Since there are a lot of english people who also visit my website, this New Year entry will be in my first langauge...English :)

2011 has gone by so fast, and I can say that the bad luck from this year's racing season is put far behind me. Early this year I decided that I would step well out of my comfort zone and push the limit not only behind the wheel. My car has given me some grief this year, and I never really felt that I could push the limit on the track. The rest of the team are really my heroes. No matter how dark it looks and how down we could get, we NEVER gave up! That's what it is all about, because at some point your luck turns. And towards the end of 2011, our luck really turned around.

In October I really pushed myself beyond what I thought I was capable of! I commentated day summary's of Rally Spain live on Norwegian sports tv. The first evening I did it I felt so much emotion. My heart was about to jump out of my chest, my mouth so dry that I wasn't sure I could speak and I really didn't think I could go through with it. I said to myself, just get through this first time and it will feel so much better, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life. I got got through it nervously, but I still got through it! And I got through the next 2 days aswell. This really did a lot for me, and has given me so much confidence to do other "scary" things. The best about it all is that I have been asked to commentate more in 2012!

The Norwegian car association NAF have also contributed to pushing me over the edge! I was called up and asked if i would go on live national radio and television talking about road safety, especially the amout of young people getting killed on the roads. I didn't have much time to prepare, but it went well! It went so quickly that I didn't remember much afterwards. :)

Before the annual NAF Motorsport christmas party at Geilo I was asked to hold a speech after dinner. This was going to be my first speech EVER, so for 2 weeks I barely slept and I must have written the speech 50 times along with some help from my dad :) Getting up in front of everyone, reminded me of starting my first race or the first time I commentated, but it is the feeling right after that is AMAZING!! A good piece of advice, just say yes to things you find scary, it might change your life.

Other great memories from 2011 are all the great races with the team, driving a Subaru rallycar at Gatebil on Ice, driving a F1 car in Sweden, reporting for crosscart, racing and rally, having a huge bus at the main Gatebil event, winning a trip to Daytona to see NASCAR +++ I LOVE MY LIFE :)

A owe so much to all of you who believe in me, especially the team and my sponsors! Many of my sponsors have been with me for 3 years, and they continue to stay with me. We have a lot of exciting things going on these days and I cant wait to see what 2012 will bring!

I wish all of you a Happy New Year and all the best in 2012!

Molly

xx

Jeg er nå i full gang med treningen før nesten racing sesong! Vi har fast spinningtime hver mandag som består av 75 min intervall. Vi har også fast styrketrening hver onsdag. Vi hadde vår 3. økt igår, og fremgangen er stor. Den første timen slet jeg med 30 kg markløft og klart bare et par stk. Igår fullførte jeg 5 rep av 50kg markløft! Det samme gjelder også benkpress. Fordi dette har mye med teknikk å gjøre så var det tøft i starten. Det er fortsatt vanskelig men jeg klarte 5 rep av 30 kg igår.

Meg sammen med trener, coach og mentor Nils Petter Olsen fra Proaktiv Helse:

Det er utrolig motiverende å ha en trener som vil at du skal lykkes og som pusher deg sånn at du får maksimalt utav hver eneste trening.

Markløft 50kg, klarer 5 rep desember 2011:

Benkpress, 30kg. Klarer 5 rep desember 2011:

Jeg tar også beinpress, og tar foreløpig 10 rep av 50kg. Det føles så bra å komme i gang med dette. Jeg kan vite at når racing sesongen 2012 starter så er jeg virkelig fit for fight, og jeg skal IKKE bli sliten under løp. De siste rundene kan være helt avgjørende og da skal ikke hodet mitt svikte pga dårlig fysisk form. :)

Så glad blir man av å trene!!!

Takk for at du leser! :)

En veldig viktig del av veien til suksess i motorsport er å trene både fysisk og psykisk. Nils Petter fra Pro Aktiv Helse i Drammen skal hjelpe meg videre med mine mål om å bli best på banen.

Litt om Pro Aktiv helse:

Mission:

Forebygge sykdom og misstrivsel

- hjelper syke –– skape god helse og trivsel

-  fremme menneskelig utvikling og organisasjoners suksess!

Nils Petter er utdannet som:

- Fysikalsk massajeterapeut, treningsinstruktør, personlig trener og ernæringsrådgiver. LGS terapeut og innen mikroskopering av blodprøver med MM 2000 systemet.. Verdicoach og NLP Master Practitioner.Teamcoach, executiv og meta coaching. Spesialsoldat og lederskap fra forsvaret. Bedriftsøkonomi fra BI Drammen.

For meg vil dette samarbeidet bety:

MYE fysisk trening, både kondisjon og styrke med fokus på racing.

Coaching - for å bli sterkere og bedre forberedt mentalt.

Pro Aktiv Helse tilbyr et manfold av tjenester som kan lede til et bedre og sunnere liv, både for meg selv og andre.

  For dere som ønsker forandring anbefaler jeg at dere tar en titt på deres hjemmeside.

Jeg startet treningen for 2 uker siden. For bra kondisjon og utholdenhet trener vi 75 min interval spinning 1 gang i uken. En gang i uken trener vi styrke med fokus på musklene jeg bruker når jeg kjører. Utenom dette skal jeg jogge/gå 1 - 2 ganger i uken. Thomas i teamet har også blitt med på spinning, så vi blir et sprekt team i 2012! Watch out! hehe :)

Tusen takk til Nils Petter for denne muligheten og for at han ønsker at jeg skal lykkes. Jeg skal oppdatere treningen jevnlig på her. Det skal ikke stå på meg og min fysisk når sesongen 2012 starter!

God helg!

Molly

Michael Chrisander Moe Nilsen tok seg tid til å tegne bilen min identisk til å brukes i spillet Forza Motorsport 4. Jeg er utrolig imponert over detaljene, og det er veldig gøy at det går ann å velge bilen min :)

Her er også en link til en film som Michael har laget fra spillet: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=2400080195125&set=vb.1044650034&type=2&theater

Klikk her for hjemmesiden til Forza Motorsport 4! 

Molly :)

Forrige helg var vi på Oslo Motorshow på Norges Varemesse i Lillestrøm. Vi delte stand sammen med sponsor Harald Huysman Karting og Rudskogen! Vi klarte å få ferdig Nissan, takket være god hjelp fra Thomas og Gulskogen Autolakk. Pål fra Viscom og Heine fra Brix og Berg bidro med ny folie også! Veldig morro å kunne ta med begge bilene på messe :)

Altezzaen og min fantastiske mekaniker Ole Johnny:

Mollysport maskotten gjorde seg også kjent med messen på søndag:

Linus er sønnen til en god venn av meg. Han fikk seg Mollysport t-skjorte :) Herlig liten kar!

Det er alltid godt å treffe alle de fantastiske menneskene igjen :) Gleder meg SYKT mye til neste sesong!!

Molly

På kort varsel ble jeg spurt om å stille opp idag på NRK P2 sin morgensending og NRK morgennytt TV for å diskutere tiltak som skal settes til verks for å stoppe undomsulykkene i trafikken. Dette er en sak som jeg har mange meninger om, og selvom jeg fikk kun kort tid så prøvde jeg å få frem det jeg mener om saken. NRK bygget er veldig stort og alt skal skje veldig fort. Men det var en veldig morsom opplevelse!

Se brennpunkt saken HER

De siste årene har mange ungdommer mistet livet i trafikken pga høy fart. Hver gang jeg leser om dette i media så stikker det ekstra dypt og jeg klarer ikke å forstå hvorfor de setter sine egne og andres liv i så stor fare. Det er mange som jobber med tiltak for å få ned dødstallene og de gjør virkelig en kjempe jobb. Samtidig som jeg sier dette så har jeg selv vært ungdom som var glad i fart. Jeg hadde en rask bil på veien og utfordret selv grensen noen ganger. Jeg skjønte likevel selv at jeg måtte begynne med motorsport, selvom det er koster mye tid og penger. Det er ikke nødvendig å være født inn i motorsport for å kunne drive med det. Begynn med bilcross eller gokart og se hvor det tar deg videre! På Gatebil kan man ta med sin egen bil å kjøre så mye man orker på bane. Dette burde uansett være et tilbud som ikke bare finnes på østlandet.

Jeg synes trafikksikkerhet burde bli en like stor del av skolegang som det bruk av prevensjon, avstand fra narkotika og andre rusmidler, mobbing ++ Dette problemet må tas ved roten og ungdom må bli eldre med den instillingen av det ikke er kult å kjøre fort på veien. For å få til dette så må det settes til verks mye i hver kommune i hele landet. Hvis det bevilges mer penger til kommunene til nettopp et sånt prosjekt så kan det skapes mer positivitet, aktivitet og glede rundt bilinteressen. Bilinteresse er bra, og det er MANGE i dette landet som har det. Hvis politi og lokal politikere kan hjelpe ungdom dyrke interesseren sin på lovlig måte så vil de føle seg sett og ivaretatt.

Det burde finnes en bonus til ungdommer som prøver å gjøre en forskjell i sin hjem kommune og som utmerker seg som rollemodeller for de som er yngre. Da kan motorsportutøvere og organisasjoner skape en arena for nettopp dette.

Ungdom trenger positive mennesker rundt seg som forstår og respekterer intresseren dems. På den måten tror jeg ungdom vil da respektere lovene og reglene som gjelder i trafikken. Bilinteressert ungdom må bli hørt! Ikke bare straffet av myndighetene!

Flere av de som har en historie å fortelle om trafikkulykker burde komme frem. Det er sterkt å høre en personlige historie om konsekvensene ved valgene de har tatt. Hvis noen har en historie å fortelle så send det til meg så kan jeg legge det ut på siden min.

Takk for at dere leser :)

Molly

Today I have put the red and blue Altezza out for sale on Finn and AutoDB.

Here are the links:

FINN

AUTODB

Send me an emal if you are interested! molly@mollysport.no

Molly :)

My F1 experience from this summer was on national tv 2 days ago. I was so nervous before it came on, because I knew how emotional I was after driving the F1 car. After living 6 years in Oslo, my Stavanger accent has changed and I knew there would be some reactions on that. The best explanation is that I have always picked up different accents quickly, and after living here for 6 years it just changed.

I have never really seen my own enthusiasm caught on tape before, so it was both fun and embarrassing to see all of my reactions. I have received so many nice messages after the program, which makes me even more sure that I am doing what I should be doing! The racing is great, my team is great, my sponsors are great, the enviroment and all the people in it are great! It's my dream and I am living it!

Here is a link to the program: http://www.viasat4play.no/play/254753

I come in at around 18 minutes!

Thanks for reading, it means a lot :)

Molly

On sunday we are taking both of the Altezza's to Rudskogen to test before the season is over! I will be selling one of them, so it is important to find out which one I keep! Trackday organizes events for both registered and licenced cars, so this is a great oppurtunity to drive ALOT! :)

Here is their website: www.trackday.no

Hope to see a lot of people there! The track is open between 1300 - 1900.

Friday morning we left for Vålerbanen, where the Norwegian championship final was to be held. Before pratice at 1400, my mechanic checked over the car and everything looked fine. After 4-5 laps on the second practice I saw a lot of white smoke coming out of hood. I thought maybe the turbo was broken, but then the flames came. A lot of flames! I quickly released the fire extinguisher and got out of the car. Fire personell managed to put the fire out, but the car looked bad...really bad. Here are some pictures of the drama:

FOTO: Racefoto.se

I thought all hope was gone, and I was beyond devistated. My fantastic mechanic Ole Johnny said that this was no problem at that I would race saturday. We went to pick up some new parts and by 2230 the car was ready for saturday. On saturday we had some trouble with the temperature on the car, as there was some damage to the radiator and hoses. OJ and Øyvind fixed the problem and I finsihed 10th in saturdays race! :)

FOTO: Jørn Pettersen

When the fire was put out they used powder and foam extinguishers. This has started to eat away at hoses and electrical wires in the car. On saturday night it was clear that the map sensor was broken, and we were not going to race on sunday.The reason for the fire was the the pin-bolts between the turbo and the exhaust flens loosended, directing all the heat straight to the hood. The turbo is now closer to the hood after having a new manifold built(because to fit the manifold pipes it needed a 5 cm adapter on the flens) and is probably the reason why it caught fire so quickly. To avoid the same situation again(this I hope will never happen again) we will modify the new hood so that there is more clearance to the turbo.

Anders Ringstad, my main sponsor borrowed my new car for the weekend. He qualified best in GT4 and won the first race. This was fantastic, especially after what we had been through with the Nissan. He suggested we both drive the 30 lap race on sunday. On sunday it rained a lot! The rain tyres I had brought for the Altezza turned out to be atleast 6-7 years old, but we didn't know that, they just looked good! I started the race, but the tyres were so bad that I couldn't get any grip in the car. I just slided in every turn. I drove in after 5 laps, and Anders took over. He had the same problem and we got a bad result. Had we had better tyres and softened the car a bit the result could probably been as good as on dry tarmac.

We had a great weekend with Anders and his mechanic Øyvind!I was also given a "dont give up" prize from the Chamionship committee on saturday. It was completley unexpected and has definitley given me the motivation to keep going! :)

The Nissan is for sale, so we now have some cosmetic work to do before a new owner can take over. I plan to drive the Altezza at every possible trackday to get the practice i need before next years season.

Thanks for reading!

Molly

First of all I apologize for not updating lately. My days include work from 0730 - 1600, then I get home to have something to eat then off to the workshop to work on the cars! So not always easy to sit down at the computer and tell you all what's happening! :)

A lot has happened since my last update. I got an incredibly good deal on 2 cars, and decided to take a chance. I bought 2 Toyota Altezza cup cars! The reason I have done this is because the competition in the Norwegian championship is tough and with the Altezza I can race in a lower class and hopefully get som top results!

Here are the cars when we picked them up from the train:

The Nissan has been through some upgrades since Gatebil in the beginning of July. I had a new manifold made, and aslo built a new downpipe and put on a new turbo. We went to test the car for the first time on sunday and everything seemed to work really well. I am very positive that we will get good results this weekend!

Here is a picture of the new turbo and manifold:

Here is the nissan at the new workshop with the white Altezza in the background:

Watch the live update for news this weekend! Thanks for reading :)

Molly

Unfortunately the car won't be ready for the 4th round in the Norwegian championship. It has now been a high priority to fix the exhaust manifold and downpipe before we race again. Of course it is disappointing, but I have driven a lot already this season so I can live with it!

I have also come to a point where I am considering what to do next year. I will come back with more information about this.

Norway was hit by a terrible tragedy last friday, where many young people were killed. I did not know anyone involved, but i am still greatly effected by it and my heart goes out to all the killed, wounded and the familys left behind. When things like this happen, everything else seems so unimportant.

Thanks for reading.

Molly

I need to start off with a picture that shows it all. The photographer, Per Ottar Walderhaug has named the picture " Eye of the tiger". It really shows how I feel about the sport and how far I want to go. The picture is from Gatebil at Rudskogen this past weekend.

A while back my good friend in Vrooom said that we were going to Sweden in June with a camera team to drive F1 cars. At the time the snow was still on the ground and it all seemed so distant. June came quick, and all of sudden I was sitting in the car on my way to Anderstorp. It was actually going to happen!!

F1 Boss series driver Johan Rajamäki is the man behind the concept at Anderstorp Raceway. Vrooom is their Norwegian distributor, and last thursday we were 18 Norwegians who were going to get an experience of a lifetime!

I was also doing this together with a new Norwegian tv program, that airs in the fall. Together with the host of the program we shared our experience of the cars and generally how it made us feel. To sum that up I cried after 5 laps in the F1 car.

A huge thanks to Ivar and Thomas for making this possible. A day I will never forget. www.vrooom.no

Me & tv host Asgeir Borgemoen

Deep concentration:

Me together with Johan Rajamäki:

The car I drove, Takuma Satos Jordan F1 from 2002:

Out on the track, an amazing feeling!!

And yes I cried...:)

This picture pretty much sums up how I felt after the experience!

Karlskoga racetrack: 03 - 04 june

This past weekend we have been at Karlskoga racetrack for the 2 round in the Norwegian championship! It was great to finally be competing with cars more like my own! This track is amazing, just look at this picture:

Lots of tight corners and high speed streches! Great fun! We got there thursday afternoon and got the car ready for friday morning. Training started at 0900, and I had a great time in all of the practice rounds. I also improved my time by almost 5 seconds during the day. A difficult track to learn! We also had problems with cracks in the manifold and the guys had to weld it friday afternoon.

A picture of the depot turn before the long strech, fantastic!!

Thomas is pleased with the set up:

Our spot :)

Great guys! Chief mechanic Ole Johnny and Geir:

From the start of the race saturday:

At the start of the first race on saturday my oil pressure gauge stopped working. This worried me and I lost concentration in one of the first corners. I braked to late and had to go through an escape route which meant I was at the back. I managed to pass 5 cars in 10 laps, which I was happy with!

The next race is at Mantorp Park from the 17th to the 19th of june! I will continue with my live update there!

Thanks for reading :)

Molly

Sorry about this late entry! I have a live update which I use a lot more often since it goes via my mobile phone. You can find it HERE!

Gatebil 20 - 22 May:

This was the very first time we tested the car. New gearbox, new steering w/ a new electrical power steering, pedal box +++. Unfortunatley the servo died early on, and it became very difficult for me to get the car around the corners because of the short steering. I drove as much as I could, and everything else worked really well! 

Mollysport's great mechanics Ole Johnny and Thomas! We were also lucky to have Raymond with us.

Thanks to Gatebil for another great festival, and the team is looking forward to the next event at Mantorp Park in Sweden!

For more info about Gatebil click HERE!

You can also find my Gatebil Extreme profile HERE!

It is no secret that this mad racing circus costs a lot of money. With us this year we still have several of our previous sponsors, who generously support us with parts, work and the equipment we need for the season. Unfortunatley we have not been succesfull with geting the money we need, so we are unable to start the Norwegian championship this weekend. However, I had a fantastic meeting yesterday with a potential new sponsor. So fingers crossed for that! :) I hope to be able to do half of the season and most of the Gatebil extreme races. I start work now to ensure that next season is a sure bet!

Seeing the car these days, i am still amazed of the transformation it has been through this winter. It will be a completely new car to drive, I am so excited! I am so thankful for all the help, and hope i can pay back by getting some great results this year!

This weekend crosskart NM & SM(Norwegian and Swedish championship) starts! I am their reporter for the season. It should be good fun to see the kids in action, just hope they are not camera shy!

Pål from Viscom AS has been putting on this years design! Very girly :) hehe..

Geir has also been helping us lately! Thanks!!

It feels great to finally have the engine in!

Thanks for reading! :)

Molly

After meters of snow for the past 5 months, it is quite pleasing to see it slowly melting and to know that the race season is just around the corner. The snow has been usefull giving me many good crosscountry trips.

My mechanic Ole Johnny has been fixing smaller damages on the car and getting it ready for the start of the season. The best part that has been bought in is without a doubt the new Tremec dogbox from http://www.andersringstad.no/ I can't wait to try this out, especially with the Quartermaster clutch.

Here are som pictures:

Still struggling with the sponsor situation, but I continue working on it until the bitter end. I have also been invited to race with the Super Car Challange series, so if I can't do all the races in the Norwegian GT series I might go to Denmark for a race.

First training day is the 29th of April, so hopefully we have the car ready for this.

For noen uker siden var jeg sammen med samboeren min, Anders Grøndal og kjørte på isen hos Hebbe! Vi kjørte treningsbilen hans, en Subaru Cup bil. Jeg har kjørt veldig lite 4-hjuls trekk og i hvertfall ikke på is! Utrolig nok lærte jeg veldig fort, og det gikk bare fortere og fortere. Jeg tror mye av det har med at jeg har mange runder med min egen løpsbil, og er trygg på farten! Trening er det absolutt viktigste når det kommer til å håndtere bil.

I hvert fall så spøkte vi litt om at jeg kanskje kunne lånt Subaru cup bilen på Gatebil on Ice. Det ble egentlig tulla bort helt frem til vi pratet om det igjen noen uker etterpå. Anders hadde vært å kjørt hos Hebbe og ødelagt front diffen. Han ble enig med faren sin at hvis mitt team klarte å reparere diffen så kunne vi låne bilen på Gatebil. Da var det ikke noen tvil om hva vi skulle gjøre og for en uke siden gikk vi i gang med å demontere Impreza STI girkasse.

Onsdag forrige uke kom delene og vi holdt på til sent hver kveld for å bli ferdig. Mollysport mekaniker Ole Johnny gjorde en helt sinnsyk jobb, og torsdag kveld sto vi på Bilbutikken for å montere resten av delene. Heldigvis kom Prodrive ingeniør Brian(som har skrudd bare litt på Subaru) for å hjelpe oss gjøre ferdig jobben.

Samme kveld kunne vi kjøre bilen til vårt verksted i Lier. Det som gjensto på fredag var å flytte stolen + sette på merker. Lørdags morgen kom og vi var på verksted 0630! Vi ankom Hebbe's rundt 0830 og tok teknisk pluss tok noen runder for å bedde inn nye bremseklosser.

Etter det var det bare å kjøre, og jeg hadde med meg flere passasjere i bilen blandt annet en som var på utdrikningslag og lokal ungdom! Breisladden gikk ikke fullt så bra, men nå var det jo første gangen også! :) Jeg følte at jeg mestret bilen mer og mer utover dagen, og leken ble avlsuttet da dekkbanen ble revet av i 1500 tiden.

Både Jørn Pettersen, Camilla S. Tofterå, Carina Schønberg og Hege Haukhe har tatt noen fantastiske bilder fra Gatebil. Her er noen smakebiter, så kan dere se resten HER!

Tusen takk Gatebil for et flott arrangement og stoooor takk til min samboer Anders Grøndal, Stein Grøndal, Ole Johnny, Brian Eeles og Bjørn Tore Hansen. Takk også til Ole Thomas for god hjelp hos Hebbe! :)

Det føles som en evighet siden jeg bestemte meg for å bygge en løpsrigget banebil, og dermed selge gatebilen min Nissan 200sx s14a. Jeg trodde lenge at det var drifting jeg skulle begynne med, men på de 2,5 årene det tok å bygge bilen forandret jeg mening. Jeg ble mer og mer interessert i asfaltracing, og bestemte meg for å satse på det. Bilen er solgt ny i Norge i 1991 på Autopartner i Kongsberg. Helt frem til 2004 gikk den land og strand hele året med mange forskjellige eiere! I 2004 ble den kjøpt av en bekjent av meg i Stavanger som ønsket å lage banebil utav den, men ga til slutt opp det vanvittige prosjektet! I 2006 solgte han bilen til meg, og jeg skulle nå gå den lange veien med å bygge en løpsbil fra et karosseri.

Her er et av de første bildene av bilen, som opprinnelig er rød:

Det ble maaaange timers jobb for å få bilen fra gatebil til løpsbil. Jeg skrapet bort asfaltmatter, og etterpå bestemte vi oss for å bytte hele gulvet bak. Jaja..

Jeg fikk mye god hjelp! ;)

Her er ledere for Girlsgofast i 2006. Anna, Elin og meg:

På med s15 conversion:

Sinna fronten:

Straks klar for lakk:

Nylakkert Juli 2007:

September 2007:(samme fargen, bare stor forskjell på inne og ute!)

Første gang bilen står på verksted i Lier juli 2008:

Etter 2 års bruk i asfaltracing:

Nå blir det en 3. sesong med denne bilen! Kommer tilbake med hvilke oppgraderinger den får for i år! :)

Molly