Girl's Torque Motorsport Training For Women Page updated - 1st August 2006 Drag racing is the current focus for Girl's Torque motorsport training. The days are run by AWMN volunteers. Expert guidance and instruction is provided by Debbie Reed (Reed Racing), Top Alcohol competitor, Debbie O'Rourke (O'Rourke Motorsport), Supercharged Outlaw competitor and team manager, and Kath Stevens (Brett Stevens Racing) - motorsport marketing & merchandise manager & the first woman to compete in Top Doorslammer class. Training days cater to novices and experienced competitors - and all are welcome! Successful Girl's Torque training days have already been held at Warwick Dragway in Queensland, Quit Motorplex in Western Australia and Heathcote Raceway, Victoria. DVD footage and interviews from the first training day at Warwick Dragway can be found on Grunt Files #5 - available through Warrior Films at www.warriorfilms.com.au. DVD photo slideshow from the day at Heathcote Raceway is available from John (no_gas) at www.racerite.com.au. Video footage from Heathcote will be available soon.    Dates & Entry Forms  Girl's Torque @ Willowbank Raceway Queensland - 12th August 2006 Download entry form here Girl's Torque @ Heathcote Raceway Victoria - 31st March 2007 Download entry form here (when available) Sponsors for Willowbank Raceway Training Day: East Coast Signs RME Trailers Join our news list and/or forum for information and updates about future motorsport training days and other AWMN updates. Enquiries are very welcome about future drag racing days. Expressions of interest are also welcome for training days in other forms of motorsport.    Entry forms are in PDF file format, so you'll need the Acrobat Reader program to open the file. You can download a free copy at: http://www.adobe.com.au/products/acrobat/readstep2.html (use your back button to return from the Adobe site)

Girls get into it at Warwick Dragway     Photos courtesy of Bruce McDougall/Torque Pix Photography Girls turned out in force at Warwick Dragway in regional Queensland on 10th September for the first event of its kind – a Drag Racing Training day for women only. WA’s Debbie O’Rourke and Queensland Group 1 racers Debbie Reed and Kath Stevens were on hand and worked with the girls on a practical level, instructing them in the fundamentals like the starting system, start line protocol, return road etiquette, scrutineering procedures and the handicap racing system.  The day was organised by the Australian Women’s Motorsport Network Inc (AWMN) and supported by Warwick Dragway, Shannons Insurance, Willowbank Raceway, Western Sydney International Dragway, Warrior Films, Just Wicked, Top Beat, Ballina Car Wreckers, Australian Drag Bike, Total Driver, Operation Drag, East Coast Custom, Wodonga TAFE Motorsport Training, Repco Ballina, MR Performance, Stanthorpe Wreckers, M & D Auto One & Yamaha Auto Two, Save Time Online & Lee-Aise. “It was one of the most memorable days I’ve had in drag racing,” said Debbie O’Rourke. “The ladies were a diverse bunch that consisted of a couple of experienced racers, but most had never gone down the track before.” By the end of the day all the girls were doing burnouts, .4 reaction times and running close to their dial-ins. Kerry Wilkie of South Queensland in her hand controlled Statesman (she is confined to a wheelchair) was the overall winner of the day and the overall improvement award went to another Queensland girl, Alicia Jackwitz. Leanne Bernhard, who came up from Melbourne for the event said, “I can honestly say that I had the best day ever. I learnt valuable information, I got to meet three of the fastest women in motorsport, and all the wonderful Warwick staff and people and most of all I got to know the AWMN members that were there giving drag racing a go. For those of you who missed it, make sure you get to the next one, it is too fantastic an opportunity to miss and lots of fun.” “We’ve had amazingly positive feedback from the day and have now been invited to organise events of this kind at other tracks in Australia,” said AWMN Co-founder & National Director, Sue Corbett. "We'd love to hear from other women keen to give motorsport a go."

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