Shawna
Robinson
NEWS
Shawna Robinson
gives a new twist to the term "working mother".
From semi-trucks to stock cars, you canıt keep
Robinson off the track. After taking a four-year
absence from the racing circuit to start a
family, sheıs back in the driverıs seat as the
only woman racing in the NASCAR Winston Cup
Series beginning with the Daytona 500 in
February of 2002.
Robinson started
racing at age 18. In her 17 years in the sport,
she set two NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National
Division track records and was the first woman
in NASCAR history to win a pole position in the
NASCAR Goodyıs Dash Series. Robinson was also
the first woman to win a NASCAR touring event.
She raced in the Great American Truck Racing
series, the Paul Ricard Grand Prix Truck Race in
France, the NASCAR Goodyıs Dash Series, the Auto
Racing Club of America (ARCA), the NASCAR Busch
Series, and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and as
well. Off
the track, Robinson is a mother, motivational
speaker and role model for women everywhere. Her
determination and media-friendly attitude have
landed her interviews with NBC Nightly News with
Brian Williams, ESPNıs RPM 2Night,USA Today,
Sports Illustrated, NASCAR Racing for Kids and
Health World.
First female to
start a NASCAR Winston Cup race since 1989 when
she began the race at Brooklyn, Michigan on June
10, 2001. When she finished it, she was the
first female to do so since Janet Guthrie in
1980.
First woman to
finish in the top 10 in points in any national
oval-track motor sports series (6th, 2000 ARCA
Series)
First woman to
complete a full season in any national
oval-track motor sports series (2000 ARCA
Series)
First woman in
NASCAR history to win a pole position in the
NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division,
with a track-speed record of 174.33 mph (1994)
First woman to
win a NASCAR pole position (1989 NASCAR Goodyıs
Dash Series)
First woman to
win a NASCAR Touring Series event in 40-year
history (1988)
Winner of the
Prestone Highest Finishing Rookie Award at
Talladega Superspeedway on October 14, 2000
Winner of the
Talladega Pole Award at the 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde
Series Event at the Michigan
Speedway on June
10, 2000. Also broke the track record with a
speed of 184.606 mph.
Highest finishing
rookie honors at Kil-Kare (Xenia, Ohio) Speedway
on May 26, 2000.
Finished fourth
in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series race at Lowe's
Motor Speedway in Charlotte in 1999.
She also scored
the STP-Prestone Highest Finishing Rookie honor.
Finished second
in the 1999 FirstPlus Financial ARCA 200 at
Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
Raced a limited
number of 1995 Busch Series races in the No. 36
CPR Motorsports Ford Thunderbird.
First woman in
NASCAR history to win a pole position in the
Busch Series, Grand National Division
March 12, 1994, Busch Light 300, Atlanta Motor
Speedway.
Established new
Busch Series track record in 1994 at Atlanta
Motor Speedway - 174.330 mph.
Captured outside
pole, Feb. 26, 1994, for the Goodwrench 200 at
North Carolina Speedway.
Posted first top
ten finish, June 25, 1994, at Watkins Glen.
Completed full
season of competition in 1993 in BGN series - 28
races for the Polaroid Race Team owned by Mike
Laughlin - Finished 23rd in overall points
standings with earnings of $71,325.
Finished
runner-up in the Busch Series
³Rookie-of-the-Year² standings driving a 14-race
limited schedule in 1992.
Drove four Busch
Series races in 1991 for Sparkyıs Racing Buick,
owned by Huffman Racing.
Qualified second
for the 1990 Florida 200 at Daytona, driving the
Hugo Express.
First woman to
win a NASCAR pole position < I-95 Speedway,
Florence, S.C. in the NASCAR Goodyıs Dash Series
in 1989.
Set new track
record, captured the pole, and the win at Myrtle
Beach Speedway in 1989.
First woman to
win a NASCAR touring series event in the 40 year
history of NASCAR on June 10th, 1988 at New
Ashville Speedway, NC.
1988 NASCAR Dash
Series "Rookie of the Year" 1988 NASCAR Dash
Series "Most Popular Driver"
3rd Place Finish
in the overall 1988 Dash point standings
Won the 1987
Great American Truck Racing Big Rig 100 at
Flemington, NJ Speedway
Finished second
in the Grand Prix of Trucks Mexico City Race in
1986.
Competed in
France in the Paul Ricard Grand Prix Truck Race
in 1985.
Made history by
becoming the first woman to win a major super
speedway points race at the famed Milwaukee Mile
Bobtail 100 in 1984.
1984 Great
American Truck Racing (GATR) "Rookie of the
Year"
For more
information check out her
website here
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