Super Trofeo Stories: Jem Hepworth and Lindsay Brewer

In front of the spectacular Sebring sunset stood two of Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America’s newest arrivals, RAFA Racing Team’s Jem Hepworth and Lindsay Brewer.
The series debutants had just taken third place in the Am class at the end of the opening round of the 2025 season and, in doing so, made history.

Not since Stephanie Cemo and Ashton Harrison in 2019 had an all-female crew stood on a Super Trofeo podium. The feat was made even more impressive as both Hepworth and Brewer were contesting their first weekend in Super Trofeo machinery, up against some of the one-make category’s best amateur drivers to boot.

“It gives us the determination to do well and prove that it doesn’t matter if you are a male or a female, you’re just another driver at the end of the day once you put the helmet,” says Hepworth. “We’re just excited and hopefully we can inspire other female drivers to try and do the same and follow in our footsteps.”
Brewer adds: “We love representing women in motorsport and it doesn’t matter what gender you are, once you’re in the car with the helmet on, you’re another competitor that people want to beat. And within the team, it’s a great atmosphere between the whole crew but also me and Jem.

Hailing from Devon in the south of the United Kingdom, Hepworth has been competing since the age of seven and won the Britcar Endurance championship at the wheel of a prototype in 2020, her first season of car racing.

“I did quad bikes for four years and then progressed into go-karts from the age of 11,” says Hepworth. “I’m not going to lie; I wish I had made the move into cars sooner than I did, but I continued go-karting for a few years until I was 19 years-old. I won my first-ever championship in cars which was incredible, but after that it was a bit of a struggle trying to find drives, so I did another year in the Praga prototype before I met RAFA Racing Team in 2022.”

From there, Hepworth’s standing has risen dramatically and, after two seasons in GT4 machinery, the 24-year-old made the transition to Super Trofeo for the 2025 season. She got her first taste of Super Trofeo in testing at Sebring just two weeks before the season opener but admits that the sheer performance 5.2-litre Huracán Super Trofoe EVO2 took her by surprise.
“It’s a bigger jump [moving to Super Trofeo] than I thought it was going to be, I’ll be honest,” Hepworth reflects. “I knew it was going to be similar to a GT3, but I didn’t really know what to expect; it’s got a lot more power, a lot more downforce [than the GT4] but I am enjoying it so far and it is definitely the jump I needed because, ultimately, I want to make it to GT3. 
“I love the car and it’s such a big challenge to drive. It’s my first-time racing in America too so all the tracks are new to me and starting the season at somewhere like Sebring was a real eye-opener and such an iconic venue.”

Unlike Hepworth, whose father lent a hand in her quad bike racing, Lindsay Brewer had no family involvement in racing, instead catching the bug while go-karting at a friend’s birthday party when she was 11 years-old.
“I fell in love with it straight away,” explains Brewer. “I was beating all of the boys and the owners of the karting track said, ‘you should get her into competitions, she’s really good’. So, my dad bought me my first go-kart and I won the regional championship in my first year.”

Having progressed up the karting ranks, in Rotax Junior and Super Nationals, the Colorado native made a name for herself by developing a diverse racing resume. She attended the Skip Barber Racing School in Road Atlanta and won the National Legend Cars title in Las Vegas before budget issues and the pandemic briefly pausing her career ambitions. Undeterred, Brewer went to university, got a business degree before returning to racing in 2021, gaining experience in touring cars and open wheel racing in the IndyCar feeder series, Indy NXT.
“Unfortunately, my family wasn’t able to financially support me after that [Legends title], which is the age-old problem, so I decided to go to San Diego State University and graduated in 2019 and did a couple of GT4 races but then Covid hit,” says Brewer.
“The move to Indy NXT, was maybe a big too big of a jump for me as I really struggled with the physicality of those cars, so I switched my focus towards GT racing after that.
“My goal has always been to one day drive in the Daytona 24 Hours, so this was the reason I wanted to focus on GT racing, and what better brand to do it with than Lamborghini.
“I really love the Lamborghini; I love the brand and the platform. I tested the car once before with Dream Racing in Las Vegas and I knew I loved the cars. 
“The team has always been one big family, so when I was discussing the plans with Rafa [Martinez, the founder and owner of RAFA Racing], I just knew this was the right direction I wanted to go in.”

Despite their lack of experience in the category, Hepworth and Brewer finished sixth in the opening race of the Sebring weekend before taking a superb third place in race two. Having impressed on debut, the duo is aiming to go two steps further up the podium in round two at Laguna Seca on the weekend of May 9-11.