Girl Racer Dawn Boyd from Andover has only recently taken up the challenge
of circuit motor racing.

Beginning at the age of 34 by entering the Formula Woman 2006 competition
she found herself good enough to be selected for the top 100 out of over
4000 entrants. Her first ever race in a Caterham 7 at Pembrey is listed in
the 2008 Guiness Book of Records for 62 girls all racing for the first
time. Dawn competed in a handful of races with FW before the final 16 were
selected but Dawn missed out by less than 20 places.

The contacts and friends made through FW encouraged her to race in the
Dees.co.uk Fiesta Championship run by BRSCC. Daniels Motorsport provided
the car and Dawn gained some excellent racing experience with their help.

Watching a race meeting at her local track, Thruxton, she spotted
contacts/friends from Advent Motorsport and they invited Dawn to race with
the MINI Challenge. She raced in the last 3 round of 2006 and booked her
place in the 2007 season.

Dawn has been quite successful in the MINI Challenge 2007, adapting her
driving style to suit the Mini and she gained confidence racing against the
boys, consistently finishing mid table with results between 5th and 12th,
with Advent Motorsport backing her all the way by providing the car, the
mechanic and loads of support, her best result came at the final round at
Brands Hatch, where she had a tough race but finished 4th.

Dawn finished the season 8th in Class and 18th out of 46 overall, very
pleased with her first full season, Dawn hopes to sign up again with Mini
for the 2008 season, providing she finds some sponsorship backing, with the
determination to get on the podium in 2008.

Dawn would like to thank her 2007 part-sponsor 'Rustlers' for their
support, Girl Racer and the Andover Advertiser for providing the best Press
coverage all season, Wave 105 for their Blog on the website, Hearn & Scott
for the merchandise and her loyal fan club of supporters!