| The drive to encourage
women into bike racing is gathering steam as Feisty
Racing heads toward its first full season as the UK’s
first ever all girl motorcycle race team to boast
more than 10 racers.
Team Manager and creator of Bikegirl.co.uk, Susie
Grayson, spent the last few weeks organising and promoting
their first Recruitment Open Day at Silverstone race
track on Saturday 25th Sept. The event was a resounding
success, with team members now more than 20 strong,
including 13 racers for the 2005 season. Other recruits
have joined to offer mechanical help, general support
and other services as well as many hoping to race
with the team in 2006.
Deb Cartwright, Feisty’s Chief Instructor,
told us “all the girls who attended the event
have genuinely enjoyed the day and taken a great deal
of information from it – in fact, much more
than they expected. That’s really gratifying
since we’re putting so much effort into getting
it right.”
Many guest speakers were invited to provide information
during the day, including Lisa Thorne, BSB GP125 racer
who explained how it took her only 3 years to get
to the British championship; ex TT racer, Hilary Musson,
mother of current TT racer Gail Musson, told the girls
how they too could compete in the TT.
Susie said “I’d like to thank everyone
who helped us on the day and all the guest speakers
who gave up their time for us. I’d especially
like to thank Brent Gladwin for bringing his whole
Team NVidia and race truck to the event to support
Lisa Thorne and our event. We’ve had so much
positive response to our efforts that I can only see
the team growing from strength to strength. We intend
to organise another recruitment day within the next
few weeks for those who couldn’t make it to
Silverstone and those who have just found out about
us through our recent TV and press coverage. You’ll
be seeing a lot more of us on your screens and in
the general press!”
“There are many benefits to joining the team:
the camaraderie and support of sharing a paddock area
with other women in exactly the same position; benefiting
from shared resources, volunteer engineers, shared
equipment, instruction from current racers, media
attention and associated sponsorship.”
“Above all… the girls will be acting
out a dream out there racing on a full grid!!”
Any girls who are still interested in joining the
team have the opportunity. The next two events are
17th Oct at Silverstone and 24/25th Oct at Brands
Hatch: visit the home page for more information or
email site@bikegirl.co.uk.
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