“It's just kind of lost its spark”: Motorsport rebel Renee Gracie thinks supercars have become stale, calls for diversity and entertainment overhaul

Renee Gracie , who was a promising star in Supercars but is now a sensational name in GT World Challenge Australia , has delivered her most extreme statement yet about Australian motorsport. The 30-year-old driver, who restarted racing last year following a high-profile switch to adult content creation, believes the Supercars Championship has lost its bite — and that the sport needs a radical shake-up if it is to remain relevant.

Renee Gracie criticizes Australia's top racing category and preaches inclusivity after dominant GT win


Fresh from an emphatic victory at Phillip Island , where she took out the AM Cup comprehensively, Renee Gracie was in no mood to mince words. “I think a lot of people have been feeling over the last few years is that it’s just kind of lost its spark. It’s not what it used to be, and GT is a serious threat to them because it’s new and it’s exciting, and there’s a lot of action. I mean, I think Supercars would probably need someone like me to make it half interesting," she said in an interview with Wide World of Sports .

Renee Gracie competed in the Supercars feeder series for the first time in 2015 and made history as the championship's first Australian female. But she retired from the sport in 2017, alleging unfair treatment and a lack of support. With a successful GT team and rekindled enthusiasm for racing now, she's giving blunt advice to the series she once raced for.

Gracie thinks that unless Supercars renews itself to appeal to a wider audience — particularly women — it will fall behind. “I mean, I think Supercars would probably need someone like me to make it half interesting,” she added.

Promoting female participation and dignity in racing

More than entertainment, Renee Gracie's endeavour lies in representation. She identified the structural flaws within motorsport that persistently discourage women from being involved — most especially in top-tier categories such as Supercars.

“There are some categories that still are very old in their ways, and you can just sense that it’s not welcoming because there’s no women in the category,” she said. “And I think in a couple of years’ time, the amount of women that will be in the sport itself, in the certain categories and on track as well, it will be so obvious where they are welcome and where they are not welcome.”

Gracie also spoke about quitting racing in 2017, explaining the constant fight to be treated equally wore her out on passion for the sport.

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Racing for herself — and a new audience

Since returning to competition in 2023, Gracie not only established her own squad but also showed she's here to take the cheques. Last weekend, she pulled across the line over 30 seconds ahead of the next closest opponent at Phillip Island in an Audi R8 LMS EVO II, featuring branding from her OnlyFans operation. It was a strong message that she's succeeding on her own terms — and taking the prizes while doing it. The GT World Challenge Australia now moves to Sydney Motorsport Park in May, where Renee Gracie will look to continue her strong form — and perhaps keep nudging Australian motorsport into a more inclusive, exciting future.