EILEEN BILDMAN & LISA CLARK Excel in Ferrari Challenge’s 458 Evo Class

May 24, 2019

• EILEEN “BIG RED” BILDMAN brings a lifetime of automotive passion to Ferrari Challenge’s 458 Evo class, having grown up cleaning pistons at her grandfather’s Baltimore repair shop by age 6. Now racing her bright-red Ferrari in memory of her murdered son Kevin, she demonstrates that women competitors aren’t just playing around—they’re carrying forward legacies while pushing performance limits on tracks like Laguna Seca.
• LISA CLARK’s racing journey from Phoenix dirt bikes to Ferrari’s paddock shows the diverse paths women take to reach elite motorsports. Growing up watching drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney and bonding with her father over desert motorsports, Clark now splits time between her Ferrari Challenge campaign and Formula X crosskart racing, proving that passion for speed transcends any single discipline.
• Both women compete in a series that has launched drivers to IMSA, FIA, and Le Mans success, with their 661-horsepower 488 Challenge cars proving faster than some professional GT3 machinery. When BILDMAN gets taken out by an overeager competitor’s bonehead move during practice, it’s clear these women are dealing with the same track politics and costly consequences as any serious racer—because that’s exactly what they are.

458 evo, ferrari challenge, laguna seca, single-marque racing