Women in Motorsports North America

WIMNA Drives – VIR: Women’s Track Day, is coming next month. This is a premier event for women interested in motorsports held at the VIRginia International Raceway on October 8th and 9th. This exclusive track day experience hosted by WIMNA and Kaizen Autosport offers a unique opportunity to drive exotic cars, enhance driving skills, and connect with influential women in motorsports. For more information and to register, please visit https://lnkd.in/eHzVd4MH. #womeninmotorsportsna | #kaizenautosport | #hpde | #learntorace | #virginiainternationalraceway

Happening Today! It's WIMNA Wednesday Mentor Series! Still time to register! Stacy Flinner Sawalich, Director of Racing Relations at SoundGear discusses protecting your hearing while participating in motorsports. 7:00 PM Eastern. Register today, https://lnkd.in/g9AYbzuv #womeninmotorsportsna | #HearingHealth

Four SHEro award presentations were held for women that are going above and beyond contributing to motorsports. WIMNA along with partners, AdventHealth, and Jostens honored three remarkable women at Daytona International Speedway during the NASCAR weekend and another amazing woman during the NTT INDYCAR SERIES weekend at Portland International Raceway. At Daytona, SHEro awards were presented to Lindsey Londono, Rachel Reile and Jennifer Young. Londono, the nursing manager of the two AdventHealth Care Centers and nine first aid stations at Daytonay has led the clinical operations of the care centers for nine years. Reile, manager of venue operations at Daytona International Speedway, has been an unsung hero to Daytona’s success. In the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022, she meticulously documented the impacts and repairs across the Daytona International Speedway property. She has recently led the installation of five AdventHealth Mothers’ Nursing Rooms at Daytona International Speedway and has coordinated upgrades to club and concourse furniture and other fan amenities. Young, senior director of operations at Daytona International Speedway, has spent 20 years as an employee of Daytona and has a hand in nearly every event that takes place at the Speedway, including managing the World Center of Racing’s busy track calendar. She works tirelessly at the facility to coordinate the operational logistics for major partners, including many of AdventHealth’s special events held at the track during throughout the year. At the IndyCar weekend in Portland, Kim Kuzma McFarland received the SHEro award from Darrell LeBlanc, President of Friends of Portland International Raceway (PIR). For over 20 years, Kuzma McFarland has worked in a variety of roles from flagger to race control to starter to pace car driver at PIR. But she has done much more including a past board member of the Cascade Sports Car Club and Oregon Region SCCA and is currently a board member of Friends of PIR. She also serves as start chief for both Cascade Sports Car Club and SOVREN; a pace car driver for Oregon Region SCCA; works race control for IndyCar, Formula E and NASCAR races in Portland AND for IndyCar race control at events all around the country. She works with the FIA as "deputy race chair" for all US based F1 events in Miami, Austin, and Las Vegas and the FIM as "race operations coordinator" for MotoGP events. Her SHEro award adds to winning 2001 Oregon Region rookie flagger of the year and 2014 SCCA National "worker of the year" as a starter. Over the years Kim has recruited dozens of women into motorsports on and off the track. And she holds down a full-time job away from racing. Congrats to these awesome ladies! Know a SHEro? Nominate them at: https://lnkd.in/gr2z-AvA #womeninmotorsportsna | #IndyCar | #Nascar | #AdventHealth | #Jostens

Friends of Laguna Seca CEO, Lauri Eberhart, Esq. (also a WIMNA Board Member) kicks off the activities on August 15 signifying the transition of management for WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Friends President Ross Merrill, Friends Vice President Bruce Canepa and the entire Friends board of directors joined John Narigi, president and general manager of the Laguna Seca Recreation Area, Fifth District Supervisor Mary Adams, and key county employee contributors for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, passing of the keys, and a champagne toast. Read more at https://lnkd.in/g6vYgbi2 #womeninmotorsportsna | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | #friendsoflagunaseca

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TWO WIMNA events at Elkhart Lake's Road America, Inc. IMSA - International Motor Sports Association Sportscar Weekend this Friday! At the track AND close by off track. Join Us! #womeninmotorsportsna | Taylor Hagler | Sheena Monk | #MichelinPilotChallenge | Sabré Cook | Madeline Stewart | #IMSA | #WeatherTechRacing | #CarreraCupNA | #porschemotorsport |#roadamerica

Congratulations to our Co-Founder Lyn St. James who will be inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 2025. #womeninmotorsportsna | #IndyCar | #motorsportslegend

The August WIMNA Wednesday Mentor Series is scheduled! Stacy Sawalich from SoundGear discusses sound safety, communication, and more. Register at https://lnkd.in/g9AYbzuv #womeninmotorsportsna | #mentorshipmatters | #wimnawednesday | #ProtectYourHearing | #HearBetterRaceBetter

This past Saturday, WIMNA had the pleasure of awarding the SHEro award to NTT INDYCAR Series Medical Director, Dr. Julia Vaizer who was nominated by Tegan Turner. The SHEro Award is an award created in collaboration with Jostens with the intention of highlighting the female heroes of the motorsports industry. To learn more about this award and nominate your SHEro, head to https://lnkd.in/gg7JMMBu #womeninmotorsportsna | #shero | #jostens | #adventhealth | #womeninmotorsports | #womeninmotorsport | INDYCAR

Are you going to be at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest? If so, join WIMNA and our representatives at Laguna Seca for a Group Photo!! July 13th at 1:30pm in the paddock on the MotoAmerica Stage. #womeninmotorsportsna | #superbike | #AmericanMotorcyclistAssociation | #motoamerica