Their skills were impressive as I took in their lines, breaking points and gear changes and most of all the feel of the car under my bum. I had to learn fast. Soon after it was my turn having both Jack and Ryan sit beside me I set the quickest time. Impressing the boys especially after never driving a Toyota 86 before and their engineer too.

After lunch it was time for another fitness test. First up physical strength and endurance, getting on the floor and pumping out push-ups until we couldn’t. The fitness assessor told me I could do “Girl push-ups” I laughed and said “how about I do man ones and when I can’t, I’ll finish with the girl ones.” He said “Deal.” I pumped out 34 real “man push-ups” and finished off with 7 girl ones before I collapsed on the floor; the boys were shocked, and realised I wasn’t just a pretty face and they had to step up their game. Next was a plank hold, a test of your core. 2 minutes in the boys started dropping like flies, and I too started to shake. My elbows pushed the towel along the concrete beneath me and made it difficult to hold still, I dug deep, shook and held on for 4 minutes 15 seconds. After a short break our final test was for our legs. A simple wall sit. Sitting at 90 degrees to the wall, as the time clocked on the boys again slipped down the wall to the floor. My legs were now like a shaker machine vibrating and hurting! And this didn’t seem so simple after all! Determined not to give in I set the 3rd longest time and fell at 5 minutes 30 seconds.

Finally it was the real test of driving ability, skill, speed and consistency. It was my turn to drive. Being shorter than most of the others I had to awkwardly sit with pieces of hard foam behind my back so I could reach the pedals. A bit of uncomfortableness wasn’t going to stop me. Each lap I became more confident and my times dropped faster and faster. I came in knowing I had a competitive time, but also knowing there was still more left in me with more time on track.