Sarah Dyson 

My name is Sarah Dyson, and I've just finished competing in the Ford Saloon Championship in Britain. It was my first year in Ford Saloons and I was thrilled when I finished 2nd in class, against all those men. I've already got my next car for this season, and that's a Fiesta Zetec S, which I will be racing in the BRSCC Fiesta racing Championship, hoping to put the men to shame yet again.

My love for cars started when I was about 5. Instead of playing with Barbie dolls, I had my model car set, and as I got older, the interest grew with me. When I left school I studied and qualified as a mechanic and it turned out that when all my friends were out socializing, I was building a race car.

As soon as I passed my test I had my first race in a MGBGT, borrowed by the service manager of TVR, the place  where I now had a job preparing the Tuscan race cars. It was at Cadwell Park on a cold and wet November weekend, and I managed to overtake another competitor before retiring. From there I knew I had the bug! But no money --  so I started converting my road car,  an XR3i into a race car which could run in the Stock Hatch Championship.. I finished my first season with a few bad races and plenty of good ones.  

I decided that since I now had use of a company car, I had to buy a proper race car,  which was, funny enough, the Fiesta I had built as part of my course work 5 years previous. That was the car I went on to win quite a few races in 2001. I'm looking forward to this year and I hope to have a few more race wins. I've given up smoking and started at the gym, so I definitely mean business this season. I now have a sponsor: Allams of Epsom a Vauxhall dealership and I'm still looking for associate sponsors to help with costs. You can follow my progress on www.dysonmotorsport.co.uk