OnlyFans star Renee Gracie is banned from returning to V8 Supercars as organisers brand her comeback attempt a ‘publicity stunt’
OnlyFans star Renee Gracie has been left disappointed after her attempt at returning to the racing circuit was dismissed as a ‘publicity stunt’ by V8 Supercars officials.
Renee, who retired from racing in 2017 and started her porn career early last year, made headlines last month when she announced plans to buy her own racing team and enter the upcoming Bathurst 1000.
But PerthNow reported on Wednesday that Renee’s comeback had been derided by event organisers, with one official telling the publication: ‘It’s just a publicity stunt.’
‘She is just using the sport to sell more videos’: OnlyFans star Renee Gracie (pictured) has been left disappointed after her attempt at returning to the racing circuit was dismissed as a ‘publicity stunt’ by V8 Supercars officials
‘She is just using the sport to sell more videos. It is not even worth commenting on because it is not going to happen,’ they added.
Despite the backlash, Renee feels confident that a porn-star driver is exactly what the sport needs to sex up its public image.
‘There aren’t too many females that have raced – let alone one that has raced before and done porn,’ she told The Daily Telegraph in August.
Back on track? Renee, who retired from racing in 2017 and started her porn career early last year, made headlines last month when she announced plans to buy her own racing team and enter the upcoming Bathurst 1000. Pictured here on October 8, 2016, in Bathurst
Renee said she was planning to spent almost $1million on buying her own team, explaining: ‘I get offers every second day to go and race in somebody else’s car.’
She explained she hoped to become a ‘wildcard entry’ in the Bathurst 1000.
Wildcard entries are given to promising crowd-pleasers or retired racers to help attract more attention to the sport.
‘It is not going to happen’: PerthNow reported on Wednesday that Renee’s comeback had been derided by event organisers, with one official telling the publication: ‘It’s just a publicity stunt’
Renee added that she hadn’t been able to watch an entire race for the past year due to how ‘boring’ the sport had become.
‘I turn it off after a couple of laps because it is repetitive and not much is going on. The sport was much better four or five years ago in terms of action,’ she said.
Renee was part of an all-female team that competed at Bathurst in 2015. She also raced with Simona de Silvestro in 2016.
But she quit racing the following year after it became too expensive for her.
‘There aren’t too many females that have raced – let alone one that has raced and done porn’: Despite the backlash, Renee is confident that a porn-star driver is exactly what the sport needs
Wonder women: Renee was part of an all-female team that competed at Bathurst in 2015. She also raced with Simona de Silvestro (left) in 2016
Speaking about her decision to quit V8 Supercars, Renee told Daily Mail Australia in July last year she ‘just couldn’t afford it anymore’.
‘I had to come up with $600,000 a year to race,’ she said. ‘I had to get my own sponsors and any crashes or scratches I got on the car I had to pay for myself.
‘We had insurance but the excess was so high that the team bosses used to tell me, “Don’t crash – but if you do, make sure you write it off.” Just a minor crash could cost $10,000. It’s a savage sport.’
Renee became an OnlyFans creator in early 2020.
In August this year, she claimed she’d earned about $10million on the adult entertainment website so far.
Cashing in! Renee became an OnlyFans creator in early 2020. In August this year, she claimed she’d earned about $10million on the adult entertainment website so far