Alexis DeJoria
Alexis DeJoria made the headlines in 2014 with three NHRA Funny Car victories, which included a win at the U.S. Nationals.
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Erica Enders-Stevens
Erica Enders-Stevens won back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock championships in 2014 and 2015.
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Maria Teresa de Filippis
Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first female to start a Formula One race at the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix.
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Sarah Fisher
Fisher, seen here at an F1 test, holds the record for the most Indianapolis 500 starts by a female with nine, and had a career-high finish of second in 2001 at Homestead.
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Ashley, Brittany and Courtney Force
The three Force sisters have each achieved success in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, with Ashley Force Hood placing second in the 2009 Funny Car standings.
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Janet Guthrie
Among other achievements, Guthrie was the first ever female driver to compete at the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500.
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Katherine Legge
Legge has made starts in IndyCar, Formula E, DTM and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
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Lella Lombardi
Lombardi is the only female driver to score points in an F1 race with a sixth-place finish at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix.
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Johanna Long
Long is one of only two females to have won the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, with her win coming in 2010.
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Pippa Mann
Mann won a race in the Indy Lights series in 2010 and was the only female driver in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.
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Denise McCluggage
McCluggage was an automotive journalist who also took the GT win at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1961.
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Shirley Muldowney
Regarded as a racing legend, Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982.
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Christina Nielsen
Nielsen won the 2016 GTD championship in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
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Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick is the only female driver to win a race in the IndyCar Series and to take pole at the Daytona 500.
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Shawna Robinson
Robinson became the first female driver to take a pole in NASCAR at I-95 Speedway in the NASCAR Busch Series in 1994.
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Angelle Sampey
Angelle Sampey won the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship from 2000-2002.
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Sabine Schmitz
Schmitz, a TV personality and the “Queen of the Ring,” has two wins at the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring.
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Simona de Silvestro
Currently competing in the V8 Supercars championship, de Silvestro is the only female driver to have scored points in Formula E.
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