Cassandra Collins

"You know, I may wreck a lot, but I'm not afraid to make passes. People need to live a little. Seriously."

- Cassandra Collins after her 2011 British Under 16s Legend Cars Campaign

Cassandra Samantha Collins (born October 16th, 1996) is a British Dash Cup driver from Reading, England. She drives the #02 Team Kwik Fit on a part-time basis.

Early Career; 2010-2012
Collins started off her racing career as soon as she seen her sister, Laurie win the 2010 Neva Ring GP. Collins raced at Rogue Racing Aylesbury as part of a karting tournament, and finished second. Local scouts at the track noticed Collins in the race, and she was picked up as a developmental driver for Team Kwik Fit's Developmental Program for under 18s, and she was entered in 2011 British Under 16s Legend Car series. Collins did not make an immediate impact where she only scored one top ten at the Mallory Park oval, however she never scored a DNF, and was 12th in points after 10 rounds. In the second half of the season, her pace picked up excessively, however she was not as reliable. She scored two wins, but 5 DNFs, including a flip at the Indy layout of Brands Hatch. She finished 7th in points, since when she never DNF'd, she scored top 5's. In 2012, she returned with a mission; to win the championship. She scored a stunning 13 wins, and just like 2011, 5 DNFs, but she scored the championship in a very persuasive manner, and she was asked by Team Kwik Fit to move onto a bigger challenge; Dash Cup.

Dash Cup; 2012/2013
Collins is contracted to a part-time deal in 2013 with Team Kwik Fit. She is moving up to Dash Cup, mainly due to the minimum age of competitors dropping from 17 to 16, meaning Collins will be the youngest driver to take part in Dash Cup since Harriet Wallace. Collins took part in the American Exhibition Tour, and finished fifth on debut on Daytona. At Road America, Collins was well on her way to finish on the podium, but she ran out of fuel on the white flag, with only two corners to go. Collins had a good run at Decatur before a crash, but a few days later at Kentucky, Collins took home the win, stealing it from Carla Rosinski. Collins lost to Justin Keith in the final laps at Charlotte, then in Sonoma, a top 5 run secured Collins the Exhibition championship.

Collins started 2013 on a high note when she got the pole for the 2013 Eurospeedway GP. However, Collins fell back early on and then got wrecked by Carla Rosinski early in the race. Collins continued the race, but then got in another accident on lap 20 and that took her out of the race. After the race, Collins confronted Rosinski about the move, in which Rosinski claimed her brakes went out, however this was disproved when there was proof of Rosinski using the brakes for going into the pits after the accident. Rosinski was fined 15 points, and Collins did not receive a penalty gfot confronting Rosinski.

Personal Life
Collins is currently studying for her GCSE's at Reading House School, where she is studying the core subjects, like her Math, English and Sciences, as well as Computing, Sport Science and French. She says that her racing does effect her school life, but due to legal reasons where you can leave school at 16, when Collins finishes her GCSEs in May, she will be racing in Dash Cup more.