If it’s true that you never forget how to ride a bike, the same could be said about motorsports if Aberdare’s Rochelle Brady (nee Magin) is anything to go by.
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After 10 years away from the sport that she dominated growing up, Rochelle is back on her Yamaha 450cc four-stroke and recently took out the Pro Open Women’s class at Kurri’s Casey Stoner Cup.
Held the weekend of March 30, the competition saw riders from all over NSW compete for top honours.
Rochelle won three out of four of her races and took out the overall title.
This was only Rochelle’s second competition back more than a decade away from the sport.
After 20 years of competing including numerous state and national titles, she took a step back from the motorcross and dirt track circuits after getting married and shifting her focus to starting a family.
She now has a three-year-old son Zac and said that after many years of doubts and negativity watching husband Danny race dirt track, her feelings towards racing began to build again.
“I am a self-confessed adrenaline junkie,” she said.
“My husband persisted to encourage me to pull the boots on again and have some fun, but knowing quietly, I’m a true competitor this was going to be much more for me.
“This was the year to apply for that national licence and have a go and ride to my heart was content.”
Rochelle said that she never expected to come back to the sport so strongly and so quickly and that she always felt like something was missing when she wasn’t riding.
“I am very surprised by what I have been able to achieve but it is a great feeling,” she said.
“Knowing my son and husband cheer for me on the hill always makes me smile.
“I thought it would take get back into the groove of things, but it was really just like putting on a pair of shoes.”
A hairdresser by trade, Rochelle runs her own business from home and said it that is always surprises people when she tells them what she gets up to on the weekend.
“I love to make others look and feel great every other day,” she said.
“I am not the labelled tomboy that I got growing up.
“I like the pretty things as well.
“For me I have the desire to ride, because when I ride anything bad no longer matters.”
Rochelle also said that the support of her parents Ross and Narelle Magin throughout her years of racing has also played a big part on where she is today.