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Excerpted from Racer.com, Lyn St. James writes about a handful of women racers – including Sarah Fisher, Danica Patrick, Kathryn Nunn, Ashley, Courtney and Brittany Force, Erica Enders, Melanie Troxel, and Sara Senske – that went on to varied levels of success some of which graduated from her annual Driver Development Program:
At many of my press conferences in the ‘90s at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Month of May, I was asked about being the only female driver at Indy, and my response would often be that there were other women racers coming. I knew this because of the many drivers who attended my annual driver development program, and because much of the fan mail from women were not only asking for an autograph, but also asking for advice. So who are these racers, and where did they come from?
Sarah Fisher began racing at the age of five in quarter midgets, won championships in go-karts, and moved into sprint cars and midgets before stepping into an IndyCar and racing in the Indianapolis 500 at the young age of 19, becoming the third – and youngest – woman to compete at Indy…
