SPEEDWAY: Dubbo mother of three Terri Spears is your average loving mum who enjoys spending time with her kids and family, but behind her feminine exterior lies a raging passion for speed, cars and everything heart-thumping.
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Last Saturday Terri Spears made her debut at the Gilgandra Speedway with her hot pink Ford in the crowd favourite fender benders.
For a first timer Spears surprised the field, finishing fifth out of 12 in the final, beating her rev-head partner Wayne Alchin in the process.
While many in the sport aim towards titles and trophies, Terri wants just one thing each time she takes a seat behind the wheel “to beat the boys”.
According to Spears, her love of speed and adrenalin has always been alive, taking a keen interest in water sports, mainly water skiing.
However it was three years ago that her passion for cars started burning, as she watched Alchin compete at Gilgandra.
“It’s just the adrenalin of the sport that I love,” she said.
“I had been wanting to do it for three years, so I finally got a car done up and away i went.”
“My kids love it, they’re right behind me.”
The car-slamming mayhem of fender benders was a lot to take in for her first time on the speedway track, but despite initial nerves Spears pulled off three successful heats to make the final.
“It was a bit nerve racking at first, I had a few of the guys rubbing up the back of my car, but I did a bit of that too,” she said.
“It was good, I enjoyed it.”
Spears said the blokes in her race were fair competitors and none of them held back on track because she was a female.
“I wouldn’t want them to (hold back), and it didn’t feel like they did,” she said.
“I did get a few funny looks when I went up into the crowd after my race though.”
For now Spears has put her hot pink Ford to rest until her next race in Gilgandra in January.
FAST FACTS
Name: Terri Spears.
Children: Rheyce 13, Tiana 11, Hope 2.
Partner: Wayne Alchin.
Sport: Speedway fender benders.
Interests: Water skiing.
One thing you love about speedway: Adrenalin.
One thing you fear about speedway: Catching on fire, rolling.
