Motorsports Blog/Vlog
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TOTALLY EPIC WEEKEND! Dakota Drift and The British Motor Show 2025
What an epic weekend! We headed down to Devon to help set up for another round of the Dakota Drift Series — track laid out, railings in place, and a quick test of Martin’s BMW E46, “The Stallion.” Saturday was drift day. The E36 ran smoothly all day in the heat. I started off in…
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Women’s Drift Day – Dakota Drift
Back on Track in Devon – Dakota Drift Women’s Event We’re back in Devon for the first Dakota Drift Women’s event of the season and what a day it was! I hit the main track again, teaming up with Hollie to work on drifting technique and even giving left-foot braking a crack for the first…
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Dakota Drift – linking turns in the E36
Ready for an adrenaline-fueled ride? Join me as I take my BMW E36 drift car back down to Devon for the epic season opener of the 2025 Dakota Drift series! With this being only my third time drifting—and after a long break—I was feeling the nerves. My goal? To piece together everything I’d learned so…
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1st time drifting my E36
Having only just purchased my new drift car there were so many unknowns. Will it actually drift? Are there any mechanical nightmares lurking inside? Will it survive a drift event? Join me for a long weekend in late September as I find out and drift my E36 in the last Dakota Drift event of the…
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JCS Round 5 and my new mystery project revealed
It’s back to race at a very wet Tamworth kart track for Round 5 of the JCS (Jamie Chadwick Series) and then a trip down to Devon to start work on my new mystery project.
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Dirt Nationals Round 4 – Rock Wars!
On the first weekend of August I got to hang out with the Escape Goat Racing Team and Holly from Goon Racing at Round 4 of the Dirt Nationals 2024. The sun was crazy hot, the dust was epic and the rocks on the course were insane!
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International Women’s Day 2024
Well, that was certainly a day I will remember. But man, my brain hurts. It’s hard to believe that 24 hours before international women’s day I got invited to the new TCS Jaguar Racing HQ. And for anyone who doesn’t know, that’s the Jaguar Formula E HQ. Yes, the same Jaguar team that came second…
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Castle Combe Winter Championship 2023
Hello, it appears that I’m writing again. Apparently some people actually liked the last one so I’ve been encouraged to carry on. I know right, crazy! Today I thought I would write about my most recent karting championship, the Winter CCC (Castle Combe Championship). When I started this championship, I honestly wasn’t expecting that much…
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A year in Karting
So, hello, for those who don’t know me (which is probably most of you) my name is Scarlet Hallett. I’m currently 16 years old and have been karting now for just over a year. Two days ago, I was inspired by an old friend, who told me that I should write about my experiences in…