Fri - 03 Jun
Written by Martin McDonald
Delta Energy Services is very pleased and proud to be one of the main sponsors' for a young lady driver who is making a big impression in a man's world.
By day 28 yr old Fiona Kindness is a solicitor at McGrigors in Aberdeen. Fiona obviously has a passion for speed. Having just acquired her first car back in 2004 – a Subaru Impreza - she immediately took it to Knockhill to see how it would perform. "I wasn't expecting to win. It was more just to give it a try and to see if it was something I'd enjoy. I ended the day with a wrecked car from pushing so hard – I'm a lot more competitive than I had first thought!" Fiona explained.
Her interest in Motorsport has now developed and at the weekends she takes her Nissan Skyline R32 GTR to major racing circuits all over the UK to compete in motorsport events called Time Attack. "I just love the excitement, the buzz, the competition, pushing myself to the limit! I've been doing it for a few years now, but before every race I still get nerves and excitement. Before the final last year, the competition was so close that I couldn't sleep for the week running up to it!" she enthused.
Drivers compete against the clock to set the quickest lap time around the circuit. There are two levels – Club Championship and Pro Class: Fiona has already won the Club Championship and is now competing in the 2011 Pro Class.
Fiona's first season in Pro Class is going well so far as she was third in Oulton Park a few weeks ago and was 1st at Knockhill on the 15th May and is she is leading her class at the moment.
Round 2 write up, with Pictures and Videos -
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/timeattack/2011/2011round2.htm
Season so far - http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/timeattack.htm