“But when I’m on the track, I just give 110% from the second the bell rings to when I’m riding into pit lane and I just go full ‘never give up’.”
Author: Bridget Bell
Fiery night for the Fired Up team, gaining attention from mainstream media as the push continues in a tight tussle for championship points with only 3 events now left for the season.
It’s Bridget Bell, and I’m on holidays. So naturally I’m catching up on some writing that I have been putting off all year. Back in April, around the same time as I was focusing on the Drag Racing Grand Finals in Perth, training for the Women’s State Sailing Championships and started volunteering at the Bayswater Women’s Hub, I was blessed with the opportunity at 6am one Saturday morning to catch Alyson just before she was due to kick off a day of Team Manager-ing in (R)Adelaide. The self confessed “slip under the radar type person” with an inspiring career in…
With the Hot Rod and Street Machine Spectacular on this weekend and International Volunteer Day coming up on the 5th of December, I thought it might be nice to feature one of the volunteers that has been working with the committee for over a decade, Alan Smart.
Bridget Bell takes a sneak peek at Stewart Parris’ build “THE 55” which will be debuting at this years’ Hot Rod and Street Machine Spectacular, held Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of November 2022 at Claremont Exhibition Centre.
It’s Bridget Bell and sometimes I am hyper aware that this may be the best job in the world. This week sees me up in beautiful Parkerville, enjoying the smell of Eucalyptus trees, native bird song and gorgeous burnt orange hued sunset drives away from suburbia. We pull in the drive to a modest 70’s red brick house, set back from a road lined by 50+ year old trees. The air is fresh and crisp after a rare sunny winters day in Perth. We are greeted warmly by Steven McQueen, SupermotoWA club president and all round nice guy. This man…
“I have ridden horses since I was two years old, I only sold my horse when I got into Drifting. I swapped one horsepower for 450.”
“Everything we do is on a volunteer basis… we do it because we love motorsport and we want it for our friends. We want it for other people…”
“The reaction time and your first 60’, that is the race.” .. Bridget Bell catches up with Natasha Hayden for a chat about Modified Bike Drag Racing.
It’s Bridget Bell and I’m running late. I hurriedly send a link for the Zoom meeting to Veronica McCann, notable WA Speedway icon, as I’m kicking off my shoes and dragging the laptop to the table.