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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.
She made her first speedway start in 2004 at Texas Motor Speedway and set a new record when she qualified fourth, the highest qualifying effort for a female driver at the track. [citation needed] It was also her first super late model race; she finished seventh. In 2006, she had her first full-time season in a race car.
This is a list of notable, professional, and female racing drivers or riders in any form of motorsport, sorted by country alphabetically. Albania
First woman to compete in a Formula 1 race: Maria Teresa De Filippis (first race entered: 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, first race contested: 1958 Belgian Grand Prix) [39] [40] First woman to score points: Lella Lombardi (1975 Spanish Grand Prix) [41] First race with more than one woman entered: 1976 British Grand Prix (Lella Lombardi, Divina Galica ...
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 ...
Abigail Eaton (born 2 January 1992) [1] is an English racing driver from the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She starred as the test driver for the second and third series of The Grand Tour, [2] an Amazon Prime Video-exclusive motoring series. Eaton is a qualified racing instructor and a performance driving coach.
Hailie Rochelle Deegan [1] (born July 18, 2001) [2] is an American racing driver. She is best known for competing in NASCAR stock car racing, last driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang for AM Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Deegan grew up racing off-road and on dirt, but transitioned to competing on asphalt in 2016 to pursue a career in stock ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American racing drivers. It includes American racing drivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.