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Bir: 22 December 1959
Birth Place: Bedfordshire, England
Current Home: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Fax: +61 7 5563-7148
English born, New Zealand raised now domiciled in
Australia.
Born Dec 1959, lived in England until age of ten.
Family (Mum, Dad & 3 children) migrated to
Auckland New Zealand in Aug 1970. Mum & Dad
migrated to Gold Coast Australia in 1990. I
migrated in 2001.
Married Brian Lawrence in
March 1993 in Auckland, New Zealand. Brian is 3rd
son/2nd generation racer of a well known NZ
motorsport family. He has multiple NZ &
Australian motorcycle racing titles & older
brother is a multiple Grand Prix winner &
former Tasman Champion in F5000\'s & Formula
Pacific (Atlantic)
Who started you: Motorsport was a family interest
but I was the first to compete
Biggest influence: Entire family - raised with a
'can do' attitude & everyone supported each
other
Women you admire: I admire all women who race as
equals with men, in particular Sybil Lupp (NZ),
Shirley Muldowney (USA) & Lela Lombardi (?)
Father's Thoughts: He loved it (passed away in
1997)
Your encouragement to others: It's a tough but
rewarding interest. You have to prove yourself
first but once there - enjoy
Description: Love women who race hard against other
racers (male or female) but don't like those who
don't really have talent so rely on pink cars &
good looks to go racing - it belittles real racers
!!!
Heather Spurle has set 4
Women’s World Water Speed Records (GP Hydro),
3 New Zealand National Speed Records (2 x outright
Diesel & 1 x class record), 12, 18 & 24
hour New Zealand Outright & Diesel popwered
endurance records and 6 New Zealand National
Endurance Records in her career. Racing in a
variety of classes including Formula Ford, Formula
Pacific, TraNZam, V8 Touring cars and FIA Sports
racing cars Heather has achieved success and proven
herself to be a fast and consistent driver. Her
results include 6th in the New Zealand Grand Prix
(1992), 10th Sandown 500, 23rd Bathurst 1000 and
5th Bathurst 24 Hour (2003).
In 1989, Heather was
invited to attempt to break the Women’s World
Water Speed Record for Grand Prix Hydroplane boats.
She was successful in claiming both World Grand
Prix and Unlimited (outright) records and became
the official holder of the title of the Worlds
fastest woman on water. English woman Gina Campbell
successfully challenged both records setting a new
speed of 234kph (146mph). Six weeks later Heather
reclaimed both with a stunning average speed of
271kph (169mph) Both records still stand
today.
She raced at Nurburgring
(Germany), Spa Franchorchamps (Belgium), Sepand
(Malaysia, Bathurst & Sandown (Australia) plus
multiple venues in NZ New Zealand
Awarded Queens Medal (MBE)
Commemmoration Medal & numerous Outstanding
female' awards
Her motor sport
achievements include an MBE medal in the Queens
1991 New Years Honours list, a New Zealand
Commemoration medal the same year, a 1994 Achiever
Award of Merit and being named ‘Outstanding
Female’ at the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Motorsports
Sportsperson of the year awards.
Victory wave after
reclaiming the Woman's World Water Speed Record in
May 1990
Results
Schedule: Bathurst 12 hour
enduro (Australia) in Feb 09 that may lead on to a
full season in the Australian Production Car
Championship
4 x Woman's World Water
Speed Records (GP Hydro)
3 x New Zealand Land Speed
Records (2 x outright Diesel & 1 x class
record)
12, 18 & 24 hour New
Zealand Outright & Diesel popwered endurance
records
6th New Zealand Grand Prix
1992
5th Bathurst 24 hour race
2003
Raced at Nurburgring
(Germany), Spa Franchorchamps (Belgium), Sepand
(Malaysia, Bathurst & Sandown (Australia) plus
multiple venues in NZ New Zealand
Awarded Queens Medal (MBE)
Commemmoration Medal & numerous Outstanding
female' awards
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