Chloe Chambers is a Chinese-born American single-seater driver who became the first woman to win a round of the Formula Regional Oceania series (formerly the Toyota Racing Series).
She started her senior career aged 16 in 2021, after eight years of karting, during which she won several regional titles. She joined the US F4 Championship having won the inaugural PMH “Powering Diversity” scholarship, driving for the Future Star team. Her best finish in F4 was a seventh place at Brainerd, although this was only her second top ten of the year. The first was a tenth place at Mid-Ohio in June. She was 26th in the championship.
Using the same Ligier F4 car, she entered two rounds of the Eastern Pro 4 Challenge at Autobahn, finishing fourth and third.
She was selected for the 2022 W Series championship, racing for the Jenner team. Her best circuit was Miami, where she was tenth, and she was 16th in the championship. On the track, she had managed a seventh place in the first Miami race of the season, but a penalty for overtaking during a safety car period dropped her to seventh. Her W Series connections led to an FIA F3 test organised by Bruno Michel, but nothing seems to have come of it and no times were published.
Using the same car as she had used for part of the W season, she entered the 2023 Formula Regional Oceania championship, driving for Giles Motorsport. It was not the most consistent of seasons, but she took advantage of a reversed grid at Taupo to secure her win, leading the entire race and only challenged by Kaleb Ngatoa. Her previous best result had been a fifth place at Highlands and she was usually in the lower reaches of the top ten. She was ninth in the championship.
During the summer season, she moved into sportscars and raced in the Porsche Sprint Challenge in the USA. She did most of the season and was a front-runner in the Cayman class, finishing sixth in Pro-Am.
In addition to this, she holds a world record for auto slalom, driving a production Porsche 718 Spyder. She is an ambassador for the Gift of Adoption Fund, being an adoptee herself.
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