The Australian Riders Division (ARD) of Motorcycling Australia (MA) has proudly announced Kim Krebs as 2011 winner of the inaugural ‘Woman of the Year’ award at the Celebration of Women’s Motorcycling in Yackandandah, Victoria.

Kim, a local rider from Yackandandah, accepted the prestigious award in her home town last Saturday 28 January in front of approximately 100 female riders gathered from across the country for the Celebration.

The award recognises Kim’s achievements as a Land Speed Record (LSR) holder, her continued dedication and unique contribution in an often overlooked discipline of Motorcycle Sport.

Kim achieved recognition as the ‘fastest woman in Australia’ when on the salt flats of Lake Gairdner, South Australia, she set a Land Speed Record of 188.412mph (303Kph) in 2010 on her Suzuki GSX-R 750.(...)
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We have entered the FRN 240sx in to win some “Enjuku Cash” from Enjuku Racing! In case some of you are not familiar the FRN 240sx is a car that is being built to promote women in motorsports. A few years ago we purchased a car to be used solely as a drift car but after a few months we realized we didn’t want to keep it to ourselves. Thus the idea of building a car for other ladies to use came to us. The car is now being built to allow other females to use it for drift, AutoX, track days, etc. While the specifics are still being determined it would allow a girl to use the car for an event to test the waters of motorsports. We hope that this will allow more girls to become involved in grassroots level racing. To vote for the FRN 240 all you have to do is follow this link Enjuku Racing Facebook  find “Amanda Martin” (should be at the top) in the list of cars and cast your vote. We have a lot of catching up to do and hope that all the FRN readers will take the time to help us out with this.

Thanks so much for everything!

The FRN Crew!

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CONCORD, N.C. – NHRA introduced two of the most intriguing rookie drivers in the history of the sport to the national motorsports media today during a press conference conducted as part of the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway. The legendary multi-purpose motorsports facility annually hosts two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events  at its spectacular zMAX Dragway.

Rookie Funny Car drivers Alexis DeJoria and Courtney Force, both an important part of NHRA’s Nitro Generation theme for 2012, joined NHRA President Tom Compton during the season-preview press event, which was held in front of more than 100 of the nation’s top motorsports journalists.

DeJoria, daughter of famed entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria, will drive the Tequila Patron Toyota Camry and Force, youngest daughter of 15-time NHRA world champ John Force, will pilot the Traxxas Ford Mustang. The two drivers will be among the top contenders for the prestigious Auto Club Road to the Future Award, which annually recognizes NHRA’s top performing rookie driver.(...)
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By Robert Haugh

Having clinched the Bay Cities Racing Association Dirt championship prior to the final
BCRA Dirt race -- becoming the first female to win a major Midget championship,
Shannon McQueen collected her championship accolades at the BCRA awards banquet
in Stockton, CA on January 28.

In addition to decisively claiming the BCRA Dirt driver and Dirt car owner’s titles,
McQueen also claimed fourth overall in driver’s points and sixth overall in owner’s
points, as well as receiving the best appearing car award.

In 13 BCRA races, McQueen finished in the Top 10 every race, with 12 Top five runs,
including a feature victory at Marysville Raceway Park on April 16, five Heat race wins,
Trophy Dash win and two fast time awards, including a new track record at Silver Dollar
Speedway (August 5). McQueen amassed six second-place finishes and nine Top 3 runs.

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David Sterckx (Belgium) and Karen Jankowski (California) of David Sterckx Rally Sport Team, in their
first event of the Rally America 2012 season, finished on the podium with 3rd in the super Production
Class and 8th overall at Sno*Drift Rally over the weekend.

This was the first time David had ever competed in the ice and snow. With over 60 cars competing in the
event and a high rate of finishers, it was a very competitive event. The weather made it very difficult all
weekend with below freezing temperatures, ice, and on the last day several inches of snow.

“I am so happy with our results this weekend, especially for our partners AlphaSTAR, Genoa 5, and
MCQ Composites. Our new Subaru was just finished and I drove it for the first time this week” stated
David. “Having never rallied on the ice or snow I wasn’t totally sure what to expect. Turns out you can’t
expect anything because the heavy ice and snow this weekend made the conditions very difficult to plan
for. I know we will be even quicker next year though because we learned a lot of valuable information
that will really help.”

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David Sterckx (Belgium) and Karen Jankowski (California) of David Sterckx Rally Sport Team, winners
of the 2011 Prescott Rally, have entered the Rally America national championship. With just six events
which begin at the Sno*Drift rally January 27th & 28th, it promises to be an exciting season.

In the off season the team built a brand new 2011 Subaru STI in order to compete for the Super
Production title. The car promises to provide the speed and consistency that the team needs in order to be
highly competitive.

“I am really looking forward to the new car and competing in the Rally America Championship which I
know is a great series” explained David. “The main reason I chose to build a new Subaru is because of
their support of both USA and Canadian rallying. The contingency packages that they have offered in
both the Rally America and Canada Rally Series has been impressive. Since we plan on running both in
the future it just made sense to build a Subaru.”

David has had many years of motorsport experience including a Belgium Rally Championship, 3 WRC
starts for Skoda Octavia Rally team, Toyota Atlantic series, World Championship FIA GT series, FIA
Sportscar Championship series, and many other sports car and rally events worldwide.

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SACRAMENTO, CA (January 17, 2012) – The annual talent search known as The Shoot-Out always sorts out the top talented young drivers from across the nation.  Making the Shoot-Out is an honor in itself. Winning the Shoot-Out and earning a spot in Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle driver development program, along with big sponsorship dollars, is the goal.

In the previous year’s Shoot-Out 14 of the 933 drivers that applied made the cut. This year only 9 super talented young drivers won spots from the 965 applicants for the RSWC program and Star Racing Supply sponsorship dollars. “We had slightly more apply for 2012, however we were simply more selective in this year’s Shoot-Out,” stated RSWC Owner Ron Sutton.

With the driver search complete, nine new talented drivers coming from all over the US will join the returning 11 drivers from last year’s RSWC driver roster. These 20 drivers, each with $6,000 to $25,000 of sponsorship dollars from Star Racing Supply, will train and race with the RSWC driver development program with the goal of working their way up the ladder to professional stock car careers. Each driver stood out uniquely and drove impressively in the Shoot-Out to earn a position in the RSWC program.(...)
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BRADENTON, Fla. (Jan. 16) – Erica Enders and the ZaZa Energy Pro Stock team will get back to work this week.

Enders and her talented crew from Cagnazzi Racing will test at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Monday through Friday, in preparation for the upcoming NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock season.

Dave Connolly returns for his first full season as Enders’ crew chief, and the duo will have a completely redone Chevrolet Cobalt at their disposal. Enders will carry No. 6 as part of a new paint scheme on her Chevy Pro Stock.

The NHRA season kicks off Feb. 10-12 with the O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif.

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K&N PRO SERIES WEST

Source — GSR Racing

Date Posted — January 12, 2012

Cassie Gannis will return with GSR Racing for a full season and make a run for

RTY honors. 17- year old Trevor Cristiani will be Cassie’s teammate and will make

his K&N racing debut and will also make a run for RTY honors. Greg Rayl, last

year’s full time driver for GSR, will be stepping out of the driver’s seat to play a

role of car chief/crew chief for both teams. “We had a great 2011 season improving

from 12th in points in 2010 to 11th in 2011”. Greg said, “Winning the NASCAR

sportsmanship award in 2010 was the highlight of my K&N career, but finishing a

couple races in the top ten this year came real close”!

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – January 12, 2012) – Brian Keselowski Motorsports has announced that Sloan Henderson will drive the No. 29 Dodge in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway.

“This offseason has been anything but an offseason,” Keselowski said in a team press release. “We worked really hard to put things together and kick off this new venture. We really look forward to working with Sloan and will do everything in our efforts to help her launch her racing career in the right direction. I was very happy with her performance during our testing session and I am confident that she will put her best efforts into our team as well for a great outcome.”

Keselowski, owner and driver of the K-Automotive Motorsports No. 92 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, is now the proud owner of Brian Keselowski Motorsports (BKM), fielding race cars in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards (No. 29 and No. 92) and in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West (car numbers TBA) with new up-and-coming drivers, providing them their start into stock car racing.

K-Automotive Motorsports will continue to be the primary company for Keselowski’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series efforts in the future.

Said Henderson: “I’m truly blessed to have this opportunity to work with BKM and run in the ARCA Racing Series Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway. After a great test session with the team, I’m excited about the possibility and feel comfortable that we can do very well.”(...)
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