Marybeth Harrison

READ HER ROAD AMERICA RACE REPORT: MARYBETH HARRISON FINISHES IN TOP HALF IN TEAM'S THIRD TRANS-AM RACE OF THE YEAR

Marybeth is a winning race car driver currently competing in the SCCA Trans Am Series driving for Glacier Bear Racing.  Marybeth is also sponsored by Fountain Tire who supports her Racing Against Drugs school talk program in Western Canada which promotes healthy lifestyle choices to school children.

Marybeth is also a racing instructor at the ProFormance Race Drivers School. Marybeth drove her Fountain-Tire sponsored Formula 1600 in 1998 and 1999. Marybeth was a member of the Pace Car Program for the FedEx CART World Championship in 1998 and 1999. She drove in ProFormance's BFGoodrich/Toyota spec series in 1996 and 1997.From 1993 to 1995, Marybeth raced a 100cc kart first in the Novice class and then in Yahama Light.

Marybeth credits Latin Dancing as a great way to stay in shape. She fell in love with racing after taking a high performance driving course in 1992 and has since made racing her full time career. She has won races in karting, ice racing, sedans, Legends cars and Formula 1600 with 2nd and 3rd place finishes in Formula 2000 in Eastern Canada. She holds the track record for her class at Mission Raceway Park and in 1998 won the Canadian Formula Drivers Association (CFDA) Championship.

She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and is a skilled marketer and public speaker. Marybeth is active in her Racing Against Drugs school talks, regularly making speeches to school children about healthy lifestyle choices.

She is an avid vegetarian with a vigorous weight and cardio training program. One of her biggest personal accomplishments was walking barefoot across a 40-foot bed of hot coals! She loves Latin dancing and playing bridge in her spare time.

Career Highlights

1999 CART Pace Car Driver, 2nd year on the PPG Pace Car Team
Formula 2000 Driver, competed in Shannonville's F2000 series in Toronto, Ontario
Formula 1600 Driver, competed in various F1600 series in the Pacific Northwest
1998 CART Pace Car Driver, member of the PPG Pace Car Team
Champion, Canadian Formula Drivers Association Championship
1997 2nd Place, ProFormance’s / Toyota race series Record Holder, 
Track record holder in class Graduate, Richard Petty's 2-Day Racing Experience- Las Vegas Superspeedway
1996 Rookie of the Year, ProFormance’s / Toyota race series
Graduate, Skip Barber Racing School’s three-day competition course - Road America, Wisconsin
2nd Place Trophy, International Karting Circuit race series (against 27 male drivers)
Winner, ProFormance senior sedan race
Winner, ProFormance novice sedan race
1995 ProFormance Driver Appreciation Award, Molson Indy Vancouver
Graduate, Jim Hall Racing School’s three-day
competition course - Ventura, California
Winner, Vancouver Mini-Molson Indy race 1994 Winner, WKA kart race
Graduate, ProFormance Race Driver’s School Competition Licensing Program
Racing Instructor Appointment, ProFormance Race Drivers School
1993 Winner, BCCC Ladies Stock slalom race
Graduate, ProFormance’s Introduction to Racing
Driving Instructor Appointment, ProFormance Race Drivers School
1992 Graduate, ProFormance’s Level III 2-day program