| My family has been involved
in Karting for 30 + years, my father, uncle, brother
and sister have all been involved in
Karting as competitors. I competed in karting in the
1990's, and then left to start my family.
These are my accomplishements in karting:
Lady driver of the year (Kimbolton Kart Club)
RAF Championship - Associate Champion - Little Rissington
Highest ranked woman in the Super One Series (100c)
I have also raced in cyprus as part of the British
RAF Karting Team, and i have also participated in club
rounds at
Shenington, Kimbolton and Paul Fletcher Internationsl
Circuit (PFi)
This is a fantastic opportunity for me to enter the
world of motorsport and hopefully start a career in
motorsport,
because I would really like to make a career out of
something that i love doing. Ever since i was a little
girl watching
my father race karts I was hooked to the speed and adrenaline
of motorsport.
My husband and daughter have been very supportive and
have helped me every step of the way. I am very grateful
to them for there support as not everybody is that lucky
to have such support. And i hope i will be an inspiration
to
my young daughter as she has just started karting, and
hopes to follow in her mums footsteps.
A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB … THE VSR SERIES
The new look V8 Trophy will literally be climbing a
mountain, with a visit to Lincolnshire’s Cadwell
Park on a packed multi national, circuit racing calendar
for 2008, With a move away from oval racing due to the
lack of dates offered by circuits, the decision has
been made by the series organisers to join with the
VSR Super Silhouette Series - comprising 2Litre, V6
and V8 cars, to form an awesome grid of V Power.
Running under the “VSR SERIES” banner the
Ascars will be the “VSR V8 Trophy” for 2008,
the VSR Series will run over 10 weekends with 22+ rounds,
Provisional grid numbers should easily see the VSR Series
regain its Championship status in 2009.
The outline plan is for the all the classes to be racing
close together by means of the use of a restrictor plate,
as used in the NASCAR Sprint Cup in the USA. With restricted
power the series will also adopt a National B licence
requirement. There will also be a change of tyre supplier
for the Ascars, Hoosier Tires stepping in, and for the
first time a wet tyre will also be supplied to accommodate
the full range of our wonderful British weather!
Although it may seem like a big change for the Ascars,
the chassis are already raced on road courses in the
USA, and American contacts have already been very helpful
with suggestions for a quicker transition onto the road
course set up. Tentative suggestions have already been
mentioned for a Trans-Atlantic Challenge.
The series two front men, John Clark and Duane Kidd
sealed the collaboration with a hand shake on the evening
of Wed 23rd January 2008, John, who first suggested
the idea to the BRSCC before Christmas said “This
could be the most awesome spaceframe series ever, with
a variety of cars from the nimble but spectacular 2Litres
through to the V6 coupe’s and saloons, right up
to the groundshaking V8s. With the backing of the countries
top club The BRSCC, this years series will be next years
championship. The ultimate aim is to have a standalone
2Litre class with the V6 and V8s together in their class,
a 4 race program to hit the circuits in 2009. Joining
the Super Silhouette classes with the thundering American
V8s is going to be big. We are all working together
for a great 2008” Duane added “John’s
absolutely right in his comments. The Ascars, as a series
know its going to be a big change going to circuit racing,
but with John’s help and the VSR series experience
it will be much easier. With multiple classes on track,
it will provide full track action and will ensure a
good racing spectacle for drivers and spectators alike.”
When pressured on the question of a lack of any oval
race dates for the Ascars, Duane said “With a
change of policy towards us, the last two years have
been very hard to move forward on the oval, the strength
we have as a series now, is that those who are in it
want to be there and want it to work, such dedication
led to our best grid since 2005 at the last meeting
of 2007. But I now believe the decision not to allow
us to run on the oval this year had been made before
the final event, so that is that, a sad loss”
The confirmed 2008 VSR series calendar is as follows
30 March ... Snetterton
12 Apr ... Cadwell
31 May ... LyddenHill
15 Jun ... Brands Hatch
26/27 Jul ... Croix en Tournois
25 Aug ... Snetterton (Bank Holiday Monday)
06/07 Sep ... Pembury
28 Sep ... Mallory
25/26 Oct ... Brands Hatch
01/02 Nov ... Snetterton
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