Didn't know we had a female race car driver, good for her.
Race car driver Sharima Khan
June 5, 2015 By
Personality profile
This week for personality profile, we present to you the young lady behind the steering wheel of her Honda CRX also called “The Pink Beast”. She is no other than Sharima Khan, known as “Speed Queen” who was born 20 years ago to Haroon and Angela Khan at Grove, East Bank Demerara. She has five other sisters and one brother. 
Her childhood days were spent outdoors, mostly on her little shifter kart, her all terrain vehicle and her bicycle. Khan described those says as most healthy childhood a girl could have.
She attended Campbell’s Trust Nursery, Grove Primary and Covent Garden Secondary where she completed her secondary education.
Motor racing was always a part of her as she grew up, since her father was a race car driver. She grew up around fast cars and in the mechanic shop. That was when she decided that someday she will be behind the wheel of a race car. After convincing her father that she can race among the guys, she was give the green light.
But this was not an easy task since having a girl on the race track was a strange occurrence. This time around, she had to prove to the guys that she was capable of competing with them.
After a while, she became one of the best drivers at the South Dakota circuit. Competing with some of the best drivers gives her a high adrenaline rush that cannot be easily expressed with words other that it always feels amazing to accomplish what she worked so hard to achieve and that itself motivates her to be the very best she can be.
Over the next five years, Khan plans to improve her skills enough to be in a formula one race car, while at the same time, continuing to represent Guyana to the best of her ability. “We could never predict the future though, but I am sure I will be prosperous”, she stated.
Her greatest inspiration and role model is one of the world’s greatest formula one race car drivers who ever lived, Ayrton Senna. He has inspired her tremendously with his way or life, his way of driving and his way of understanding racing.
As an inspirational quote from the great Senna, she recalled “when you love what you do, you convey that feeling, that attitude, that resolve, that love to all around you”.
Her advice to young aspiring racers especially girls is “it does not matter what people say or whatever measures they take to break you, it is all up to you to be brave, work extremely hard and never give up on what makes you smile”.
When she is not on the race track, she helps out at her parents Halaal Restaurant and in the garage finding something to do on the race car. She recalled her first race, which was an endurance race in 2012 where both her father and she took top honours in their respective categories. Her first short circuit race was in November 2013. She praised her immediate family members and friends as her biggest supporters who have been the motivational factor behind her success and more so, for the person she is today. And yes guys, she is single and loves the colour red.
