Posted Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 9:39pm
DirtFish Women in Motorsport driver Michele Abbate will make her rally debut at next month’s Tour de Forest.
Having made history on a racetrack through her stellar career, Michele is excited to make the switch from circuit to stage to drive a DirtFish-liveried, Element Rallysport Subaru BRZ on the Washington-based gravel event (Saturday, October 4).
“I’m definitely getting excited now we’re going to have boots on the ground soon,” said Michele, who was both the youngest ever woman to score a GT-1 podium in the SCCA National Championship Runoff and the first woman to score a TA2 podium in the Trans-Am Series.
“This is something I’ve been looking at doing for a while now. It’s going to be so interesting to see how the switch from racing to rallying works out. I’m very fortunate to have been part of the DirtFish Women in Motorsport program from the start, so I’ve already spent some time driving at DirtFish Rally School and had my fellow DirtFish WiM driver Aoife Raftery give me some instruction.
