Courtney’s aiming for return to podium’s top step

THREE powerful V8 utes, two superslick Australian GTs and two turbocharged V8 Supercars will race for Erebus Motorsport at the Townsville 400 and it’s all thanks to one Betty Klimenko pulling the strings behind the scenes. As the V8 Supercars’ oneand- only female team owner, Klimenko is used to life in the fast lane.

A team of dozens will work to help V8 Super drivers Will Davison and Ash Walsh, V8 Utes pilots Adam Marjoram, Kim Jane and Craig Dontas and GT racers Morgan Haber, Geoff Emery and Max Twigg as they all represent Klimenko’s racing family. “It really is amazing,’’ she said. “I was looking at it first in shock