This week, we feature Clare Vale, the first woman racer to race in the premier national WesBank V8 Supercar series.
In March 2009, at the WesBank V8 race at Kyalami, she became the first woman to take pole as well as lead a V8 race.
Vale also became the first woman to have a podium finish in WesBank V8 Supercar history: at the historic East London Grand Prix circuit, she finished a podium third place in October 2010.
She then moved to the drifting motorsport discipline, becoming the first woman driver to participate in the Supadrift Series.
After moving between circuit racing and drifting during the 2012 season, she focused on National drifting for the 2013 season.
Vale won her first race during the Springbok series at the Killarney circuit in 2006, racing a Shelby Can-Am sports car. She has raced in the national Shelby Can-Am
