STAYING
TOGETH
Husband and wife Laeith and Lisa Skinner might race
together, but you won’t find Laeith watching on from
the sidelines when Lisa takes to the start line.
In fact, Laeith avoids watching as much as he can, but not for the
reason you might think.
“She won’t let me watch!” the 43 year old laughed, “I have to go first
as she doesn’t want me watching – we raced against each other at
round two of the Summit Racing Queensland Championships and
she beat me, so I am happy to go in front!”
because I am used to the adrenalin and everything, so it is just
wanting them to do well and hoping everything goes well in the
race.”
Lisa’s involvement in racing started with her husband, but her love
of the sport began well before they met.
“He watches very closely and when I think I have done something
right or wrong he tends to let me know his thoughts on the whole
thing, so it is best he goes in front of me and what happens,
happens,” laughed Lisa. “My brother races in Top Sportsman so I had been to the track
several times, but yes after we were together it was the age old
story where he said he would just take the bike out to test it ‘one
time’ and then all of a sudden, the stock standard road bike became
our big green ‘taxi’ and it sort of went from there,” Lisa explained.
“I do watch him when I can though – it doesn’t make me nervous “I had been watching him have a go and having fun and then