Fast wheels, golden locks and a brace of world titles each are just a few things 2007 Westpac Halberg Sportswoman of the Year finalists Katherine Prumm and Nicole Begg have in common.
Source: Stuff.co.nz. For the full story, click here.

The two girls-only classes will be 85cc – 150cc 12-U16 years, and 125cc – 250cc 13 – U16 years with 28 junior female riders vying for Championship glory.
Source: Fullnoise. For the full story, click here.

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Ashley Fiolek, Motocross Racer - Honda
Red Bull athlete, Ashley Fiolek is tearing it up in womens motocross and getting the attention of mainstream media like USA Today and NY Times. Ashley began riding and racing motorcycles at age seven and worked her way up the amateur Motocross ranks. In 2004, at the age of 13, she won her first national championship at the Air Nautiques AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s. Between 2005 and 2007 she went on to win 12 more national championships and has won more than 100 races in her career so far. She recently won the 2008 AMA/WMA Championship.
Source: Cycle News Online. For the full story, click here.

The Women’s Motocross Association has announced the new location and date of the WMA Cup — the largest women’s motocross race in history. The sixth annual WMA Cup will take place at Freestone County Raceway, in Wortham, Texas, over the weekend of January 2-4, 2009, and will be run on the “National track” in conjunction with Freestone’s first-ever motocross amateur national event. Click here to read the rest of the article →

With pink streaks in her hair and mischief in mind, Ashley Fiolek appeared more like a 17-year-old on summer vacation than a crusader for gender equity in her sport.
Source: The New York Times. For the full story, click here.

Janae Windsor has been waiting three years to prove she is Queensland’s number-one junior female motocross rider, and this weekend she finally gets her chance.
Source: The Daily. For the full story, click here.

Female riders who want to experience the thrills of motocross riding will get the chance when the Hastings Valley Motorcycle Club hosts a free, ‘Come and try it day’.
Source: Wauchope Gazette. For the full story, click here.

The QLD Yamaha Girls have done it again, shown their dominance in women’s motocross in their home state of Queensland aboard their YZ250F machines. Riders, Tamara Gray and Brooke Thiemann stood one, two on the podium after the dust settled on the 2008 QLD Women’s Natural Terrain Motocross Championships at Mundubbera over the weekend.
Source: Fullnoise. For the full story, click here.

Kerry Wilson is used to some of her male competitors doing a double take when she takes off her motorbike helmet at the end of a race and they realise they’ve just been beaten by a girl.
Source: Daily Record. For the full story, click here.

Recently crowned AMA/WMA Champion, 17-year-old Ashley Fiolek, is featured in today’s New York Times. The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States with circulation of 1.5 million, has been following Ashley since the ESPN X Games in August. Working with WMA President, Miki Keller, the newspaper sent a video and feature editor to the final round of the AMA/WMA Motocross Championship at Steel City Raceway in Pittsburgh, PA where they spent two days covering Ashley and the sport of professional women’s motocross. Click here to read the rest of the article →