Three fast race tracks in three days for Roscrea's Nicole

Roscrea racer 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 business for the past pupil of Coláiste Phobal in Roscrea, as Nicole travelled to Pembrey Circuit in Wales to compete in a joint Irish Rallycross Championship / British rallycross Championship event.

Driving a borrowed Mini Cooper S, Nicole ran with the UK BMW Mini Class.

Despite running the car over 100kg heavier than the rest and starting at the back all day, she crossed the line in third in the Sunday final, just missing fastest lap by a fraction.

Nicole said: "It has been a busy few weeks. I was honoured to be asked to drive the Spice at Mondello and the Rallycross round at Pembrey was so much fun. A massive thanks to Max Langmaid Motorsport for helping, to Adrian Turner for the car, Max himself for the tips and especially James Barker who worked so hard on setup all weekend.

“The little MINI was completely transformed by the the final on Sunday afternoon," Nicole said after the races.