Episode 29 – Driving Forward Together

Shifting Points Podcast

Audra and Jess had a great conversation with Rachel Baker and Heidi Ellison from Driving Forward Together. Their mission is “To encourage, connect, and support women in Autocross, as drivers in their own right, and to embolden them to exercise their power to vie in open competition, embracing ideals of strength and inclusion to radiate through all forms of Motorsport.” They actively promote inclusivity and are working hard to normalize women in motorsports.

Heidi Ellison and Rachel Baker

We talked about:

• Levelling the playing field. This includes ensuring that women are represented without being treated as an anomaly.
• Their origins, their cars and how they got into autocross.
• How to recruit women.
• It is actually less stressful to run in open class.
• Autocross is a cult.
• DFT is partnering with Autocross Evolution School and Beyond Seat Time.

We also debated whether or not Rachel actually likes people and she tells us how much she really likes Porsches. Check out DFT on Facebook and Instagram as Driving Forward Together and on their website https://drivingforwardseries.wixsite.com/drivingforwardseries where you can find information about their contingency program, data and trends on women in autocross and their fabulous Showcase series. You may even see some very familiar faces for their March showcase!