Samantha Weakley

USAC Driver

As USAC’s top woman finisher in 2003, Samantha was signed to drive a USAC Silver Crown pavement car in 2004 for Win Smith Racing Inc of Stanford KY. She will also continue to drive for the legendary Kenyon family of Lebanon IN in her USAC Ford Focus Midget in which she recorded a 9th place finish in the 2003 series.

This is Samantha’s 14th year as a racing driver starting at age 12. Starting out in enduro racing karts she has recorded 2 national championships with speeds up to 120 mph on famous tracks such as Daytona International, Lowes Motor Speedway, Road America and more.

Diverse racing cars on diverse venues distinguishes Samantha from most drivers. Besides open wheel USAC racing on both dirt and asphalt, Samantha has raced UMP Modifieds on small dirt ovals, sports cars on road courses and even tested in a NASCAR Nextel Cup car in 2004 as part of the NASCAR Drive For Diversity program,.

Samantha is a senior at Indiana University’ Kelly School of Business and will graduate in 2005. She is President of Sammy Jo Racing Inc, a Bridgestone/Firestone tire dealer and provides expert driver services to the automobile industry.