R is for Racer

Cars, Bikes and Boys – I often find the three words synonym to each other. Till date I have not bet a boy who does not have a fancy about one of these. I think, more than machine, they have a much deeper fantasy for speed. I am et to find a guy who has never played need for speed or F1 Racing or other car/bike race video games. Even my 3 year old kid does not miss a chance to play a racing game on my mobile. Ask him what gift he wants, and the prompt answer is “Race Car” that too in all shapes, sizes and colors.

The dream machines are often advertised with stunning looking female models along their sides. There can be nothing sexier than a female on the driving seat of these machines. One cannot deny the fact that our eyes take another look at normal roads also if we notice a female driving some SUV or luxury car. The general tendency of male population is very clear – Female and driving does not match. There are even thousands of jokes on female driving.

Among all those jokes, there are some girls whose name is enough to turn all that laughter into admiration and may be lust (believe me, boys fall more for good female drivers than good cooks!)..

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Alisha Abdullah

At the age of 9, when most girls play with dolls and dream houses, Alisha used to go-karting. She even started winning them at the tender age of eleven. In 2004, the kid won the MRF National Go-Karting Championship and the Best Novice Award in the National level Formula Car Racing in the open class .Alisha then moved on to formula car racing and came fifth in the JK Tyre National Championship, 2004. On the advise of her father, She made the switch from four wheels to bikes in the same year. She thus became India's first female national racing champion.

There has been no looking back since them for the girl. I so want to get the snapshot of look on her first bike race competitors. Here are some of her best shots:

1. Stood second in the 2006 National Road Racing Championship UCAL

2. Finished eighth in the 2012 Volkswagen National Polo Cup (India)

3. Received the Rotary Young Achiever Award in 2008

4. Third place in the 2009 JK Tyre National Super-bike Racing Championship, among 15 men.

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Sarika Sehrawat

 MBA by studies, Sarika is India’s first ever woman car racer, and one of the few professional women rallyists in the country.  She has won the Desert Storm ladies category twice. The Raid-de-Himalaya-X-treme which is considered as the toughest rally in India, had Sarika as first ever woman participant. Sarika could make a mark due to some technical problem in her Gypsy is the different story. She would rather be racing with the boys than running behind them! 

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Seema Sharma Dora

This tough lady from Delhi is the first Indian woman to have attempted a saddle sore and bun burner (endurance motor cycling) and completed 2,700 km in mere 36 hours.  Advocate by profession, Seema sure adds a big deal of grace and fun to the superbikes.

Nawaz Sandhu

She is another ace lady rallyist. The lady has stood second behind Denmark’s Maiken Rasmussen and Malaysia’s Natasha Seatter who came third at the Polo R Cup women’s race. As per Sandhu, “…Women can easily change the race pattern and emerge victorious.  After all they have two legs, two hands and a mind that can think as well, so there is no question of any minus points for them…”

This post is written as a part of April 2015 A to Z Challenge. My theme for this year is Women In A to Z Professions. Click at the link to check other professions women have excelled in and their respective links.