How to Break Into Indy Car Racing as a Woman

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Tip 1 - Women slowly breaking barriers as IndyCar mechanics, engineers

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dana Mc Cracken | permalink

At one of Jessica Mace’s first jobs working on cars in the racing industry, her crew chief told her it probably would be a good idea if she changed professions. You know, because she’s a woman. Kat...
Tags: indycar, indianapolis 500, indycar, indycar series, pippa mann, sarah fisher, simona de silvestro

For further reading: http://sports.usatoday.com/2015/05/22/indycar-women-mechanics-engineers-pit-crew-indianapolis-500/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Glossary

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by LINDA FOREMAN | permalink

Glossary

For further reading: http://www.indycar.com/Fan-Info/INDYCAR-101/Glossary ^[2]

Tip 3 - NASCAR - Five arguments to tackle in 2015 - IndyCar - Formula One

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Susan Strassner | permalink

Is the Chase legit? Is INDYCAR clueless? Is Brad Keselowski good for the sport? Is F1 too high-tech for its own good? Is Danica Patrick in over her head? Let the debates begin ...
Tags: NASCAR, Chase, Sprint Cup Series, IndyCar Series, Formula One, AutoRacing, NASCAR, Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick

For further reading: http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id/12306736/nascar-five-arguments-tackle-2015-indycar-formula-one ^[3]

Tip 4 - Danica Patrick First Woman To Win IndyCar Race, Proves She's Not Just A Piece Of Meat

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Agnieszka Spz | permalink

The checkered flag dropped today in Japan, and with it came the paternalistic stranglehold on professional motorsports as Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 — besting her previous highest finish of second place at the Detroit Grand Prix. The win, 5.8594 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi oval occurring after leader Scott Dixon pitted with five laps left and Dan Wheldon and Tony Kanaan came in a lap later, makes Patrick the first woman to ever win an IndyCar race. Finally, people will be forced to look at Danica Patrick... Read more Read more
Tags: Danica Patrick, Deadspin, Top, Jalopnik

For further reading: http://jalopnik.com/381837/danica-patrick-first-woman-to-win-indycar-race-proves-shes-not-just-a-piece-of-meat ^[4]

Tip 5 - Meet the All-Female Team on a Quest to Shake Up Indy Racing

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alex Rembert | permalink

This is Grace Autosport, an IndyCar team that will attempt to build its organization around females.

For further reading: http://www.wired.com/2015/05/meet-female-team-quest-shake-indy-racing/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - INDYCAR 2015 Indianapolis 500

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joan Juhl | permalink

[ATTACH] After all of the practice and preparation, the ninety-ninth running of the Indianapolis 500 looms ever closer with each passing hour. The...

For further reading: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/indycar-2015-indianapolis-500.106105/ ^[6]

Tip 7 - IndyCar Racing News

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Hector Grullon | permalink

The Izod IndyCar Series is the United States' top-level open-wheel racing category, and is the latest incarnation of a sport that throughout its long history has consisted of several different eras and sanctioning bodies including USAC, CART, Champ Car and IndyCar. The Indianapolis 500 is the crown jewel of its annual schedule, which consists of a mixture of road courses, street circuits and oval tracks. Drivers vie for both a road/street course championship and an oval championship, as well as the overall season championship. The series also features a Triple Crown challenge, which pays $1 million to any driver who manages to win the oval races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono (Pa.) Raceway and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

For further reading: http://autoweek.com/racing/indycar ^[7]