List of female NASCAR drivers

Danica Patrick, arguably NASCAR's most prominent female driver, competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for five years (as well as part-time in two others). She made her final start in the 2018 Daytona 500.

The following is a list of female NASCAR drivers who have participated in a national or regional touring series race since the organization's inception in 1949, along with statistical totals for their NASCAR careers. While some female NASCAR drivers have transitioned or attempted to transition from open-wheel racing and sports car racing (such as Sarah Fisher, Janet Guthrie, Danica Patrick, and Katherine Legge), most have climbed the stock-car racing ladder (such as Tammy Jo Kirk, Johanna Long, and Shawna Robinson), beginning to race full-sized stock cars in their teenage years. A handful of women (such as Fisher, Mackena Bell and Kenzie Ruston) have raced with the help of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program since its creation in 2004.

At least 134 women have qualified for and started a race in one of NASCAR's touring series, including 16 in the NASCAR Cup Series. As of November 2024, Shawna Robinson, Hailie Deegan, Manami Kobayashi, and Gracie Trotter remain the only women to have won a race in one of NASCAR's touring series. Robinson won three times between 1988 and 1989 in the now-defunct Dash Series,[1] Deegan won three races in the K&N Pro Series West between 2018 and 2019. In 2019, Kobayashi won in her one and only start in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (in the Elite Club Division).[2] Trotter won a race in the renamed ARCA Menards Series West in 2020, becoming the second female winner in the West Series, as well as the first winner in the series under the ARCA banner. She also became the first winner in any ARCA-sanctioned series, because there have been no female winners in the main ARCA Menards Series as of November 2024.[3]

Seven female drivers: Deegan, Kirk, Patrick, Robinson, Mara Reyes, Brittney Zamora, and Isabella Robusto have won poles. Relatively few women have contested a full season in any of NASCAR's touring series, although this is increasingly common. As for the 2024 season there were only 3 females running a full season Hailie Deegan (who was released before season's end), Toni Breidinger, and Amber Balcaen.

  1. ^ "Where Are They Now? Catching Up With Shawna". ARCA. 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. ^ "A FIRST IN EURO NASCAR HISTORY: MANAMI KOBAYASHI WINS IN ELITE CLUB DEBUT". NASCAR Touring Series. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. ^ "Gracie Trotter Makes History With Las Vegas Victory". ARCARacing.com. September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.