MultiGP Global Championship!

I got the news today that I’m invited to compete in the RDQ 2019 MultiGP Championship sports class! I am incredibly excited to have this opportunity.

The top 200-300 pilots in regional qualifiers were first invited. I unfortunately did not make the cutoff, but other pilots could not travel to Daytona Beach, Florida.

I am incredibly fortunate to be traveling with three other members of Safety Third Racing: Smitty, Reap3r, and JimmyProton. All of them have been instrumental in my improvement! I could not be happier that the four of us will get to go together.

As far as I can tell, I will be one of only three women to compete in the sports class, while one woman will compete in the pro class.

I only know of a few women who competed. There are also other very fast women who race FPV, but who did not do the MultiGP qualifier. Here are the women I know of who competed in the qualifier (if I missed anyone, please let me know!):

• Rotorgrl
• JuneBug
• PrettyFlyFPV
• Roo
• MakoReactra
• MaiOnHigh
• UnicornPrincess
• Maddi_Hatter_FPV
• PinkPrincess

That means out of over 1,100 pilots total, I only know of 9 women who competed in the MultiGP Qualifier – or 0.008% of the participants.

I was fairly disappointed in my qualifying time for regionals. My best official time was 1:08.307, although I got a 1:06 in practice. But to be honest, I didn’t earn a better time. I didn’t practice the track in the sim, and we didn’t set up the course at our practice fields.

When I look back at my best qualifying run, I can see so many things I would change! I have stepped up my practice BIG TIME since then. I’m currently practicing 15-20 hours a week between the sim and real tracks. I am very excited to see whether all that practice will pay off in Daytona.

But I also can’t wait to see the other female pilots. I almost never get to race with another woman – I’m the only one I know of in Pennsylvania right now – so going to a large event like this is a great opportunity to get to see old friends. But I’m also competitive; I want to see if I’ve improved in comparison with the other girls as well!