Sara Price (born September 2, 1992) is an American racing driver, having competed in
motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...
,
rallying
Rally is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (often called ''rally racing),'' navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed time or average speed. ...
, the
X Games
The X Games are an annual extreme sports event organized, produced and broadcast by ESPN. Coverage is also shown on ESPN's sister network, ABC. The inaugural X Games were held during the summer of 1995 in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, ...
,
Stadium Super Trucks and
Extreme E.
She currently races in Extreme E for
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing, LLC (CGR), also sometimes branded as Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, is an American auto racing organization with teams competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship ...
.
Price has won 17 national motocross championships and she has medaled in the X Games. She hails from Southern California and has been racing since the age of 8.
Racing career
In 2010, Price became first female factory supported motocross racer to race for Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing.
Over the next few years, Price raced for Monster Energy Kawasaki and medaled several times at the X Games before transitioning to racing off road.
Price placed first at the 2013
Elsinore Grand Prix and won the Terracross Championship in 2015.
In 2016, Price won the
Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in the UTV, MX, and ATV Category.
Price made her debut in Stadium Super Trucks at the
2016 Honda Indy Toronto
The 2016 Honda Indy Toronto was a scheduled open-wheel motorsport event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the weekend of July 15–17, 2016. The event marked the 30th annual edition of the Toronto Indy, and the twelfth r ...
race weekend, becoming the first female driver to compete in the series.
[ The following year, she ran the season finale at Lake Elsinore Diamond. Price did not return to the series until 2020, racing at the Adelaide 500 race weekend.
In 2017, Price won Hoonigan and ]Fiat
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino, lit=Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiary ...
's Female Driver Search to become next female Hoonigan Athlete. She also placed 6th place at the Climb to the Clouds” at Mount Washington in a Fiat 124
The Fiat 124 is a small family car manufactured and marketed by Italian company Fiat between 1966 and 1974. The saloon superseded the Fiat 1300 and was the basis for several variants including a station wagon, a four-seater coupé ( 124 Sport Co ...
Rally Car.
Price made her debut in a trophy truck in the 2017 Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic and placed second.
In 2019, Price became the first female SCORE International Baja 1000 IronWoman by solo driving the entire race and finishing second in the trophy trucks spec class.
Price first raced rally in 2015 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, finishing first among rookie participants. Price did not return to rally racing until 2020 when she placed second in the UTV Class at Sonora Rally.
On June 11, 2020, Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing, LLC (CGR), also sometimes branded as Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, is an American auto racing organization with teams competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship ...
announced Price would race with the team for the inaugural Extreme E season in 2021. She was the first confirmed driver for the series, and the first female racer in CGR's history.
Miss California USA
Price competed in the Miss California USA
Miss California USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Crown Diva Productions.
California's mo ...
beauty pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the Physical attractiveness, physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of Per ...
in 2013, but did not make the finals.
Motorsports career results
Stadium Super Trucks
( key) (Bold – Pole position. ''Italics'' – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.
Extreme E
( key)
* Season still in progress.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
American motocross riders
Stadium Super Trucks drivers
X Games athletes
1992 births
American female racing drivers
21st-century American women
Extreme E drivers
Chip Ganassi Racing drivers