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Originally Posted by Umai Naa
Not entirely sure how relevent this is, but there's a lot of girls, probably close to 50%, competing Junior Speedway sedans across Australia. Some have been quite successful, but I'm yet to detirmine whether a female has held a state or national title in them. The other thing to note, is that once they're too old to race in juniors (once they're 18, they're no longer eligible), they don't often step up to other divisions. This could be related to budget, interest, or commitment.
There are a few ladies competing in the open-wheeler divisions like Sprint Cars and Compact Speedcars, and Speedway Karts (which are not really considered an entry-level division).
Now before anyone pipes up and says that Speedway in Australia isn't major, then why does it have several nationally-distributed publications dedicated to it, plus TV airtime, etc?
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Love my speedway but again its on dirt or clay and the girls very rarely go into the main game of Sprintcars after racing in juniors.
The only main game type event for Speedway in Australia is World Series Sprintcars which again could not be considered a Major Championship in the theme of this thread.
But love the "Speedcars or Midgets" not compacts,they are the Grand Daddy of all the speedway classes.