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Carolynn
Sells
Name:
Carolynn Jayne Sells
Nickname: I have many! Usually Rik, Rikster
or Rikki
D.O.B:
06.05.1973
Star
Sign: Taurus
Height:
5' 4.5"
Place of
Birth: Preston
Occupation: Interior Design Assistant for
Cubbin and Bregazzi LTD. IOM.
Hobbies:
Motorbikes (of course!) swimming, gym and
training, travel and culture, property
restoration.
Fave
Food: A good sunday roast with all the
trimmings.
Fave
Drink: Green tea or a nice glass of red
wine.
Race
Bikes: Martin Bullock's RVF400 and
superstock CBR600RR, my own VFR400RR.
Race
Team: MBR (Martin Bullock Raceteam)
Helmet:
HJC
Leathers:
Celtic Lethers (of
course!)
Best
Race: 2003 MGP newcomers class C race
Worst
Race: My crash at Tandragee 2005 and 2005
MGP Junior race, I should have pulled in with
handling problems.
Racing
Heroes: Joey Dunlop, Steve Hislop and my Dad
when I was little!
Highlights and a brief history of Carolynn's
Road Racing career so far...
2006
Season
Southern 100,
Billown Circuit, Castletown, IOM.
600B race - 7th - Janet
Cook Trophy for best performance by a lady
competitor at the meeting.
Carolynn won the trophy, which
was awarded at the open air presentation on the
thursday evening, for her performance in the 600 B
race where she went from 22nd on the grid up to 6th
on the last lap, eventually finishing 7th in what
was a hard fought race. In doing so, she lapped at
2m 39.882s (96mph) knocking 13s of her fastest
practice time and was the fastest out of five lady
solo competitors at the meeting.
Carolynn has also competed in
several short circuit meetings so far this season.
2005 season
Southern 100, Billown Circuit, Castletown, IOM.
Junior
Support Race (400)- 1st
Carolynn wins
the Support Junior/Classic combined race on her
debut at the 'friendly races', making history by
becoming the first woman to win a race at the event
and the first woman to win a race outright on the
circuit in it's history. She lead the race from
start to finish and won by some 10 seconds.
Tandragee 100, Tandragee, N.I
Support
400 race- 4th
Carolynn
finishes a credible 4th in class on her debut at the
fast and technical road circuit. Unfortunately, she
crashed heavily out of race 2, sustaining
a fractured left elbow and tearing muscles in
her right shoulder, putting her out of action for
almost three months.
2004
Season
Killalane, Skerries, Dublin, Ireland.
Support
400 race- 7th
Carolynn
finished 7th on her debut at the road circuit after
a battle on the road with Duncan Baille meant she
out braked herself at paddock corner and overshot,
she managed to stay on the road but lost out to 6th
place and some prize money by just half a second!
Manx
Grand Prix, TT course, IOM.
Ultralightweight MGP (400)- 8th - First woman to
finish in top ten of a main race.
Carolynn became
the first female competitor ever to finish in the
top 10 of a 'main race' (i.e not including the
Newcomers races) in the history of the Manx Grand
Prix and in only her 2nd year of competing in the
event. With lap times of lap 1- 102.04, Lap 2-
103.08, lap 3- 101.00 and a final lap of 103.99, not
bad for a machine putting out no more than 66bhp.
There were 53 finishers in this race.
Junior
MGP (600)- 60th - Becomes 2nd fastest female @MGP
In her first
ever race anywhere on a 600 machine, Carolynn
started with a standing-start lap time of 108.71mph,
a 6mph leap up from her practice times and making
her the 2nd fastest female ever at the MGP and
4th ever on the TT course, she followed that with a
2nd lap of 108.27 putting her in 45th position at
the end of lap two, a rather unsuccessful pit stop
which lost her over a minute put her lap 3 speed
down to 101.96 and put her back down to 57th, a last
lap of 106.73 failed to improve her position but she
was very pleased with her opening two laps and ended
the race philosophical. There were 90 finishers in
this race.
Steampacket Races, Billown, Castletown, IOM.
125/400
race- 6th 400- 11th overall
Carolynn's
debut on the Billown Circuit in Castletown, IOM. She
finishes 6th 400 and 11th overall, two places behind
fellow newcomer Nigel Beattie.
Jurby Road, Jurby South, IOM.
125/400
race- 6th
NW200, Portrush, N.I.
400
race- 18th
Carolynn's
debut at the NW200 didn't go to plan, after a series
of mechanical problems in practice plus the dreadful
weather meaning practices were cut short due to rain
mid-session, she qualified 18th. A good start in the
race pushed her from 18th on the grid to 14th on the
road but after overshooting twice, ended the race
18th.
2003
season
Manx
Grand Prix, TT course, IOM.
Winner of the
'Lesley-Anne Trophy' for the best performance by a
female at the MGP 2003 and also the 'Les Williams
Memorial Trophy' for the best performance by a
newcomer from the North West. Highest finish by a
famale competitor in the history of the event so
far.
Newcomers class C (400)- 4th - Fastest lap 99.70mph
Carolynn's
finishes fourth in her debut on the TT course,
achieving a lifelong ambition to compete on the
course and, in the meantime, becomes the highest
ever female finisher in the history of the MGP or TT.
With a fastest lap of 99.70mph and her 2nd fastest
at 99.65mph, Carolynn just missed out on the 100mph
lap and rostrum finish she had hoped for, but there
was still the Ultralightweight race on the Friday to
come...
Ultralighweight (400)- 23rd - Fastest lap 101mph
Carolynn
finishes 23rd out of some 50 finishers in her first
'main race' on the IOM TT course, lying 30th at the
end of lap1 Carolynn put in a couple of faster laps
and pushes herself up to 23rd, her fastest lap being
101mph. A fuel dispute with one of the riders gets
him disqaulified and pushes her up to 22nd, the
dispute is later resolved and the final outcome is
23rd. Carolynn is awarded the 'Lesley-Anne Trophy'
for the most meritous performance by a female
competitor in the event by the MMCC, she is also
later awarded, at the ACU district awards, the 'Les
Williams Memorial Trophy' by Les' family for the
best perfomance by a newcomer from the North West at
the MGP.
Jurby Road, Jurby South, IOM
125/400
race- 6th
Carolynn's
debut at the Jurby road race is also her debut in
'real road racing' in preparation for her debut at
the Manx Grand Prix later in the year and she loves
it! The narrow and bumpy circuit gives her a real
taste for the roads and this is the direction she
goes in from now on.
2002
season
Jurby Airfield, Andreas Racing Association, IOM
Champion of Champions series (400 class)- 1st
Carolynn
becomes the first woman ever to win a championship
in the Isle of Man.
IOM 400
Championship - 3rd
2001 season
Carolynn and her dad work
together to get her a 400 for the short circuits,
debuting at the Andreas Racing Assoc. TT races which
were run as a consolation for the cancelled TT races
due to the foot and mouth epidemic. Carolynn only
competed in 3 meetings this season.
2000 season
Carolynn has her first ever
race in April 2000 on board her dads TZ250B.
Unfortunately she was knocked off by a stray bike
mid-chicane during her first race and was
subsequently knocked out. She recovered and was back
in the saddle the following day even if a little
stiff and heavily bruised. Carolynn competed in 2
meetings on the 250 and an endurance race on a 400
with Juliette Manning, this leans her more towards
the 400 at the end of the season.
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