Demi Chalkias

Demi Chalkias is a 26-year-old Canadian race car driver from Stouffville, Ontario, who made history as the first woman to win the CASC Pirelli GT3 Sprint Championship and the first female to compete in the FEL Sports Car Championship Canada.

EARLY YEARS

Growing up in Stouffville, a small town just outside Toronto, Demi Chalkias developed her love affair with anything that had an engine before she was old enough to get a driver’s license. While other kids were presumably doing whatever normal children do, she was in the garage with her dad, hands covered in grease, learning the inner workings of cars from the ground up. Those hours spent helping him fix vehicles weren’t just father-daughter bonding time—they were her first racing education, teaching her that understanding what’s under the hood is just as important as knowing how to drive what’s on top of it.

That childhood obsession with driving—anything, really, as long as it moved—eventually led her to karting, the traditional gateway drug for motorsports addicts. She spent two years cutting her teeth in karts, learning racecraft and discovering that going fast in circles (or squiggly lines, depending on the track) was exactly what she wanted to do with her life.

OTHER INTERESTS

Beyond the track, Chalkias has been associated with ReactForge in an athletic training context, though specific details about her non-racing pursuits remain largely private. She’s shared insights about focus and preparation through podcast appearances, suggesting an interest in the mental game that extends beyond just showing up and turning left.

EARLY SUCCESS

After her karting apprenticeship, Chalkias progressed through high-performance driving and racing academies, racking up skills and credentials before making the jump to car racing. Her career highlight from those early years came in 2018 with the CASC Pirelli GT4 series, setting the stage for what would become a pattern of barrier-breaking achievements. By age 26, she’d accumulated six years of car racing experience, and she wasn’t just participating—she was winning.

The proof arrived in 2020 when she claimed the CASC Pirelli GT3 Sprint Championship, becoming the first woman ever to win the title. That same year, she dominated CASC-OR weekends with first-place finishes in July and at September’s Celebration of Motorsport. She wasn’t just fast; she was consistently fast, which in racing is the difference between a fluke and a force to be reckoned with.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2025: Selected as Radical Academy Driver in FEL Radical Cup Canada[1]
• 2024: Joined JMF Motorsports driving the #34 Mercedes-AMG GT4[4]
• 2023: First female to compete in FEL Sports Car Championship Canada[3]
• 2021: First place, BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park[1]
• 2020: Winner, CASC Pirelli GT3 Sprint Championship—first woman to win the title[1]
• 2020: First place finishes at July and September CASC-OR weekends[1]
• 2019: Awarded Race Ontario Muriel Knap Trophy for competing equally with men, sportsmanship, positive attitude, and determination[1]
• Multiple pole positions: Qualified on pole for R2 at GP3R in Mercedes-AMG GT4; qualified on pole twice at Toronto Indy in Mercedes-AMG GT4[1]
• Two third-place finishes at Toronto Indy driving the #34 Mercedes-AMG GT4[1]
• Three second-place finishes at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park during Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend, FEL SCCC, in the #34 Mercedes-AMG GT4[1]
• Hard Charger Award at Sonoma Raceway, SRO, in Mercedes AMG-GT4[1]

INSPIRATIONS

The most significant influence on Chalkias’s racing career was her father, whose willingness to let his daughter get her hands dirty alongside him in the garage planted the seeds for everything that followed. Those collaborative repair sessions weren’t just about fixing cars—they were about building confidence, mechanical knowledge, and a relationship with machines that would serve her well when those machines started going 150 mph. Her personal motto, “Ambition is the key to greatness,” suggests a driver motivated more by internal drive than external validation, though specific racing heroes or role models haven’t been publicly documented.

REPUTATION

In the Canadian motorsports scene, Demi Chalkias has built a reputation as a multi-championship-winning driver who isn’t just breaking barriers—she’s redefining what’s possible for women in racing. Media coverage consistently positions her as a fierce competitor and trailblazer who has spent over a decade advocating for equality and representation in a sport that has historically been about as welcoming to women as a gentlemen’s club in the 1950s.

The 2019 Muriel Knap Trophy wasn’t just a participation award—it recognized her ability to compete equally with men while maintaining sportsmanship and determination, which is racing code for “she’s fast, clean, and doesn’t make excuses.” Her progression through multiple series, from Nissan Micra Cup to GT4 competition to becoming the first female in the FEL Sports Car Championship Canada, demonstrates both versatility and an unwillingness to stay comfortable. She races with Chalkias Racing out of Stouffville and has competed with JMF Motorsports, steadily building the kind of résumé that forces the industry to pay attention.

FUTURE GOALS/PLANS

For 2025, Chalkias has been selected as a Radical Academy Driver in the FEL Radical Cup Canada, continuing her pattern of seeking new challenges and expanding her skill set. The Radical Cup represents another step in her career progression, offering high-level competition in purpose-built race cars that demand precision and commitment—two things she’s demonstrated in abundance throughout her career. While specific long-term goals haven’t been publicly detailed, her track record suggests someone building toward opportunities at the highest levels of sports car racing, one championship and barrier-breaking achievement at a time.

References:

Demi Racing Official Website
Nissan Micra Cup Driver Profile
Demi Chalkias: Racing for the Dream
Revving Up with Demi Chalkias
Demi Chalkias Podcast Interview
Stillness in Speed: Demitria Chalkias on the Mental Game of Racing and Life
Bold Journey: Meet Demi Chalkias