We are pleased to announce that Mackenzie Pollard has been awarded the HSRCA’s Young Women in Motor Sport drive for 2026.
The Club’s recently acquired Formula Vee is nearing completion. We are grateful for the generous assistance of Noel Bryen, David Kent, Don Collyer, Rod Wallace and others in this project, and the very generous member who provided the funds.
Grahame Burton has organised the publicity, with Susanne Mansell, and we received a great number of applications for this initiative, which offers the free use and entry of the car to our HSRCA events in 2026 to a young woman who wishes to start racing in historics, and who will represent the HSRCA in some broader promotion for our movement.
It was a very difficult decision given the quality of the applicants, but there can be only one winner. Mackenzie Pollard will be driving the Vee after she spent last weekend assisting the all-female team in the Bathurst 6 Hour race win their class. Mackenzie is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Newcastle, has been racing go-karts successfully and hails from the Hunter Valley.