Celebrating Women in Motorsport
To celebrate International Women’s Day we look at some remarkable young women blazing their own trail in motorsport writes Geraldine Herbert Nicole Lynch Motorbike Racing “Growing up, I was around racing all the time and there were only one or two women competing, and I thought to myself, ‘I could do that, I could be fast’,” says motorbike racer Nicole Lynch. Riding her Medlar Racing Suzuki SV650, she was...
Danielle Murphy’s Summer Round-Up
Its been a busy summer for Danielle, we catch up with her before she heads for Hungary to compete in round 3 of the European Drifting Championships My first Rallycross experience: Having had no previous training or experience properly on track, I was actually very excited about trying my hand at Rallycross for the first time. I was surprised as most of the seasoned veterans around me in the paddock had commented about their nerves,...
Danielle Murphy – Drift Queen
Drift Racer Danielle Murphy made history last weekend when she became the first driver ever to lead both the Queen and King of Europe Drift Championships after the first round. Peasant Films has produced this great video of Danielle at the event so check it out! Daniel Murphy | PeasantFilms from László Elek on Vimeo. Danielle will be competing in the first round of the Irish Drift Championship in Mondello Park next weekend so...
Danielle Murphy competes in Round One of the Queen of Europe Championship
Queen of Europe drifting champion Danielle Murphy was in Hungary last weekend to compete in round one of the Championship Last week my mother and I made the first of many road trips to Europe for my Championship quest this season. My first round for the Queen of Europe Championship was held last weekend at Tokol Airport, just outside Budapest in Hungary. With a completely different and new set up in my car with a Quaife sequential...
We’re growing! Danielle Murphy Joins WheelsForWomen.ie as a Contributor
To celebrate our third anniversary, we’re very excited to announce that Danielle Murphy, currently the highest ranked female Drift driver in Europe, is joining WheelsForWomen.ie as a regular contributor Danielle was the first ever Queen of Europe Ladies Drift League in 2013, coming runner up in the 2014 Championship and proving she can compete against the best teams in Europe by finishing 5th in a special pre-qualification event in...
