Tara Murray
Courtney Prince isn’t who you would normally picture as a professional race and stunt driver.
The 22-year-old fell in love with racing from an early age and would start in go-karts at the age of seven before progressing into formula ford at the age of 16.
Last year she became the first female in Australia to compete in a full season of the Porsche Carrera Cup, the highest level of championship of Porsche racing in Australia.
Prince said racing was something that she loved to do and wanted to make a career out of it.
“I have been in car racing since I was 16,” she said. “It’s not a usual path especially when I was at school.
“Most people wanted to go to university, definitely choose something different. Since I was young I always had an interest in cars and anything that went fast.
“I always wanted to race dirt bikes, but my parents were like that’s way too dangerous, you can’t race them, if you want to race anything, we can get you a go kart, when I was seven I finally convinced them to buy me a go kart.
“It all started when I was quite young.”
Growing up in Yarrambat, Prince has had to do a lot of travelling for her racing, with just three tracks in Victoria.
Last year she competed in eight race meets across Australia and New Zealand.
She said the opportunity to race in the Carrera Cup had been massive.
“It was awesome to make the step up to the Porsche Carrera Cup from the sprint challenge [Sprint Challenge Championship],” she said.
“I did that in 2022 I got fourth in that in that series and I was racing Aussie Racing Cars then., “The opportunity to step up to Porsche last year were there and I absolutely loved it.
“It was a massive step in the deep end to the main game of Porsche in Australia here and having awesome people who have done super cars or done super car co drives, a lot of experienced drivers in there.
“I really enjoyed my first season in there, loved the racing, loved the competitiveness, it makes you a better driver.”
Prince took her skills off racing track and hit the big screen as part of a SEEK job-hunting myths exposed program.
SEEK has teamed up with Jamie Hyneman, of MythBusters fame, to bust some of the biggest myths of the job hunt process.
Prince was part of the second episode that was released on February 29 where Hyneman challenged two ‘job seekers’ to vie for a delivery driver role.
Prince said it was a cool opportunity to be a part of,
“They were looking for a driver that can also do a little bit of stunt driving but is also a professional race car driver,” she said.
“Working with Jamie for the first time ever, was pretty cool. [He] was really knowledgeable.
“It’s really cool to have him out in Australia.
“It went really well, jammed packed days. We were all super busy and it’s going to come together rally well. It’s really exciting and lots of cool content to see, some cool stunts we do on there.”
Prince said is keeping what is next close to her chest, but dreams of driving full time professionally overseas.
To see Prince’s SEEK episode, go to ow.ly/Fnxc50QJCMi
