Profile: Pyper “The Pypz” Kent20180907060017

Profile: Pyper “The Pypz” Kent

Your Story MattersSeptember 7, 2018
Having been a competitive dancer from the age of 2, and doing up to 9 classes a week, Pyper decided at the tender age of 6 that it "wasn't really my thing". "So what's your thing," asked Pyper's mum, Shaz. "Motorbikes!" ...
Profile: Natalie & Shavaun Harvey20180905074507

Profile: Natalie & Shavaun Harvey

Your Story MattersSeptember 5, 2018
Natalie Harvey is talking on the headset: the race about to start: she fist bumps her junior drag racing daughter and says “you’ve got this” but closing the door to her world record husband’s car she says “drive like you stole it darling”....
Profile: Courtney Fender20180831080057

Profile: Courtney Fender

Your Story MattersAugust 31, 2018
Even though she started out with oval track racing, Courtney saw that hardly any girls were drag racing, so she took this as a challenge to prove that she could, and took her 2008 Yamaha Nytro Snowmobile drag racing. ...
Profile: Stephanie Huysmans20180831060008

Profile: Stephanie Huysmans

Your Story MattersAugust 31, 2018
"Just concentrate and don't take your eye off your lights" Unless your car decides to pull an awe-inspiring wheelstand off the start line. Steph might laugh about the situation now, but at the time the brand new engine was a little more powerful tha...
Profile: Dani Richardson20180826080013

Profile: Dani Richardson

Your Story MattersAugust 26, 2018
Not content to just take photos of the team cars, Dani started to get more and more involved in the actual history and stories behind each of the Beat the Heat race vehicles until she finally decided it was time to get behind the wheel and have a dri...
Profile: Lauren Cornes20180812130010

Profile: Lauren Cornes

Your Story MattersAugust 12, 2018
Back when Lauren was only 12 and her mum joined a car club, Lauren couldn't understand not wanting to be hands-on involved in all the activities, which is probably one of the reasons she has such a long list motorsports hats to wear....
Profile: Belinda Vernon20180801143651

Profile: Belinda Vernon

Your Story MattersAugust 1, 2018
If your mum was drag racing a hot pink VT Commodore at 10.87sec @ 124mph, I reckon you would be one of the most popular kids at school. Well, Belinda's sons (Ryder, Brayden) are exactly those very lucky and proud kids, su...
Profile: Kellie Kidd20180729132853

Profile: Kellie Kidd

Your Story MattersJuly 29, 2018
To be the best person and driver you can be, challenge yourself, stay grounded be a humble winner and a gracious loser, accepting you can't win all the races. Learn from those losses and take each win as a stepping stone towards becoming the Champion...
Profile: Melissa Theuerkauf20180715122719

Profile: Melissa Theuerkauf

Your Story MattersJuly 15, 2018
Mel started out on the sidelines of the race track, photographing hubby as he raced, and helping out with his race car. But there comes a point for every racer girl, when deep down you and everyone around you know that you want to get behind the whee...
At just 12, she is the first ever female motocross champion in Zimbabwe20180611091836

At just 12, she is the first ever female motocross champion in Zimbabwe

Myrtle MotorheadJune 11, 2018
“I race motocross because when I was young, my dad used to take me on his motorcycle. It was a great feeling. After my first experience and exposure on the bike, I went back and got faster and faster until I did not want to get off. It was after comp...
Badass grandma, Mary McGee wasn’t your average housewife20180608091035

Badass grandma, Mary McGee wasn’t your average housewife

Myrtle MotorheadJune 8, 2018
History has no shortage of fascinating people who did things differently at a time when we didn’t have all the fancy technologies and equipment we do now. So when you hear about a car and bike-racing woman who defied the odds and kicked opened a few ...
With a Pinch of Salt20180509064900

With a Pinch of Salt

Myrtle MotorheadMay 9, 2018
Traverse issue 05 sees us take to the salt of Lake Gairdner to witness the fastest motorcycles, and some of the fastest women on two wheels, on earth and the culture that surrounds this unique sport. Evelyne Scholz Racing (pictured). Full Story avail...