Women in Racing

     Up until now I have done dirt track and circle track women, this week I am talking to a drag racer. If you know me I love all forms of racing so I am excited about this. My guest this week is Afton Swanson and she hails from Iowa. Afton got started in racing Jr. Dragsters in 2000, "my dad’s house was 8 miles from  Humboldt County Dragway (now called North Iowa Dragway). He wanted us to have something  fun to do together on the weekends I spent with him."       A lot of other women got their start in Jr's as well, everyone knows Erica Enders story from the Disney movie Right on Track. I asked Afton why she chose drag racing over any other form, "  The Humboldt drag strip was  close to my house, so this was the most accessible racing to get into. I wanted to race motocross  but my dad thought it was too dangerous, so I stuck to drag racing." I don't know if that was such a bad thing. I then asked her why she thought wo...

    I have met some awesome people through racing, and many of them women. This woman I met online and we clicked because she was involved in racing. Tanya Nitschke is an Australian woman who is the wife and mom of present and former racers. It is a different but similar world in Australia's racing, let's get to know Tanya and her family.     Tanya got involved in racing   in 2016. "My husband and his family are involved in Dirt Karts and Speedway. Which then in turn got our kids into racing Dirt Karts, they started out in Rookies. Ben my husband races Outlaw Dirt Karts and soon V6 Sprint in speedway," Tanya explained. Sounds like exciting times in the Nitschke household, along with chaos. With all the racers in the house I asked her if she ever wanted to race with them weekly and she replied, "  I love the dirt track but I haven't wanted to race professionally. I have had a go on our track at home as well as at come and try days at a local track in B...