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This is a list of notable, professional, and female racing drivers or riders in any form of motorsport, sorted by country alphabetically. Albania
Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to enter a Formula One race. As of 2024, four other female drivers have entered at least one Grand Prix, although only two have qualified and started a race. Lella Lombardi has competed in the most Grands Prix of any female driver, with 17 entries and 12 starts.
In 2013, Patrick became the first woman in Sprint Cup history to have a full-time ride in the series (with Stewart-Haas Racing), [20] and eventually the first female driver to clinch the pole position and lead a green flag lap, both occurring at the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first woman to lead both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 ...
Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938) is an American former racing driver. She is the first female to qualify and race in either the Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed to qualify. She raced in three Indianapolis 500s: 1977 through ...
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer. She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980, and 1982, becoming the first ...
It’s what still motivates her today, at 42, as one of the world’s fastest female race-car drivers, ... but Janet Guthrie, 85, who was the first woman to ever compete in the Indy 500, in 1977 ...
She became the first woman to compete against men in races in Michigan. [3] She also set a number of women's records at American race tracks, including fastest lap (130.3 mph) and fastest one-way mark (150.375) at Daytona International Speedway in 1959 and 1960, respectively, and at Atlanta International Speedway in 1961.
In 2000, two female drivers (St. James and Sarah Fisher) started the race, the first time multiple women qualified for the same race. At least two started every race between 2007 and 2015. Since 2001, seven women (five of them international drivers) have started the 500. Before 2005, Guthrie held the record for best finish in the race.