Renee Gracie’s offer for a Bathurst 1000 wild card appears to be over for now, but the adult-actor driver already has other plans.
Supercars driver-turned-adult entertainer Renee Gracie is reportedly set to miss a Bathurst 1000 wild card after revealing plans to pursue the dream.
Last month, Gracie revealed plans to spend $ 1 million to make a comeback to the sport she left in 2017.
The former two-time Bathurst 1000 competitor said she will use the money she’s made from her adult entertainment career at OnlyFans – where she told news.com.au that she makes “six figures a month” – to help her to buy their own team as part of a plan to start next year at the legendary Bathurst 1000.
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The Daily Telegraph has reported that Supercars officials called the news a “publicity stunt” and did not expect it to apply.
“She only uses the sport to sell more videos. It’s not even worth commenting on because it won’t happen, “the report said, citing an official.
But Gracie also has some hoops she can potentially jump through if she wants to go supercars again.
She would need to ensure that her super license is still valid, and if not, ensure that she can qualify with 13 points under the FIA or Motorsport Australia Superlicence point system in the past five years.
She would then either have to be a top 6 driver in the Super2 series, have driven three rounds of the Supercars championship in the last five years, six rounds of the Supercars Super2 series in the last three years or at least one gold FIA Own worth driver categorization.
If she doesn’t meet the criteria, she can apply for an exemption which will be reviewed by Motorsport Australia and the Supercars Commission.
Speaking to news.com.au last month, Gracie said she knew the supercars would be “the hard one to crack.” She also admitted that she was not involved in winning Bathurst, but rather in creating new memories and experiences.
“Bathurst, I’ve been there, I did this, it’s such a crazy thing,” she said. “You literally just have to survive and you can do it well. I think that’s a good thing about it, you don’t necessarily have to be the best to land at the top, and that has proven itself time and time again. It’s all about survival. It’s the people who are smart and clever, have a great team on board, and have been doing strategically well all weekend. That would be enough for me.
“For me it’s more of a party and I want it to be fun. I lost my passion for racing because racing was such a small part of it. All that other shit was just in the way and it was going to break my head. Looks how I looked, just meeting people and being scrutinized for everything I did, the race was such a small thing. “
But while the Supercars plans fall by the wayside for the time being, Gracie tries to raise money for the Black Dog Institute.
The adult entertainer set up a charity fundraiser on her OnlyFans page, where each donor receives prizes ranging from downloadable photos and screensavers for cellphones and laptops to magazines and signed posters by October 31st with a goal of raising $ 10,000 Raise dollars for the charity.
Gracie said her social media followers had chosen the Black Dog Institute, a charity focused on mental health, with many of her fans being former soldiers with PTSD.
“I’ve wanted to raise money for charity for a while. So I asked my social media followers to suggest what kind of thing they wanted to help, ”Gracie said. “Most, if not all, of my followers are male. Many are former soldiers with PTSD. You chose mental health. I suggested a number of mental health charities and the overwhelming winner chosen by my fans was the Black Dog Institute.
“It’s a great thing. The Black Dog Institute does so much good work and we should all try to support them whenever we can. So often, when talking about it and posing as vulnerable, men’s mental health is overlooked because of the perceived stigma, but that is changing and needs to change. I can’t think of a better way to join my fans, thank them with donations, and spotlight men’s mental health during Mental Health Month. “
Originally published as Renee Gracie, Bathurst 1000 is not offered a wild card
