AUDIO: Laurier Golden Hawk flying on the track
Posted Apr 2, 2015 08:08:35 AM.
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A local university student is getting ready to hit the gas, once school wraps up this spring.
By day, 19-year-old Amy Castell of Waterloo, drives a station wagon and on the weekend, she hits the track topping out at speeds of 220 km/h.
The second year Wilfrid Laurier University student is a race car driver, now into her fourth season of racing.
AUDIO: Castell chats with 570’s Lisa Drew
Her past season was great, it included her first win at the Toronto Honda Indy.
She races mostly in Bowmanville, but you can find her at tracks across Ontario in the Formula 1600 Championship.
Castell is the only woman in her division of racing.
She adds racing has become a family past time and she loves everything about it, especially when the green flag goes.
