The Historic Sports and Racing Car Association (HSRCA) is proud to announce the HSRCA Young Women in Motorsport Program, offering a unique opportunity for a young woman to compete in Historic Formula Vee racing in 2026.
HSRCA president Wayne Wilson hopes the program will encourage more young women to try their hand at motorsport competition.
“For far too long, young women have been underrepresented in motorsport, and particularly in historic motorsport,” Wilson says.
“Today, we are announcing a program to rectify that. Next year we will gift the use of a historic Formula Vee to an outstanding young woman at our three historic race meetings during 2026.”
The HSRCA has already acquired a historic Formula Vee for the program. The car will be fully prepared and ready to go racing, and will be offered to the successful applicant on a free-use basis at the HSRCA-run historic race meetings at Sydney Motorsport Park and One Raceway, near Goulburn in 2026.
While the full details of the HSRCA Young Women in Motorsport program have yet to be announced, Wilson says it will be open to women over the age of 18 years old who have had some level of prior involvement in motorsport.
The HSRCA is NSW’s premier historic sports and race car club and will host three major historic race meetings in NSW in 2026.
The Historic Formula Vee class caters for pre-1986 Formula Vee open wheeler race cars. Formula Vee was created as an inexpensive entry-level racing car category aimed at fostering future star drivers. Formula 1 world champions such as Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda and Keke Rosberg started their careers in Formula Vee. Locally, the Formula Vee graduate list includes names like John Bowe, Larry Perkins and Cam Waters.
If you wish to apply to take part in this program, please fill in the application form available at this link.