Emma Gilmour is looking to maximise the extra seat time at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) only double-header round of the season, in Los Angeles, this weekend. The Dunedin-based driver is the sole female racing and has only four rounds left to show her speed in the 10-round series and secure a return drive for 2015. Shakedown this …
Read More »Tough LCQ spoils Gilmour’s final spot
Edging closer to claiming a place in her first Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) final, Emma Gilmour was encouraged by her improvements at the Florida round this weekend. Racing at the Daytona international Speedway, on a track nearly double the length of the average GRC track, Emma was fifth in the last chance qualifier (LCQ) today – just one …
Read More »Gilmour gunning for Daytona final
While a busy summer of racing winds down for most of the European and United States-based Red Bull Global Rally Cross drivers in Florida this weekend – for Kiwi Emma Gilmour, coming from a cool Dunedin winter, the season is just heating up. Round six of ten will be held at the Daytona International Speedway and could well be a high-attrition affair as drivers …
Read More »Mechanicals mar Gilmour’s progress in Charlotte.
Emma Gilmour had a rough ride at The Dirt Track in Charlotte, with mechanical issues hampering her Rhys Millen Racing Veloster Turbo’s performance most of the weekend. She missed out on a place in the final but learned more about the car set-up. “Despite our mechanical problems limiting our seat time I am enjoying the racing and getting more confident …
Read More »Gilmour’s race craft gelling
Emma Gilmour’s race craft skills have been sharpened this weekend, with the talented Kiwi showing her claws and rubbing panels with the top guns at the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship’s (GRC) fourth round in New York. A confidence boost associated with some new-found speed in her Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster Turbo rallycross car saw Emma only just miss …
Read More »Gilmour’s GRC learning curve continues in Washington
After another whirlwind trip to the United States, Emma Gilmour is feeling increasingly comfortable in her Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) car. Driving a Hyundai Veloster Turbo for Rhys Millen Racing (RMR), she finished third in both her heats in the Washington, DC-based third round of the (GRC) this weekend. “Although I didn’t make the last chance qualifier race …
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