Racy Ladies Relish Lapping

Rockingham, UK. November 20, 2008: The inaugural Racy Ladies track day - held in conjunction with H&H Ltd on Sunday 9 November 2008 - proved a great success. Two-thirds of the women who attended the Rockingham event were novices. A scenario which not only validated the concept behind Racy Ladies - that of encouraging women to participate in motorsport, be it historic or modern - but also contributed to a very relaxed and informal atmosphere.

With the only men allowed behind the wheel being qualified instructors or honoured guests (the latter giving passenger rides), the number of incidents was notably low, too. While the morning was split into experience-streamed (20-minute) sessions, the afternoon was run as an open pit lane, thanks to the level of circuit etiquette and ability exhibited by attendees.

In addition to the professional instructors, there were a good number of volunteers on hand to offer further advice or just moral support. Open to anything and everything, so long as it was either road legal or would satisfy a MSA scrutineer, the event attracted a varied array of machinery, from an AC Unicorn Special to a Jaguar C-type via a VW Golf and an Aston Martin DB2/4 MKIII. Mention should also be made of the Citroen 2CV, which gamely ensured that everyone got the hang of overtaking!

By choosing to run on the National Circuit at Rockingham, with its short straights, challenging corners and varied topography, the organizers ensured that there was plenty to talk about over lunch. Sufficiently technical to please the more experienced drivers, who were mainly there to blow the cobwebs away (or rebuild confidence), the course was slow enough to be enjoyed aboard a road car.