A COWDENBEATH girl is following in her champion dad's tyre tracks by racing in Micro F2. 

Evah Adsley, daughter of the 2018 Scottish Drift winner Stuart 'Wee Stu' Adsley, is just seven years old but has already tried her hand at disco dancing and motorbike racing. 

Evah in her pink Micro F2 stock car. (Image: Dave Wardle)

Now, she's steered towards stock cars and has begun racing in the Micro F2 formula after watching the high speed action at Cowdenbeath Racewall. 

Her mum, Danielle, told the Times: "She would go to the stock cars and watch but she’d really only be interested when the little micro F2s were on.  

"She’d show a keen interest in them, but she’s always kind of been into motorbikes and buggies and quads and things like that.  

"[Her dad] did drift racing; he was the British champion, and when she started doing the stock cars, he decided to go into stock cars as well."

While this is only her first season, bubbly and cheeky Evah has taken to the sport "like a duck to water".

Little Evah is in her element on the track.  (Image: Dave Wardle)And now that she's made friends with her competitors, she's only growing in confidence. 

"She’s really enjoying it," Danielle continued. "The children are a great bunch, they’re all very close and they’re always looking to help each other and egg each other on.

"They give good praise to each other if they do good and if they have a crash they’ll all make sure they’re alright.  

"When she first started she would stay at the trailer with us and wouldn't really go anywhere but about two months into it, that’s when she came out of her shell and that's when I actually saw an improvement in her driving.

"They’re friends off the track and friends on the track which is unusual."

Honing her talents, Evah has been asking her dad for feedback on her driving. (Image: Dave Wardle) But there's a competitive streak in Evah and she's taken advantage of her connections by asking her dad for advice. 

Danielle said: "She’s shown more interest in this than anything else that she’s done lately.  

"She’s quite interested in helping down at the garage to fix the car so you can tell she’s well involved. She asks questions and she asks her dad for advice and what he thought when she was racing.

"It gives her a lot of independence. She’s just a bairn so she thinks she knows everything but when she comes out she likes the advice - but she likes it to be critical too!  

"She takes it in and she concentrates, she’s taken to it like a duck to water."

Evah on her home track in Cowdenbeath. (Image: Dave Wardle) Her hard work has certainly paid off so far, she took her first win in Skegness, just six races into her season. 

It hasn't all been easy though as Danielle recalled: "She had her first rollover at Crimond, she ended up on her roof but she pulled back the next round.

"She got in a wee tangle and then she went back out after it and finished the race but she didn’t place that well. 

"When she went out for the final she got a 6 so it was like she got a fright, hesitated and then thought ‘Right, I'm just going for it.'"

While it's not the easiest thing to watch, Danielle admitted to a "horrible sicky feeling" and heart palpitations when she started watching her daughter on the race track, kitting out Evah in the best safety gear has helped.

Thankfully, Stuart has first hand experience in racing and is there to give advice and encouragement - even if it's not always appreciated!

Danielle laughed: "Her dad is her rival and every time he wins she’s raging! They have actually got a bet on.

"Funnily enough, her dad rolled in Crimond and then she went out and rolled [the next month] so the two of them are in competition with each other."

Evah's Micro F2 stock car. (Image: Dave Wardle) Though the friendly competition has fueled Evah, it's not why Danielle has her in Micro F2. 

"All I want out of the racing is for her to experience it, gain confidence, believe in herself and just have the best time," she said.  

"It gives her the chance to know that it's not a bad thing to lose and it pays off when you win too.  

"This teaches her that you’ve got to take the good with the bad and if you want something you have to work hard for it."

Only time will tell if Evah decides to keep motoring in the sport - her dad has visions of her racing saloons or drifting. 

Stuart added: [I can see her] in 10 years showing me how it's done and proving she can do everything if she puts her mind to it. 

"Evah does the deciding, we just make it happen for her."