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[Renee Gracie]
Ever since I was thirteen...
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...all I wanted to do was
to be a race car driver.
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[crowd cheering in the distance]
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[cars revving]
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[reporter] And there's a new
face in V8 motor racing
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and she's determined
to be a force in the sport.
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[crowd cheering]
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[reporter] Renee Gracie
will make history this weekend.
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She's the first female...
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[reporter]
Competing in the pinnacle
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of Australian motorsport.
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[reporter] The horrendous crash
at the Top of the Mountain.
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[reporter] She's
destined to become
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Australia's first female
V8 Supercar driver.
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[indistinct shouting]
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[indistinct shouting]
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[Renee] Motorsport's
the only sport
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where people can compete
male or female.
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You can't tell the difference
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between a boy and
a girl on the track.
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But there had been no full-time
female Supercar driver ever.
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[Renee] Everyone wanted to
know if I was going to be it.
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[Renee] How's it going?
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- G'day, how are ya?
- Good.
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[upbeat music]
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[Renee] My name
is Renee Gracie.
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I used to race V8 Supercars.
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I am currently
an OnlyFans model
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and I'm an adult
content creator.
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OnlyFans is basically
a social media platform.
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Think of it like an
Instagram, a Facebook.
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Except you can set yourself
up to have a subscription
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and then that unlocks a whole
world of explicit content.
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I do everything.
Solo videos. Boy-girl videos.
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I do girl-girl videos,
armpit licking, toe sucking.
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You name it,
it's being done.
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Being the ex-racing car driver,
slash Supercar driver,
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turned porn star,
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I think I can count
on two things
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for my OnlyFans
subscribers to like.
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And that's me.
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I think they like me
and then motorsport.
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I think combining the two worlds
is the ultimate dream.
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[Renee] Good boy.
[dog panting]
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[Renee] The main thing
that I always get asked,
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on my OnlyFans page is
when I'm going back racing.
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[sighing]
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There's a lot of things I
don't miss about motorsport.
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I think the political
side of things,
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the media and the pressure
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and the expectation
to always be perfect.
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Driving the car to
the absolute point
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where I couldn't physically
go faster anymore.
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I was at my limit and that's,
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that was what made me
fall in love with motorsport.
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[Renee] It all started
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on a family holiday
at Hamilton Island.
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My sister and my mum
wanted to go paragliding.
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Fun fact, I hate heights.
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Heights is not my thing.
Um, so I refused.
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I'm like, absolutely not.
I'm not doing it.
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Anyway, my dad, thank God,
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didn't want to go on
the paraglider either.
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So he's like, let's you and I
go find something to do.
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Found a pamphlet that said,
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'Hamilton Island
Go Karting Track'.
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We went out first tandem,
so I could be with Dad.
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Came back in and I was like,
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can I go on my own?
I don't want to go with him.
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Like, how embarrassing,
he's so shit.
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So I asked if I
could go by myself
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and I was like
right on the cut off.
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You had to be thirteen
but I was only twelve.
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They let me go out
by myself in my own Go Kart.
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Renee just takes off,
like there's no tomorrow.
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[Go Kart accelerating]
[upbeat music]
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[Renee] So I overtook Dad,
like, twice.
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I thought, this is definitely
related to weight.
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I'm heavier than her,
so I've got to be slower.
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That's, that's all it can be.
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[Renee] Dad's
looking at me like,
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oh, she must be in a better,
faster Go Kart than me.
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Something's wrong with mine.
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Changed Go Karts over,
started lapping him again.
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[Ray Gracie] So I started
to try and chase her
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and I just couldn't catch her,
and she was just so fast.
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[Renee] And I was just hooked.
I love this.
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Like, I don't want
to do anything else.
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She says, this is really good.
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Is this a sport? Can we do this?
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[Renee] When we got home
from Hamilton Island
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I nagged Dad,
can we go Go Karting?
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Is there a Go Kart
track around?
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We actually watched the race
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to see what we were
getting involved in.
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That was a real shock.
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It was chaos to be honest.
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I literally had a heart attack.
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Kids were like rolling
over and were, like,
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thrown out of Go Karts.
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[Ray] I looked at her and I
said, "You can't be serious?
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"You're not going
to fucking do this!"
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I was like, yeah, this
is exactly what I want to do.
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She's going ape shit. She
was like - this is fantastic.
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This is what we're going to do.
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I was like so excited.
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[Renee] From that moment on
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it was just all I could
think about,
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all I spoke about.
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It was just Go Karting.
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Mum was not happy.
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Her concern was the
safety side of things,
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but I was already
obsessed with it.
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So I started
nagging my dad.
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All I wanted
was a Go Kart.
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I went onto my dad's computer
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and I just typed in Go Kart
and then I pressed 'enter'
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and then I just left it open on
his screen, like, accidentally.
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[Ray] Then we decided
to dip our toe in
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and get a
second-hand Kart,
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and a second-hand engine.
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We didn't have a lot
of money for Go Karting.
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I remember the first guy
we went to buy his Go Kart
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and he looks at me and
he goes, "Is this for a girl?"
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I went, "Yeah".
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"Sorry mate, I'm not
going to waste it on a girl".
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I went, "Oh, okay".
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I think we've just got
a bit of an indication
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of the things that we're going
to be up against here.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Ray] We started racing
junior level at that stage.
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[Renee] I was probably one of
the only female drivers there.
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It was just a real intense
father and son sport.
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[Ray] Most of the kids
that were racing
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were racing because
of their fathers.
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Their dads wanted
them to do it,
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where Renee wanted to do it
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and she was
dragging me along.
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Unfortunately my mechanic
for a lot of it was my dad,
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who is absolutely not qualified
to be a mechanic
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in any way,
shape or form.
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My dad is, I call
him a pen pusher.
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He's an accountant. He didn't
own a screwdriver at home.
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[Ray] She got an old
bike helmet, cheap suit,
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with a bloody Kart that
was a piece of crap -
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mechanic by an idiot.
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We realised we didn't have a
bloody clue what we were doing.
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[Renee] We got a lot of
commentary in the beginning.
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You shouldn't be here,
girls don't belong on track.
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[Ray] Wasting your time,
wasting your money,
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not a sport for girls.
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You could hear fathers saying,
"Don't you let her beat you".
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[man] Get in front of her.
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[Ray] You could hear them
priming the boys
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to be really aggressive.
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[man] Put her
in her bloody place.
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[Renee] Guys wouldn't
let me pass them.
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People were basically
just not braking
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and running straight into me.
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[upbeat music]
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[Renee] I got crashed into,
I got taken out.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Ray] The boys
ganged up on Renee.
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They worked together
against her.
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Destroyed our Kart.
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It was a, a nightmare
of a weekend.
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I think she cried all the
way home from there.
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Four hours of crying.
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And I said,
"Well, this is what you -
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you want to keep doing this?
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"This is what you're going
to be up against."
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He basically just said,
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"Just tell everyone
to get stuffed.
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"You aren't the same
as everybody else.
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"They don't think you
deserve to be here."
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You want to do it?
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Stand up for yourself.
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[Renee] I just knew
that I wanted
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to give everything
I had to go racing.
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[Go Kart revving]
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[Renee] Dad and I had
every excuse under the sun
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to give up
but we chose not to.
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We started a race and I
think I was in fourth or fifth.
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And then sure enough
I just feel this Go Kart
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run straight over
the top of me.
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[skidding sounds]
[crashing sounds]
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[Renee] And I just saw red.
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Hopped out of my Go Kart.
Walked up to him.
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Opened up his visor,
grabbed him by the neck
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and punched him straight
through the visor of his helmet.
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The boy's father went ballistic.
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And he abused her
for twenty minutes,
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calling her every name
under the sun.
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If they swore at me,
I'd swear back,
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I'd stand up to them,
I'd square up to them.
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Push, shove, point, poke,
flip off, you name it,
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I'd do whatever I have to.
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That's just the levels and the
extents that I had to go to.
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Never the instigator,
always the retaliator.
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[gentle music]
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[Ray] When she was growing up
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Renee was feisty -
is a good word.
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Yep.
Feisty.
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She got a nickname
right at the very beginning
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when she was about two.
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She's got the smile of an angel
and the bite of a crocodile.
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And that continued through.
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Every year from day care
through to Year 10,
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we'd have to go to the
Headmaster for something
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at least once a year.
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[sighing]
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We go back to preschool.
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There was an argument
over a tricycle
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and a boy tried to
push her off the tricycle.
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So, he pushed her off.
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She stood up and says, "Yes,
you can have the tricycle."
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Picked it up and smacked
him over the head with it.
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So we were always careful
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not to encourage them
to do anything wrong.
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But if someone does
the wrong thing,
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well you've got to
stand up for yourself.
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[Renee] I just grew
this like thick skin
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to always stand up for myself.
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That really changed everything
in regards to my results.
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[Renee] I know that
if I don't crash...
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...I can actually finish.
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[Renee] From that point on
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I was pretty much in the
top four of Australia.
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I always knew that I was sort
of going to be up the front.
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[upbeat music]
[crowd cheering]
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[Ray] A guy called
Chris Jewell approached us
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and said he thought
there was an opportunity
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for a female driver
to go racing cars.
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Renee was 14
when we first, uh,
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created our relationship.
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[Renee] Yeah it was good,
we weren't -
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only like 20 minutes
or something, so...
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[Jewell] She was very green
and very young
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but she is very driven, very
focused, incredibly competitive.
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There's never been a successful
full-time female
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at championship level.
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So, we devised a career
management plan
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to try and get a female to
ultimately aspire to race
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advanced Supercar
championship level.
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Racing driver, Renee Gracie,
will make history this weekend.
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She's the first female
to compete in
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the Porsche Carrera Cup.
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[Ray] Chris got the sponsorship
from Fujitsu
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and they've got her
into Porsche.
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[reporter] The Porsche Carrera
Cup will, for the first time,
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have a full-time
female race driver.
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[Renee] Realistic goals
is just to learn.
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I don't want to make a
fool of myself, obviously.
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It was into the
bloody deep end.
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You just got to learn how
to swim real quick.
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[commentator] Renee Gracie, the
teenager for the Fujitsu team.
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[commentator] This is the
first car that Renee has driven.
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Pretty tough job jumping
one of these things.
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They're very, very
tricky to drive.
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[Renee] I was pretty much
straight away, like,
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passing people and
being really quick.
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[commentator]
Showing great speed.
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[Ray] Then she became the
first girl to be on the podium
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in Porsche as well.
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[commentator] And that's Renee's
first professional class podium
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in her career.
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[Renee] I had the best time
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of my whole entire life of
motorsport racing in Porsche.
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I was doing what I loved doing.
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[Damien Smy] I think the first
time I probably heard the name
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Renee Gracie, was when
she was in Carrera Cup.
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Uh, my name's Damien Smy
and I'm the Editor in Chief
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of Australia's biggest
motorsport website.
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I think what's amazing
about Renee's story is
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the diversity in motorsport
is almost zero.
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In almost every level.
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So, the spotlight was
on her as a woman.
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Only a teenage woman
at that stage as well.
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[commentator] Renee Gracie -
her last round of Carrera Cup.
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She's moving on
to V8 Supercars.
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[reporter] After two years,
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the twenty-year-old has
become the first woman
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since Leanne Tander in 2001
to race full-time in V8s.
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It's pretty cool.
I can't believe it
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but I think I've
earned my spot.
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[Smy] Renee moving
to Supercars,
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uh, it's a pretty big jump.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Smy] Supercars is the pinnacle
of Australian motorsport.
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It's the most competitive,
fiercely contested series.
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It's Supercars above
anything else in Australia
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in terms of motorsport
that's watched on TV.
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[John Ruggiero] I know why
Renee was chosen.
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My name's John Ruggiero
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and I'm a Managing Director
of Push Talent Management.
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At the time sport was
rushing for inclusion.
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They needed to bring in
a woman - into that seat.
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So, Renee was thrust
into Supercars,
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because she was
the only female.
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It was probably too soon.
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But, they had to
do something.
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[Smy] A woman in
motorsport in Australia...
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She had to prove her ability.
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[Ruggiero] What we
haven't seen is a woman
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really being able to
compete seriously,
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to challenge for a
podium, let's say.
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There was this
amazing fascination
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around whether Renee
could be that person.
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[Renee] The very first time
I drove a V8 Supercar,
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I remember thinking, oh my gosh,
this is out of control.
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The stuff that
I used to focus on,
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as a driver in Porsche,
the car could always do.
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But when I was trying
to do that in a Supercar
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the car wasn't doing it.
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I realised quite quickly
that it was a huge leap
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and I really should
have had another year
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of experience under my belt.
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I started going to the
gym six days a week.
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The main thing was upper body
strength for gear changing,
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fighting the steering wheel.
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Leg strength as well.
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Every brake application
in a Supercar
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is like an eighty-kilo
leg press.
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I worked really hard to be on
par with most of the males
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I was racing against.
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[reporter]
Renee has teamed up
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with V8s veteran and
Bathurst Champion,
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Paul Morris this year, and there
could be no better mentor.
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I always find that women
learn a lot better than guys.
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Guys think they know it all.
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[Renee] When I first started
in the development series
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I was racing with
Paul Morris Motorsport.
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[commentator]
Morris, go, go, go, go, go, go!
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00:19:05,674 --> 00:19:06,774
[crashing]
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[reporter] You were voted the
dirtiest driver on the paddock.
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00:19:09,634 --> 00:19:10,894
How do you feel about that?
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[Morris] I'll probably have
to go have a shower.
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[Renee] My first
impressions of Paul
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is that I was scared of him.
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He was the team owner,
team boss.
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He had also just won
the Bathurst 1000.
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I knew that he loved to fight.
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[commentator]
He gets out of the car.
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Oh no, he's put the biffo
back into the bingle.
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[Renee] I knew that
he was controversial.
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He's picked the wrong bloke
to have messed with.
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So when the opportunity
arises I'll repay the favour,
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no problems, so...
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[Renee] I feel like that's
why he chose to run me.
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He didn't care about
people's opinions.
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[Morris] I reckon all the other
guys are a bunch of pussies,
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so it's good.
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00:19:48,831 --> 00:19:52,151
I think the cracks started to
form relatively quickly.
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00:19:54,431 --> 00:19:55,971
I didn't have a
driving training coach,
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I didn't have an engineer,
I just had Paul.
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[Morris] Squirt the fuel in -
number one.
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[Renee] It just wasn't
enough for me
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because I was
learning these cars.
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00:20:06,070 --> 00:20:08,890
I wanted more information,
I wanted to see, like, my times
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and I can actively try to be
better while I'm in the car.
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00:20:12,909 --> 00:20:14,169
I complained
about it a little bit
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and just said I
need more help.
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00:20:17,309 --> 00:20:19,449
He was like, what you're
asking for is too much
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00:20:19,549 --> 00:20:22,889
and you shouldn't need that
to be a better driver.
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00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:24,968
The way he made me feel -
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00:20:25,068 --> 00:20:26,928
I needed everything
and I was hard work
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00:20:27,028 --> 00:20:29,408
and I wanted the world...
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00:20:29,508 --> 00:20:31,568
To make it out like
I was high maintenance
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00:20:31,668 --> 00:20:33,708
or like a 'princess'
for example.
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[Ray] She wouldn't
tell me a lot,
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because I wasn't
really dealing with him.
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00:20:41,227 --> 00:20:43,967
The fathers that are paying
get to be involved,
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00:20:44,067 --> 00:20:46,207
but fathers whose
daughters are fully sponsored
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are more of a nuisance
than a value, so,
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00:20:49,267 --> 00:20:51,607
you don't tend to be
going as much as you,
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00:20:51,707 --> 00:20:53,706
as you did before.
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[Renee] It was about two weeks
before the Adelaide 500,
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my first race in a Supercar.
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00:21:01,666 --> 00:21:04,086
I've never raced here before
so I don't know what to expect.
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00:21:04,186 --> 00:21:05,246
[reporter]
...what you're seeing out there.
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00:21:05,346 --> 00:21:07,125
Yeah, very. It's taken
a bit of a weight off.
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00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:08,925
[Renee] I was coming
from an interview,
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00:21:09,025 --> 00:21:10,245
going to another interview.
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00:21:10,345 --> 00:21:12,685
I was texting my mum and I
was like, I'm running so late.
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00:21:12,785 --> 00:21:15,285
And I said, "Can you just
make me a quick sandwich?
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00:21:15,385 --> 00:21:17,085
"Chuck it in a Ziploc bag
or something
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00:21:17,185 --> 00:21:19,185
"and I'm just
going to get it and go."
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00:21:20,065 --> 00:21:22,064
She's like, "Yep, no worries."
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00:21:24,064 --> 00:21:28,704
I got home and there was
the sandwich in the kitchen...
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00:21:29,984 --> 00:21:32,224
...and I'm like, "Mum!"
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00:21:34,863 --> 00:21:36,043
My gut was just telling me
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00:21:36,143 --> 00:21:39,623
that something was like
seriously, seriously wrong.
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00:21:43,263 --> 00:21:44,283
And then I looked outside
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00:21:44,383 --> 00:21:47,043
and my mum was
laying on the ground.
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[tense dramatic music]
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[Renee] I got a bit closer
and I saw blood.
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00:21:53,742 --> 00:21:54,402
[phone ringing]
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[Ray] And I got a
phone call from Renee,
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00:21:56,262 --> 00:21:57,642
which is like a
mad panic phone call,
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00:21:57,742 --> 00:21:58,562
"Mum's fallen over."
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00:21:58,662 --> 00:22:01,962
The ambulance arrived
within like five minutes.
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00:22:02,062 --> 00:22:06,521
She sort of came to, I was like,
"Mum, Mum, it's me!"
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00:22:06,621 --> 00:22:08,321
She looked at me and she's like,
"Who the hell are you?"
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00:22:08,421 --> 00:22:10,241
She didn't even
recognise who I was.
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00:22:10,341 --> 00:22:12,521
It was like she had never
seen a human before.
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00:22:12,621 --> 00:22:14,741
She was present but
she wasn't Mum.
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00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:20,200
We went to the hospital
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00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:22,560
and that's when we found out
that it was way worse
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00:22:22,660 --> 00:22:25,240
than what we could
have ever expected.
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[machines beeping]
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[Renee] They showed us
a scan of her brain
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and just said this is one
of the worst brain bleeds
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we've ever seen.
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00:22:32,659 --> 00:22:35,039
[Ray] She'd had a
major brain aneurysm
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00:22:35,139 --> 00:22:37,119
on the right-hand side
of her brain.
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00:22:37,219 --> 00:22:40,379
And if she comes out
of this it'll be a miracle.
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00:22:42,699 --> 00:22:44,919
[Ray] That was around about
two or three weeks before
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Renee's first race
in the Dunlop Series.
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[reporter] The countdown
to the V8 Supercars
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first race of the year is on,
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with teams arriving in
Adelaide for the Clipsal 500.
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[Renee] Mum hadn't woken
up from the coma,
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00:23:01,257 --> 00:23:03,357
so we were expecting her
not to make it.
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00:23:03,457 --> 00:23:06,497
I pretty much got told to,
man up!
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00:23:09,177 --> 00:23:12,437
We went out for qualifying
and that was the first time
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00:23:12,537 --> 00:23:15,936
being at a track,
racing a Supercar.
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[Renee] And then when
I exited pit lane...
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00:23:24,816 --> 00:23:27,195
...the dash went blank.
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00:23:27,295 --> 00:23:28,475
[silence]
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00:23:28,575 --> 00:23:30,975
[Renee] I could see nothing. I
had no idea what gear I was in.
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00:23:33,175 --> 00:23:35,175
Couldn't see when
to shift gears.
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00:23:37,295 --> 00:23:39,295
You can't see if
there's a warning.
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00:23:40,775 --> 00:23:43,334
I was radioing pretty
much straight away.
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00:23:45,534 --> 00:23:47,774
No response, no reply.
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00:23:49,254 --> 00:23:52,714
I just remember feeling like,
confused and flustered.
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00:23:52,814 --> 00:23:54,954
Paul was the one who
got back to me saying,
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00:23:55,054 --> 00:23:56,913
"Yep, I made it like
that for a reason,
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00:23:57,013 --> 00:23:59,533
"just go for it and
fucking press on."
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00:24:02,373 --> 00:24:05,233
So it was programmed
so I could see nothing
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00:24:05,333 --> 00:24:07,433
once I was out of the pits.
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00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:10,692
[tense music]
[cars revving]
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00:24:12,372 --> 00:24:13,872
[Renee] And when I hopped
out of the car,
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00:24:13,972 --> 00:24:15,152
I walked straight
over to Chris.
446
00:24:15,252 --> 00:24:16,752
"You turned the
fucking dash off,
447
00:24:16,852 --> 00:24:17,992
"I couldn't see anything."
448
00:24:18,092 --> 00:24:20,152
And I just lost it.
449
00:24:20,252 --> 00:24:22,872
Paul came over
as I was blowing up.
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00:24:22,972 --> 00:24:24,911
And he said, "All the good
drivers don't need it,
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00:24:25,011 --> 00:24:25,831
"so you don't need it.
452
00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:27,471
"You don't need numbers
to tell you what to do
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00:24:27,571 --> 00:24:28,191
"and how to go fast.
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00:24:28,291 --> 00:24:31,031
"You should just
want to go fast."
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00:24:31,131 --> 00:24:32,511
I don't even know
where I qualified.
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00:24:32,611 --> 00:24:34,631
I'm pretty sure
it was like last.
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00:24:34,731 --> 00:24:37,391
I had to answer to Fujitsu
and to all my sponsors,
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00:24:37,491 --> 00:24:40,390
and say why I had such a
horrible qualifying session.
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00:24:40,490 --> 00:24:44,550
And that was the first race
we had together as a team
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00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:47,490
and that was pretty much
the start of the end.
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00:24:48,770 --> 00:24:53,069
[slow tense music]
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00:24:53,169 --> 00:24:55,869
[Renee] Media and my image
started to grow.
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00:24:55,969 --> 00:24:57,629
Attention on me
started to grow.
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00:24:57,729 --> 00:24:59,509
[Todd Sampson] Renee,
how does it feel to be a woman
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00:24:59,609 --> 00:25:02,309
competing brilliantly in a
male dominated sport?
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00:25:02,409 --> 00:25:05,149
Um, well I'm always used to
being the only female
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00:25:05,249 --> 00:25:08,068
so it's nothing really out
of the ordinary for me.
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00:25:08,168 --> 00:25:11,708
[Renee] Being the only female -
it became apparent to everybody
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00:25:11,808 --> 00:25:14,268
that there was extra
attention on me,
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00:25:14,368 --> 00:25:16,628
comparative
to the other drivers.
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00:25:16,728 --> 00:25:18,908
I'm not going to walk around
with a suit around my waist
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00:25:19,008 --> 00:25:19,707
and in a bikini top.
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00:25:19,807 --> 00:25:22,427
I'm here to race. I'm as serious
as any of the other guys.
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00:25:22,527 --> 00:25:25,387
It was never really a
thing that I strived for,
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00:25:25,487 --> 00:25:27,067
to be the only female.
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00:25:27,167 --> 00:25:30,307
I didn't really care,
but obviously the media did.
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00:25:30,407 --> 00:25:34,026
The fast and female -
great woman.
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00:25:34,126 --> 00:25:36,986
She's taking it to the men
at the Grand Prix.
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00:25:37,086 --> 00:25:39,546
Her name's Renee Gracie.
There she is.
480
00:25:39,646 --> 00:25:43,546
[Renee] I was on TV and there
was a lot more people watching.
481
00:25:43,646 --> 00:25:47,806
Looks was a huge part
of everything that I did.
482
00:25:52,045 --> 00:25:54,545
[reporter] Renee Gracie looks
like she belongs on the catwalk
483
00:25:54,645 --> 00:25:57,225
but it's the racetrack
that she calls home.
484
00:25:57,325 --> 00:25:59,625
[reporter] Renee's also
a marketing dream,
485
00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:03,344
and her good looks
secure sponsorship deals.
486
00:26:03,444 --> 00:26:04,164
[Renee] It was embedded in me
487
00:26:04,164 --> 00:26:06,664
that I needed
to look a certain way.
488
00:26:06,764 --> 00:26:09,824
That came from my manager,
my sponsors
489
00:26:09,924 --> 00:26:11,144
and all the people internally,
490
00:26:11,244 --> 00:26:14,384
telling me to be this
perfect looking woman.
491
00:26:14,484 --> 00:26:16,543
A hundred percent
a marketing ploy
492
00:26:16,643 --> 00:26:18,103
to get people coming to
get hats and merchandise
493
00:26:18,203 --> 00:26:21,443
and to get people coming to
the racetracks and watching.
494
00:26:23,523 --> 00:26:26,743
It was very clear that Supercars
was more concerned about
495
00:26:26,843 --> 00:26:31,102
having a good-looking female
racing car driver in Australia
496
00:26:31,202 --> 00:26:32,782
that was going to make
everyone lots of money.
497
00:26:32,882 --> 00:26:35,062
That was,
that was my job.
498
00:26:35,162 --> 00:26:37,422
I've been blessed with
some great sponsors
499
00:26:37,522 --> 00:26:38,422
and some great people.
500
00:26:38,522 --> 00:26:40,782
[Renee] But that took away from
my Development Series program,
501
00:26:40,882 --> 00:26:43,662
as I was still learning
how to drive a V8 Supercar.
502
00:26:43,762 --> 00:26:44,541
[reporter] This season,
503
00:26:44,641 --> 00:26:47,541
she moved into the V8 Supercars
Development Series,
504
00:26:47,641 --> 00:26:50,541
but rising through the ranks
hasn't been easy.
505
00:26:50,641 --> 00:26:53,981
It was really starting to
interfere with her progress.
506
00:26:54,081 --> 00:26:55,981
Renee Gracie,
come and join us.
507
00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:59,020
Hey Renee.
Now you're behind the wheel.
508
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:00,460
Tell us what that's like.
509
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,540
[commentator] And Renee
Gracie's in the gravel.
510
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,420
Her education continues.
511
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,780
[man laughing]
512
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,459
It was one-percent racing
and the rest was all bullshit.
513
00:27:12,559 --> 00:27:15,939
Nothing was relevant to what
I originally loved doing
514
00:27:16,039 --> 00:27:17,179
and that was racing.
515
00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:19,539
This year was a pretty big
learning curve.
516
00:27:19,639 --> 00:27:20,419
Finished this race off,
517
00:27:20,519 --> 00:27:22,059
obviously not with
the best result.
518
00:27:22,159 --> 00:27:24,979
I think for the best drivers,
519
00:27:25,079 --> 00:27:27,678
the background noise
doesn't matter.
520
00:27:29,438 --> 00:27:31,098
Elite sports people
don't get affected
521
00:27:31,198 --> 00:27:32,898
by what's going on outside.
522
00:27:32,998 --> 00:27:36,198
So I think that shouldn't
make a difference.
523
00:27:40,198 --> 00:27:41,057
You've provided...
524
00:27:41,157 --> 00:27:42,857
[Renee] Chris was starting
to become pushy
525
00:27:42,957 --> 00:27:46,097
and more demanding
with how I looked.
526
00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:47,617
One week,
I might have come,
527
00:27:47,717 --> 00:27:48,897
and I might have
looked a bit heavier
528
00:27:48,997 --> 00:27:51,057
and Chris would say, "Hey,
have you put on weight?
529
00:27:51,157 --> 00:27:54,257
"Your face is looking chubby."
530
00:27:54,357 --> 00:27:55,856
There'll never be a
requirement for Renee
531
00:27:55,956 --> 00:27:58,936
to be a catwalk thin model.
532
00:27:59,036 --> 00:28:03,056
As long as Renee can be a girl
that weighs circa, sixty kilos.
533
00:28:03,156 --> 00:28:05,896
[whispering]
She's actually sixty-five.
534
00:28:05,996 --> 00:28:08,775
But I'm not going to say that.
[men laughing]
535
00:28:08,875 --> 00:28:10,175
'Circa' has a bandwidth.
536
00:28:10,275 --> 00:28:11,535
[man] That's right, yeah,
537
00:28:11,635 --> 00:28:13,915
you've got a bit of room
to play with there.
538
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:20,355
[tense music]
539
00:28:32,394 --> 00:28:34,654
[Ray] You could just
see the stress,
540
00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:39,333
the pressure in her,
it was just enormous.
541
00:28:39,433 --> 00:28:41,293
In the meantime, we're trying
to go to the hospital
542
00:28:41,393 --> 00:28:43,953
every opportunity to
see what's happening.
543
00:28:45,313 --> 00:28:47,253
[machine beeping]
544
00:28:47,353 --> 00:28:51,572
[Ray] Sue was in hospital
for six months.
545
00:28:51,672 --> 00:28:54,172
[Renee] They basically said
the chances of her, um,
546
00:28:54,272 --> 00:28:56,992
waking up off life support
are slim to zero.
547
00:28:59,352 --> 00:29:00,652
[beeping]
548
00:29:00,752 --> 00:29:04,212
[Ray] There was a slight
flicker on their scanning.
549
00:29:04,312 --> 00:29:06,531
[Renee] Slowly over another
couple of weeks she,
550
00:29:06,631 --> 00:29:08,631
she finally woke up.
551
00:29:12,711 --> 00:29:14,531
[Ray] She lost all
cognitive ability.
552
00:29:14,631 --> 00:29:17,811
She's got no
short-term memory.
553
00:29:17,911 --> 00:29:20,230
Got no balance.
554
00:29:21,590 --> 00:29:23,370
[Renee] She's in an
aged care home
555
00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:25,970
for people who
have brain injuries.
556
00:29:26,070 --> 00:29:28,170
She barely recognises us
when we come in.
557
00:29:28,270 --> 00:29:29,530
We sort of have to
jig her memory
558
00:29:29,630 --> 00:29:31,370
on who we are and
why we're visiting her
559
00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:33,549
and it's just, yeah,
it's really hard.
560
00:29:36,869 --> 00:29:38,609
[Renee]
Mum before the accident -
561
00:29:38,709 --> 00:29:41,709
stubborn, loud...
562
00:29:47,588 --> 00:29:49,768
A strong, independent...
563
00:29:49,868 --> 00:29:52,368
Not afraid, not scared...
564
00:29:52,468 --> 00:29:54,748
Kind of like me, I guess.
565
00:29:57,748 --> 00:30:00,808
[Renee] I just grew this like
thick skin to cope and,
566
00:30:00,908 --> 00:30:02,907
and move on.
567
00:30:04,067 --> 00:30:06,207
[Jewell] It must have
played on her mind and,
568
00:30:06,307 --> 00:30:08,047
and troubled her more
than she actually,
569
00:30:08,147 --> 00:30:09,807
gave me that impression.
570
00:30:09,907 --> 00:30:12,647
Renee deals with a lot
of things very privately.
571
00:30:12,747 --> 00:30:14,687
It's sometimes very
hard to get, you know,
572
00:30:14,787 --> 00:30:18,526
what's in Renee's head out
of what's in Renee's head.
573
00:30:18,626 --> 00:30:22,166
[Ray] I think, personally,
that it's really a side effect
574
00:30:22,266 --> 00:30:26,826
of the pressures that she was
under growing up, in cars.
575
00:30:28,946 --> 00:30:31,405
She's mentally tough.
576
00:30:31,505 --> 00:30:33,645
You just could not have
done any of this
577
00:30:33,745 --> 00:30:35,745
if you hadn't been tough.
578
00:30:37,945 --> 00:30:38,785
[reporter] How do you feel about
579
00:30:38,785 --> 00:30:40,805
being one of the only
female competitors?
580
00:30:40,905 --> 00:30:43,324
Yes, there are lots of guys
around and, you know,
581
00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:44,604
you do get a bit
lonely sometimes.
582
00:30:44,704 --> 00:30:46,124
But, um, yeah,
that's just part of the job
583
00:30:46,224 --> 00:30:48,584
and I love what I do
and I put up with it.
584
00:30:49,504 --> 00:30:52,424
[tense music]
585
00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:55,124
[birds calling]
586
00:30:55,224 --> 00:30:58,243
[Jewell] Renee's first year,
I devised an opportunity
587
00:30:58,343 --> 00:31:04,243
to create an all-female wildcard
entry at the Bathurst 1000.
588
00:31:04,343 --> 00:31:07,363
[Renee] I had such a
bad year with no results.
589
00:31:07,463 --> 00:31:09,843
The Bathurst 1000 was
going to be my opportunity
590
00:31:09,943 --> 00:31:12,162
to show people what
I could do in the car.
591
00:31:12,262 --> 00:31:14,202
[reporter] Brisbane V8 driver,
Renee Gracie,
592
00:31:14,302 --> 00:31:16,762
will create history at the
Bathurst 1000 this year,
593
00:31:16,862 --> 00:31:19,502
when she tackles
The Mountain.
594
00:31:21,902 --> 00:31:23,842
[commentator] And welcome
to Mount Panorama,
595
00:31:23,942 --> 00:31:26,561
exclusive coverage
of The Great Race.
596
00:31:26,661 --> 00:31:30,361
[reporter] Arguably Australia's
toughest racetrack.
597
00:31:30,461 --> 00:31:34,701
[reporter] 161 laps,
seven hours of racing.
598
00:31:37,021 --> 00:31:40,640
[reporter] 200,000 people
are expected to cheer on
599
00:31:40,740 --> 00:31:42,360
their heroes this weekend.
600
00:31:42,460 --> 00:31:45,440
[reporter] Bathurst is the
holy grail of motor racing.
601
00:31:45,540 --> 00:31:46,760
It's the race of all races, mate.
602
00:31:46,860 --> 00:31:48,240
Come on, Bathurst!
603
00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:49,080
Fuck you!
604
00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:50,600
[man] The race is an excuse
605
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:54,759
to get away from
your wife and family.
606
00:31:54,859 --> 00:31:56,879
[reporter] Receiving almost
as much attention,
607
00:31:56,979 --> 00:31:59,959
the scantily clad
promotional girls.
608
00:32:00,059 --> 00:32:01,799
Oh, if we stop getting
grabbed on the backside.
609
00:32:01,899 --> 00:32:03,439
I know.
610
00:32:03,539 --> 00:32:05,199
[Renee] Chris was telling me
we've got an opportunity
611
00:32:05,299 --> 00:32:08,358
to do the Bathurst wildcard,
we need to find a driver,
612
00:32:08,458 --> 00:32:11,038
we're going to do a female
driver and a female team.
613
00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:13,598
[Smy] A wildcard entry,
it's like a bonus entry
614
00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:15,998
or a one-off entry.
615
00:32:16,098 --> 00:32:17,478
And the opportunity
with wildcards
616
00:32:17,578 --> 00:32:19,438
is that it gets more
eyeballs on Supercars
617
00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:22,337
and it gets more people in the
gate watching motorsport.
618
00:32:24,497 --> 00:32:25,597
It's extremely exciting, um...
619
00:32:25,697 --> 00:32:29,117
[Ray] Renee was the only
potential V8 female driver.
620
00:32:29,217 --> 00:32:32,637
So Chris started searching
the world for a female driver
621
00:32:32,737 --> 00:32:35,357
that wanted to
come and race.
622
00:32:35,457 --> 00:32:38,156
[commentator] ...de Silvestro
for the first time
623
00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:39,156
on the podium.
624
00:32:39,256 --> 00:32:42,596
[Smy] Simona de Silvestro
is a Swiss racing driver,
625
00:32:42,696 --> 00:32:44,836
highly credentialed in terms
of IndyCar in particular.
626
00:32:44,936 --> 00:32:48,076
[reporter] Taking a break last
year to test Formula One.
627
00:32:48,176 --> 00:32:51,835
[Renee] Simona was very keen
to come over and do it.
628
00:32:51,935 --> 00:32:54,435
Always kind of
seen that racetrack
629
00:32:54,535 --> 00:32:57,715
and seen that race and
always wanted to be part of it.
630
00:32:57,815 --> 00:32:58,915
[man] This way ladies.
631
00:32:59,015 --> 00:33:02,655
[Renee] It became Simona and I,
the 'Harvey Norman Supergirls'.
632
00:33:08,614 --> 00:33:12,234
[reporter] Gracie and her Swiss
teammate, Simona de Silvestro,
633
00:33:12,334 --> 00:33:13,874
dubbed the 'Supergirls'.
634
00:33:13,974 --> 00:33:18,473
[reporter] The first all-female
entry in seventeen years.
635
00:33:18,573 --> 00:33:20,433
[Renee] It was great
to finally have a
636
00:33:20,533 --> 00:33:23,313
comparable female
figure in your life.
637
00:33:23,413 --> 00:33:24,793
My whole life I'd never
really spoken to
638
00:33:24,893 --> 00:33:26,433
a female racing car
driver before.
639
00:33:26,533 --> 00:33:29,753
[reporter] There's only ever
been one other all-female team
640
00:33:29,853 --> 00:33:32,712
to race Bathurst,
back in 1998.
641
00:33:32,812 --> 00:33:34,632
Melinda Price
and Kerryn Brewer,
642
00:33:34,732 --> 00:33:36,872
the first Castrol Cougars
who took on the boys
643
00:33:36,972 --> 00:33:38,592
in endurance racing.
644
00:33:38,692 --> 00:33:41,752
[Smy] I think if you just group
two female drivers together
645
00:33:41,852 --> 00:33:45,552
because they're female,
that doesn't make any sense.
646
00:33:45,652 --> 00:33:47,191
Some fans might
have seen it as
647
00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:51,911
you put two females in
the car because, that's,
648
00:33:52,011 --> 00:33:54,311
you know,
minimises the risk.
649
00:33:54,411 --> 00:33:57,511
Because to be frank we wouldn't
put Simona in with a guy
650
00:33:57,611 --> 00:34:00,910
or Renee in with a guy because
that's a waste of an entry.
651
00:34:01,010 --> 00:34:03,910
The Castrol Cougars
thing as well.
652
00:34:04,010 --> 00:34:04,910
I went to Bathurst '98,
653
00:34:05,010 --> 00:34:07,870
It's just -
yeah, there's the girl's car.
654
00:34:07,970 --> 00:34:08,830
Like, are they any good?
655
00:34:08,930 --> 00:34:10,930
I don't know,
never heard of them.
656
00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:14,469
So you go,
where have they come from?
657
00:34:14,569 --> 00:34:15,829
Oh, they're in it just because
they're women,
658
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:19,129
to be frank, so...
659
00:34:22,409 --> 00:34:24,229
[reporter]
Thousands of race fans
660
00:34:24,329 --> 00:34:27,589
have already started setting up
camp at Mount Panorama,
661
00:34:27,689 --> 00:34:30,728
more than a week out
from the Bathurst 1000.
662
00:34:31,408 --> 00:34:33,408
[man] Yeah!
663
00:34:35,048 --> 00:34:36,868
[man whistling]
664
00:34:36,968 --> 00:34:38,948
[man] Hey Gracie...
665
00:34:39,048 --> 00:34:42,028
[Renee] The media was
just out of control.
666
00:34:42,128 --> 00:34:43,907
Probably been thrown in
the deep end a little bit.
667
00:34:44,007 --> 00:34:45,507
- Brand new world for me.
- A bit of pressure.
668
00:34:45,607 --> 00:34:47,267
- Difficult to drive.
- A lot to take in.
669
00:34:47,367 --> 00:34:48,947
I'm kind of the lead driver
670
00:34:49,047 --> 00:34:51,987
with the no experience
in a V8 Supercar.
671
00:34:52,087 --> 00:34:54,347
[Renee] We both didn't
have much experience.
672
00:34:54,447 --> 00:34:57,346
[reporter] Racing legend Dick
Johnson expressing doubts
673
00:34:57,446 --> 00:34:58,866
the first female Bathurst team
674
00:34:58,966 --> 00:35:02,566
will be able to finish
the 161 lap race.
675
00:35:05,366 --> 00:35:06,746
[reporter] Some have criticised
676
00:35:06,846 --> 00:35:08,706
the inclusion of the
all-female team,
677
00:35:08,806 --> 00:35:13,065
suggesting it's a gimmick to
generate more media attention.
678
00:35:13,165 --> 00:35:14,985
I don't agree with
how V8 Supercars
679
00:35:15,085 --> 00:35:18,845
are throwing the money,
you know, supporting her.
680
00:35:22,605 --> 00:35:25,664
[Renee] Groups of men would
scream things and shout things.
681
00:35:25,764 --> 00:35:26,904
"You're fucking useless!"
682
00:35:27,004 --> 00:35:28,104
"You should be in the kitchen."
683
00:35:28,204 --> 00:35:30,344
"You should be making
sandwiches, not on a racetrack."
684
00:35:30,444 --> 00:35:32,504
"Get your tits out
and go be a grid girl."
685
00:35:32,604 --> 00:35:33,664
"You don't deserve to race."
686
00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:35,224
All of those sorts
of things were,
687
00:35:35,324 --> 00:35:39,343
were very common,
all the time, all the time.
688
00:35:39,443 --> 00:35:42,963
[birds calling]
[distant chattering]
689
00:35:46,963 --> 00:35:49,783
Danika joins us now with some
breaking news from Bathurst.
690
00:35:49,883 --> 00:35:50,423
Danika.
691
00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:52,902
Dave Reynolds is in
some trouble tonight
692
00:35:53,002 --> 00:35:56,862
after making a sexist remark
about the all-female team.
693
00:35:56,962 --> 00:35:58,062
[reporter]
These are the comments
694
00:35:58,162 --> 00:36:00,342
that David Reynolds
is under fire for.
695
00:36:00,442 --> 00:36:04,462
[interviewer] David, uh, were
you wary of the female team?
696
00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:07,541
[Reynolds] Sorry, was I
aware of the pussywagon?
697
00:36:07,641 --> 00:36:10,181
[men laughing]
698
00:36:10,281 --> 00:36:14,181
There was a comment made
calling us the 'pussywagon'
699
00:36:14,281 --> 00:36:16,261
and it was made by
David Reynolds.
700
00:36:16,361 --> 00:36:19,401
[man] David, interview one,
take three.
701
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,660
My name is David Reynolds
and I'm a V8 Supercar driver.
702
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:26,900
David Reynolds has won
703
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,980
his second career
V8 Supercars race in Darwin
704
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:34,640
and was quizzed about his
subdued celebration post-race.
705
00:36:38,479 --> 00:36:40,659
I'm known as the
class clown in my sport.
706
00:36:40,759 --> 00:36:42,379
[reporter] Well he more than
made up for it on the podium,
707
00:36:42,479 --> 00:36:45,179
drinking out of his boot,
which may explain
708
00:36:45,279 --> 00:36:47,979
how he got the stomach pains
in the first place.
709
00:36:48,079 --> 00:36:53,018
Yeah, Dave, um, is a
unique talent, you could say,
710
00:36:53,118 --> 00:36:54,858
and gets himself
into some trouble.
711
00:36:54,958 --> 00:36:56,818
Yeah, I always seem
to put my foot in it.
712
00:36:56,918 --> 00:37:01,498
- Honk if you're horny.
- Honk, honk.
713
00:37:01,598 --> 00:37:04,657
[Reynolds] Bathurst Thursday
is just a normal practice day
714
00:37:04,757 --> 00:37:06,857
and I ended up third
fastest car for the day.
715
00:37:06,957 --> 00:37:10,157
So the top three drivers
go to a press conference.
716
00:37:11,517 --> 00:37:12,577
And then someone asked,
717
00:37:12,677 --> 00:37:15,137
"Did you see the all-women
car out there?"
718
00:37:15,237 --> 00:37:18,936
And then I sort of said, "What
do you mean, the pussywagon?"
719
00:37:19,036 --> 00:37:20,256
That was it.
720
00:37:20,356 --> 00:37:22,336
I loved it, I wanted to run,
like, merchandise
721
00:37:22,436 --> 00:37:24,176
and I wanted it to be,
like, my new nickname.
722
00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:27,096
I could see it as being, like,
it's something that's really -
723
00:37:27,196 --> 00:37:30,016
could've taken off and
could've been really quite cool.
724
00:37:30,116 --> 00:37:31,735
We were with Ford
Performance Racing
725
00:37:31,835 --> 00:37:33,215
and Dave was in the team,
726
00:37:33,315 --> 00:37:35,655
so we used to say all
sorts of stuff like that.
727
00:37:35,755 --> 00:37:39,455
Yeah, we used to take the piss
out of each other all the time.
728
00:37:39,555 --> 00:37:41,175
[Reynolds] Maybe
about an hour later
729
00:37:41,275 --> 00:37:43,575
one of the engineers from
the other side of the room
730
00:37:43,675 --> 00:37:44,295
looks up and goes,
731
00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:46,934
"Hey Reynolds, are you
getting a $25,000 fine?"
732
00:37:47,034 --> 00:37:50,694
And I just went, hmm,
not that I know of.
733
00:37:50,794 --> 00:37:53,254
[Reynolds] A few minutes later
there was a knock at the door
734
00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:55,614
and there was a
Supercar representative
735
00:37:55,714 --> 00:37:57,894
with a piece of paper in his
hand and he handed it to me.
736
00:37:57,994 --> 00:38:01,333
He said, "Don't contest it or
they're going to double it...
737
00:38:01,433 --> 00:38:03,173
"..to $50,000."
738
00:38:03,273 --> 00:38:06,333
So that sort of scared me
into signing the deal.
739
00:38:06,433 --> 00:38:09,573
[Reynolds] And so I was
basically forced into
740
00:38:09,673 --> 00:38:12,533
taking the largest fine
ever given to a driver.
741
00:38:12,633 --> 00:38:15,692
[Ruggiero] The fine that he got
was the biggest fine in,
742
00:38:15,792 --> 00:38:18,132
as far as I'm aware,
the history of Australian sport.
743
00:38:18,232 --> 00:38:19,812
[reporter]
David Reynolds' comments
744
00:38:19,912 --> 00:38:21,852
have been slammed
as disgraceful.
745
00:38:21,952 --> 00:38:23,572
- A sexist comment.
- A sexist remark.
746
00:38:23,672 --> 00:38:26,452
- For an offensive comment.
- [reporter] A sexist slur.
747
00:38:26,552 --> 00:38:28,091
I thought, like,
am I going insane?
748
00:38:28,191 --> 00:38:29,331
Am I really a sexist?
749
00:38:29,431 --> 00:38:30,971
For a moment
I would have said
750
00:38:31,071 --> 00:38:33,171
that Dave's career was finished.
751
00:38:33,271 --> 00:38:35,411
[Renee] Supercars had
already told Chris
752
00:38:35,511 --> 00:38:38,291
that I had to then make
a public statement,
753
00:38:38,391 --> 00:38:40,171
and I remember
saying to Chris,
754
00:38:40,271 --> 00:38:41,410
"I'm not making a statement.
755
00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:44,130
"I've got no problem
with it whatsoever."
756
00:38:44,230 --> 00:38:45,730
And Chris turned
around and he said,
757
00:38:45,830 --> 00:38:49,770
"No, like, you have to
make a statement or
758
00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:53,330
"Supercars will pretty much
make one on your behalf."
759
00:38:53,430 --> 00:38:55,010
They released an apology
760
00:38:55,110 --> 00:38:57,389
with my name attached to it
saying it was from me.
761
00:38:58,589 --> 00:39:01,389
[tense music]
762
00:39:04,669 --> 00:39:06,289
[Reynolds] I can't even
remember what it said
763
00:39:06,389 --> 00:39:08,129
because I wasn't
part of it at all.
764
00:39:08,229 --> 00:39:10,888
Very, very strange they can
do something like that.
765
00:39:10,988 --> 00:39:13,648
[Renee] I let them know that
I didn't have a problem with it
766
00:39:13,748 --> 00:39:15,048
and they basically said,
767
00:39:15,148 --> 00:39:17,248
"You've got to portray
our thoughts,
768
00:39:17,348 --> 00:39:19,648
"not what you think
and how you feel."
769
00:39:19,748 --> 00:39:21,968
Slightly inappropriate
and, uh, yeah,
770
00:39:22,068 --> 00:39:24,047
it's one of those things, V8
Supercars have handled it,
771
00:39:24,147 --> 00:39:27,087
and uh, Simona and I will
get on with our job today,
772
00:39:27,187 --> 00:39:29,607
which is driving a race car.
773
00:39:29,707 --> 00:39:31,927
[Reynolds] I knew that
she was a puppet.
774
00:39:32,027 --> 00:39:33,767
When she was on camera,
she wasn't...
775
00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:36,127
That was not her true self.
776
00:39:36,227 --> 00:39:42,006
And I get it, I understand it,
I know. I'm in the same sport.
777
00:39:42,106 --> 00:39:43,206
[Renee] Basically how I sort of
778
00:39:43,306 --> 00:39:45,006
got fed information
from Supercars,
779
00:39:45,106 --> 00:39:47,366
there was a big thing
in the media
780
00:39:47,466 --> 00:39:51,725
about how male sportsmen
were treating women.
781
00:39:51,825 --> 00:39:54,645
Rugby league is maligned,
usually fairly,
782
00:39:54,745 --> 00:39:57,405
as the worst behaved
sporting code.
783
00:39:57,505 --> 00:39:59,565
The NRL has come
under blistering attack.
784
00:39:59,665 --> 00:40:00,805
[reporter] One of their
favourite sons...
785
00:40:00,905 --> 00:40:03,245
[Peter Overton] Was today
convicted of sexual assault.
786
00:40:03,345 --> 00:40:04,405
[reporter] Stalking two women.
787
00:40:04,505 --> 00:40:06,124
[reporter] Reaching up
a woman's skirt.
788
00:40:06,224 --> 00:40:08,084
[reporter] Repeatedly
assaulting ex-girlfriend
789
00:40:08,184 --> 00:40:10,684
over an eight-month period.
790
00:40:10,784 --> 00:40:14,324
Supercars were very concerned
not to get dragged into
791
00:40:14,424 --> 00:40:15,404
the football players
are treating
792
00:40:15,504 --> 00:40:17,404
their wives and girlfriends
and girls like this
793
00:40:17,504 --> 00:40:19,963
and now Supercar drivers
are treating girls like this.
794
00:40:20,063 --> 00:40:23,163
[reporter] V8 Supercars says
the comment was disgraceful
795
00:40:23,263 --> 00:40:26,203
and completely
unacceptable in the sport.
796
00:40:26,303 --> 00:40:27,563
[commentator] Oh!
797
00:40:27,663 --> 00:40:29,123
[commentator]
Real aggressive driving.
798
00:40:29,223 --> 00:40:31,003
[Reynolds] They've had
other drivers crash cars,
799
00:40:31,103 --> 00:40:32,643
trying to run other drivers
over on the track,
800
00:40:32,743 --> 00:40:34,322
effectively using them
as a weapon.
801
00:40:34,422 --> 00:40:36,722
[commentator] Get out of
the way, get out of the way.
802
00:40:36,822 --> 00:40:39,422
[Reynolds] They've had
fights in pit lane, punch ups.
803
00:40:43,142 --> 00:40:45,002
I find that funny,
804
00:40:45,102 --> 00:40:47,322
that I could go and
physically hurt someone
805
00:40:47,422 --> 00:40:51,961
and couldn't get
that sort of size fine.
806
00:40:52,061 --> 00:40:53,321
Bloody strange isn't it?
807
00:40:53,421 --> 00:40:54,801
But I paid on my
credit card,
808
00:40:54,901 --> 00:40:57,041
I like to tell people, and
I got Qantas points for it,
809
00:40:57,141 --> 00:41:00,121
and ended up buying
like a nice toaster so...
810
00:41:00,221 --> 00:41:02,820
Yeah, it's beautiful.
Beautiful toaster.
811
00:41:05,740 --> 00:41:07,960
[Renee] At the Bathurst 1000
I had people abuse me,
812
00:41:08,060 --> 00:41:10,360
and I was spat at,
I had death threats
813
00:41:10,460 --> 00:41:13,600
and nothing was ever
done to protect me.
814
00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:15,520
Yet a driver,
who was a friend
815
00:41:15,620 --> 00:41:17,079
and I thought was trying
to be quite funny,
816
00:41:17,179 --> 00:41:18,399
makes a comment
that they didn't approve
817
00:41:18,499 --> 00:41:21,559
and Supercars
blow it out of proportion.
818
00:41:21,659 --> 00:41:23,159
It made no sense
to any of us
819
00:41:23,259 --> 00:41:24,519
because there were
so many other things
820
00:41:24,619 --> 00:41:26,559
that they could have been
focusing their time on.
821
00:41:26,659 --> 00:41:28,199
It was clearly just
all for image
822
00:41:28,299 --> 00:41:29,639
and they just
didn't want to be
823
00:41:29,739 --> 00:41:30,798
dragged into
all the other drama
824
00:41:30,898 --> 00:41:33,978
that was happening in sports
in Australia at that time.
825
00:41:35,098 --> 00:41:37,258
[man] Come my way sweetheart.
826
00:41:47,817 --> 00:41:52,297
[operatic fanfare]
827
00:41:54,857 --> 00:41:56,997
[commentator] It's your
ticket to the history books.
828
00:41:57,097 --> 00:41:59,356
No one will ever forget you.
829
00:41:59,456 --> 00:42:01,876
This is the race that
means the most.
830
00:42:01,976 --> 00:42:04,196
To lose this race,
to mess this up,
831
00:42:04,296 --> 00:42:06,476
well that's a pain
that will stay with you
832
00:42:06,576 --> 00:42:09,396
for the rest of your
days on this earth.
833
00:42:09,496 --> 00:42:14,775
Get ready for the Bathurst 1000,
2015.
834
00:42:18,215 --> 00:42:20,035
[Renee] It was just
non-stop media,
835
00:42:20,135 --> 00:42:22,315
non-stop attention
from all angles.
836
00:42:22,415 --> 00:42:25,335
All of a sudden, you go out
and you race.
837
00:42:26,894 --> 00:42:28,194
[commentator]
The crowd is ready,
838
00:42:28,294 --> 00:42:30,034
the drivers are set.
839
00:42:30,134 --> 00:42:32,554
[Renee] For me it was
my time to prove
840
00:42:32,654 --> 00:42:34,674
that I deserve
to be there.
841
00:42:34,774 --> 00:42:37,474
[commentator] We are
moments away from a start.
842
00:42:37,574 --> 00:42:41,153
[Ray] There was nervousness
of don't crash,
843
00:42:41,253 --> 00:42:43,873
don't make a fool of yourself.
844
00:42:43,973 --> 00:42:45,593
[commentator]
The drivers unleash.
845
00:42:45,693 --> 00:42:49,073
It's chaos as everyone tries
to break free from the pack.
846
00:42:49,173 --> 00:42:51,113
Over the Top of the Mountain,
847
00:42:51,213 --> 00:42:53,633
to the cheering of the fans
who await their arrival.
848
00:42:53,733 --> 00:42:56,992
It was going okay
until lap sixteen.
849
00:42:57,092 --> 00:42:59,912
[car accelerating]
850
00:43:00,012 --> 00:43:03,592
[car skidding]
[car crashing]
851
00:43:03,692 --> 00:43:05,472
[commentator] Oh no,
we've got a crash
852
00:43:05,572 --> 00:43:07,352
and it's the Supergirls entry,
853
00:43:07,452 --> 00:43:11,391
Renee Gracie in the wall
at Forrest Elbow.
854
00:43:11,491 --> 00:43:15,231
[Smy] For sceptics, lasting
sixteen laps into Bathurst
855
00:43:15,331 --> 00:43:17,391
might have been vindication,
856
00:43:17,491 --> 00:43:19,771
oh that wasn't
a good decision.
857
00:43:21,091 --> 00:43:22,511
[Renee] Why the hell
did that happen?
858
00:43:22,611 --> 00:43:25,630
Why didn't I slow down? 'Cause
I was on the brakes like hard.
859
00:43:25,730 --> 00:43:27,670
[commentator] This is the end
of the Supergirl's race.
860
00:43:27,770 --> 00:43:30,230
Huge damage.
This will require a safety car.
861
00:43:30,330 --> 00:43:32,310
[Renee] If you have to be
picked up by a tow truck
862
00:43:32,410 --> 00:43:34,350
and be towed back
you don't finish
863
00:43:34,450 --> 00:43:35,710
and I was just like adamant.
864
00:43:35,810 --> 00:43:39,109
I was just like there is no way
I'm going back on a tow truck.
865
00:43:39,209 --> 00:43:41,349
[car starting and accelerating]
866
00:43:41,449 --> 00:43:42,329
[commentator] Wow,
Gracie's managed
867
00:43:42,329 --> 00:43:44,469
to get it out of the wall.
That's incredible.
868
00:43:44,569 --> 00:43:46,269
[Renee] My bonnet was
bent so far up
869
00:43:46,369 --> 00:43:47,869
from when I had hit
the concrete wall
870
00:43:47,969 --> 00:43:50,089
that I could not
see in front of me.
871
00:43:52,568 --> 00:43:54,108
I could see in my
rear vision mirror
872
00:43:54,208 --> 00:43:56,228
if I centre in the
middle of the road
873
00:43:56,328 --> 00:43:59,308
and just based off my
memory of the track,
874
00:43:59,408 --> 00:44:01,928
drove home
into the pits, blind.
875
00:44:09,007 --> 00:44:11,147
[man] Won't turn? Steering
column must be pretty mangled
876
00:44:11,247 --> 00:44:13,247
after that crash.
877
00:44:17,007 --> 00:44:22,646
I remember feeling stressed, disappointed.
878
00:44:24,206 --> 00:44:26,386
I remember everyone
who was sitting in the pits
879
00:44:26,486 --> 00:44:29,266
looking at me like
disappointed that I crashed.
880
00:44:29,366 --> 00:44:31,786
[commentator]
Simona de Silvestro not happy.
881
00:44:31,886 --> 00:44:33,885
There's no hiding that.
882
00:44:35,245 --> 00:44:38,345
[Renee] It turns out that there
was oil at Forrest Elbow
883
00:44:38,445 --> 00:44:41,505
and it was the car in front
of me that dropped it.
884
00:44:41,605 --> 00:44:43,265
People started to come back
and reassure me
885
00:44:43,365 --> 00:44:45,065
that it wasn't something that
I did on my own fault -
886
00:44:45,165 --> 00:44:47,964
to make me feel a little bit
better, not that it did.
887
00:44:49,644 --> 00:44:51,264
[commentator] They've
been able to fix the car
888
00:44:51,364 --> 00:44:54,084
and the Supergirl's
race is back on.
889
00:44:56,284 --> 00:44:59,184
[Smy] They took them to lap
53 to get the car back out.
890
00:44:59,284 --> 00:45:03,943
They just made it for the window
to be qualified as finishers.
891
00:45:04,043 --> 00:45:06,623
[commentator] Craig Lowndes
takes his sixth triumph
892
00:45:06,723 --> 00:45:08,843
in The Great Race.
893
00:45:10,003 --> 00:45:12,943
[Renee] We finished
twenty-first.
894
00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:14,463
We were able to recover
895
00:45:14,563 --> 00:45:17,642
and I think that made it
an achievement in itself.
896
00:45:20,802 --> 00:45:23,922
[Renee] After we finished and I
went to go to the bathroom,
897
00:45:25,282 --> 00:45:27,622
I saw groups of men.
898
00:45:27,722 --> 00:45:29,901
They were up in like
the corporate boxes,
899
00:45:30,001 --> 00:45:31,221
talking and pointing.
900
00:45:31,321 --> 00:45:33,141
Don't you know how to brake?
Don't you know how to steer?
901
00:45:33,241 --> 00:45:34,301
Don't you know
where the corner is?
902
00:45:34,401 --> 00:45:37,181
And yeah, threw a beer can,
a full VB beer can
903
00:45:37,281 --> 00:45:39,281
straight at my head.
904
00:45:42,601 --> 00:45:45,180
[Renee] Sort of like hit like
my shoulder, neck, head,
905
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,620
like bounced off me.
906
00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:50,540
I remember just pretending
not to look embarrassed
907
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,420
and almost looking like
it didn't hit me
908
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,760
and it didn't touch me
and just like playing it cool.
909
00:45:58,039 --> 00:46:00,099
Security knew about it,
everyone knew about it.
910
00:46:00,199 --> 00:46:02,819
They deemed him
as 'not drunk'.
911
00:46:02,919 --> 00:46:05,659
He was still in the corporate
boxes above our garage.
912
00:46:05,759 --> 00:46:08,279
He didn't get kicked out.
913
00:46:11,079 --> 00:46:12,698
[reporter] Just sixteen laps in,
914
00:46:12,798 --> 00:46:14,818
heartbreak for the
all-female team.
915
00:46:14,918 --> 00:46:17,498
[reporter] Renee Gracie
hit a wall at Forrest Elbow.
916
00:46:17,598 --> 00:46:19,378
[reporter] The car was
eventually repaired
917
00:46:19,478 --> 00:46:22,158
but the Bathurst dream
had been ruined.
918
00:46:23,238 --> 00:46:24,418
[Renee] The whole weekend,
919
00:46:24,518 --> 00:46:26,657
I think it really did
some damage to like
920
00:46:26,757 --> 00:46:29,497
my confidence and definitely
shifted and changed
921
00:46:29,597 --> 00:46:33,717
the way I think and felt about
motorsport in general.
922
00:46:39,157 --> 00:46:40,456
[Renee] Even with the accident
923
00:46:40,556 --> 00:46:44,476
Supercars were still happy
with the overall program.
924
00:46:47,796 --> 00:46:50,656
The value of the whole
Bathurst event
925
00:46:50,756 --> 00:46:53,016
was 62 million dollars
926
00:46:53,116 --> 00:46:56,775
and the value of Renee
and Simona's media
927
00:46:56,875 --> 00:47:00,775
was 22 million dollars.
928
00:47:00,875 --> 00:47:02,855
Through my whole career
in motorsport
929
00:47:02,955 --> 00:47:05,815
I got zero dollars
and zero cents.
930
00:47:05,915 --> 00:47:07,535
I was fully sponsored
931
00:47:07,635 --> 00:47:10,854
but every cent of it would go
back into the racing program.
932
00:47:10,954 --> 00:47:13,134
I didn't get paid to race.
933
00:47:13,234 --> 00:47:15,754
I was broke-broke.
934
00:47:20,834 --> 00:47:23,173
After Bathurst I wanted
to be closer to Chris,
935
00:47:23,273 --> 00:47:25,373
closer to the team
that I was with
936
00:47:25,473 --> 00:47:29,213
and reset everything with a
new team and a new car.
937
00:47:29,313 --> 00:47:34,573
My dad was very against me
going down to live with Chris.
938
00:47:34,673 --> 00:47:36,572
[Ray] He was saying to Renee,
939
00:47:36,672 --> 00:47:39,132
your father's not interested
in you, your father doesn't,
940
00:47:39,232 --> 00:47:41,432
not interested
in your career.
941
00:47:43,152 --> 00:47:44,092
I didn't tell him.
942
00:47:44,192 --> 00:47:44,972
- Oh, didn't ya?
- Nah.
943
00:47:45,072 --> 00:47:46,332
So he didn't see you
leave with it all?
944
00:47:46,432 --> 00:47:47,252
Nah.
945
00:47:47,352 --> 00:47:49,012
How did you sneak
it out? Was he out?
946
00:47:49,112 --> 00:47:50,651
- Put it all in my bag.
- Dining out?
947
00:47:50,751 --> 00:47:52,751
No, I just put it
all in my bag.
948
00:47:57,511 --> 00:47:59,371
[Renee] I would have done
anything to, you know,
949
00:47:59,471 --> 00:48:00,411
be a paid driver.
950
00:48:00,511 --> 00:48:02,571
So if someone was sort of like
getting in the way of that
951
00:48:02,671 --> 00:48:05,330
it was just like, okay, I'm not
listening to you anymore, next!
952
00:48:05,430 --> 00:48:07,430
And that was Dad, unfortunately.
953
00:48:10,550 --> 00:48:14,890
[Ray] I spent the last six years
going Karting,
954
00:48:14,990 --> 00:48:17,250
spending bloody money.
955
00:48:17,350 --> 00:48:20,849
If that's the case - fuck off!
956
00:48:20,949 --> 00:48:23,029
Pretty much how the
conversation went.
957
00:48:24,229 --> 00:48:25,209
We've been bloody,
958
00:48:25,309 --> 00:48:29,009
like in each other's pocket
for six years almost.
959
00:48:29,109 --> 00:48:33,708
So, yeah, it was, um,
it was difficult.
960
00:48:35,468 --> 00:48:39,648
[Renee] I think deep down the
passion was really burnt out.
961
00:48:39,748 --> 00:48:40,808
[commentator]
And Renee Gracie
962
00:48:40,908 --> 00:48:43,448
loses control of the
back end of the car.
963
00:48:43,548 --> 00:48:46,447
She's out of business.
964
00:48:46,547 --> 00:48:47,887
Like, I fucking hate this.
965
00:48:47,987 --> 00:48:49,987
I don't want to be
here anymore.
966
00:48:51,907 --> 00:48:53,367
The very last race that I did
967
00:48:53,467 --> 00:48:56,447
it was about halfway
through a season.
968
00:48:56,547 --> 00:48:59,607
I think we had about three
more races to go.
969
00:48:59,707 --> 00:49:03,246
I got told we've got no money
to go to the next round
970
00:49:03,346 --> 00:49:06,086
and then I remember thinking,
hmm, that's weird.
971
00:49:06,186 --> 00:49:07,486
We should have
X amount of dollars left
972
00:49:07,586 --> 00:49:09,486
based off the sponsorship,
you know,
973
00:49:09,586 --> 00:49:11,406
that I thought we were getting.
974
00:49:11,506 --> 00:49:13,246
Dad obviously wasn't
in the picture
975
00:49:13,346 --> 00:49:14,365
because I wasn't
talking to him.
976
00:49:14,465 --> 00:49:17,185
I had no one to know
what to ask.
977
00:49:18,785 --> 00:49:21,425
I think it was just like
the nail in the coffin.
978
00:49:22,625 --> 00:49:24,625
The last kick in the guts.
979
00:49:26,025 --> 00:49:27,445
It was my time to
980
00:49:27,545 --> 00:49:30,864
just get the hell out of just
motorsport in general.
981
00:49:32,104 --> 00:49:34,124
[Smy] She's replaced
by Jordan Boys
982
00:49:34,224 --> 00:49:35,644
with a couple of rounds to go
983
00:49:35,744 --> 00:49:39,884
and in five races,
Jordan manages to accrue
984
00:49:39,984 --> 00:49:44,083
more than half the points
that Renee did in seventeen.
985
00:49:44,183 --> 00:49:44,983
[announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen
986
00:49:44,983 --> 00:49:47,043
V8 Supercars winners!
987
00:49:47,143 --> 00:49:49,603
[Smy] If you're not at the
pointy end all the time
988
00:49:49,703 --> 00:49:53,363
then it's easy to just
disappear into oblivion.
989
00:49:53,463 --> 00:49:56,902
[gentle music]
990
00:49:59,902 --> 00:50:03,182
[Renee] I reckon I probably
was alone for like six months.
991
00:50:04,862 --> 00:50:06,682
I thought about
moving back home
992
00:50:06,782 --> 00:50:09,362
but Dad and I,
we still had a very broken
993
00:50:09,462 --> 00:50:11,921
and disconnected
relationship still.
994
00:50:12,021 --> 00:50:15,081
It definitely wasn't the same.
995
00:50:15,181 --> 00:50:20,521
A very weird time to realise
that - had no one, had nothing.
996
00:50:20,621 --> 00:50:23,861
When racing stopped,
pretty much everything stopped.
997
00:50:25,700 --> 00:50:28,520
I realised that I was actually
like really depressed
998
00:50:28,620 --> 00:50:31,160
and really just hated myself
and hated everybody
999
00:50:31,260 --> 00:50:32,240
and hated my life
1000
00:50:32,340 --> 00:50:36,660
because I wasn't actually
living a life for me.
1001
00:50:45,339 --> 00:50:49,279
I didn't realise how badly
I was being controlled
1002
00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:52,958
or how badly I was being
forced to be this thing
1003
00:50:53,058 --> 00:50:55,058
that they were
making me out to be.
1004
00:50:55,818 --> 00:50:57,938
[camera clicking]
1005
00:50:58,818 --> 00:51:03,618
[gentle piano music]
1006
00:51:07,857 --> 00:51:09,857
[light switch clicks]
1007
00:51:13,737 --> 00:51:17,417
[upbeat music]
1008
00:51:23,856 --> 00:51:25,676
[Renee] I think when I realised
I could do whatever I want
1009
00:51:25,776 --> 00:51:29,956
it quickly felt really good,
comfortable, free,
1010
00:51:30,056 --> 00:51:32,236
just in control
of my own life.
1011
00:51:32,336 --> 00:51:35,075
I am doing my first vlog.
1012
00:51:35,175 --> 00:51:36,755
When I took over
my social medias
1013
00:51:36,855 --> 00:51:40,415
and I could actually show
like a real side of Renee.
1014
00:51:44,095 --> 00:51:46,235
For the first-time people
had seen me outside
1015
00:51:46,335 --> 00:51:47,915
of like, racing gear.
1016
00:51:48,015 --> 00:51:49,274
All of a sudden I'm in a bikini,
1017
00:51:49,374 --> 00:51:51,914
so I think that generated a lot
of interest quite quickly.
1018
00:51:52,014 --> 00:51:54,914
I saw multiple comments,
you know,
1019
00:51:55,014 --> 00:51:56,594
you should put this
on OnlyFans.
1020
00:51:56,694 --> 00:51:59,154
I was like, what the hell
is this OnlyFans thing?
1021
00:51:59,254 --> 00:52:02,114
In Google, I'm like, "What is
OnlyFans?", question mark.
1022
00:52:02,214 --> 00:52:04,213
And then obviously
it all came up.
1023
00:52:07,253 --> 00:52:08,053
The one that I watched
was about a girl
1024
00:52:08,053 --> 00:52:10,873
who was uploading
explicit content.
1025
00:52:10,973 --> 00:52:15,793
Just bikini photos, basically
what I was putting on Instagram.
1026
00:52:15,893 --> 00:52:17,672
I was like, oh, I'm already
doing that, what do you mean?
1027
00:52:17,772 --> 00:52:19,812
Like, people are going to pay
for that? Like, that's fine.
1028
00:52:23,892 --> 00:52:27,392
Two days later I made
an OnlyFans page.
1029
00:52:27,492 --> 00:52:28,832
There was really not much
thought process
1030
00:52:28,932 --> 00:52:32,431
put into it at all,
like almost zero.
1031
00:52:32,531 --> 00:52:33,271
Gives me something to do,
1032
00:52:33,371 --> 00:52:34,911
make a little bit of money
on the side,
1033
00:52:35,011 --> 00:52:36,071
a couple of hundred
bucks a month.
1034
00:52:36,171 --> 00:52:37,911
And I was like, oh,
I better post a photo
1035
00:52:38,011 --> 00:52:40,131
and just like took a photo -
post.
1036
00:52:40,851 --> 00:52:42,851
It went crazy!
1037
00:52:44,291 --> 00:52:46,390
I had my notifications
on my phone
1038
00:52:46,490 --> 00:52:48,550
and then it was just like
ding, ding, ding, ding.
1039
00:52:48,650 --> 00:52:51,510
My whole screen was just
all with these blue squares
1040
00:52:51,610 --> 00:52:52,750
of all these subscribers.
1041
00:52:52,850 --> 00:52:54,270
Within the first fifteen minutes
1042
00:52:54,370 --> 00:52:56,550
I had like 2,300 people
on my OnlyFans.
1043
00:52:56,650 --> 00:52:58,110
And they were all
paying to be there
1044
00:52:58,210 --> 00:52:59,429
so I had all this money
coming in as well.
1045
00:52:59,529 --> 00:53:03,429
It was, you know,
20, 30, thousand dollars, US.
1046
00:53:03,529 --> 00:53:07,589
My first reaction was just -
Fuck! What do I do?
1047
00:53:07,689 --> 00:53:10,229
Every new subscriber
had messaged me,
1048
00:53:10,329 --> 00:53:11,389
I had thousands
of messages.
1049
00:53:11,489 --> 00:53:14,948
Some guys were so blunt
and crazy and just be like,
1050
00:53:15,048 --> 00:53:16,028
"How much to see pussy?"
1051
00:53:16,128 --> 00:53:18,988
Or, "I want to see your
butthole, how much?"
1052
00:53:19,088 --> 00:53:20,428
Like, they were just
straight to the point.
1053
00:53:20,528 --> 00:53:22,348
Well it sort of took
me by surprise.
1054
00:53:22,448 --> 00:53:28,007
So, so many supportive,
caring messages from race fans.
1055
00:53:32,207 --> 00:53:33,827
Those messages made
me feel really good.
1056
00:53:33,927 --> 00:53:35,387
I didn't think anyone
gave a shit about me.
1057
00:53:35,487 --> 00:53:39,487
And I thought, well I should
probably go and tell Dad.
1058
00:53:42,366 --> 00:53:45,306
[Ray] Yeah, she just borrowed
$2,500 from me
1059
00:53:45,406 --> 00:53:47,906
to put an exhaust
on her Mustang.
1060
00:53:48,006 --> 00:53:49,786
Then a couple of weeks later,
she said,
1061
00:53:49,886 --> 00:53:53,946
"Oh, a few of my fans have
said I could join this thing
1062
00:53:54,046 --> 00:53:55,785
"and you can make
some money out of it."
1063
00:53:55,885 --> 00:53:56,985
I said, "Oh yeah, okay."
1064
00:53:57,085 --> 00:54:00,025
My idea is just a simple little
thing where, you know,
1065
00:54:00,125 --> 00:54:01,185
you chat with your fans.
1066
00:54:01,285 --> 00:54:03,385
I didn't even bother
going to research it.
1067
00:54:03,485 --> 00:54:04,465
And then she said,
1068
00:54:04,565 --> 00:54:07,265
"Oh, I'll give you the money
back for the exhaust."
1069
00:54:07,365 --> 00:54:08,185
And I'm thinking,
1070
00:54:08,285 --> 00:54:10,824
how much money are you
making out of this thing?
1071
00:54:10,924 --> 00:54:13,504
[Renee] By this time
I was up to like, $80,000.
1072
00:54:13,604 --> 00:54:14,944
Like it had just been crazy.
1073
00:54:15,044 --> 00:54:18,064
That was just in like a
couple of days, essentially.
1074
00:54:18,164 --> 00:54:19,984
I was pretty happy because
I got my money back
1075
00:54:20,084 --> 00:54:22,384
for the bloody exhaust.
1076
00:54:22,484 --> 00:54:24,903
Because based on previous
history that money was dead.
1077
00:54:25,003 --> 00:54:26,623
I was never going
to see it again.
1078
00:54:26,723 --> 00:54:28,343
[Renee] I was so excited.
1079
00:54:28,443 --> 00:54:31,783
I just remember thinking like,
I am fucking rich.
1080
00:54:31,883 --> 00:54:33,343
Like, because I was so broke.
1081
00:54:33,443 --> 00:54:36,023
I had never had that much money
in my bank account ever.
1082
00:54:36,123 --> 00:54:38,502
She lived all those
years racing cars
1083
00:54:38,602 --> 00:54:42,422
making nothing, living off
one tin of bloody tuna a night,
1084
00:54:42,522 --> 00:54:43,942
to all of a sudden
having something
1085
00:54:44,042 --> 00:54:46,302
that she's in complete
and total control of
1086
00:54:46,402 --> 00:54:49,142
that's making a motza.
1087
00:54:49,242 --> 00:54:52,261
[Ray] So, the transition
for her financially
1088
00:54:52,361 --> 00:54:54,681
was just incredibly different.
1089
00:54:56,401 --> 00:54:58,741
The old accountant in me
had to go back to work
1090
00:54:58,841 --> 00:55:01,661
and start managing
the money.
1091
00:55:01,761 --> 00:55:03,981
So Dad made me pay off
my Afterpay account.
1092
00:55:04,081 --> 00:55:06,340
He made me pay
out my car loan
1093
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:08,420
and then I went
and bought a house.
1094
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:12,000
[dramatic music]
1095
00:55:20,839 --> 00:55:22,959
[Renee] I started
to go a bit viral.
1096
00:55:24,559 --> 00:55:26,179
[man] When good girls go bad!
1097
00:55:26,279 --> 00:55:29,539
Renee Gracie has
become a porn star.
1098
00:55:29,639 --> 00:55:31,859
[reporter] Creating racy
adults only content
1099
00:55:31,959 --> 00:55:34,738
on the internet site
OnlyFans.
1100
00:55:34,838 --> 00:55:38,218
[Renee] There was thousands
of articles written about me.
1101
00:55:38,318 --> 00:55:41,138
The ex-racing car driver
turned porn star.
1102
00:55:41,238 --> 00:55:42,138
[man] The twenty-five-year-old
1103
00:55:42,238 --> 00:55:47,178
claimed to have made
$64,000 in three days.
1104
00:55:47,278 --> 00:55:49,577
I didn't know so many people
wanted to see me naked.
1105
00:55:49,677 --> 00:55:50,497
One thing led to another.
1106
00:55:50,597 --> 00:55:52,257
The more articles
that got written,
1107
00:55:52,357 --> 00:55:53,697
the better my page went.
1108
00:55:53,797 --> 00:55:55,797
Then it just blew up.
1109
00:56:00,277 --> 00:56:02,296
[photographer] There we go.
1110
00:56:02,396 --> 00:56:03,416
Let's start with some portraits.
1111
00:56:03,516 --> 00:56:04,696
[Renee] Yep.
1112
00:56:04,796 --> 00:56:05,896
[photographer]
What do you think?
1113
00:56:05,996 --> 00:56:06,336
Love!
1114
00:56:06,436 --> 00:56:07,736
- [photographer] Makes sense?
- [Renee] Good. Yep.
1115
00:56:07,836 --> 00:56:09,016
- [photographer] Okay, cool.
- [Renee] Good colour.
1116
00:56:09,116 --> 00:56:11,276
[photographer] Okay?
Yep, derobe.
1117
00:56:12,596 --> 00:56:14,336
[Renee] My evolution
was a slow one
1118
00:56:14,436 --> 00:56:18,735
and I think that's what aided
to my success in OnlyFans.
1119
00:56:18,835 --> 00:56:22,175
What I felt uncomfortable
doing in the beginning
1120
00:56:22,275 --> 00:56:24,095
was being naked,
being topless.
1121
00:56:24,195 --> 00:56:25,175
[photographer]
That's great. Perfect.
1122
00:56:25,275 --> 00:56:26,375
Having put that leg forward.
1123
00:56:26,475 --> 00:56:28,415
[camera clicking]
1124
00:56:28,515 --> 00:56:29,415
[photographer] Rad!
1125
00:56:29,515 --> 00:56:31,854
[Renee] So when I shifted
from bikini photos,
1126
00:56:31,954 --> 00:56:33,954
I moved into lingerie photos.
1127
00:56:35,034 --> 00:56:38,474
[gentle upbeat music]
1128
00:56:41,874 --> 00:56:42,634
[Renee] A year down the track,
1129
00:56:42,634 --> 00:56:46,293
I started to do nudes and
started to do my own videos.
1130
00:56:46,393 --> 00:56:49,333
It was really just a
very slow progression.
1131
00:56:49,433 --> 00:56:51,833
I never did anything
I wasn't comfortable with.
1132
00:56:56,313 --> 00:56:59,892
[Renee] Um, the decision
to have sex on camera,
1133
00:56:59,992 --> 00:57:01,412
for me it just felt
like something
1134
00:57:01,512 --> 00:57:02,532
that I was comfortable to do.
1135
00:57:02,632 --> 00:57:05,832
It was just like a, yeah, first
ever sex video - unlock to see.
1136
00:57:09,832 --> 00:57:12,132
That was the making of my page.
1137
00:57:12,232 --> 00:57:15,011
I really offered everything
from that point on.
1138
00:57:15,111 --> 00:57:17,631
My earnings just went
through the roof.
1139
00:57:22,711 --> 00:57:24,011
Dad was doing my accounts,
1140
00:57:24,111 --> 00:57:26,051
so Dad could figure out
that I all of a sudden,
1141
00:57:26,151 --> 00:57:28,890
I was going, you know,
$80,000 a month
1142
00:57:28,990 --> 00:57:31,930
and the next month I might
have gone up to like 120!
1143
00:57:32,030 --> 00:57:33,610
I'm not stupid, I'm not naive.
1144
00:57:33,710 --> 00:57:36,210
I'm figuring it there's probably
a bit more to it than I know.
1145
00:57:36,310 --> 00:57:38,210
He put two and two
together and he's like,
1146
00:57:38,310 --> 00:57:39,090
"What are you doing?"
1147
00:57:39,190 --> 00:57:39,970
Renee then fessed up.
1148
00:57:40,070 --> 00:57:41,689
She had to tell me about,
kind of,
1149
00:57:41,789 --> 00:57:43,689
the concepts of the movies.
1150
00:57:43,789 --> 00:57:44,589
It's a bit of an
awkward conversation
1151
00:57:44,589 --> 00:57:46,769
to have with your dad
but, um,
1152
00:57:46,869 --> 00:57:48,809
anyway I was sort of just like,
uh, I was like,
1153
00:57:48,909 --> 00:57:51,249
I'm just happy fucking on film
and making all this money Dad,
1154
00:57:51,349 --> 00:57:53,349
get over it.
1155
00:57:53,989 --> 00:57:54,768
I'm pretty easy.
1156
00:57:54,868 --> 00:57:58,488
She's on OnlyFans.
She's a porn star.
1157
00:57:58,588 --> 00:58:00,088
That's how I describe her.
1158
00:58:00,188 --> 00:58:01,248
Then people are so shocked
1159
00:58:01,348 --> 00:58:05,008
that they're too scared
to ask any more questions.
1160
00:58:05,108 --> 00:58:06,488
[photographer]
I'm going to count you in.
1161
00:58:06,588 --> 00:58:08,927
Stay flat footed and
then go to your toes.
1162
00:58:09,027 --> 00:58:11,407
Okay, here we go.
Three, two, one, go!
1163
00:58:11,507 --> 00:58:12,127
[Ray] What is she doing?
1164
00:58:12,227 --> 00:58:15,647
She's in complete and total
control of her own career.
1165
00:58:15,747 --> 00:58:17,527
She's not hurting anybody.
1166
00:58:17,627 --> 00:58:20,347
Makes a lot of people happy.
1167
00:58:21,867 --> 00:58:24,466
[tense music]
1168
00:58:27,186 --> 00:58:31,286
[Renee] The feeling that
I got from Supercars was,
1169
00:58:31,386 --> 00:58:35,726
don't mention Renee Gracie and
Supercars in the same sentence.
1170
00:58:35,826 --> 00:58:38,845
They pushed me so hard
to be this sex symbol,
1171
00:58:38,945 --> 00:58:40,365
this attractive looking girl
1172
00:58:40,465 --> 00:58:41,965
that would earn them
lots of money.
1173
00:58:42,065 --> 00:58:43,805
So it was okay for
you to benefit from it
1174
00:58:43,905 --> 00:58:45,925
but now you're not getting
the millions of dollars
1175
00:58:46,025 --> 00:58:48,445
in your back pocket -
it's like, oh no, no comment,
1176
00:58:48,545 --> 00:58:49,485
I don't want anything
to do with it.
1177
00:58:49,585 --> 00:58:51,164
So I've basically
just been wiped
1178
00:58:51,264 --> 00:58:54,004
from the memory of
anything Supercars related.
1179
00:58:54,104 --> 00:58:57,144
So that is funny and
interesting to me.
1180
00:58:58,224 --> 00:59:02,144
[gentle music]
[birds calling]
1181
00:59:04,864 --> 00:59:08,043
[chickens clucking]
1182
00:59:08,143 --> 00:59:09,403
[Renee] Being in motorsport
for so long
1183
00:59:09,503 --> 00:59:10,603
I always felt kind of lonely
1184
00:59:10,703 --> 00:59:13,203
and didn't have
a lot of friends.
1185
00:59:13,303 --> 00:59:16,563
Chickens are the best.
Ow!
1186
00:59:16,663 --> 00:59:18,563
I was a bit nervous when
I started OnlyFans,
1187
00:59:18,663 --> 00:59:21,122
about being
involved with women,
1188
00:59:21,222 --> 00:59:22,882
just having to
collaborate with them.
1189
00:59:22,982 --> 00:59:26,202
I didn't think anyone would have
anything in common with me
1190
00:59:26,302 --> 00:59:28,382
and they wouldn't want
to be friends with me.
1191
00:59:34,541 --> 00:59:36,921
[Tayla] Probably one of the
most fun things we've done -
1192
00:59:37,021 --> 00:59:39,441
fully nude hot air ballooning
over the Gold Coast
1193
00:59:39,541 --> 00:59:40,961
with a champagne breakfast.
1194
00:59:41,061 --> 00:59:43,641
Oh yeah, fucking, that was
probably one of the best ones.
1195
00:59:43,741 --> 00:59:46,121
[Renee] I started realising that
these girls were intelligent,
1196
00:59:46,221 --> 00:59:47,640
they were educated.
1197
00:59:47,740 --> 00:59:49,160
Everything that
I had been told
1198
00:59:49,260 --> 00:59:52,160
of what these girls were like,
was the opposite.
1199
00:59:52,260 --> 00:59:53,480
- What was that car you had?
- Renee] The AMG.
1200
00:59:53,580 --> 00:59:55,280
She had an AMG and
we drove somewhere
1201
00:59:55,380 --> 00:59:57,560
and she drove really fast
and it was really scary.
1202
00:59:57,660 --> 00:59:58,680
[Renee] I drove - I went to 80!
I didn't...
1203
00:59:58,780 --> 01:00:00,360
It felt like 3000!
1204
01:00:00,460 --> 01:00:02,239
[both laughing]
1205
01:00:02,339 --> 01:00:04,079
[Renee] Some of like
my best friendships
1206
01:00:04,179 --> 01:00:05,019
are because of girls
in OnlyFans,
1207
01:00:05,019 --> 01:00:06,119
which I find
quite funny because
1208
01:00:06,219 --> 01:00:08,379
I never thought that
that would be the case.
1209
01:00:09,699 --> 01:00:11,919
Hi guys, welcome to my 'live'.
1210
01:00:12,019 --> 01:00:14,279
Today I have a
very special guest.
1211
01:00:14,379 --> 01:00:16,758
My best friend, Tayla.
1212
01:00:16,858 --> 01:00:18,238
Today we are doing a
'spin the wheel'.
1213
01:00:18,338 --> 01:00:21,358
We've got 'kissing', 'name
on chest', 'twerking',
1214
01:00:21,458 --> 01:00:26,118
'topless pictures' and a 'custom
video' with Tayla and I.
1215
01:00:26,218 --> 01:00:26,878
Yeah!
1216
01:00:26,978 --> 01:00:29,018
- We're spinning for Daniel.
- [Tayla] Go!
1217
01:00:30,697 --> 01:00:33,437
[both] Kissing!
1218
01:00:33,537 --> 01:00:35,797
[Renee] I've done stuff
with multiple girls before
1219
01:00:35,897 --> 01:00:39,037
and it's just been this very
fluid communication.
1220
01:00:39,137 --> 01:00:41,437
I'm going to do this to you,
do I have your consent?
1221
01:00:41,537 --> 01:00:43,996
I feel like with guys
everything's like rough
1222
01:00:44,096 --> 01:00:45,996
and like it's all like fuck,
heavy breathing
1223
01:00:46,096 --> 01:00:48,096
and like just men being men.
1224
01:00:48,536 --> 01:00:49,916
[Tayla] 'Name on chest'.
1225
01:00:50,016 --> 01:00:53,316
[Renee] It's just a really nice
environment I find with women.
1226
01:00:53,416 --> 01:00:55,036
[Tayla] Steve's fighting
for real estate.
1227
01:00:55,136 --> 01:00:57,416
Steve really likes shoulders.
1228
01:01:00,495 --> 01:01:02,715
[Renee] OnlyFans flipped
the industry on its head
1229
01:01:02,815 --> 01:01:05,115
and gave porn stars
a lot more control
1230
01:01:05,215 --> 01:01:08,155
over the content that they
were appearing in.
1231
01:01:08,255 --> 01:01:10,255
It's all me. It's no one else.
1232
01:01:12,254 --> 01:01:15,654
Women are in
control of this industry.
1233
01:01:17,454 --> 01:01:19,854
[both laughing]
1234
01:01:22,494 --> 01:01:26,153
[Renee] So this is where
the magic happens.
1235
01:01:26,253 --> 01:01:30,853
I've got lingerie sets,
props, lights.
1236
01:01:32,173 --> 01:01:34,193
My first draw and the
most important draw
1237
01:01:34,293 --> 01:01:35,913
is my dildo draw.
1238
01:01:36,013 --> 01:01:40,632
These are the essentials
for my day-to-day work roster.
1239
01:01:40,732 --> 01:01:45,832
And I have accumulated a very
interesting array of dildos.
1240
01:01:45,932 --> 01:01:49,032
I never thought I would have a
draw like this but here we are.
1241
01:01:49,132 --> 01:01:53,392
I've got my old race suits.
1242
01:01:53,492 --> 01:01:56,631
Um, from when I used
to race at the Bathurst 1000.
1243
01:01:56,731 --> 01:01:58,971
It's just nice to have them.
1244
01:02:01,291 --> 01:02:03,111
[Renee] Starting my OnlyFans,
1245
01:02:03,211 --> 01:02:04,471
it was probably one
of the best things
1246
01:02:04,571 --> 01:02:07,631
to have ever happened to me,
to be honest.
1247
01:02:07,731 --> 01:02:10,710
But, all of the stress and
pressure from my weight
1248
01:02:10,810 --> 01:02:15,430
and how I looked through my
whole career in motorsport...
1249
01:02:15,530 --> 01:02:20,970
It just sort of had effects
later on, um, in life for me.
1250
01:02:23,009 --> 01:02:25,549
I had lipo on my chin,
lipo on my back,
1251
01:02:25,649 --> 01:02:30,429
lipo on my arms,
lipo on my belly.
1252
01:02:30,529 --> 01:02:34,069
I just felt that I had
this unwritten rule
1253
01:02:34,169 --> 01:02:35,349
that I finally had
the opportunity
1254
01:02:35,449 --> 01:02:37,628
to make myself look the
way that I had been told
1255
01:02:37,728 --> 01:02:39,068
I should have looked
for so long.
1256
01:02:39,168 --> 01:02:40,948
So I just went and did it.
1257
01:02:41,048 --> 01:02:43,188
So I got my boobs done, twice.
1258
01:02:43,288 --> 01:02:45,828
Had two Brazilian butt lifts,
1259
01:02:45,928 --> 01:02:49,668
and then I have had lots of
Botox in my face as well,
1260
01:02:49,768 --> 01:02:51,767
to the point where
it doesn't move.
1261
01:02:55,207 --> 01:02:58,607
All of a sudden I, I think it
like all caught up with me.
1262
01:03:02,607 --> 01:03:06,886
[pensive electronic music]
1263
01:03:10,006 --> 01:03:13,086
[Renee] I need to face my past.
1264
01:03:17,406 --> 01:03:21,445
[birds calling]
1265
01:03:22,725 --> 01:03:25,605
[truck revving]
1266
01:03:32,964 --> 01:03:34,964
[hand brake clicking]
1267
01:03:35,284 --> 01:03:37,284
What's this one?
1268
01:03:37,684 --> 01:03:38,624
None of those.
1269
01:03:38,724 --> 01:03:41,444
You don't want to be looking
at any school photos.
1270
01:03:42,884 --> 01:03:43,944
[Ray] Well it's been
a long time since
1271
01:03:44,044 --> 01:03:45,784
I've looked at any of these.
1272
01:03:45,884 --> 01:03:48,023
[Renee] My mum used to
make me scrapbook
1273
01:03:48,123 --> 01:03:50,723
and then I just did it for fun.
1274
01:03:52,683 --> 01:03:54,863
That's when we got hooked.
1275
01:03:54,963 --> 01:03:57,743
My only skill,
pouring petrol in.
1276
01:03:57,843 --> 01:03:59,583
[Renee] Oh you couldn't even
do that properly sometimes.
1277
01:03:59,683 --> 01:04:01,742
[Ray chuckling]
1278
01:04:01,842 --> 01:04:05,142
[Ray] We used to pinch
a day off school,
1279
01:04:05,242 --> 01:04:09,402
and we would just do lap,
after lap, after lap, after lap.
1280
01:04:11,962 --> 01:04:14,262
[Ray] When that dream evaporated
1281
01:04:14,362 --> 01:04:17,181
I always saw it as
a missed opportunity.
1282
01:04:17,281 --> 01:04:21,641
I just could see
that she was good at it.
1283
01:04:23,561 --> 01:04:27,201
[Ray] All your Karting bibles.
I'd forgotten about these.
1284
01:04:28,041 --> 01:04:30,260
So after every session
1285
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:33,180
you'd go around and write
your description of the,
1286
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:34,620
of what happened
on the track.
1287
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:39,020
[Renee] Every single corner of
every single lap I would review.
1288
01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:40,740
So corner three -
1289
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:44,019
"I feel like I have to slow the
Kart right up to turn in,
1290
01:04:44,119 --> 01:04:46,219
"and to wait to get on the
gas at the right time."
1291
01:04:46,319 --> 01:04:48,579
And the mid corner - "I feel
if I get the entry right,
1292
01:04:48,679 --> 01:04:50,619
"I should be able to get
on the gas at the apex.
1293
01:04:50,719 --> 01:04:52,799
"Get it perfect!"
1294
01:05:12,317 --> 01:05:16,917
[funky music]
1295
01:05:18,637 --> 01:05:21,997
[truck accelerating]
1296
01:05:25,916 --> 01:05:27,696
[Renee] If I was to go back,
1297
01:05:27,796 --> 01:05:31,916
the main thing would
be to be in control.
1298
01:05:35,476 --> 01:05:38,576
To return on my terms,
not their terms.
1299
01:05:38,676 --> 01:05:40,015
To see how the
results would be
1300
01:05:40,115 --> 01:05:43,735
and to see how much
better it could be,
1301
01:05:43,835 --> 01:05:46,035
is one of the main drivers.
1302
01:05:51,715 --> 01:05:53,994
[phone dialling]
1303
01:05:55,994 --> 01:05:57,934
Oh hello,
this is Renee Gracie...
1304
01:05:58,034 --> 01:05:59,254
Oh hi, it's Renee Gracie...
1305
01:05:59,354 --> 01:06:00,134
Renee Gracie here...
1306
01:06:00,234 --> 01:06:02,814
I'm just looking for Robert
from the Daily Mail please.
1307
01:06:02,914 --> 01:06:04,214
I was wondering
if I could get in touch
1308
01:06:04,314 --> 01:06:06,414
with Steve from
Sports A.U. please.
1309
01:06:06,514 --> 01:06:07,693
Kate from The Project please.
1310
01:06:07,793 --> 01:06:10,613
Yes, so I am planning
a return to motorsport.
1311
01:06:10,713 --> 01:06:12,053
I think it's been
long enough,
1312
01:06:12,153 --> 01:06:14,493
between when I was
in a car last to now...
1313
01:06:14,593 --> 01:06:15,693
...my own circumstances...
1314
01:06:15,793 --> 01:06:16,853
[Renee] I feel like there's
no better way
1315
01:06:16,953 --> 01:06:19,173
than the buy my own
team and return!
1316
01:06:19,273 --> 01:06:20,333
[TV presenter]
And now Australia's
1317
01:06:20,433 --> 01:06:21,972
first female Supercar driver
1318
01:06:22,072 --> 01:06:23,772
is plotting her
big return to racing.
1319
01:06:23,872 --> 01:06:24,912
In fact she wants to
buy the whole team.
1320
01:06:24,912 --> 01:06:27,572
Yeah, well I've got a bit of
spare money sitting around.
1321
01:06:27,672 --> 01:06:28,932
[Sara Harris] Are you
aiming for Bathurst?
1322
01:06:29,032 --> 01:06:31,172
[Renee] Yeah. Yep.
They do wildcard entries.
1323
01:06:31,272 --> 01:06:32,572
So I thought,
why not do it again?
1324
01:06:32,672 --> 01:06:35,891
I feel like it's just a bit of a
redemption to re-join Supercars.
1325
01:06:35,991 --> 01:06:37,331
Do it at the 1000.
1326
01:06:37,431 --> 01:06:39,691
[Smy] You don't just
get into Supercars.
1327
01:06:39,791 --> 01:06:43,371
[man] She delusionally thinks
that because of her profile,
1328
01:06:43,471 --> 01:06:45,891
Supercars are just going to,
you know, thumbs up.
1329
01:06:45,991 --> 01:06:47,531
Come on, Renee.
1330
01:06:47,631 --> 01:06:49,490
[Smy] You can't just
be a wildcard.
1331
01:06:49,590 --> 01:06:50,810
I don't really watch
the racing anymore.
1332
01:06:50,910 --> 01:06:53,450
It's a little bit boring.
It's flat, very repetitive.
1333
01:06:53,550 --> 01:06:56,370
Motorsport isn't a friendly
sport for women in general,
1334
01:06:56,470 --> 01:06:58,370
let alone women
doing what I'm doing.
1335
01:06:58,470 --> 01:07:00,290
A lot of people are going
to make it difficult
1336
01:07:00,390 --> 01:07:01,450
for me to come back in.
1337
01:07:01,550 --> 01:07:02,330
[phone ringing]
1338
01:07:02,430 --> 01:07:03,369
Hello, Renee Gracie speaking.
1339
01:07:03,469 --> 01:07:04,969
[Smy] Supercars isn't
going to help you
1340
01:07:05,069 --> 01:07:06,689
if you're super
critical of them...
1341
01:07:06,789 --> 01:07:07,969
...uh, either.
1342
01:07:08,069 --> 01:07:09,089
I think it needs some spice.
1343
01:07:09,189 --> 01:07:11,249
A female racing car driver
who's done porn,
1344
01:07:11,349 --> 01:07:12,649
I think that'll bring lots
of eyes to the TV.
1345
01:07:12,749 --> 01:07:14,769
[man] It's just
a publicity stunt.
1346
01:07:14,869 --> 01:07:17,768
It's probably going to sell
her more, um, OnlyFans.
1347
01:07:17,868 --> 01:07:19,288
If I can get back to Bathurst
1348
01:07:19,388 --> 01:07:22,328
I'll be bringing the pussywagon
back out, that's for sure.
1349
01:07:22,428 --> 01:07:24,428
[photographer]
That's great, perfect.
1350
01:07:32,547 --> 01:07:33,967
Ten.
1351
01:07:34,067 --> 01:07:37,447
[Renee] It's very important
to have eyes on the story.
1352
01:07:37,547 --> 01:07:40,287
It's quite easy to sort of shut
it down in the background.
1353
01:07:40,387 --> 01:07:41,607
It's definitely
keeping them honest
1354
01:07:41,707 --> 01:07:44,507
and holding them
accountable for what they do.
1355
01:07:46,226 --> 01:07:48,926
The 1000 was a
point of my career
1356
01:07:49,026 --> 01:07:51,566
that I think made and broke me
all at the same time.
1357
01:07:51,666 --> 01:07:53,846
So I think there's
a bit of redemption,
1358
01:07:53,946 --> 01:07:55,846
of going back into the 1000.
1359
01:07:55,946 --> 01:07:57,966
To show and prove
that I can do it
1360
01:07:58,066 --> 01:08:01,605
and be a successful
racing car driver.
1361
01:08:01,705 --> 01:08:03,705
What ya doing?
1362
01:08:08,385 --> 01:08:12,625
[tense music]
1363
01:08:27,464 --> 01:08:29,363
"Former Supercar driver,
Renee Gracie,
1364
01:08:29,463 --> 01:08:33,123
"was hoping to make her comeback
in this year's Bathurst 1000,
1365
01:08:33,223 --> 01:08:36,603
"but it seems the sport's
governing body isn't buying it,
1366
01:08:36,703 --> 01:08:40,043
"branding her move
a publicity stunt.
1367
01:08:40,143 --> 01:08:44,162
"She is just using the
sport to sell more videos.
1368
01:08:44,262 --> 01:08:46,162
"It's not even worth
commenting on
1369
01:08:46,262 --> 01:08:49,382
"because it's just not
going to happen."
1370
01:08:51,542 --> 01:08:55,362
Burns a little fire inside
of me to prove a point
1371
01:08:55,462 --> 01:08:57,461
and prove them wrong.
1372
01:09:02,421 --> 01:09:03,481
[Renee] Called Dad up
and I was like,
1373
01:09:03,581 --> 01:09:07,241
we need to work out how we
get back into the Bathurst 1000.
1374
01:09:07,341 --> 01:09:09,321
He's just like who are we
going to get for a manager?
1375
01:09:09,421 --> 01:09:11,420
I was like,
isn't that obvious?
1376
01:09:15,740 --> 01:09:19,820
[funky hip-hop music]
1377
01:09:31,099 --> 01:09:33,519
You get her out on the track,
and you can do it.
1378
01:09:33,619 --> 01:09:35,599
Think of the fun we'll have.
Alright, done.
1379
01:09:35,699 --> 01:09:36,719
[Ray] Moving back this time,
1380
01:09:36,819 --> 01:09:41,558
it was important she be in
total control of everything.
1381
01:09:41,658 --> 01:09:43,598
My job was to
help her do that,
1382
01:09:43,698 --> 01:09:46,558
to make sure that we go with
somebody we can trust.
1383
01:09:46,658 --> 01:09:48,898
How on earth am I going
to go racing again?
1384
01:09:51,538 --> 01:09:53,917
[Renee] But what else is there
that's not Supercar
1385
01:09:54,017 --> 01:09:56,077
or something that has
a chance to leapfrog you
1386
01:09:56,177 --> 01:09:57,717
into the Bathurst 1000?
1387
01:09:57,817 --> 01:10:01,357
My initial first thoughts was
to go back into Porsche.
1388
01:10:01,457 --> 01:10:02,677
[Renee] I had many people
1389
01:10:02,777 --> 01:10:04,077
who would answer my
phone calls and go,
1390
01:10:04,177 --> 01:10:04,957
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
1391
01:10:05,057 --> 01:10:06,156
Okay, that's great.
1392
01:10:06,256 --> 01:10:07,236
[Renee] And then two weeks later
1393
01:10:07,336 --> 01:10:08,136
they're not returning
my phone calls
1394
01:10:08,136 --> 01:10:10,556
and they've just like
completely ghosted me.
1395
01:10:10,656 --> 01:10:12,436
I did hear that there
were other teams saying,
1396
01:10:12,536 --> 01:10:14,796
"Don't let her back in here
and that'd be a disgrace."
1397
01:10:14,896 --> 01:10:16,316
And that's when
things started to get
1398
01:10:16,416 --> 01:10:17,916
a little bit tense and tricky.
1399
01:10:18,016 --> 01:10:19,156
[phone chimes]
1400
01:10:19,256 --> 01:10:24,295
[Renee] Then I got a text
message from the GT Series.
1401
01:10:25,415 --> 01:10:28,615
[cars roaring]
1402
01:10:30,135 --> 01:10:32,075
[narrator] The GT World
Challenge features
1403
01:10:32,175 --> 01:10:35,754
some of the most extreme
race cars in the world.
1404
01:10:35,854 --> 01:10:38,994
Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini,
Mercedes AMG,
1405
01:10:39,094 --> 01:10:40,434
and the GT World Challenge
1406
01:10:40,534 --> 01:10:43,594
is racing circuits
across the globe.
1407
01:10:43,694 --> 01:10:44,994
[Renee] It's very exciting.
1408
01:10:45,094 --> 01:10:48,333
It's a unique category that's
coming into Australia.
1409
01:10:50,093 --> 01:10:52,713
We started to chat
with the GT guys
1410
01:10:52,813 --> 01:10:53,673
and they basically said,
1411
01:10:53,773 --> 01:10:56,313
"We want you and
we want to support you.
1412
01:10:56,413 --> 01:10:58,273
"What can we do
to help you?
1413
01:10:58,373 --> 01:11:02,133
"It has a chance to leapfrog you
into a wildcard at Bathurst."
1414
01:11:03,292 --> 01:11:06,832
Then I thought of Mark Griffith.
1415
01:11:06,932 --> 01:11:09,312
[Renee] Griffo is one of the
main team owners
1416
01:11:09,412 --> 01:11:11,192
on the GT Series.
1417
01:11:11,292 --> 01:11:14,032
He races cars himself.
1418
01:11:14,132 --> 01:11:17,111
This is what GT racing's
all about. Cool cars.
1419
01:11:17,211 --> 01:11:19,631
[Griffith] Renee's dad
had already told me
1420
01:11:19,731 --> 01:11:22,271
that she couldn't go and race
in some of the other places.
1421
01:11:22,371 --> 01:11:24,911
They either didn't
want her or it didn't fit
1422
01:11:25,011 --> 01:11:28,031
or they're just dickheads -
1423
01:11:28,131 --> 01:11:29,831
which is a bit disappointing.
1424
01:11:29,931 --> 01:11:32,030
A bit narrow minded in
this day and age as well.
1425
01:11:32,130 --> 01:11:33,470
And he rang me and said,
1426
01:11:33,570 --> 01:11:36,830
"So can Renee run a
GT car and be with you?"
1427
01:11:36,930 --> 01:11:38,230
And the answer was, "Yes."
1428
01:11:38,330 --> 01:11:40,310
We're going to
get you into GT 3.
1429
01:11:40,410 --> 01:11:44,110
[Griffith] We set some standard
ground rules that said,
1430
01:11:44,210 --> 01:11:45,989
she's just there to race cars,
1431
01:11:46,089 --> 01:11:49,069
we don't go to OnlyFans
parties or any of that.
1432
01:11:49,169 --> 01:11:51,029
Whether they have them
or not I don't know, but,
1433
01:11:51,129 --> 01:11:53,729
if you find out you let us know
because we're not going.
1434
01:11:55,689 --> 01:11:58,548
[Renee] My original
plan to return,
1435
01:11:58,648 --> 01:12:00,868
I just was thinking like the
only way I'm going to do this
1436
01:12:00,968 --> 01:12:02,708
is if I just buy
my own bloody car,
1437
01:12:02,808 --> 01:12:05,628
if I buy my own
race team.
1438
01:12:05,728 --> 01:12:09,948
And then all of a sudden,
the right opportunity arose.
1439
01:12:10,048 --> 01:12:11,748
I've got a sponsor on board
1440
01:12:11,848 --> 01:12:14,007
and you might have heard
of them before.
1441
01:12:16,287 --> 01:12:20,007
[upbeat music]
1442
01:12:47,045 --> 01:12:49,025
[Renee] It's not me putting in
any money to go racing,
1443
01:12:49,125 --> 01:12:51,465
they've actually given me
a budget and money,
1444
01:12:51,565 --> 01:12:53,565
to do the full series.
1445
01:12:56,324 --> 01:12:58,104
[Griffith] Once the
green light got clicked
1446
01:12:58,204 --> 01:13:00,884
we needed to be in Perth
in two weeks time.
1447
01:13:06,644 --> 01:13:09,863
[Renee] In the last six months
I've trained really hard,
1448
01:13:09,963 --> 01:13:11,343
I've lost twelve kilos.
1449
01:13:11,443 --> 01:13:14,503
I'm feeling strong
and I'm feeling fit.
1450
01:13:14,603 --> 01:13:16,603
Yeah, I think I'm ready.
1451
01:13:25,242 --> 01:13:27,242
[Renee] Ugh!
1452
01:13:30,882 --> 01:13:33,582
"Unfortunately we are
unable to accommodate
1453
01:13:33,682 --> 01:13:36,182
"external filming.
1454
01:13:36,282 --> 01:13:41,861
"We wish you the best with your
documentary project. Regards."
1455
01:13:41,961 --> 01:13:44,621
[Renee] The first round
is the Supercar round.
1456
01:13:44,721 --> 01:13:47,641
That means they have
control of the situation.
1457
01:13:48,801 --> 01:13:50,901
I just think it's such crap.
1458
01:13:51,001 --> 01:13:53,140
I've done media at
Supercar events before.
1459
01:13:53,240 --> 01:13:54,580
I did it for six years
of my life.
1460
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:57,980
I knew that they would probably
try and control the situation
1461
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:00,780
and I feel like that's probably
how they're going to be
1462
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:03,320
all year, is it's just
going to be, "No".
1463
01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:09,239
["Are You Flirting With Me"
by OzzySynthMaster playing]
1464
01:14:13,559 --> 01:14:15,579
♪ Are you flirting with me ♪
1465
01:14:15,679 --> 01:14:18,019
♪ Are you in love with me ♪
1466
01:14:18,119 --> 01:14:20,178
♪ Are you flirting ♪
1467
01:14:20,278 --> 01:14:22,818
♪ 'Cause it ain't working ♪
1468
01:14:22,918 --> 01:14:25,178
♪ Are you flirting with me ♪
1469
01:14:25,278 --> 01:14:27,578
♪ Are you in love with me ♪
1470
01:14:27,678 --> 01:14:29,858
♪ Are you flirting ♪
1471
01:14:29,958 --> 01:14:32,158
♪ 'Cause it ain't working ♪
1472
01:14:34,317 --> 01:14:38,877
♪ Are you flirting
'Cause it ain't working ♪
1473
01:14:41,917 --> 01:14:44,357
[alarm bell chiming]
1474
01:14:45,717 --> 01:14:47,716
[alarm stops]
1475
01:14:49,756 --> 01:14:51,916
- [Ray] Morning.
- Hi Dad.
1476
01:14:56,116 --> 01:14:59,256
[Renee] Today is race day.
1477
01:14:59,356 --> 01:15:02,175
This is the first time that I'm
going to be in this race car.
1478
01:15:02,275 --> 01:15:05,415
I only saw it for the first
time the other day.
1479
01:15:05,515 --> 01:15:08,315
I haven't driven it.
I haven't even started it.
1480
01:15:09,755 --> 01:15:10,855
I feel like everyone
1481
01:15:10,955 --> 01:15:13,015
just always expects me
to be slow and crash.
1482
01:15:13,115 --> 01:15:14,575
[Ray] It's been a while too.
1483
01:15:14,675 --> 01:15:16,574
- [Renee] It's been so long...
- [Ray] It's been six years
1484
01:15:16,674 --> 01:15:17,934
since you've been
in a car this fast.
1485
01:15:18,034 --> 01:15:19,614
[Renee] Everyone thinks
that I always used to be shit
1486
01:15:19,714 --> 01:15:20,534
when I used to race.
1487
01:15:20,634 --> 01:15:23,534
How could I possibly come
back and be good? So...
1488
01:15:23,634 --> 01:15:24,574
I think deep down though,
1489
01:15:24,674 --> 01:15:27,774
it applies a lot of pressure
to Renee to get a result.
1490
01:15:27,874 --> 01:15:30,013
Pressure to not look bad.
1491
01:15:30,113 --> 01:15:33,713
You've just got to ignore that
and stick to your own plan.
1492
01:15:43,513 --> 01:15:45,092
[Renee] Yeah,
we'll see if we can get in.
1493
01:15:45,192 --> 01:15:47,592
I don't know about your camera
but we'll soon find out.
1494
01:15:51,592 --> 01:15:52,732
[Ray] Yeah, this is
the entry gate.
1495
01:15:52,832 --> 01:15:53,872
[Renee] I might - do we
just pull over here?
1496
01:15:53,872 --> 01:15:55,952
[Ray] Just pull to the side.
1497
01:15:57,592 --> 01:15:59,291
[Ray] Unwire us
and unplug us.
1498
01:15:59,391 --> 01:16:01,391
[Renee] Yeah.
1499
01:16:06,111 --> 01:16:07,651
[announcer]
Race 1 in round 2
1500
01:16:07,751 --> 01:16:09,991
of GT World Challenge,
Australia.
1501
01:16:11,751 --> 01:16:13,410
[Ruggiero] I mean,
I was even watching
1502
01:16:13,510 --> 01:16:14,370
a first round with Renee
1503
01:16:14,470 --> 01:16:17,730
and I was just waiting to see
Renee's car on, on the broadcast
1504
01:16:17,830 --> 01:16:21,130
and, um, funnily enough
I didn't see her very much,
1505
01:16:21,230 --> 01:16:23,770
and I'm wondering why.
1506
01:16:23,870 --> 01:16:26,969
[Renee] I've heard whispers that
there was a directive handed out
1507
01:16:27,069 --> 01:16:29,169
to anyone who had
a camera in their hand
1508
01:16:29,269 --> 01:16:31,269
to not show me.
1509
01:16:33,309 --> 01:16:37,669
[cars roaring]
[birds calling]
1510
01:16:42,468 --> 01:16:44,128
[announcer] It's a very
good morning here
1511
01:16:44,228 --> 01:16:45,968
at the Phillip Island
Grand Prix circuit,
1512
01:16:46,068 --> 01:16:48,528
as you can see right now...
1513
01:16:48,628 --> 01:16:51,128
[Renee] We are at the
Shannons SpeedSeries round
1514
01:16:51,228 --> 01:16:52,648
at Phillip Island.
1515
01:16:52,748 --> 01:16:53,848
From the weekend,
1516
01:16:53,948 --> 01:16:56,247
I expect to and
hope to finish.
1517
01:16:56,347 --> 01:16:58,007
That's the main thing.
1518
01:16:58,107 --> 01:17:01,087
We were obviously at Perth,
um, only two weeks ago.
1519
01:17:01,187 --> 01:17:03,567
I stayed clean,
I didn't crash.
1520
01:17:03,667 --> 01:17:06,487
But the track's
low risk in Perth.
1521
01:17:06,587 --> 01:17:07,847
It's going to be pretty
hectic around here
1522
01:17:07,947 --> 01:17:09,986
because it's so fast paced.
1523
01:17:12,266 --> 01:17:15,406
Oh, one thing I do actually want
to do, is I want to stretch.
1524
01:17:15,506 --> 01:17:17,766
Limber up.
1525
01:17:17,866 --> 01:17:19,366
So I've already done
a hundred push ups
1526
01:17:19,466 --> 01:17:21,966
and a four mile jog
this morning. Yeah.
1527
01:17:22,066 --> 01:17:23,885
I wanted to do it before
you all got here.
1528
01:17:23,985 --> 01:17:26,065
I didn't want to, you know,
show anyone up.
1529
01:17:32,065 --> 01:17:33,765
[exhaling]
1530
01:17:33,865 --> 01:17:35,645
[Griffith] You're
four minutes late.
1531
01:17:35,745 --> 01:17:37,744
[Renee] Right.
1532
01:17:43,744 --> 01:17:48,144
[Renee] I'd never driven a
GT car ever, before Perth.
1533
01:17:49,944 --> 01:17:52,103
I'm still learning the car.
1534
01:17:53,543 --> 01:17:55,203
There's a lot of
media attention,
1535
01:17:55,303 --> 01:17:57,663
lots of people obviously
watching and looking.
1536
01:18:00,143 --> 01:18:02,683
What if I did crash?
1537
01:18:02,783 --> 01:18:05,982
All I want to do is prove
myself on the track.
1538
01:18:08,422 --> 01:18:10,662
- [Griffith] Just have fun.
- [Renee] Thanks.
1539
01:18:12,102 --> 01:18:14,342
[crew] Okay,
when you're ready.
1540
01:18:18,142 --> 01:18:20,141
[crew] Comfortable?
1541
01:18:20,701 --> 01:18:21,761
[crew] Cool.
1542
01:18:21,861 --> 01:18:23,861
Let's go ahead and
turn the main on.
1543
01:18:28,061 --> 01:18:30,061
[crew] And then ignition.
1544
01:18:31,381 --> 01:18:34,800
[crew] Oh okay, but I think
we need the ignition on.
1545
01:18:34,900 --> 01:18:36,680
[crew] So obviously
on and off the brakes,
1546
01:18:36,780 --> 01:18:37,520
on and off the brakes.
1547
01:18:37,620 --> 01:18:41,280
And it's not so much as a
build-up, like a Supercar.
1548
01:18:41,380 --> 01:18:43,380
It's just on it.
1549
01:18:45,340 --> 01:18:46,959
That's amazing.
1550
01:18:47,059 --> 01:18:49,059
That's even more
than what I'm after.
1551
01:18:50,779 --> 01:18:51,639
So you can do it. Okay?
1552
01:18:51,739 --> 01:18:52,679
We're about five
minutes off, okay.
1553
01:18:52,779 --> 01:18:54,779
- So I'll give you some...
- Awesome.
1554
01:19:04,258 --> 01:19:06,258
[crew] Are you alright?
1555
01:19:08,298 --> 01:19:11,498
[tense music]
1556
01:19:19,737 --> 01:19:24,757
[crew chattering]
1557
01:19:24,857 --> 01:19:27,537
[crew] Always turns right
going out of the garage.
1558
01:19:35,936 --> 01:19:39,056
[cars revving]
1559
01:19:50,815 --> 01:19:54,555
[cars roaring]
1560
01:19:54,655 --> 01:19:56,754
[commentator] GT World
Challenge, Australia.
1561
01:19:56,854 --> 01:19:59,434
An hour of racing here
at Phillip Island today.
1562
01:19:59,534 --> 01:20:03,354
Nice start, all bunched up
and ready to be unleashed
1563
01:20:03,454 --> 01:20:06,294
on a place that is
perfect for them.
1564
01:20:12,813 --> 01:20:14,673
[commentator] We jump on
board with Renee Gracie,
1565
01:20:14,773 --> 01:20:16,633
she's currently scored
in thirteenth outright.
1566
01:20:16,733 --> 01:20:18,993
Just in front is Darren Currie.
1567
01:20:19,093 --> 01:20:21,033
It's a good little fight.
1568
01:20:21,133 --> 01:20:23,713
[commentator]
Goes for the inside.
1569
01:20:23,813 --> 01:20:26,052
[commentator] Nice pass.
Got the job done.
1570
01:20:32,812 --> 01:20:35,132
[commentator] Puts that
pressure on Samadi.
1571
01:20:37,172 --> 01:20:37,932
[commentator]
Yep, looks like Renee
1572
01:20:37,932 --> 01:20:40,151
takes a position there on,
on Samadhi there.
1573
01:20:40,251 --> 01:20:44,471
So a nice clean move and
we've got - they are off!
1574
01:20:44,571 --> 01:20:47,091
He must not be able to
handle getting beaten by a girl.
1575
01:20:48,131 --> 01:20:48,991
[commentator] Worth noting,
1576
01:20:49,091 --> 01:20:51,551
it looks like Renee Gracie
nearly in the top ten.
1577
01:20:51,651 --> 01:20:54,230
Older generation Audi.
Well done.
1578
01:20:54,330 --> 01:20:56,790
Renee is actually positioned
eleventh outright
1579
01:20:56,890 --> 01:20:57,910
at the moment.
1580
01:20:58,010 --> 01:21:01,470
[crew] She's holding her own
in a lesser model car.
1581
01:21:01,570 --> 01:21:03,730
[crew] She's lapping
the car ahead of her.
1582
01:21:05,170 --> 01:21:09,389
[Griffith] She's surprising
all of us.
1583
01:21:09,489 --> 01:21:10,709
[commentator]
Last lap of the race.
1584
01:21:10,809 --> 01:21:13,549
[commentator]
Renee Gracie pleading for class.
1585
01:21:13,649 --> 01:21:16,029
She's been out of racing for
about seven years.
1586
01:21:16,129 --> 01:21:19,009
What a complete
performance this has been.
1587
01:21:20,929 --> 01:21:23,908
[commentator] A very
exciting finish to this race.
1588
01:21:24,008 --> 01:21:27,188
The final turn. Checkered flag.
1589
01:21:27,288 --> 01:21:30,328
Renee Gracie wins her class.
1590
01:21:34,248 --> 01:21:35,867
I think I nailed it pretty good
for the first time.
1591
01:21:35,967 --> 01:21:37,307
- [crew] Well done.
- Yeah, yeah.
1592
01:21:37,407 --> 01:21:38,887
[Griffith] He and I were sitting
here with smiles on our faces.
1593
01:21:38,887 --> 01:21:39,947
It was good.
1594
01:21:40,047 --> 01:21:42,047
Do you want to get a photo?
1595
01:21:44,767 --> 01:21:46,767
Cheese!
1596
01:21:49,886 --> 01:21:53,486
[cars roaring]
[operatic music]
1597
01:21:58,206 --> 01:22:01,066
[commentator] The roar of
engines fills the grandstand
1598
01:22:01,166 --> 01:22:03,865
here at Sydney Motorsport Park.
1599
01:22:03,965 --> 01:22:07,785
[commentator] And here we go,
they'll run wheel to wheel.
1600
01:22:07,885 --> 01:22:10,505
[commentator] Gracie
ahead of him.
1601
01:22:10,605 --> 01:22:12,265
[Renee] In every other race
I get better and better
1602
01:22:12,365 --> 01:22:13,145
and better and better.
1603
01:22:13,245 --> 01:22:15,505
[commentator] Renee Gracie
just off the back of this group
1604
01:22:15,605 --> 01:22:16,665
and closing.
1605
01:22:16,765 --> 01:22:19,824
[crew] She's been consistent,
hasn't made any mistakes,
1606
01:22:19,924 --> 01:22:22,144
great with her feedback.
1607
01:22:22,244 --> 01:22:23,904
I think she's just going
to get quicker and quicker
1608
01:22:24,004 --> 01:22:25,104
and further up the pack.
1609
01:22:25,204 --> 01:22:26,664
[Renee] I just fell
in love with it.
1610
01:22:26,764 --> 01:22:29,544
I was just having a
ball going racing.
1611
01:22:29,644 --> 01:22:31,104
As Renee started
winning races,
1612
01:22:31,204 --> 01:22:33,263
all of a sudden we're
sitting there thinking,
1613
01:22:33,363 --> 01:22:35,103
you could nearly win
this Championship.
1614
01:22:35,203 --> 01:22:37,303
[Griffith] She's taken on
a car she'd never driven,
1615
01:22:37,403 --> 01:22:39,263
in a category she'd
never been in.
1616
01:22:39,363 --> 01:22:41,723
She's sort of mastered it.
1617
01:22:50,122 --> 01:22:52,182
[man] The OnlyFans
sponsorship -
1618
01:22:52,282 --> 01:22:53,822
Renee isn't the
best role model.
1619
01:22:53,922 --> 01:22:55,182
Hello, how are you?
1620
01:22:55,282 --> 01:22:57,302
[man] For girls who
want to get into racing.
1621
01:22:57,402 --> 01:22:58,982
[Renee] Cheese!
1622
01:22:59,082 --> 01:23:01,261
[man] As for Renee
continuing on
1623
01:23:01,361 --> 01:23:04,461
with her business adventures
while she's in the sport,
1624
01:23:04,561 --> 01:23:05,941
it kind of sends
the wrong message.
1625
01:23:06,041 --> 01:23:08,421
[reporter] The idea of
a Bathurst reboot
1626
01:23:08,521 --> 01:23:09,861
reportedly stalling.
1627
01:23:09,961 --> 01:23:12,981
Publicly, Supercars says
it doesn't discriminate.
1628
01:23:13,081 --> 01:23:15,420
But there are claims
that privately
1629
01:23:15,520 --> 01:23:19,320
officials are dubbing the
situation 'The Gracie Circus'.
1630
01:23:23,160 --> 01:23:25,780
[Renee] People
always criticise me.
1631
01:23:25,880 --> 01:23:28,019
It really doesn't matter
what I do.
1632
01:23:28,119 --> 01:23:29,179
[Griffith] Hey let me
see who's driving.
1633
01:23:29,279 --> 01:23:31,979
- Oh you!
- Oh shit!
1634
01:23:32,079 --> 01:23:34,379
[Renee] But I find myself six
years later, I'm back racing,
1635
01:23:34,479 --> 01:23:35,139
it's just so much fun
1636
01:23:35,239 --> 01:23:37,139
and I've just loved
every second of it.
1637
01:23:37,239 --> 01:23:40,779
That makes me really not care
about anyone else's opinion
1638
01:23:40,879 --> 01:23:43,518
and as long as I'm happy
that's all that matters to me.
1639
01:23:44,678 --> 01:23:46,018
[commentator] And away they go.
1640
01:23:46,118 --> 01:23:47,578
[Renee] I did a GT4 Round,
1641
01:23:47,678 --> 01:23:49,298
so it's basically the
one below GT3.
1642
01:23:49,398 --> 01:23:51,818
[commentator] Renee Gracie's
already picked off
1643
01:23:51,918 --> 01:23:53,058
quite a few competitors.
1644
01:23:53,158 --> 01:23:56,217
She's now got Karl B
absolutely in her sight.
1645
01:23:56,317 --> 01:23:57,657
Looks to the outside.
1646
01:23:57,757 --> 01:23:59,337
Good on her,
she's switching it up.
1647
01:23:59,437 --> 01:24:00,617
She's not just following
the leader through,
1648
01:24:00,717 --> 01:24:02,697
she's trying
a different line.
1649
01:24:02,797 --> 01:24:05,017
[commentator] Ooh, there's
something gone wrong
1650
01:24:05,117 --> 01:24:06,377
with Gracie there.
1651
01:24:06,477 --> 01:24:08,857
[Griffith] We got to the car
when she came into the pits.
1652
01:24:08,957 --> 01:24:11,216
Opened the door thing and
she's about to launch
1653
01:24:11,316 --> 01:24:14,336
and out of her mouth came,
"I can't thank you enough.
1654
01:24:14,436 --> 01:24:17,816
"That's the best fucking fun
I've ever had in a race car."
1655
01:24:17,916 --> 01:24:20,136
[commentator] Gracie
gets underway again.
1656
01:24:20,236 --> 01:24:22,816
Past the
speedcafe.com car.
1657
01:24:22,916 --> 01:24:26,135
There's, uh, Paul Morris
there looking on.
1658
01:24:26,235 --> 01:24:28,495
[commentator] Have a look at
this, Renee Gracie in the 181.
1659
01:24:28,595 --> 01:24:31,735
Up into fifth position.
1660
01:24:31,835 --> 01:24:33,255
[Griffith] She's come from last.
1661
01:24:33,355 --> 01:24:36,295
She's driven through the
pack to fourth outright.
1662
01:24:36,395 --> 01:24:40,454
[commentator] Checkered flag
is out, Renee Gracie fourth.
1663
01:24:40,554 --> 01:24:45,254
It was my best weekend in my
motorsporting career ever.
1664
01:24:45,354 --> 01:24:48,994
It was honestly probably one of
the best weekends of my life.
1665
01:24:50,154 --> 01:24:51,534
[Griffith] As we stand here now
1666
01:24:51,634 --> 01:24:53,733
she's won
eight from eight races.
1667
01:24:53,833 --> 01:24:56,453
So no matter what they
all say, guess what?
1668
01:24:56,553 --> 01:24:59,173
Renee's back.
1669
01:24:59,273 --> 01:25:01,913
Now I just shake it
and spray everyone.
1670
01:25:12,912 --> 01:25:19,452
I have the wildcard
nomination form in front of me
1671
01:25:19,552 --> 01:25:21,091
for Supercars.
1672
01:25:21,191 --> 01:25:24,251
I am getting ready to apply.
1673
01:25:24,351 --> 01:25:27,291
The whole return
was to do a series
1674
01:25:27,391 --> 01:25:32,011
to show that I'm quick and
I want to return to the 1000.
1675
01:25:32,111 --> 01:25:35,010
I actually have a lot
of respect for her
1676
01:25:35,110 --> 01:25:35,930
to come back in.
1677
01:25:36,030 --> 01:25:37,890
Nothing but mad
respect for her.
1678
01:25:37,990 --> 01:25:39,890
Now that I've done the
running that I've done
1679
01:25:39,990 --> 01:25:43,050
in the GT Series -
winning races.
1680
01:25:43,150 --> 01:25:45,690
So I would have enough Super
License points to apply.
1681
01:25:45,790 --> 01:25:47,090
She'll have a Super License.
1682
01:25:47,190 --> 01:25:50,009
Nothing should be stopping her
competing in the Supercars.
1683
01:25:50,109 --> 01:25:54,129
Entry fees for the wildcard
event is $50,000.
1684
01:25:54,229 --> 01:25:57,609
"Provide evidence that the
applicant has financial capacity
1685
01:25:57,709 --> 01:25:59,709
"to operate a wildcard."
1686
01:26:00,789 --> 01:26:02,169
Tick, tick, tick, tick.
1687
01:26:02,269 --> 01:26:05,128
"Outline a proposed marketing
and PR strategy
1688
01:26:05,228 --> 01:26:06,648
"for the wildcard,
1689
01:26:06,748 --> 01:26:09,648
"including assisting Supercars
with local and national media."
1690
01:26:09,748 --> 01:26:12,528
What she will do is she will
bring people to the sport.
1691
01:26:12,628 --> 01:26:13,968
Because back in the day
I used to love watching
1692
01:26:14,068 --> 01:26:15,968
all the big personalities
of our sport.
1693
01:26:16,068 --> 01:26:19,367
There's no one the fans
can really warm to or like
1694
01:26:19,467 --> 01:26:21,647
because it's all
quite sanitised.
1695
01:26:21,747 --> 01:26:22,767
If you want to be on TV
1696
01:26:22,867 --> 01:26:26,607
and you want an audience,
you need entertainment.
1697
01:26:26,707 --> 01:26:30,367
[Renee] We well and truly meet
this wildcard requirement,
1698
01:26:30,467 --> 01:26:32,486
like hands down,
not even a question,
1699
01:26:32,586 --> 01:26:36,646
and I've done it before and
I know that I can do it again.
1700
01:26:36,746 --> 01:26:40,686
The past two years has
been leading to this day.
1701
01:26:40,786 --> 01:26:45,345
To get to this point.
I am ready for it.
1702
01:26:54,825 --> 01:26:56,205
[Renee] I'm on my way
to Griffo's,
1703
01:26:56,305 --> 01:26:59,124
he called me and told me
that he has some news
1704
01:26:59,224 --> 01:27:04,204
about attaching me to a team
for the Bathurst 1000.
1705
01:27:04,304 --> 01:27:06,984
I've got a really
good feeling about it.
1706
01:27:15,143 --> 01:27:20,443
[Griffith] So last week, without
you sort of knowing fully.
1707
01:27:20,543 --> 01:27:21,483
[Renee] Hmm...
1708
01:27:21,583 --> 01:27:26,563
I spoke to a couple of V8
Supercar teams that I know well,
1709
01:27:26,663 --> 01:27:29,162
and I just asked the question.
1710
01:27:29,262 --> 01:27:33,522
If there was a possibility of
a wildcard thing, would...
1711
01:27:33,622 --> 01:27:35,942
And both of them
were interested.
1712
01:27:37,022 --> 01:27:37,922
Okay.
1713
01:27:38,022 --> 01:27:39,722
[Griffith] Then they came
back to me and said,
1714
01:27:39,822 --> 01:27:43,321
they've spoken to V8 and
they've said, "No way".
1715
01:27:43,421 --> 01:27:45,981
They would never give
you a license back.
1716
01:27:49,021 --> 01:27:49,881
Yeah...
1717
01:27:49,981 --> 01:27:51,601
[Renee] So the teams
agreed but Supercars...
1718
01:27:51,701 --> 01:27:54,661
[Griffith] Yes, teams agreed.
Supercars didn't.
1719
01:27:56,300 --> 01:27:57,400
Yep...
1720
01:27:57,500 --> 01:28:00,460
It's done. It's all over.
1721
01:28:01,940 --> 01:28:04,720
It's their show.
They can do it.
1722
01:28:04,820 --> 01:28:06,320
[Griffith]
With all that in mind.
1723
01:28:06,420 --> 01:28:07,480
Yep.
1724
01:28:07,580 --> 01:28:10,439
[Griffith] I think GT racing is
the better thing for you anyway.
1725
01:28:10,539 --> 01:28:11,879
Yep.
1726
01:28:11,979 --> 01:28:16,019
[audio distorts and fades]
1727
01:28:22,219 --> 01:28:25,978
[gentle music]
1728
01:28:28,698 --> 01:28:32,058
[birds calling]
1729
01:28:36,858 --> 01:28:38,877
[Renee] There was
a lot of reasons why
1730
01:28:38,977 --> 01:28:43,317
I wanted to return to the 1000.
1731
01:28:43,417 --> 01:28:46,837
I really felt that within myself
if I had the best of everything
1732
01:28:46,937 --> 01:28:49,017
I really could have
proved myself.
1733
01:28:54,176 --> 01:28:58,636
It was the perfect time
to finally come back,
1734
01:28:58,736 --> 01:29:00,896
and take a stand.
1735
01:29:04,496 --> 01:29:09,435
But fighting an industry that
has power, that has money,
1736
01:29:09,535 --> 01:29:12,635
that has the strength to fight
back and, you know,
1737
01:29:12,735 --> 01:29:13,915
you're just a small fish.
1738
01:29:14,015 --> 01:29:16,015
It's, it's virtually impossible.
1739
01:29:20,054 --> 01:29:23,594
I wanted to return to make
an industry and a sport
1740
01:29:23,694 --> 01:29:27,594
that is so set in its ways,
change its ways.
1741
01:29:27,694 --> 01:29:32,094
But it's almost impossible to
get through or to break it.
1742
01:29:34,053 --> 01:29:37,173
There's literally nothing
that I can do about it.
1743
01:29:44,413 --> 01:29:46,953
[commentator] Great battles,
fierce performance
1744
01:29:47,053 --> 01:29:49,552
and cementing yourself
in the history books.
1745
01:29:49,652 --> 01:29:55,392
Brace yourself Australia for
another Bathurst 1000.
1746
01:29:55,492 --> 01:29:58,172
[muffled commentary]
1747
01:30:03,371 --> 01:30:05,911
[Renee] Simona de Silvestro
was chosen
1748
01:30:06,011 --> 01:30:08,891
for the wildcard
entry at Bathurst.
1749
01:30:10,291 --> 01:30:13,971
She's the only girl to
race since we raced.
1750
01:30:16,770 --> 01:30:18,430
[commentator] But oh no,
we've got drama
1751
01:30:18,530 --> 01:30:19,630
on the Top of the Mountain.
1752
01:30:19,730 --> 01:30:23,150
Oh, he hits the back of
Simona de Silvestro's car
1753
01:30:23,250 --> 01:30:25,910
and she's been spun
around off the track.
1754
01:30:26,010 --> 01:30:30,029
I'm not sure that
was a legal move.
1755
01:30:30,129 --> 01:30:36,009
[Renee] Ooh, it's clearly the
exact same as when I left.
1756
01:30:39,689 --> 01:30:40,989
[Renee] On the other side,
1757
01:30:41,089 --> 01:30:43,788
the GT offered basically
everything and anything
1758
01:30:43,888 --> 01:30:46,408
that, um, Supercars
never offered.
1759
01:30:48,168 --> 01:30:52,688
I have had so much fun
this year - GT racing.
1760
01:30:54,848 --> 01:30:56,588
It's to the point where
it's like, why would I,
1761
01:30:56,688 --> 01:30:58,687
why would I go back?
1762
01:30:59,647 --> 01:31:01,647
Fuck Supercars!
1763
01:31:04,367 --> 01:31:08,927
[funky music]
1764
01:31:12,966 --> 01:31:16,246
[Renee] We are at
Queensland Raceway.
1765
01:31:18,126 --> 01:31:22,066
The pressure is on
for the Championship.
1766
01:31:22,166 --> 01:31:24,786
All she has to do
today is finish.
1767
01:31:24,886 --> 01:31:28,585
She finishes this, she's going
to tie this Championship up
1768
01:31:28,685 --> 01:31:32,025
and be a title holder.
1769
01:31:32,125 --> 01:31:34,525
And she'll be the
first girl to do it. Yep.
1770
01:31:37,165 --> 01:31:39,105
This is a track where
tyres explode
1771
01:31:39,205 --> 01:31:41,744
and like rupture
quite often.
1772
01:31:41,844 --> 01:31:44,264
They just go bang and
cause lots of damage
1773
01:31:44,364 --> 01:31:45,744
because you're going
like kilometres an hour
1774
01:31:45,844 --> 01:31:48,524
through a corner.
You can crash.
1775
01:31:49,844 --> 01:31:51,464
[Renee] There's always a
chance you won't finish
1776
01:31:51,564 --> 01:31:52,864
and that's motorsport.
1777
01:31:52,964 --> 01:31:56,483
It could be mechanical,
someone could take you out.
1778
01:31:59,403 --> 01:32:01,183
But I want to do this.
1779
01:32:01,283 --> 01:32:02,903
I want to win the
Championship.
1780
01:32:03,003 --> 01:32:05,003
[engine starting]
1781
01:32:07,163 --> 01:32:08,862
[car accelerating]
1782
01:32:08,962 --> 01:32:11,082
[Renee] I really,
really want this.
1783
01:32:21,362 --> 01:32:25,881
[steady breathing]
1784
01:32:30,681 --> 01:32:32,301
[commentator]
Away we go.
1785
01:32:32,401 --> 01:32:35,061
Fanatec GT World
Challenge Australia.
1786
01:32:35,161 --> 01:32:37,180
Look at them into one!
1787
01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:39,780
Tander, bit of
a contact there.
1788
01:32:39,880 --> 01:32:42,420
Game on!
1789
01:32:42,520 --> 01:32:43,980
[commentator] Banging doors,
side by side,
1790
01:32:44,080 --> 01:32:46,080
still on the exit of Turn 2.
1791
01:32:50,519 --> 01:32:52,899
[commentator] You can see the
cars really bouncing around
1792
01:32:52,999 --> 01:32:54,939
on the way into Turn 1.
1793
01:32:55,039 --> 01:32:57,199
Picking up a little bit of
dust and dirt and salt.
1794
01:32:59,199 --> 01:33:02,419
[commentator] Renee Gracie,
leading class.
1795
01:33:02,519 --> 01:33:04,378
Remember, eyeing up the title.
1796
01:33:04,478 --> 01:33:06,698
Alright, Abbie's
come off the road
1797
01:33:06,798 --> 01:33:09,938
and Ross Poulakis spun
as well, that's Turn 1.
1798
01:33:10,038 --> 01:33:11,338
[Ray] Oooh...
1799
01:33:11,438 --> 01:33:13,698
[commentator]
Fires across to the infield.
1800
01:33:13,798 --> 01:33:16,898
That is terrifying.
1801
01:33:16,998 --> 01:33:19,617
[commentator] Cars moving
around on cold tyres.
1802
01:33:19,717 --> 01:33:20,697
It is hot and slick out there
1803
01:33:20,797 --> 01:33:24,057
so could it be affecting
their balance.
1804
01:33:24,157 --> 01:33:26,137
Oh, another wild moment.
1805
01:33:26,237 --> 01:33:28,677
[Griffiths] We're a little
nervous at the moment.
1806
01:33:32,277 --> 01:33:35,836
[commentator] Oh yeah.
Oh nasty incident there...
1807
01:33:37,996 --> 01:33:40,256
[commentator] Riding on board
with Renee Gracie at the moment,
1808
01:33:40,356 --> 01:33:42,216
chasing down another car.
1809
01:33:42,316 --> 01:33:42,836
[Tayla] Come on, Renee.
1810
01:33:42,836 --> 01:33:44,736
Come on, get up on
the inside of him.
1811
01:33:44,836 --> 01:33:45,976
[Ray] She's got him
right in that corner.
1812
01:33:46,076 --> 01:33:47,335
She's held him
through that turn.
1813
01:33:47,435 --> 01:33:49,415
Now she's got to get him
on the straight again.
1814
01:33:49,515 --> 01:33:51,455
Hold him on the straight.
1815
01:33:51,555 --> 01:33:53,335
I was trying to understand
what he was saying.
1816
01:33:53,435 --> 01:33:58,295
I was doing this,
"Yes, the straight, yes."
1817
01:33:58,395 --> 01:34:01,974
[Commentator] Oh, another puff
of dusk on the exit of Turn 5.
1818
01:34:02,074 --> 01:34:03,614
Oh God.
1819
01:34:03,714 --> 01:34:08,334
[commentator] I think
we have an Audi off.
1820
01:34:08,434 --> 01:34:10,994
[commentator] Let's look here
on the replay Moff.
1821
01:34:12,434 --> 01:34:14,953
[commentator]
Oh so it was through Turn 6.
1822
01:34:27,193 --> 01:34:29,232
[roaring]
1823
01:34:34,232 --> 01:34:35,492
[commentator] A minute,
forty-five to go.
1824
01:34:35,592 --> 01:34:38,992
We're running out of laps.
Race to the finish.
1825
01:34:40,992 --> 01:34:42,452
[commentator] It's just
a matter of finishing
1826
01:34:42,552 --> 01:34:45,891
and she has not put a foot
wrong so far in this race.
1827
01:34:45,991 --> 01:34:47,991
[commentator]
Oh, off he goes.
1828
01:34:49,831 --> 01:34:52,011
Come on, Renee.
1829
01:34:52,111 --> 01:34:54,091
[commentator] Heading to
the checkered flag,
1830
01:34:54,191 --> 01:34:55,651
the final one
of the weekend.
1831
01:34:55,751 --> 01:34:58,730
Fanatec GT World
Challenge Australia.
1832
01:34:58,830 --> 01:35:01,010
[commentator]
Takes the checker!
1833
01:35:01,110 --> 01:35:04,570
[crowd cheering
and applauding]
1834
01:35:04,670 --> 01:35:06,610
Oh, she's going to be
fucking happy.
1835
01:35:06,710 --> 01:35:08,690
[commentator] An Australian
title coming her way
1836
01:35:08,790 --> 01:35:11,649
after that result and a great
reflection of the season
1837
01:35:11,749 --> 01:35:13,749
that she's had.
1838
01:35:14,709 --> 01:35:16,569
That's cool, that's really cool.
1839
01:35:16,669 --> 01:35:20,369
That's a Championship all
locked up, done and dusted.
1840
01:35:20,469 --> 01:35:22,809
Yep.
1841
01:35:22,909 --> 01:35:24,609
[reporter] The title
for the Championship.
1842
01:35:24,709 --> 01:35:26,928
Renee, congratulations.
How's that sit with you?
1843
01:35:27,028 --> 01:35:28,608
Thank you.
Yeah, it's, uh, surreal.
1844
01:35:28,708 --> 01:35:29,888
I don't think it's sunk in yet.
1845
01:35:29,988 --> 01:35:33,008
I think it's deserving for
Griffo, the boys,
1846
01:35:33,108 --> 01:35:33,988
everyone who's
helped me this year
1847
01:35:33,988 --> 01:35:34,968
and taken me under his wing
1848
01:35:35,068 --> 01:35:39,048
and I can't return it any other
way except maybe a Championship.
1849
01:35:39,148 --> 01:35:40,887
- I'm going to go to the podium.
- It's already done.
1850
01:35:40,987 --> 01:35:43,647
Oh shit!
Maybe they can wait for me.
1851
01:35:43,747 --> 01:35:46,287
Sorry I had to do
hair and makeup.
1852
01:35:46,387 --> 01:35:47,807
[crew] Just put your suit
on for the podium.
1853
01:35:47,907 --> 01:35:49,127
Oh shit.
See everyone's rushing me.
1854
01:35:49,227 --> 01:35:51,287
Didn't even get to
straighten my hair.
1855
01:35:51,387 --> 01:35:52,847
Bloody stitch up.
1856
01:35:52,947 --> 01:35:54,006
[announcer] Now
on to the trophy class.
1857
01:35:54,106 --> 01:35:57,586
Winner in the trophy class,
Renee Gracie!
1858
01:35:58,226 --> 01:36:00,226
Yes!
1859
01:36:04,746 --> 01:36:06,686
[Renee] I definitely think
I've reignited
1860
01:36:06,786 --> 01:36:08,445
what I already knew
that I had.
1861
01:36:08,545 --> 01:36:11,725
And I've just loved
every second of it.
1862
01:36:11,825 --> 01:36:14,485
Thanks guys. It's all yours.
Have a swig.
1863
01:36:14,585 --> 01:36:17,205
[Renee] Now naturally I just
can't stop thinking about
1864
01:36:17,305 --> 01:36:19,445
next year and the year
after and the year after.
1865
01:36:19,545 --> 01:36:21,624
[Tayla] Yay!
1866
01:36:23,744 --> 01:36:29,124
[Renee] The change for women
will have to come from time.
1867
01:36:29,224 --> 01:36:32,284
[Ray] I've had more hugs today
than I've had in two years.
1868
01:36:32,384 --> 01:36:34,844
[Renee] All the old school
heads of departments,
1869
01:36:34,944 --> 01:36:37,043
time will slowly flush
all of them out
1870
01:36:37,143 --> 01:36:40,383
and it will bring through
new generations.
1871
01:36:41,423 --> 01:36:42,243
They'll have to retire,
1872
01:36:42,343 --> 01:36:44,443
they can't keep working
when they're eighty.
1873
01:36:44,543 --> 01:36:46,723
Really great on Turn 2.
1874
01:36:46,823 --> 01:36:48,283
[all laughing]
1875
01:36:48,383 --> 01:36:50,642
[Ray] As you would bloody know.
1876
01:36:50,742 --> 01:36:53,442
[Ray] There was times
in Go Karting
1877
01:36:53,542 --> 01:36:55,962
that were just spectacular.
1878
01:36:56,062 --> 01:36:59,482
There was times in Porsche
that were spectacular.
1879
01:36:59,582 --> 01:37:02,442
But now she's achieved
what I believe
1880
01:37:02,542 --> 01:37:04,541
she was always
capable of.
1881
01:37:05,061 --> 01:37:07,061
Winning.
1882
01:37:12,661 --> 01:37:14,661
No tissues.
1883
01:37:15,021 --> 01:37:16,521
Bloody hell.
1884
01:37:16,621 --> 01:37:17,880
It's ridiculous.
1885
01:37:17,980 --> 01:37:19,520
Thank God you're not
going to put this on film
1886
01:37:19,620 --> 01:37:21,620
because no one
will believe you.
1887
01:37:24,020 --> 01:37:26,020
It's about Renee.
1888
01:37:28,740 --> 01:37:31,620
[upbeat music]