STACEY DENNIS
“ I enjoyed cars and motorsport when I was young but back then it was a bit more difficult to understand how to get into it and where to start. One of my old friends owned a company called Bianco and was heavily involved in Alfa Romeo racing and I met him one year at the British Racing and Sports Car Club( BRSCC) stand during one of the Autosport International shows. He suggested I go racing and I said‘ don’ t be silly, I’ d never be able to afford to do that’ – but just a year later, I did my first event!
“ After going to some of the race weekends Bianco were involved in and understanding how it all worked, I built up the confidence to do my ARDS test at Brands Hatch. I saved up, got my safety gear and rented an Alfa Romeo 156 from Bianco for my first ever race. That was at Silverstone and it was tipping down with rain. I was in tears on the green flag lap because I was so nervous – but after I finished, I didn’ t look back!
“ I became a member of the British Women Racing Drivers Club( BWRDC), and they sent an email out about this record attempt they were doing at Silverstone, trying to get the most UK female race drivers in one race at any one time. I decided to join it. It was one of the first races I did outside of my regular championship and I had just bought my own Alfa 147 race car. I’ d only had it two weeks, I’ d never even tested it, and this was my first race with it.
“ We literally rolled it off the trailer, made sure mechanically it was all up to speed, and away we went. It had poor suspension, squishy and soft, and I didn’ t know what I was in for. It was a handicap race and there was a huge range of cars involved, from old-school Minis at the front to a Lamborghini at the back. They put us into four groups, depending on car and ability, and set us off in turn. It was all very confusing!
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Tony Harrison