Margaret Halliday

Margaret Halliday (born 1956) is a New Zealand-born Australian motorsport racer. She was the first woman to win an Australian national motor sport Grand Prix.

Biography

Halliday was born in 1956 in New Zealand.[1][2] She worked as a secretary in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[2]

Halliday partnered with her then boyfriend Doug Chivas in road races throughout the 1970s and 1980s.[3] The couple had met in Pukekohe, Auckland Region, New Zealand.[4] In 1984, Halliday became the first woman to win an Australian national motorsport Grand Prix,[5] while partnered with Chivas in the 1000cc motorcycle side-car Grand Prix at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.[6][7]

In 2025, Halliday was the featured story on an episode of the Aussie Sidecar Stories podcast.[3]

References

  1. ^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (2000). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. Yorkin Publications. p. 706. ISBN 978-0-7876-4065-1.
  2. ^ a b "Halliday, Margaret (1956—)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Margaret's Aussie Sidecar Story". Aussie Sidecar Stories. 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Doug Chivas: A Life in the Fast Lane". Old Bike Australasia. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ^ Stell, Marion K. (1991). Half the Race: A History of Australian Women in Sport. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 978-0-207-16971-7.
  6. ^ "Sydney secretary Margaret Halliday Sunday became the first woman..." United Press International (UPI) Archives. 22 April 1984. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Easter Racing at Bathurst". Australian Motorcycle News. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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