Roscrea Racing Driver Nicole Drought Offers Advice To Motorists Driving In Harsh Weather Conditions
As the country continues to battle severe winter weather conditions, Ireland’s most established female racing driver and Tipperary native Nicole Drought has offered her advice to motorists to ensure that they are aware of steps they can take to decrease risk of accidents when driving in these adverse conditions. Nicole has listed ten things that […]
Drought Keeps Championship Hopes Strong With Spanish Success
Ireland’s top female racing driver, Nicole Drought has further increased her championship lead following an impressive win at Navarra in northern Spain last weekend. The Roscrea native drove admirably in testing on Friday clocking close times with her two main championship rivals. She qualified in imposing fashion setting a time almost a second faster than […]
Roscrea’s Nicole Drought to Drive 1989 Team Ireland Chevrolet Lumina in Mondello Park
Roscrea racer Nicole Drought is set to take the wheel of the 1989 Team Ireland Chevrolet Lumina NASCAR at the Carole Nash Historic Festival in Mondello Park next Sunday. Drought has previously driven the Lola T70 – Chevrolet and the C86 from the Martin Birrane Collection in demonstrations and is looking forward to the prospect […]
Tipperary’s Nicole Drought Wins At Donington Park
Nicole Drought and Justin Roberts took on two different races at Donington Park last weekend. They entered the EBC Brakes Honda Civic in the Trackdays Championship race on Saturday and managed to qualify third of the 35 entries. In the race itself, Justin started the race and handed over to Nicole at the half way […]
Nicole Drought Launches Support Initiative on International Women’s Day
Today, on International Women’s Day, Ireland’s top female racing driver Nicole Drought has launched a support initiative to help others progress in the sport. 20 year old Róisín Sweeney from Naas will drive Nicole’s Global GT Light race car in the 2024 Irish Global Championship. Róisín is a former Motorsport Ireland Karting Champion and has just […]
Three Circuits in Three Weeks for Nicole!
Nicole Drought visited three circuits and drove three very different cars over the past three weekends. Following on from her second place in the 12 Hour EnduroKA race at Snetterton, Nicole was invited to demonstrate the incredible 600bhp Spice-Hart Le Mans car at the Mondello Park Historic Festival. Last weekend though, it was back to […]
Roscrea’s Nicole Drought Wins at Donington Park
Nicole Drought travelled to Donington Park last weekend to tackle the BRSCC 3 hour C1 Challenge race, as part of the WRC Developments team. In the days running up to the event though, a late deal was done for her to drive a MINI Cooper S in the two driver Clubsport Trophy race on the […]
Tipperary’s Nicole Drought Fastest at UK Test
Tipperary’s Nicole Drought travelled to Donington Park race circuit in the UK last week to test with the Focus Cup Championship. Having met with the series organisers at the Autosport International show in Birmingham in January, Nicole received an invitation to test their car before the season starts. As well as a number of prospective […]
Two Countries, Two Races, Two Trophies for Nicole Drought
Tipperary driver Nicole Drought had a busy time of it last weekend. She travelled to Anglesey in Wales to compete in the famous Race of Rembrance- an Endurance race for a variety of cars with multiple drivers . Rejoining the WRC Developments team, Nicole qualified fourth in class but once the seven hour race got […]
Roscrea’s Nicole Drought features in Jackie Hurley’s New Childrens Book- Girls Play Too
Irish sportswomen continue to make headlines! Whether it is Katie Taylor’s continued dominance in the boxing ring, Katie Harrington’s incredible Olympic Gold Medal or Rachael Blackmore’s phenomenal success in 2021, as the leading jockey at Cheltenham and the first ever female Grand National winner, Irish women are leading the way through their sporting achievements .Included […]
