Jesse dixonhayman reese ride day august 2015 at queensland raceway 2 laps in a v8 supercar. Australias most famous motor race the bathurst 1000 has contributed to the result of the.
The first female to race full time in the atccsupercars championship in almost 40 years de silvestros entry has been backed by supercars and retail giant harvey norman.
Female v8 supercar drivers. That followed a pair of bathurst wildcard appearances in 2015 and 16 with renee gracie the first all female entry at mount panorama since melinda price and kerryn brewer in 1998. A drivers title has been awarded since 1960 and titles for teams and manufacturers are also currently awarded. The former karting star moves to the dunlop.
The australian touring car championship presently known as the virgin australia supercars championship is a motor racing competition open to australias premier touring car category. Swiss born racer simona de silvestro became the first full time female driver in the supercars era in 2017 when she joined nissan motorsport. Renee gracie joins forces with paul morris motorsports pmm for her debut season in the v8 supercars dunlop series in 2015.
Former indycar driver de silvestro drove supercars backed bathurst wildcards in 2015 and 16 before moving to supercars full time last year. Groundbreaking female supercars driver simona de silvestro says there has never been a better time for women in sport and is determined to be a role model and provider of support. Gracie competes under the fujitsu racing banner driving a triple eight race engineering built ford fg falcon to be run out of pmms headquarters in norwell queensland.
Red bull holden racing team. Its an honour to be invited back on to the walkinshaw racing team and to race in such a beautiful and spectacular location like the gold coast is just incredible. Red bull holden racing team.
To back a declared ambition to have a woman competing in the main. V8 supercars is a highly rated international and is on every drivers radar having already had a taste of the event i cant wait to come back for more. V8 supercars is putting its money where its mouth is to find a female driver good enough to race full time at the elite level.
The exciting all female combination of simona and renee will receive worldwide attention and add even more interest to this iconic event he said. Warburton said v8 supercars were delighted to secure two leading female drivers to one of australias biggest sporting events for the next two years.
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