Penny Mallory

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Penny Mallory as a keynote speaker for The Morson Group in 2024. Penny Mallory Mental Toughness Keynote Speaker.jpg
Penny Mallory as a keynote speaker for The Morson Group in 2024.
Penny Mallory (left) with her co-driver standing on their winning 2000 Ford Focus WRC rally car at Rally GB Penny Mallory Ford Focus WRC.jpg
Penny Mallory (left) with her co-driver standing on their winning 2000 Ford Focus WRC rally car at Rally GB
Penny Mallory as a boxer in 2008 Penny Mallory boxer.jpg
Penny Mallory as a boxer in 2008

Penny Mallory is an English keynote speaker, and TedX speaker, on Mental Toughness, performance coach and a former British Rally Championship driver.

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She is a Leading Authority on Mental Toughness. She became the first woman to drive a World Rally Car (WRC)-specification in the otherwise male-dominated FIA World Rally Championship. [2] Penny has been a boxer, mountaineer, marathon runner and triathlete and is training to row the Atlantic Ocean in 2026. [3]

She also worked as a precision stunt driver, playing both 'Nicole' and 'Papa', for two Renault Clio commercials. [4]

Mallory is also a former television presenter; she co-hosted Channel 4's motoring programme Driven [5] alongside Mike Brewer and Jason Plato, and Accident Black Spot. [5] She also co-hosted with Jason Dawe on the Used Car Roadshow, [6] which was originally broadcast on Men & Motors and later was occasionally repeated on ITV4. [4] She presented Classic Car Club for Discovery [5] with Edd China, Tony Mason and Alex Riley. She also previously co-presented Channel 4's programme on the World Rally Championship (WRC) series, until it was taken over by ITV in 2004. [4]

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References


  1. BBC. "Penny Mallory interview". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. Tatton, Fiona (13 August 2014). "Troubled teen to champion rally driver and adventurer – Penny Mallory - Womanthology". Womanthology: Homepage. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. "From rallies to rowing – Penny's 3,000-mile Atlantic challenge". Stratford Herald. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Used Car Roadshow on Men & Motors". Porsche968UK.co.uk. Porsche 968 UK club. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Driven (partially found British Channel 4 television series; 1998-2002) - The Lost Media Wiki". lostmediawiki.com. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. "used car roadshow, buying a used car, used car reviews". www.usedcarroadshow.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2025.

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  1. Member, Penny Mallory Newsweek Is A. Trust Project (1 January 2023). ""I'm a mental toughness expert, here's 5 ways to stick to your resolutions"". Newsweek. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. Mallory, Penny (1 January 2023). "Cold showers to regular fails – expert shares surprise methods to hit 2023 goals". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  3. "Articles up to June 19th, 2023 | Metro UK". Metro. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.