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Amber will be driving the Nissan GT-R Safety Car
in of the V8 Supercar Championship - Gold Coast
Super GP & Bahrain emain in 2009 plus .ROund 6
WInton where she will be driving in the
aPorschaPart 944.
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Bio
Status: Single
Lives: Melbourne, Australia
Interests: Fitness, Travel, Flying, Horseriding,
Skiing and Scuba Diving
Occupation/s: Racing Car Driver and Lawyer
Likes: Fast cars & fast aircraft- The new
Nissan GTR & the P51D Mustang
Dislikes: Cars that break down, slow cars and pedal
power
Quotes to live by: “If it was easy, everyone
would be doing it”
News
Amber Anderson speaks to Simone Thurtell on
ABC’s Grandstand Active- podcast listen
now!
Throw a challenge the way of the multi-talented
Amber Anderson and it is more than likely that it
will get met.
If being a lawyer and a qualified aircraft pilot
is not a busy enough schedule, Anderson has also
embarked on a career in the male-dominated arena of
motor racing, a pursuit she is intent on
conquering.
Click here to download the latest edition of the
GA podcast, featuring host Simone Thurtell’s
chat with Anderson, or listen below: blogs.abc.net.au/active/files/anderson_mon.mp3
Amber Anderson 5th in the Porsche at
Bathurst!
Female driver Amber Anderson put critics to
rest with a superb performance at Bathurst over the
weekend of 20-22 February 2009 at Mt Panorama,
Bathurst.
The 5th place was sweet success for Anderson
returning from her stint in the USA to compete
again in her own Porsche 944 Challenge Car.
”It’s great to be back! I was keen to see
how I would perform after such a huge absence- the
last time I drove this car was in March 2008?.
Putting the car back together after numerous
engine issues and unsuccessful rebuilds in the
previous season was an enormous job which
couldn’t have completed without the expertise
of leading GT Championship Team, Jocaro Motorsport-
“the boys put in a massive effort in the short
time available and we’re here- that’s all
that matters”.
Amber later grinned “Seriously, this car
had some serious issues last season-
disappointingly we couldn’t find the gremlins
in the car and we suffered to engine detonations in
2 race meetings in 2008- so I was almost expecting
the same thing to happen again here..thankfully it
all held together!”.
Excited to be back at the Mt Panorama circuit
again after an absence of 2 years- Amber said she
couldn’t wipe the smile off her face “I
just love this place- coming over Skyline, through
The Dipper and the Esses- that has to be the best
part of the circuit; it’s what makes you want
to be a racecar driver- if you could see me face
through my helmet, I was just all smiles-
awesome!”.
Anderson said that competing with a field of
around 28 men didn’t faze her at all “oh,
no- I think that they are fairly accepting of me
now- I’ve only raced against men for several
years, it honestly isn’t something that even
crosses my mind. I just do the best that I can out
there”.
Anderson’s last stint at the 2007 Bathurst
12 Hour in the all-female team Thrifty Celica is
completely different to the rear-wheel drive,
left-hand drive Porsche that she was driving this
year, “I found I adapted back to the track
fairly quickly- there are definitely some marked
differences between the Celica and the Porsche and
it was interesting to revisit my track maps from
2007 and note the differences- and the similarities
between them. I pride myself on trying to adapt
quickly to a car and I think that I managed this
quite well this time around”.
So with a 5th place tucked under her arm going
into the 2009 Porsche Challenge season, Amber is
looking to the future- “I’m ready to step
up to the next challenge, I’m in talks with
Grand Am teams in the USA and also back here in
Sportscars and V8 Supercars in Australia. I’m
excited about what the future holds and I hope that
I can really show what I’m made of as I step
up to something with a bit more power
soon”.
“Anderson happy to back in the Briffa
Holden Vectra for Sandown Enduro finale”
Female driver, Amber Anderson will again race
in Steve Briffa’s Holden Vectra in the
Australian Manufacturer’s Championship finale
at Sandown next weekend.
Former 944 Challenge driver, Anderson last drove
the class winning Vectra to a class win at Phillip
Island in 2007, “it was an unexpected
development to be jumping back into the Vectra
again” says Anderson, who has been focussing
her sights on Australia’s Carrera Cup Series
for 2009.
Anderson feels that the combination of her
experience at her home track and the recent fickle
Melbourne weather could be the secret to her
success, “the Vectra seems to be at its
strongest in greasy wet conditions- it’s a
great handling car and the rain or drizzle always
seems to equalise the field and it will give us a
real chance at staying up the front”.
Anderson recently returned from a scoping trip
to the USA regarding racing in 2009 “I had a
great trip to the USA and we’re definitely
reviewing options for one or two races in the
future, it would certainly be a lot of
fun”.
Anderson was also fortunate to spend time with
female IndyCar pioneer, Lyn St James,
“Lyn’s a great lady and I was fortunate
to spend a lot of time with her and hear about how
she made it as a female race car driver, she is
really an inspiration and she gave me some great
hints for racing- both on and off the
track”.
Anderson is looking forward to putting
Lyn’s advice to good use and getting back into
the Vectra and giving it her best shot this weekend
“I’m excited to be racing at Sandown and
I’d like to thank Steve Briffa once again for
making the invitation to me”.
Results
Noverber 2009- Amber at the Island 300
Following a busy, busy weekend up at Mount
Panorama at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and
taking some lucky guests for laps around the mighty
Bathurst circuit in the wonderfully fun and fast
HSV427 (thanks to her friends at Walkinshaw
Racing), Amber is back in the seat to drive the
Audi Safety Car for V8 Supercars at the Phillip
Island - Island 300!
Australian female racing car driver sensation
Amber Anderson.
It takes ambition, precision and determination
for any person to pilot a racing car at tremendous
speeds - to truly go above and beyond their comfort
zone - to become the best. Amber has proven that
she is capable of repeatedly achieving the
impossible; not only as a race car driver - but
also as a lawyer, an aerobatics aircraft pilot and
also a public speaker and television reporter and
now V8 Supercar Safety Car Driver!
You can learn more about Amber here and visit
the website regularly to keep up to date with all
of Amber’s latest news, updates and
photos.
You can even contact Amber directly with your
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