Lisa Selby

My partner Toby had always been into stage rallying, but in 2001 that came to an end when foot and mouth struck. We also bought a house around that time. The rally car got sold and still longing for the need of competition he decided to take up sprinting, which I thought looked like fun. I had always been into watching motorsport, but never dreamed I would be taking part myself.

I started off double entering with him in his daily driver, a turbocharged Ford Puma. Once I had done a few events I swapped over to using my Ford Racing Puma (NA) in class A2 as I was much more comfortable with pushing hard in my daily road car.

I used this for a few years, but because it was underpowered and weighed quite a bit it wasn’t competitive in Class A2 against the likes of Lotus Elise's and Honda CRX’s. In addition my partner, Toby, was struggling against the competition in A3 so we decided to build a dedicated sprint car to try and win the class and enable us to be more competitive, whilst still leaving us our road cars for Monday mornings.

Once again it had to be a puma as we had owned them for so long that we knew them inside out. 18 months later we finally finished it – another turbocharged puma, with more power (280bhp), 100kgs lighter, bucket seats, rear roll cage, adjustable suspension, anti-lag, traction / launch control, carbon bonnet / boot and data logging to name a few mods!

It done the job, in the first season out Toby won all 6 events in the ASWMC championship that we entered and I came 2nd in class twice and also fastest Qtr mile in class, my best ever season!

Plans for 2008 - ASWMC Sprint Championship full season and also taking my ARDs test and doing a few rounds of the 750mc Stock Hatch Championship towards the end of the year

Lisa Selby

Age 33 Occupation Technical Analyst BWRDC Webmaster BWRDC Sprint and Hillclimb Secretary Email lisaselby@btinternet.com Type of Motorsport Sprints (and Racing 2008) First Year of Competition 2001 Why did you start? My partner Toby had always been into stage rallying, but in 2001 that came to an end when foot and mouth struck. We also bought a house around that time. The rally car got sold and still longing for the need of competition he decided to take up sprinting, which I thought looked like fun. I had always been into watching motorsport, but never dreamed I would be taking part myself. I started off double entering with him in his daily driver, a turbocharged Ford Puma. Once I had done a few events I swapped over to using my Ford Racing Puma (NA) in class A2 as I was much more comfortable with pushing hard in my daily road car. I used this for a few years, but because it was underpowered and weighed quite a bit it wasn’t competitive in Class A2 against the likes of Lotus Elise's and Honda CRX’s. In addition my partner, Toby, was struggling against the competition in A3 so we decided to build a dedicated sprint car to try and win the class and enable us to be more competitive, whilst still leaving us our road cars for Monday mornings. Once again it had to be a puma as we had owned them for so long that we knew them inside out. 18 months later we finally finished it – another turbocharged puma, with more power (280bhp), 100kgs lighter, bucket seats, rear roll cage, adjustable suspension, anti-lag, traction / launch control, carbon bonnet / boot and data logging to name a few mods! It done the job, in the first season out Toby won all 6 events in the ASWMC championship that we entered and I came 2nd in class twice and also fastest Qtr mile in class, my best ever season! Plans for 2008 - ASWMC Sprint Championship full season and also taking my ARDs test and doing a few rounds of the 750mc Stock Hatch Championship towards the end of the year Previous Championships / Results 2005 Colerne (May) - 4th in class Merryfield (july) - 2nd in class Colerne (Aug) - 4th in class Chivenor (Sept) - 2nd in class & Fastest Quarter Mile in class ASWMC Sprint Championship - 65th overall! 2006 Colerne (May) - 4th in class Llandow (May 1) - Best Lady Llandow (May 2) - 2nd in class Chivenor (June) - 2nd in class & Fastest Quarter Mile in class Castle Combe (July) - 3rd in class Colerne (Aug) - 4th in class ASWMC Sprint Championship - 20th Overall BWRDC - 1st in Sprint Championship (Associate Member) BWRDC - Chairmans Trophy 2007 Colerne (May) - 3rd in class Llandow (May 1) - 3rd in class Llandow (May 2) - 4th in class Dunkeswell (July) - 2nd in class Colerne (Aug) - 2nd in class Dunkeswell (Sept) - 2nd in class Chivenor (Sept) - 2nd in class & Fastest Quarter Mile in class ASWMC Sprint Championship - 10th Overall BWRDC - 2nd in Sprint Championship BWRDC - Rabbit Trophy 2008 Colerne (May) - 3rd in class Llandow (May 1) - 3rd in class Castle Combe (June) - 2nd in class Thruxton Stock Hatch Race - 30th out of 37 Colerne (Aug) - 2nd in class Oulton Park Stock Hatch Race - 33rd out of 34 Best sprint Chivenor 2005 – Just getting 2nd in class on the third (unschedueled) run by 9 hundredths of a second and also Fastest Qtr in class. Favourite Circuit/Venue Colerne – the first sprint I ever done Motorclubs EMCOS www.emcos.co.uk Bristol Pegasus Motor Club www.bristolpegasus.com Cirencester Car Club www.cirencestercarclub.com Current Cars Lotus Exige S1 (play car) Ford Puma Turbo (sprint car) Ford Racing Puma (show/weekend car) Ford Fiesta XR2i Stock Hatch Ford Focus TDCi (everyday car!!) Websites Racing Puma Owners Club British Women Racing Drivers' Club