Alline Cipriani

Alline Cipriani is a Brazilian driver who races in both her home country and the USA. She won her class in the 2013 Brazilian Endurance Championship and the 2018 Chase for the Trigon Trophy. 

She began racing in 2011, after a serious injury ended her jetski racing career. She competed in the Audi DTCC (Driver Touring Car Cup) for two rounds, as well as trying out single-seaters in the shape of Formula Vee. 

She entered the whole DTCC Cup in 2012 and had two top-ten finishes, the best of these being an eighth place at Interlagos. She was eleventh in the championship. 

In 2013, she moved away from Audi power and acquired a Ford Focus, in which she competed in the Brazilian Endurance Championship. Partnering Adolpho Rossi Neto, she won the Class V championship outright. Had she had entered all four rounds, she would have helped her team-mates to a Class IV championship as well. As it stood, she was second in that class, with her team-mates as winners. She also raced in some rounds of the single-make Sprint Race series, finishing 19th in the championship.

In 2012, she and Adolpho, who are a couple, had shared a Volvo C30 for the Tarumã 12 Hours, which they managed to finish. Driving together again and with two further co-drivers, they were eighth in the 2013 Parana Endurance race, using a Volkswagen Gol.

Since 2013, Alline has been racing a Ginetta in endurance events in the USA, mostly those in the FARA series. She was a class winner in FARA in 2014 and 2015 and became a FARA Ambassador in the process.

Brazilian motorsport had not been forgotten completely. Alline was seventh in the 2014 Sprint Race championship, having completed two-thirds of the season. In 2015, she raced in the Mercedes-Benz Challenge in a C250. Her best finish in this one-make championship was seventh at Interlagos. 

She raced the Ginetta in the States again in 2016, making a guest appearance at Barber in the Pirelli World Challenge. Her best result was a fifteenth place; the weekend was wet and she had not qualified well. She did better in FARA events and ended the year vice-champion in the series.  

After taking some time out to have her son, she raced again in the States in 2018, winning the Chase For The Trigon Trophy TA3 series. Her car was a Ginetta G55 sponsored by Ginetta USA. Her particular class win was a first for a female driver and the first for a Brazilian in an American series.

She raced once more for Ginetta in her home country in 2020. The Stillux Ginetta team entered a G55 GT4 into the Imperio Endurance Brasil series. Alline competed at Sao Paulo, Goiania and Curitiba, but did not manage to finish a race.

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Samantha Tan

Samantha Tan (right) with her ST Racing team-mate, Aurora Straus

Samantha Tan is a Canadian driver who races in the Pirelli World Challenge in the USA. She has made her way through the Touring classes to the GTS class.

She raced in the Canadian Touring Car Championship in 2014. Her car was a Mini Cooper, and she was fifth in the Touring class, and ninth overall. Her best finish was fourth, at Mirabel, and she was usually in the top ten. This was quite remarkable, given that she was only 17 years old, and in her first full season of motorsport.

Previously, she had only done a little NASA stock car racing in 2014, with some success. She had been interested in cars from a very early age and was one of the youngest people ever to take part in the Ferrari Driving Experience at Mont Tremblant.

In 2015, she raced in the Pirelli World Challenge for the first time. She was driving a Kia Forte Koup run by Kinetic Motorsport. Despite a bumpy start at Circuit of the Americas, where she did not finish any of her three races, she had a decent season, with fourth spots at Mosport and Miller. She was sixth in the championship.

Mid-season, she also found time for some rounds of the CTCC, in a Mini, scoring one third place at Toronto from three starts.

Most of 2016 was spent in the Pirelli World Challenge, where she drove a Honda Civic in the TCA class. She was sixth in the class championship, with a best finish of sixth and a consistent finishing record. Her form was slightly better in the early part of the season.

Late in the season, she made two guest appearances in the CTCC, and was fifth and seventh at Bowmanville.

A third season in the World Challenge in 2017, driving a BMW, proved difficult. Her best finishes were two fourteenth places at Circuit of the Americas and she was 29th overall. This was her first year in the TC class and was a step-up in power. TCA is a lower horsepower, “limited preparation” class, while TC allows cars up to TCR spec to compete.

In 2018, she decided to remain with ST Racing, her team from 2017. She drove a BMW M4 in the GTS class of the World Challenge with Nick Wittmer. They were fifth and third in the first two races at Circuit of the Americas, their best results of the year. Samantha was 16th in the championship.

She stuck with BMW power for 2019 but moved up to the GT4 class. She was second in the Pirelli GT4 America West Pro-Am class with two seconds and four thirds, partnered by Jason Wolfe. Driving solo, she was 19th in the Sprint category, after one fifth place at Long Beach.

Her GT4 adventures continued in 2020 with her first trip to Dubai for the 24 Hour race. The event was red-flagged and stopped after seven hours due to the track being flooded. Samantha and her three ST Racing team-mates were running seventh in the GT4 class at the time.

Coronavirus put paid to a good proportion of the 2020 season, but Samantha still managed to race the M4. She entered the Pirelli GT4 SprintX America championship, racing in the Silver class. ST Racing's drivers were crowned Silver champions at the end of the year, ahead of Andretti Autosport, with four wins. Samantha and Jon Miller were third in the SprintX drivers' championship with two seconds and four thirds. One of these was at the Indianapolis eight-hour race, where she was second in the overall GT4 class and third in SprintX.

The ST team went worldwide in 2021. Their first race was the Dubai 24 Hours, the first big race of the year. A team of Samantha, Jon Miller, Chandler Hill and Nick Wittmer were 15th overall and first GT4 car, driving the BMW. 

The Abu Dhabi 6 Hours was also in January. Samantha and Jon Miller were fourth overall and won their class after a close battle with the Sally Racing Cupra. 

Through the Hankook 24H GT Series season, Samantha and her team won their class four more times at Hockenheim, Catalunya and the Hungaroring. That, plus second places at Mugello and Sebring, was enough to bring home the GT4 championship.

She raced two cars in 2022, the BMW and a Ferrari. She used the BMW for endurance racing again, entering part of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America and the GT Intercontinental Challenge as well as some 24H Series races. Her best finishes were a fifth and fourth at Sonoma in the Fanatec series. Her 24H Series successes came in Europe, with a combined GT3 and Pro-Am win in the Mugello race being a highlight of her year, after another finish in the Dubai 24 Hours. 

She racked up another Pro-Am win in the Ferrari Challenge at Circuit of the Americas, followed by a second place at Daytona.

Most of 2023 was spent racing the BMW in the Fanatec GT Challenge America. She and her ST Racing team-mate Neil Verhagen won the Pro-Am class once at Road America and Samantha scored four further podiums, on the way to fourth in the championship. The Ferrari was stationed in Europe for the GT Challenge Europe and ST Racing's results were similar. Samantha, assisted by Lorcan Hanafin and Isaac Tutumlu Lopez, won the final round of the season at Catalunya. The team finished on the Pro-Am podium in all five races. 

With all this action, she still had time for a few races in the NLS, driving a BMW M240i in the one-make series for it. She won round six with her two team-mates and finished on the podium in the other two races.

ST Racing's main challenge in 2024 was the GT World Challenge America. She shared an M4 with Neil Verhagen and was second in the Pro-Am class, by just five points. The team was second overall at Circuit of the Americas and won their class twice. In Europe, she and Jon Miller entered the Spa round of the GT4 European Series, finishing 17th in once race. A five-driver team of Samantha, Neil and John, plus Pippa Mann and Fabian Duffieux, tackled the Barcelona 24 Hours at the end of the year, coming fifteenth.  

Her 2025 season was based around the IMSA VP Racing Sportscar Challenge. She drove a BMW M4 solo in the GTDX class. As the season progressed, she got quicker and ended with a run of third places at Virginia and Atlanta. She was third in her class championship.

In a similar car, she joined up with the WRT team and Swedish driver Gustav Bergstrom for the Le Mans round of the Le Mans Cup. They were not eligible for championship points. Elsewhere in Europe, she did one round of the NLS at the Nurburgring, driving a BMW. She and her two team-mates were fifth in their class.

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Female Drivers in Touring Cars: the USA

Michele Abbate

Below are some profiles of women racing touring cars in the USA. Some of these have been split off from the Female Drivers in Touring Cars in the Rest of the World post. Shea Holbrook has her own profile, as do Ashton Harrison and Taylor Hagler. For female stock car drivers, try here or here.

Michele Abbate - races a Scion FR-S (precursor to the Toyota GT86) in the USA. She started out in time trials and Time Attack events, before moving into circuit racing in 2009. She has mainly competed in SCCA Nationals, where she has achieved considerable success, including a Western Conference championship win in 2015. In 2014 and 2015, she raced in the US Touring Car Championship. She was seventh in the 2014 series, but only competed in one 2015 race. Her continuing strong performances and skill in finding sponsorship have led to a drive in the 2017 Bathurst 6 Hour race, for Pedders Racing. She drove a Toyota GT86 with Grant Phillips and was eigth in the Production class. In 2018, she raced a Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the SCCA GT-1 Runoffs and was third. In 2019, she did a single race in the Trigon Trophy (Trans Am) at Road Atlanta, driving a Chevrolet Camaro. She did three Trans Am races in 2020 and became the first woman to finish on the TA2 podium at Sonoma, finishing third on a wet track. Sadly, her 2021 season ran to two races only, which she did not finish. However, she did make her debut in the NASCAR Camping World Trucks series, finishing 29th. In 2022, she raced sportscars in the Trans Am series, driving a Ford Mustang. She was 21st overall with a best finish of fourteenth at Charlotte. She continued to race in Trans Am in 2023, driving a Chevrolet Camaro this time. She was 21st in the TA2 championship, with a best finish of twelfth at Watkins Glen. In 2024, she contested the ProAm section of the TA2 series, driving a Mustang. She was ninth overall, with one second place. Her career took a radical u-turn in 2025 and she switched to rallying. She spent part of the year training and preparing for her first event, the Tour de Forest, in a Subaru BRZ. She was 32nd overall.

Geri Amani - races touring cars and single-seaters in the USA. She is a multiple race winner in SCCA Improved Touring, and finished in the championship top three in 2013 and 2014. In 2014, she also entered the US Touring Car Championship, driving a Mazda3. She did one race, and was fourth in class, at Laguna Seca. That year, she did her first single-seater races as well, finishing third in Formula F in a 1600cc Formula Ford. Since then, she has mostly worked as a driving instructor, and stunt driver.

Rebecca (Becky) Arsham - has taken part in at least five seasons of the US Touring Car Championship, usually in a Honda. She has only done part-seasons, and her best championship position was eighth, in 2014, driving a gogogear.com Honda Civic. Much earlier, in 2007, she shared a car with Rich Woo, and earned at least one third place. The pair had raced together in the NASA Pacific Coast Touring Car Championship in 1999 and 2000, finishing second both times. Becky has been active in motorsport since at least 1996, when she was second in the NASA HPR Championship.

Kristina Esposito - races a Mazda Miata (MX5) in the USA. She earned her SCCA license aged 15 and was winning races before her 16th birthday in late 2018. This included a class win at the SCCA Devil in the Dark event, which involved a six-hour solo driving stint in the Miata. In 2018, she took part in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill with an all-female Shift Up Now team. Their car was a BMW E30 from 1990. Kristina and her three team-mates finished in 26th place. She raced in NASA events in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, she was part of the Shift Up Now team led by Pippa Mann, which raced in the World Racing League in a BMW. She raced a Mazda Miata in some SCCA events in 2022.

Roberta Jesberger - raced in the SCCA World Challenge for touring cars in the USA. She raced a Mazda RX-7 during the 1995 season and had a best finish of 17th, at Mosport. She returned to the series in 1996, but made only a few starts. She was racing for “Father and Daughter Racing” with her father, Ron. She does not appear to have raced since then.

Shauna Marinus - raced touring cars in the USA in the early and mid-2000s. She competed in the World Challenge for touring cars between 2000 and 2004. Initially, she raced a BMW 328 and M3, but she used Mazda cars almost exclusively from 2001 onwards. Her best season in the World Challenge was 2002; she was tenth overall, driving a Mazda Protege. As well as touring cars, she tried sportscar racing. She did a couple of races in the Women’s Global GT Challenge in 1999 and 2000, in one of their spec Panoz Esperantes. In 2004, she raced a Mazda RX-8 in at least one round of the Grand-Am Cup. Prior to circuit racing, she did autocross and Solo events. She was the first woman to win an open SCCA Solo title in 1998.

Sarah Montgomery - raced in the Pirelli World Challenge in 2017, driving for Shea Holbrook’s Shea Racing team. Her car was a Honda Civic. In 2018, she joined up with the Sick Sideways team to drive their Audi RS3 TCR car. In a different car, she drove for an all-female Sick Sideways team in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Prior to this, Sarah raced a Mazda MX-5 (Miata) from 2011 to 2016. In 2013, she won two championships, the Gulf Coast Racing Series, and the NOLA Region Spec Miata Series. In 2012, she also won the Spec Miata Charity Challenge, a one-hour enduro. Back in the MX-5 in 2019, she became the first female driver to mount the podium in the series, picking up two seconds and two thirds. She was fourth in the championship. Her schedule in 2021 included several races in the World Racing League in a BMW, as well as preparing for a motorsport TV show called The Drive Within. She continued in the WRL in 2022, racing a BMW M4. In 2023 she moved to a new team and car, racing an Audi R8 for AE Victory Racing by Shift Up Now. This continued through 2024. The Shift Up car for 2025 was a Toyota Supra and Sarah competed in the GTO class of the WRL, sometimes as part of an all-female team.

Julie Wilkinson - Canadian driver who raced in the World Challenge touring car series in the 1990s, in the USA. She began in its inaugural season in 1990, in a Subaru. Previously, in 1988, she had been a team-mate to Kat Teasdale in the CASC Player’s/GM Motorsport Series. They both drove Chevrolet Camaros. The year before, she raced a Honda Civic in the CASC Honda/Michelin Challenge Series, with a best finish of fifth, at Westwood. She later became a motorsport journalist and died some time before 1999, when a sports journalism prize was set up in her memory.

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Shea Holbrook

Shea on the podium in 2015

Shea Holbrook races in the Pirelli World Challenge in the USA.

Despite not coming from a motorsport family, she began racing in earnest in 2008, at 18, in a Mazda Miata (MX-5), entering some rounds of the East Coast Teen Mazda Challenge, with a best finish of third, at Road Atlanta. 2008 was a busy year for her, with runs in Late Model stock cars, the Skip Barber series, NASA, FARA and SCCA races. At the end of the year, she received a scholarship from the Lyn St. James Driver Development Academy.

Her first experience of motorsport had come two years earlier, when she took a high-speed ride at the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Between then and 2008, she did some junior pick-up racing in FASCAR, and initially, competed in autocross.

2009 was quite a similar year to 2008, although a little less busy. She raced a Miata and a Honda Civic in SCCA competitions, and won the Central Florida Class H1 championship. She also did a little more single-seater racing in the Skip Barber Formula.

In 2010, she raced in the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge, the club-level version of the Pirelli World Challenge, where she was fast from the beginning: two sixth places in her first races as a professional driver, at St. Petersburg. Her best finish was fifth, at Toronto, and she was sixth in the championship.

She stepped up to the Pirelli World Challenge in 2011, driving a Honda Civic. Very soon, she was on the pace, and she picked up her first Touring Car class win in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Although her short season meant that she was unable to challenge for overall honours, she received Sunoco Hard Charger Award and the Optima Batteries award for the best standing start.

In 2012, she had her second season in the series. She scored two podium finishes, driving a Honda Civic Si. Her consistent finishing was enough to give her fourth in a competitive championship. That year, she also set up her own team, Shea Racing, with her father, Jeff.

In 2013, she competed in Class B of the Pirelli World Challenge, in a Honda Civic. It was a slightly challenging season, and she had a best result of fourth in class, at Lime Rock. At the end, she was seventh overall. Whilst the on-track side of her career was on one of its steeper learning curves this year, her Shea Racing team was flying. It had now expanded into a multi-car team, with two regular drivers, Shea and PJ Groenke, and another guest driver.

In 2014, she moved into the TCA class, with the Civic, a move which paid off. She won her class five times, at Barber, New Jersey, Road America and Mid-Ohio, and finished on the podium in ten out of thirteen races. Her lowest final position of the year was fifth. She was runner-up at the end of the season.

Her 2015 season in the Pirelli series started well enough, with two thirds and a fifth at Circuit of the Americas, but she dropped out after a no-show at the next meeting, at Mosport. She spent the rest of the season preparing for, and competing, in jet dragster races. The car is run by the Florida Institute of Technology, and Shea won at least one IHRA title.

In 2016, she returned to the Pirelli World Challenge, with a new set of sponsors and a new Honda Accord. She just missed out on a podium position, with a best finish of fourth, at Circuit of the Americas, although her consistent top-ten finishes left her fifth in the championship. 

At the end of the season, she was made a Development Driver for Honda Racing, and took part in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill for the team.

Shea's Pirelli World Challenge season in 2017 was almost two separate seasons. She began the year in the TC class in the Accord, but struggled for pace and could not finish higher than 16th. A move back to the Civic and the TCA class in August was rewarded with a win, She was ninth overall at the end of the season.

As well as touring cars, she tried sportscars for the first time in 2017. She drove a Lamborghini Huracan in four rounds of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo USA, with multiple Indy 500 racer Pippa Mann. They scored three fourth places and were sixth in the Am class. 

Shea did not get out on the circuits much in 2018, but she did enter the Lamborghini Trofeo World Finals at Vallelunga. She was seventh and fifth in her first European races.

She did make the news when she helped Denise Mueller-Korenek to set a world record for motor-paced cycling at Bonneville Salt Flats. Denise cycled in the slipstream of a dragster, driven by Shea, reaching a speed of almost 184mph.

Her career took an unexpected turn to single-seaters in 2019. She was selected as one of the 20 female drivers for the inaugural W Series, after three rounds of assessment. During the season itself, she struggled somewhat, sometimes due to an ailing car. Her best finish was a twelfth place at Zolder and she was unplaced in the championship.

She had more luck in some ways in the F3 Americas series, although car issues dented her finishing record. Her best on-track finish was fourth at Road Atlanta and she was promoted to third by a disqualification.

At the end of 2019, Shea announced that she was pregnant and would not race in 2020.

Shea is also a multiple championship-winning water-skier, and has stated that if she was not a racing driver, she would like to be a fighter pilot. She has used her public profile to raise money and awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disease which affects her family.

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Female Drivers in Touring Cars in the Rest of the World

Shea Holbrook

This post works in the same way as the last one, only it features female touring car drivers from places other than Europe. Australian drivers now have their own post, as do American drivers, Canadian drivers and drivers in TC2000. Violeta Pernice now has her own post, as do Delia Borges, Samantha Tan, Delfina Frers, Dora Bavio, Valerie Chiasson, Josefina Vigo and Laleh Seddigh.

Paula Calderón - races in touring cars in Colombia, her home country. Her first major race was the 6 Hours of Bogota in 2009, driving a Kia Picanto. With her team-mates Nelson Gutierrez, Pavel Russi and Alejandro Torres, she won the ST2 class. After a break, she returned to the circuits in 2012, in the ST2 class of the Colombian touring car championship. Driving a Kia Turbo this time, she was second overall, alongside Daniel Alvarado. In the same car, she was 22nd in the Bogota 6 Hours, racing against her sister, Tatiana Calderón. In 2014, the Calderón sisters planned to race together in New Zealand, but this did not happen. Paula does not seem to have raced at all. 

Maria Stephanie Devoto - raced in Turismo Libre in her home country of Uruguay in 2012. Her car was a Volkswagen Gol which she shared with Rossina Longardi. She was not among the front-runners and did not score any points in the championship. Her best finish seems to have been a 15th place at the AUVO circuit. She got into motorsport through Rossina, who was her neighbour and convinced her to race with her. She was 21 at the time.

Pamela Esquivel – races touring cars in Mexico. In 2013, she won her first major race, a round of the Mexican Endurance Touring Car championship. Her car was a Ford Ka, and she was sixth in the championship. The same year, driving the same car, she was fourth in the Pony 1600 championship, with three third places. After that, she raced in Super Touring, still in Mexico, and was eighth in the 2014 Light championship, driving a Ford Focus. After another season in that category in 2015, she moved up to Super Touring 1 in 2016, driving a Renault Clio. Her best result was a fourteenth place at Mexico City. Super Touring 2 was a more successful hunting ground for her, and she took one race win on her way to third in the championship. She started her motorsport career as a rally co-driver, and her first circuit race was a 24-hour race in Mexico City, which her brother also entered. At the end of 2017, she came third in the same race, in her Ford Ka, "Katarina". Her co-drivers were her brother Jose, Elias Mussi and Luis Rossell. She and Katarina raced in Super Touring 1 Light in 2018, finishing 15th in the championship with a best finish of ninth, at Pachuca. In 2019, she switched to a Renault Clio for the same championship but did not do as well, with a best finish of eleventh and 20th overall. Her 2020 season consisted of two Super Touring races and some endurance events. She won a GT championship in 2021.

Aixa Franke - competed in Top Race in Argentina, driving a Mercedes for SDE Inbest Racing. Her best result has been sixth at Buenos Aires. 2021 was her first season in a major championship, although she has been active in club-level motorsport since 2019, including runs in a prototype in the GT2000 championship. She was encouraged into Top Race by fellow driver Hernan Sala, having put together a deal. In 2024, she a Chevrolet in the TC Pista Mouras Argentina series. As well as touring cars, she has raced single-seaters in Formula Nacional Argentina since 2022. She is one of the founders of Racing Girls, an organisation for Argentine women in motorsport.

Valentina Funes - raced in Argentina’s Top Race championship in 2021 and 2022, competing in the Junior category. She was part of an all-female team, Vitarti Girls Racing, driving a Chevrolet. The first round of the championship at Concepcion in Uruguay was her motorsport debut, aged 20; she had trouble with her car in practice but managed one sixth place. This was her best result of a part-season, although she was a regular top-ten finisher. From 2022, she has concentrated more on single-seaters, taking part in Formula Nacional Argentina. She was thirteenth in the 2023 championship, then improved to eighth in 2024. Her best finish was fourth, at Concepcion in Uruguay. A part-season in 2025 led to 20th place, with two top-tens including a ninth at General Roca. She was previously active in karting and sim racing.

Silvina Genjo – winner of the Copa Corsa womens’ one-make series in Argentina in 1998. The same year, she also tried single-seater racing, in Formula Renault. Also in 1998, she did some races in Turismo Nacional, like many of her women-only series colleagues. Her car was a VW Polo. In 2000, she appeared in the TN series again, driving a VW Gol. Between 1998 and 2001, she also seems to have raced in a Kia one-make series in Argentina.

María de los Angeles Hanhcik – Argentine driver active since the early 1980s, although she only really came to prominence about ten years later. She did two seasons in the Copa de Damas, driving a Nissan Sentra, and was the series runner-up in 1995. In 1997 and 1998, she took part in Formula Hyundai Femenina, finishing fourth in 1998. That was the year that she moved into mixed motorsport, in the Turismo Nacional championship.  For the next ten years, she combined drives in this series, in cars including a Renault 19, with one-make racing in a Kia and a Ford Fiesta, and Formula Tico. During this time, she was second in one TC race, although it is not clear which year. Since 2007, she has continued to race, on and off, and makes guest appearances in the TC series most years. She is also a performance driving instructor for BMW.

Seda Kacan - Turkish driver who races touring cars in her home country. She won the first round of the Turkish Track Championship in 2023, driving an Audi TT, becoming the first woman to do so. It was only her second season in cars and her third in any kind of motorsport. This led to her being asked by the Turkish Bitci team to drive one their Audi RS3s in the last round of the 2023 Italian TCR series. She finished both races in 18th and 19th place. In 2024, she raced in the European TCR Endurance championship, in another Audi. Her co-driver was Ibrahim Okyay and they were third in the championship. Another run in the Italian series in 2025 was limited to three rounds of the DSG class, in an Audi. She only began racing at the age of 27.

Sharima Khan – represents Guyana in the Caribbean championship. She began racing in 2012, at seventeen, when she raced alongside her father in endurance events. Since then, she has raced at her local South Dakota circuit in Guyana, and made some history in 2015 when she finished second there, driving her Honda CRX. She raced a little at the start of 2016, and then represented Guyana again in the CMRC in November, in the Honda. In 2017, she had a new Honda, and seems to have entered the CMRC meet again. In 2018, she moved up to Group 1 of the CMRC for the first time.

Agustina Mattio - Argentine driver who currently competes in the Junior category of Top Race, driving a Chevrolet for Vitarti Girls Team. Her best result in the series has been twelfth, at Buenos Aires. Previously she raced single-seaters, starting in Formula Renault in 2016. She did four seasons in Formula Metropolitana between then and the 2020-21 winter season. Her best year was 2019, when she scored two top-ten finishes at La Plata and finished 18th overall. She also tried Formula 4 in 2017.

Veronica Peyon - race-winning driver in the Peruvian touring car (TC2000) championship. Her most successful season was 2017, when she won two races at Chutana and picked up four additional podiums, driving a Honda Civic. She had been racing in the championship on and off since 2012. She first won a race in 2014, in the eighth round of the series. In 2018, she continued in the Civic, run by the Etna team, and won her second 200km of Lima race, with Rodrigo Pflucker. This was her second win of the year, one of three. She was third in the championship, despite missing one round due to illness.

MaJo Rodriguez – raced trucks in 2016, in her homeland of Mexico, in the Super Copa Telcel series. Her truck was a Freightliner. Previously, since 2013, she competed in the Mexican national touring car championship, winning the T6 category twice in 2013 and 2014. Both years, she won the 24 Hours of Monterry, in the T5 and T6 categories. In 2015, she was runner-up in the Super Touring Light series, driving a Chevrolet, after taking three wins. She quit truck racing part-way through the 2016 season in order to concentrate on touring cars, driving a Ford in the Super Touring 1 championship. In the 2017 Super Touring series, she achieved three second and three third places. This was combined with almost a full season of truck racing in a Freightliner. She was eighth in the Freightliner one-make series and fourteenth in the Mikels Trucks championship. 2018 was another year of trucks and tin-tops, with Super Touring 1 Light being her best series. She won twice at Amozoc and Puebla and was second at Queretaro, driving a Chevrolet. In addition to this, she was still competitive in her Freightliner, picking up one third place at Mexico City in the Mikel's Trucks series. She continued in Trucks in 2019, running best in the Freightliner series where she was seventh overall. Mid-season, she did a part-season in Mexican TC2000, driving a Ford. Her best finish was thirteenth at Mexico City. Most of 2020 was spent in her Freightliner truck and she repeated her third palce at Leon this time. She only did one Super Touring meeting, driving a SEAT and partnering Valeria Aranda. 2021 was a busy year for her, with a complete year in the GTM Gran Turismo Mexico series as her main focus. She won one race at Guadalajara and was second at Leon, leading to sixth place in the championship. A part-season in the Copa TC2000 championship, driving a Ford, gave her four eighth places and she was eighth overall in the Freightliner championship, with one second place. Finally, she made one appearance in the Mexican Formula 5 championship, a single-seater series, finishing seventh at Puebla. She did another TC2000 season in 2023, driving a Ford. This time, she was 18th overall, starting from pole once at Puebla and picking up a series of top-ten finishes. She also found time for four Super Touring 1 races in an Audi. In 2024, she continued to race both trucks and cars in the Super Copa. She moved into NASCAR in 2025, competing part-time in the NASCAR Mexico series in a Chevrolet. In the Challenge series, she scored one tenth place at Aguascalientes. 

Ana Gabriela Rubio – Mexican driver who races touring cars. She began with the local championship held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, after growing up around motorsport, and watching her father comepete. In 2013, she was eighth in the Pony 1600 championship, in a Chevrolet. She moved up to Mexican Super Touring in 2014, competing in the Light 2 category, in another Chevrolet. She was fifth overall.  2014 seems to have been her last year of active competition. 

Dana Ruz - races in the Mexican TC2000 series. In 2023 and 2024, she competed in the Copa 1.8 class. She first raced in the series in 2022, alongside Gisela Ponce. Her car in 2024 was an Audi and she was twelfth in the championship. Her best finish was sixth at Pachuca and she won a "Hard Charger" award for most places gained at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. She raced again in 2025, in an Audi, improving her results and earning a fifth place at Mexico City. Her given name is also spelled "Danae".

María Luz Salvucci – races in the Argentine Touring Car Championship. She had her first season in 2015, in Class 2 of the National series. Her car was a Ford Fiesta. It was not a full season, and she managed a best finish of 21^st, at Viedma. In 2016, she drove the same car for the same DG Motorsport team, still in Class 2. Previously, she was active in karting in Argentina and the USA. Her brother, Ignacio, also races in the Turismo Nacional series.

Gisela Segade Sanchez – races touring cars in Argentina. In 2015, she took part in the Top Race series, driving a Chevrolet Vectra. Her best result was a sixth place, at Concepción in Uruguay. It was a tough season, with crash damage meaning she sat out a race, and later complained about the number of collisions in the series. She was 19^th in the championship, and third in the Ladies’ Cup. She did most rounds of the Top Race championship in 2016, driving a Volkswagen, but had a poor finishing record and was 26th in the points, with only three finishes from nine races. In 2017, she had a bad patch in the middle of the Top Race season, with DNFs, disqualifications and a few missed rounds. Her best finish was eleventh at Obera, and she was 26th overall. Between 2010 and 2013, she did part-seasons of varying length in the Turismo Pista touring car championship, driving a Dodge and a Fiat.

Laura Sanz - 2020 Mexican Super Touring 1 Light champion. She has been racing in the series since 2018, driving a Chevrolet run by her family team. She was fourth in her first season, with her first win at Amozoc and two further podium positions. She did not repeat her win in 2019 but was much more consistent and was third in the championship. Her winning season included five wins from ten races, only two of which she finished off the podium. She moved up to the Copa 1.8 class of the championship in 2021, finishing fourth. Her best finishes were three third places. She earned her first win in the series in 2022. In 2023, she only did a part-season in a SEAT and did not manage to win, although she finished on the podium twice. In 2024, she was fourth in the Copa Notiauto Mexico, driving a Chevrolet, and she was second at Mexico City. A stronger field in 2025 meant that another win, at Pachuca this time, was not enough to get her on to the overall podium, although she scored three more podium finishes in her SEAT. She was fifth overall.

Pat Sonnenschein - South African driver who raced in the 1960s. She competed in the Kyalami 9 Hours in a Mini, in 1964 and 1965, finishing sixth and 15th respectively. Her team-mate was George Armstrong. Later, in 1969, she drove with Christine Beckers, in an Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina. They were 18th overall. She raced between 1963 and 1969, and among her other cars was a Ford Zodiac, the first of its kind to be raced at all.

Martha Tapia - races Super Touring cars in her native Mexico. She made her debut in the category at the end of 2015, driving a Ford Ka with Cynthia Jaramillo. She was ninth and seventh in her first two races. In 2016, she was third in the Super Touring 2 Light championship, in the same car. She improved this to a runner-up spot in 2017, not far off winner Cesar Ortega. For the first time, she tried Super Touring 1, but only made a guest appearance. In 2023, she made another guest appearance after six years, racing a Mini at Mexico City in Super Touring 1. She appears to have done some more races in the series in 2024.

Clare Vale - has competed in V8 Supercars in her native South Africa since 2007. In recent years, she has alternated between this and drifting. Between 2008 and 2010, she ran full seasons in Supercars, and her best overall finish was tenth, in 2010. She rose to prominence the year before, when she achieved a pole position, and went on to lead a race in her Ford Mustang. In 2012, she only did a part season, before returning to drifting. Prior to Supercars, she did two seasons in the Shelby Can-Am championship, in 2005 and 2006, finishing twelfth and eleventh respectively. She had also raced a Subaru in production car events, a Porsche 917 GT car and a classic Chevron in historic races.

Sandra Villaruel – Argentine actress who has done some motor racing. In 2012, she made a guest appearance in the Buenos Aires round of the Argentine Mini Cooper Challenge, and was eleventh. In 2014, she was set to compete in Class Two of the Turismo International championship, as part of Top Race in Argentina. During the second race, at Santa Fe, she crashed her Ford Fiesta heavily and briefly lost consciousness. She has not raced since. 

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