Breaking Barriers: Women Driving Progress in NASCAR and Beyond

Breaking Barriers: Women Driving Progress in NASCAR and Beyond

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

From female series executives and team owners to race engineers and drivers, auto racing has become one of the more diverse sports on the planet, providing a rare opportunity for men and women to compete head-to-head at a major league level.

While it has taken time to consistently provide that diversity, there is both obvious and subtle progress in the sport. As the world celebrates Women’s History Month, it’s a fitting time to examine how the NASCAR grid has evolved both stateside and internationally.

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Why NASCAR Europe has Switched to a Sequential Gearbox

Why NASCAR Europe has Switched to a Sequential Gearbox

The NASCAR Euro Series has flown the flag for American stock car racing on the eastern flank of the Atlantic since 2009.

It has used the same chassis, built by series promoter Team FJ, since the beginning. Around that reliable and no-frills base, the organisers have established a cost-effective and popular formula that simulates the loud, rough and tumble NASCAR brand of racing for an audience that otherwise wouldn’t get to see this breed of car in competition. (more…)

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Arianna Casoli Confirms Her Presence in the NASCAR Brasil Series Final

Arianna Casoli Confirms Her Presence in the NASCAR Brasil Series Final

The NASCAR Euro Series driver will be the first woman to compete in the Brazilian series, reinforcing the female role in motorsports. The stage that inaugurates the oval track of the Circuito dos Cristais (MG), unprecedented in Brazil, will be this weekend, between November 15th and 17th.

 Arianna Casoli, an Italian NASCAR Euro Series driver, is the confirmed guest to participate in the final stage of the NASCAR Brasil Series 2024 and will be the first woman to race in the competition’s history. The event, scheduled to take place between November 15th and 17th in Curvelo (Minas Gerais), will also mark the inauguration of the first 100% oval circuit in the country, within the Autódromo Circuito dos Cristais. (more…)

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