The world's fastest female motorcycle racer Jenny Tinmouth is doing it for the girls and pushing the boundaries to show her girl power this season as she becomes the first woman to line up on the grid for a full-time assault on the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship for the Splitlath Motorsport team.

Tinmouth (31), of Ellesmere Port, will step up to the world's toughest motorcycle racing series after finishing a close third in the 2010 British Supersport Cup to fulfil her dream of racing a Superbike and is ready to take on her male counterparts. Tinmouth has worked her way up to BSB from national level since 2003 when she raced in the British 125GP Championship, proving to be consistently fast and has already made history by becoming the fastest woman around the daunting Isle of Man TT circuit lapping at an incredible average speed of 119.945mph.

Tinmouth said: "I'm over the moon to be in BSB this year and I still can't believe it. My ambition has always been to race in BSB; I've been trying for some time and I think all my hard work over the past seasons has finally paid off. I know it will be a massive learning curve but hopefully now people will see that girls can race too and then hopefully more will see it is possible if you work hard enough at it and get into racing too. I was so keen to get on a Superbike, so to get a ride with a team like Splitlath is fantastic. After a couple of years in Supersport and a few TT rides, this is a natural progression for me and I'm incredibly grateful to John for giving me this opportunity and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do on a Superbike."


Team Owner John Dimbylow concluded: "Jenny is a very talented rider and we were very interested in speaking to her after seeing her performance in 2011. She is a proven race winner and is a hundred per cent committed to the season ahead. She is a fantastic rider and certainly has the potential to be a very strong competitor in BSB.

"I think she's the perfect team-mate for Hudson and her arrival comes at the start of a very exciting time for the team. We are building a talented and strong crew and will be continuing our relationship with Aprilia after coming to an agreement to receive engines and assistance from Italy, and are looking forward to making our British Superbike debut with a bang in April."

Jenny Tinmouth on the Aprilia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0L5C-PTHds

I wish Jennie all the luck she needs and deserves in her new project.

Can I assume that TT is not in her plans during 2011.

It will be shame if she does not compete but the BSB is a great step forward.

Well done John Dimbylow, you have certainly picked a rider of considerable talent.