Virtual Academy shows driving ambition
Aimee Woods checks out Ireland’s first virtual driving academy It wouldn’t be uncommon for the majority to recall a humorous or more likely, embarrassing story of the first time we learned to drive. In my own experience, my dad sat in the passenger seat roaring across at me ‘Jesus will you watch where you’re going’ etc. Remember that dreaded fear of stalling when you take off for the first time? Or worse again, the fear of a scratch...
Fiesta Six-Hour Endurance Race
Four Irish women made history as the first all-female team to take part in the six-hour Mondello Park Fiesta Endurance Race writes Ruth Nugent The annual Fiesta 6 Hour Endurance race was held in Mondello Park on Sunday the 4th of November this year. I was delighted to be invited to join Emma Dempsey, Aimee Woods (a fellow wheelsforwomen.ie contributor) and Nicola Watkins on the first ever all female team to enter the endurance race....
Aimee Woods back in Mondello for Leinster Trophy Weekend
Aimee Woods was back in Mondello to compete for the most famous trophy in Irish Motorsport The Leinster Trophy weekend is the most prestigious weekend of the Irish Motorsport calendar in the realm of car racing as well as the wider motorsport community. The elusive trophy, once coveted by racing gods Ayrton Senna and Mika Hakkinen was awarded to the BOSS (Big Open Single Seater) class which enticed a flurry of new spectatorship. Every...
Formula Vee Festival in aid of LauraLynn Children’s Hospice
Formula Vee returned to Mondello Park last weekend for a festival meeting which raises funds for Laura Lynn writes Aimee Woods The Formula Vee festival resurfaced this year marking the halfway point of the championship, where has the season gone? It was set to be a particularly busy weekend for the Formula Vee class with two championship rounds taking place on the Saturday. For the first time since the opening round, we were also...
Sweet Post Team Up with Formula Vee racer Aimee Woods
Aimee Woods has attracted backing from a new Irish Company Sweet Post for her Formula Vee 2016 campaign Formula Vee driver Aimee Woods has just secured the backing of the brand new Irish company Sweet Post for the remainder of the 2016 season. The Longford based company has taken both the Irish and International market by storm since their establishment in December 2015. Woods races an Irish built Leastone chassis in...
