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Rebecca Jackson is a British television presenter, racing driver, entrepreneur, and motoring journalist.

Early Life
Jackson was born in 1982 in Horndean where she had her first insight into motorsport as a child. Her engineer father restored classic cars and competed in the annual Birkett 6 Hour Team Relay Race at Silverstone race circuit and her mother is a driving instructor.

It is in Devon that Jackson first learned to drive, before she was old enough to drive on the road, using nearby farmland that was often used for racing. Jackson got her driving license aged 17 after two months of lessons and purchased her first car – a Peugeot 205 1.4 GR, continuing to use farmland  to practise precision driving. Jackson’s first taste of competitive motorsport was a grasstrack autosolo race which she won.

Education
Jackson attended a public primary and middle school and a private all girls' senior school in Devon.

She then attended the University of Bath, studying Natural Science for one year before changing subjects and graduating in 2004 with a 2:1 degree in Business Studies.

Career
Due to her career, Jackson was one of ten women to be presented with a Michelin Inspirational Woman Award 2012 and 2013. This involved talking to young girls at school to inspire them to be successful in their future careers.

Business
Jackson set up a used car business in 2007 selling budget cars for under £1000 called RJ Internet Showroom. This was started with £300 and a Vauxhall Cavalier. Jackson has built this up to a higher end company, RJ Prestige Cars which includes Rolls Royce, Bentley, Jaguar and BMW in the stock list of cars for sale and also offers other services such as consultancy. The company is based in Reading where Jackson lives and is run with her partner Andrew. It utilises service experience gained when Jackson worked at British Airways.

Presenting
Jackson presents video reviews for Carbuyer with co-presenter Mat Watson reviewing features of new cars.

Sky Sports and Motors TV are recording a video diary of her progression from being an amateur racing driver to competing at Le Mans (see below). Michelin also produced a short video insight into Jackson’s life.

ITV4 will be debuting consumer based car show I Want That Car in autumn 2013. The show will be a ten episode series where Jackson and Carbuyer co-presenter Mat Watson will help two buyers in each episode find the car they want within budget. It will involve the presenters finding and reviewing cars for the buyers as well as negotiating a selling price.

Writing
Jackson writes motoring articles for The Sunday Times, Girlracer, Autoexpress, Autotrader and Michelin.

She has also tested a parking app for The Sunday Times and produced written reviews for Carbuyer and Autoexpress.

Driving
Jackson partakes in many ad hoc driving roles. She was invited to Goodwood Revival as Rolls Royce’s VIP guest and drove a new Toyota GT86 up the hill at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2012. Other work has included driving and testing for Nismo in Barcelona, racing as a guest entrant for Toyota and other manufacturers, and safety car driving.

Jackson is a member of British Women Racing Drivers Club (BWRDC) and British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC).

Project Le Mans: 2013-2016
Racing at 24 Hours of Le Mans is a dream of Jackson’s.

At Autosport International 2013, she launched Project Le Mans, her four year plan of competing in the endurance race. This plan involves winning the British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Porsche Production Boxster class championship 2013. In 2014, year 2, Jackson plans on competing in the higher Race Spec Porsche Boxster class and in year 3, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Challenge. The plan for 2016, the final year of the project is to be racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jackson is open to racing with manufacturers other than Porsche.

Project sponsors include Corbeau Seats, Custom Cages, Lifeline Fire and Safety Systems, Mintex Fricton, Red Line Oil, Longlife Exhausts, Porsch-Apart and Michelin and supports charities Breast Cancer Care and Instituto Ayrton Senna.

Jackson was invited to 24 Hours of Le Mans by Michelin as their guest in 2012 and presented live at the race for Nismo TV in 2013.

Racing
Jackson debuted in 2011 in the BRSCC Porsche Championship without prior experience of rear wheel drive racing in a 35 year old white Porsche 924.

2011
Racing in the Porsche 924 class, Jackson finished 8th of 16.

2012
Racing in the Porsche 924 class for the second season, Jackson finished 4th of 20.

Race event 2 at Snetterton is where Jackson achieved her first race track win. She is reported to have been advised on how to drive in the wet race by friend Alan McNish, three-time winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2013
Progressing to the Porsche Production Boxster class in a red Porsche Boxster S, Jackson is currently leading the championship, ahead of her three competitors.

Training
Outwith motorsport, Jackson also teaches and performs salsa dancing. She sits on the Steering Group of Global Dance Network and has judged competitions.

The regular salsa dancing along with gym workouts are used by Jackson to maintain fitness for races.

Jackson also goes karting and purchased a Mazda RX-8 to use for track days.