
June 21, 2020
"I love how strong and powerful racing motorcycles make you feel, and I also love inspiring other women to give it a go."...
AWMN in Profile: Pauline Bolton20200621142930
AWMN in Profile: Pauline Bolton
June 21, 2020
This mum decided that she needed a little extra "me time", and sitting on the hill watching everyone else race just wasn't going to be enough. So after another racer told her to "just get in there and drive it like you stole it" back in 2012, she nev...
AWMN in Profile: Isabella Anspach20200619163328
AWMN in Profile: Isabella Anspach
June 19, 2020
Izzy has gone from being in the crowd watching dad win his races to being in front of the crowd racing her very own McGee Motor Junior Dragster with a Polar clutch set in A class, and with her 18th birthday approaching Izzy is eye'ing off dad's Ford ...
AWMN in Profile: Katie Meyer20200420080031
AWMN in Profile: Katie Meyer
April 20, 2020
Katie just likes to race. She was brought up in the world of speedway, and then started navigating in a rally car in the Victorian Club Rally Championships in 2008 before jumping in the drivers seat of a Datsun 1600 rally car for the Ballarat Light C...
AWMN in Profile: Madison Dunston20200417142051
AWMN in Profile: Madison Dunston
April 17, 2020
The adrenaline of reaching speeds of up to 200km/hr is just part of the amazing feeling that Maddy gets from racing, it's the full experience from the moment she puts that visor down and pushes herself to the limits on the track. ...
AWMN in Profile: Jody Zaal20190119090026
AWMN in Profile: Jody Zaal
January 19, 2019
As a carer for both parents, Jody didn’t think she had the time to even think about racing until her dad suggested it would be a great idea for her to expand her love for motorsport and working on cars. ...
AWMN in Profile: Jess Martin20190119070019
AWMN in Profile: Jess Martin
January 19, 2019
Now you might think that a little Hyundai Excel sounds pretty tame, but this car reaches 190km/h at the end of Conrod Straight at Bathurst when Jess is behind the wheel....
AWMN in Profile: Jill Hickey20190110090044
AWMN in Profile: Jill 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...
AWMN in Profile: Maria Mare20181001164312
AWMN in Profile: Maria 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....
AWMN in Profile: Courtney Fender20180831080057
AWMN in 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. ...
AWMN in Profile: Dani Richardson20180826080013
AWMN in 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...
AWMN in Profile: Lauren Cornes20180812130010
AWMN in 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....
AWMN in Profile: Kellie Kidd20180729132853
AWMN in Profile: Kellie Kidd
July 29, 2018
To be the best person and driver you can be, challenge yourself, stay grounded be a humble winner and a gracious loser, accepting you can't win all the races. Learn from those losses and take each win as a stepping stone towards becoming the Champion...
AWMN in Profile: Melissa Theuerkauf20180715122719
AWMN in Profile: Melissa Theuerkauf
July 15, 2018
Mel started out on the sidelines of the race track, photographing hubby as he raced, and helping out with his race car. But there comes a point for every racer girl, when deep down you and everyone around you know that you want to get behind the whee...
AWMN in Profile: Maria20140728041400
AWMN in Profile: Maria
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,...
AWMN in Profile: Zara Board20140621150050
AWMN in Profile: Zara Board
June 21, 2014
With an amazingly supportive family, and race family, Zara has been able to travel all over Australia to compete in Junior Drag racing events, not just competing in races, but also appearing at car shows to encourage more people to enjoy the sport sh...