Back in 2006 I wanted to take my passion for cars to another level. I had a Nissan 200sx s14a street car with lot's of modifications, but it wasn't enough, I wanted more. So I sold it and started a 4 year long project of getting to the track.
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Working on the car with my good friend Anna
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During this period I also started a car club for girls with 3 other friends called Girls go fast
By exception of a few trips in a company track day car( owned by the company I worked for at the time, Pettersen Autoimport) I had never driven on a race track before. Spending almost 4 years and a lot of money I had no idea if I would actually like racing. However, when the car was finished in 2009 I just had to dive in and my first time out on the track with the car was in a race at the street car event, Gatebil. The rest is history.
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After my first race in 2009.
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At Rudskogen in 2009.
This car was the start of my team, Mollysport and in 2010 Thomas and Ole Johnny joined the team, and that led to many great moments!
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With the guys at Vålerbanen i 2010.
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At Gatebil with Driftmonkey in 2010.
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In the dyno at Anders Ringstad Produkter in 2010.
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Taken with a long lense by Per Ottar Walderhaug at Gatebil 2010.
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We did a massive rebuild on the car before the 2011 season. We had just put her down on the floor after 6 months of hard work.
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Big fire in the engine room at the final race of 2011. This turned my world upside down.
One thing I remember really well after the fire was my mechanic Ole Johnny saying, "I promise I will have it ready to race again tomorrow. And I said, "that's not possible!". He gave me his usual look, and we got to work. The next day I did race again. I aint over 'til it's over.
I bought a new car for 2012, but I held on to this car for as long as I could. It was very difficult to part with, but in april of 2013 I had to see it go.
-Molly