Rising star of the motorsport world has just weeks to raise thousands of pounds to make her dream a reality

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A young woman who’s a rising star of the motorsport world is in a race against time to secure her dream career.Jodie Sloss needs to find sponsorship deals worth a six-figure sum so she can drive 160mph cars for a living.The 21-year-old only got into the sport after beating 1000 entrants from around the globe to become the first Scot to win the Formula Woman competition prize of a racing driver’s seat in the UK’s 2022 GT Cup championships.Now, in a sport where wealthy competitors can buy their own racing seats, Jodie needs to source sponsorship for the 2023 season, which starts in just over two weeks’ time.She needs hundreds of thousands of pounds to be able to compete in races at home and abroad.The former marketing executive, from Taynuilt, near Oban, said: “My main goal over the next year is to get to Le Mans as I want to race in the 24-hour endurance race.”Jodie, who lives with her parents at the family croft, added: “I want to pursue my dreams to a high level.

I need commercial backing to get to the next step.”Although Jodie – who passed her driving test at 17 – had always been interested in cars, she had never been in a race car before she scored her unexpected win in the Formula Woman contest.She sailed through initial heats in the gruelling selection process and her talent shone through in the competition finals in Sweden, where competitors had to drive sideways on a frozen lake.

She said: “I loved that opportunity because what it showed up was a raw ability I didn’t know I had. I had no experience but I had a raw talent.

I had one of the fastest times driving on snow and ice. We were literally driving on ice snow tracks. We had professional ice-driving coaches beside us and my driver assessed me.” Having driven