Emma Gilmour on McLaren, Extreme E, and the Crash Everyone GooglesThe Dom Harvey Podcast

Emma Gilmour is one of New Zealand’s motorsport GOATs: a national rally champion, the first female factory driver for McLaren, a business owner and just a great Kiwi.

The day before we recorded this, Emma took me for a ride in her rally car, which if I’m being honest was more frightening than it was fun. I mean, afterwards it was fun- once I survived. So, it was nice to turn the tables and put Emma out of her comfort zone for this conversation.

We cover a lot of ground in this podcast and some pretty deep and confrontational stuff:

+ The mental and physical toll of two major concussions + Surviving an 8-roll crash at 120km/h + Her experiences in rallying as a woman in a male-dominated sport + Building her business- a Suzuki dealership in Dunedin from scratch + The friendships, failures, therapy sessions and tough decisions that shaped her life And so much more.

Whether you’re a familiar with Emma Gilmour or not, I have no doubt you’ll walk away from this episode inspired- she’s a bloody legend.

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