Deborah Stokes, who fully transitioned in 2015, wants to encourage greater diversity in motorsport.
she said: "Hopefully while I'm doing that I can bring more diversity into motorsport and some natural females into motorsport, because there are hardly any female racers out there."Saturday was my first race day and I was so warmly welcomed by all the other drivers and people at the track.Ms Stokes is part of Spirit Motorsport, a driver development programme which provides training for people looking to make their first steps in motorsport.
In her Snetterton debut she drove a BMW E36 325, qualifying fourth in class and finishing third after a 45-minute race. Ms Stokes said the approximate £10,000 cost of making her competitive debut was "very expensive" and added that she was looking for sponsorship to achieve her goal of racing in the BTCC.Ms Stokes is appealing for sponsors to support her journey to competing in the British Touring Cars Championship
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