Renee Gracie poised for racing comeback after landing new deal

She’s back. Renee Gracie’s racing comeback is officially on after securing a deal to return to the track. Here’s where and when you can see her race.

One of the most controversial stars of motorsport, female racer Renee Gracie, is officially returning to the racetrack as she attempts to prove her doubters wrong and relaunch her career behind the wheel.

A member of the first all-female Bathurst 1000 combination, Gracie quit motorsport a few years ago as she pursued riches in the world of social media.

Boasting a popular OnlyFans account that she claimed once generated $500,000 in subscriber revenue in a month in 2020, Gracie has been toying with the idea of a motorsport return revealing a desire in 2021 to race at Mount Panorama in Australia’s most famous car race again.

Gracie confirmed her new deal to race in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS at Bathurst on Saturday and will officially race in the second leg of the series in Perth later this month.

Renee Gracie is set for a racing comeback.

Former motor car racer turned porn star Renee Gracie.

“I started planning a return to the sport in 2021, which is when I started getting serious, talking to people and discovering what was possible,” Gracie said.

“The first indication was that there were challenges to find the support within the industry to make it work, so we took our time to plan and get the ideal program together.

“I was very strategic with who I worked with and who I wanted to deal with on my comeback.

“Some opportunities that presented were right and some were wrong, but the stars have aligned to pull all this together.

“Everything has worked and fallen into place and I’m really happy with everyone I am working with and who has been part of this journey.

“It was proof to me that yes, this was the time to get back into racing.”

Renee Gracie is preparing for a racing comeback. Picture: Nigel Hallett.

Gracie, now 28, said she’d plotted this return for the past two years and was determined to prove all her critics wrong.

“It’s taken two years to get to this point with some people frowning on what I wanted to do and trying to stop me or discourage me, but the fact we have got to this point shows that it doesn’t matter – and it shouldn’t matter,” she said.

“I want to get back to enjoying the sport again and get that thrill of being back behind the wheel.

“Ultimately, I want to be competitive and the program we have developed is about getting up to speed and getting to the front.

“Beyond that, there is the opportunity to compete internationally if I can put myself in a strong position here.

“I have been doing some karting, and I got behind the wheel recently and was really pleased with how quickly things came back to me.

“I honestly don’t know how I will go but it’s like riding a bike – you don’t forget.”

The Fanatec GT World Challenge features some of the most spectacular cars in the world of motorsport, from iconic brands like Mercedes-AMG, Audi, Porsche, BMW and more.

She is yet to announce which race team she will partner with, but given her international notoriety from her adult-only content online she chose this race category for that worldwide appeal.

“The series was the natural choice for me to make a racing return,” she said.

“Aside from the fact I have previous experience in GT vehicles, it’s an international category.

“What I do now means I have a lot of international fans and a lot of people who support me from overseas.

“Competing in GT World Challenge means it’s a category with a global footprint and something that my fans overseas can watch and understand – a category that’s desirable wherever you are in the world. “

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