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Black young professional racer2/12/2024 ![]() ![]() NASCAR has seen varying levels of participation by female drivers throughout its ranks since the sanctioning body's inception in 1949. History 20th century Janet Guthrie was the first woman to race on a superspeedway, in the 1976 World 600 As for the 2022 season there are only 2 females running a full season Hailie Deegan and Toni Breidinger. Relatively few women have contested a full season in any of NASCAR's touring series, although this is increasingly common. Six female drivers: Deegan, Kirk, Patrick, Robinson, Mara Reyes, and Brittney Zamora have won poles. She also became the first winner in any ARCA-sanctioned series, because there have been no female winners in the main ARCA Menards Series as of April 2021. Trotter won a race in the renamed ARCA Menards Series West in 2020, becoming the second female winner in the West Series, as well as the first winner in the series under the ARCA banner. ![]() In 2019, Kobayashi won in her one and only start in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (in the Elite Club Division). ![]() Robinson won three times between 19 in the now-defunct Dash Series, Deegan won three races in the K&N Pro Series West between 20. As of April 2021, Shawna Robinson, Hailie Deegan, Manami Kobayashi, and Gracie Trotter remain the only women to have won a race in one of NASCAR's touring series. A handful of women (such as Fisher, Mackena Bell and Kenzie Ruston) have raced with the help of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program since its creation in 2004.Īt least 125 women have qualified for and started a race in one of NASCAR's touring series, including 16 in the NASCAR Cup Series. While some female NASCAR drivers have transitioned or attempted to transition from open-wheel racing and sports car racing (such as Sarah Fisher, Janet Guthrie, Danica Patrick, and Katherine Legge), most have climbed the stock-car racing ladder (such as Tammy Jo Kirk, Johanna Long, and Shawna Robinson), beginning to race full-sized stock cars in their teenage years. The following is a list of female NASCAR drivers who have participated in a national or regional touring series race since the organization's inception in 1949, along with statistical totals for their NASCAR careers. She made her final start in the 2018 Daytona 500. Danica Patrick, arguably NASCAR's most prominent female driver, competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for five years (as well as part-time in two others). ![]()
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