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Betty Skelton Erde wasn't technically a NASCAR driver, but she drove the pace car at Daytona in 1954, and was clocked at a speed of 105.88 mph (170.40 km/h) on the sand, setting a stock car speed record for women. [6] No woman had raced NASCAR in a decade when Janet Guthrie started the 1976 World 600, [7] finishing 15th, ahead of Dale Earnhardt ...
Danica Sue Patrick (/ ˈ d æ n ɪ k ə /; born March 25, 1982) is an American former professional racing driver and model.She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel car racing—her victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only win by a woman in an IndyCar Series race.
Zemken competed in karts for six years and won two local track championships before moving open-wheel cars. [1] By the age of 14, she had won five track championships and over 100 feature races. [2] She began competing full-time in the Sportsman class at Afton Speedway in 2001. [3]
Robinson was born on November 30, 1964, in Des Moines, Iowa.Her legal name is Eileen "Shawna" Jade, but she went by Shawna on the racetrack. She is the youngest of five children of former race car driver Richard "Lefty" Robinson, an amateur diesel truck racer who worked on cars in his home garage and promoted races in the Midwestern United States, and his wife Lois who competed in auto racing ...
Her highest finish, sixth place at Bristol in 1977, is the best finish by a woman in a top-tier NASCAR race in the modern era, now currently tied with Danica Patrick in 2014. [ 4 ] Janet Guthrie's Wildcat 3-DGS, which she drove to ninth place in the 1978 Indianapolis 500
Katherine Anne Legge (/ ˈ l ɛ ɡ / LEG; born 12 July 1980) [1] [2] is a British professional auto racing driver who competes part-time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet ZL1 for Live Fast Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet SS for Sigma Performance Services.
American open-wheel car racing, generally known as Indy car racing, or more formally Indianapolis car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2024 , the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar .
Kahne began racing open wheel sprint cars at Deming Speedway at 17 in Deming, Washington, before moving up to Skagit speedway in Alger, Washington, and then he moved to USAC. In 2000, Kahne made a trip to Pennsylvania where he won the season opener at the historic Williams Grove Speedway .