As a girl I'm often judged on arriving to a race, stereotyped in my blonde hair and long eyelashes. It was amazing that at my Bowler rally experience the Rally Nuts event in mid Wales I was welcome with no sexism or judgement. This race is the behind-the-scenes of me doing my second big 4x4 rally in the Land Rover Bowler defender. I hope you enjoy.
A big learning for me...
It turns out trust is up there one of the most vital elements of four wheel racing. As a driver the braking, correct lines and acceleration are key but the biggest speed game is trusting your navigator. You’re in a 2.3 tonne @Bowler Motors weapon powering into a corner and your natural instincts say come off the throttle but I can hear Chris Cuming shouting a fast right at me… foot stays flat trusting the input aligns to the corner and sure enough the speed stays on, the corner opens and the pace is kept. My goodness it gets the heart racing. I’ll be honest in that I definitely braked a few times when I shouldn’t have but that team trust is huge new thing for me.
Chuffed to have climbed to a 2nd place finish in category too for the Rally Nuts event… and only 1m8seconds behind 1st!! Bring on the next race in Scotland.
Bowler Defender Rally Series https://www.bowlermotors.com/bowler-defender-challenge/
#bowler #rallycar #thegirlonabike #BowlerRallyExperience #BreakingStereotypes #TrustInRacing #OffRoadAdventures #femalepower
Timestamp:
02:16 - Behind the scenes of the first UK rally round of Land Rover Bowler Defender
07:13 - What’s inside the manual of the driver’s navigator during a rally race
9:11 - Day 2 race day of the Land Rover Bowler Defender
9:58 - The emotions behind driving a rally car race
12:30 - Race begins
13:20 - Halfway point of the day during the race
15:20 - What’s the Bowler team ask after you’ve done your racing
18:23 - How was my experience of the first UK Rally round?
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Music Credits: Epidemic Sounds https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/si5fin/
Tracks:
ES_You'll Learn - Rockin' For Decades.mp3
ES_Kingston Blues - Will Harrison.mp3
ES_You Live or You Die - Three-Armed Scissor .mp3
ES_Breaking Free - Under Earth.mp3
ES_Window Dressing - OTE.mp3
ES_Nothing But Mine (Instrumental Version) - Parellite.mp3
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