Financial roadblocks are currently holding Cork native Kayleigh Cole (22) back but she remains focused on her goalsWhen Kayleigh (Kayls) Cole came downstairs on Christmas morning 2016, she was wearing her dad’s rigger boots. She shuffled out to the shed in the dark, and there it was, wrapped in paper, unmistakable. Nine years later, she is one grid spot away from making Irish motorsport history. Cole (22) from Dripsey, Co Cork, did not follow the traditional path into motorsport. She found her way to it at 13, after years of trying and failing to fall in love with other sports.

Source: Irish Independent March 14, 2026 11:32 UTC