Motorsport Australia said Ms Nicholson enters the role with plenty of experience.
She has worked across a large number of events and categories starting with spending countless hours over many years volunteering and building her skillset at Wakefield Park and Sydney Motorsport Park.
Motorsport Australia said Ms Nicholson has shown her leadership, management and knowledge make her the perfect appointment to the race director role.
Ms Nicholson previously made history with her appointment as Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup deputy race director in 2020, making her the first woman to also hold that position in a national series at the time.
At the six-day motorsport event at Mount Panorama last year, part of the Bathurst 1000, she was heavily involved with four different categories including the 86 Series.
In Motorsport Australia’s announcement, Ms Nicholson said: “It’s nice to graduate once again. I am so excited because I have a really good team of people around me, like Glenn Pincott, and a really good category, so I am looking forward to working with them.”
Ms Nicholson is not the only woman making the most of the official’s development pathway.
Confirmed as the 86 Series technical delegate for the popular one-make Toyota series will be Felicity Wood, who also becomes the first woman to hold that particular role at a national series.
After being named as Clerk of Course for the event, Kaye Callander becomes another to be the pioneer in her field as she will be the first woman ever to be a Clerk of Course at a Supercars round.
While West Australian Danielle Meyn was originally in line to take on the role last year when she was appointed as Bunnings Trade Perth SuperNight Clerk of Course, the event’s cancellation meant she would have to wait longer to get that opportunity.
Nicholson, Wood and Callander will all be in race control in their respective roles during the Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight at Sydney Motorsport Park on 4-6 March.
By Neil Dowling
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