JULIE PFENNIG

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

- CARLY DALE

ARRIVED at the Iron Maiden page looking for inspiration? Adelaide’s Julie Pfennig has it in spades. As Julie nudged 50 years old, she decided it was as good a time as any to get stuck into motor racing – naysayers be damned. Her chosen steed? A purpose-built 1982 BMW E21 nicknamed NO.

How’d you get started in track racing, Julie?

In August 2018, my youngest son Perrin and I took Gamora, my 1982 BMW E21 323i daily, to The Bend for our first track event. From that moment I wanted to build a race car!

And that’s when NO came onto the scene?