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2012
Fisher optimistic ahead of
opener
As crazy as it may seem, Sarah Fisher Hartman
Racing nearly missed the start of the season. When
Chevrolet and Honda had to increase their engine
supply after Lotus stumbled out of the gate,
Fishers team was left in a quandary; they had
a chassis, which they were developing throughout
the off season, but no engine and no promise of one
until Indianapolis in May.
Outsiders worried about the teams fate,
and there may have been even more concern within
the team. Oh absolutely (I was worried),
because its just an issue of supply and
demand, said Fisher, whose team has run on a
part-time basis since 2008. (The engine
makers) didnt think there were going to be
this many cars and there werent enough
crankshafts to go around.
Fortunately for them, Bobby Rahal, who had
secured an engine deal for a second entry in his
own team, agreed to transfer that contract, for
Honda engines, over to Fisher, preventing what
certainly would have been an unnecessary stumbling
block before the season even started. It was
quite the process, said the relieved Fisher.
But, its behind us and were
moving forward. So, were just very
lucky.
With that dilemma behind them, the focus turned
to testing ahead of the season opener. The delay of
their engine contracts meant they were behind in
that department, and their first session together
came earlier this month at Sebring as part of the
official Spring Training test. Overall,
with rookie Josef Newgarden, they turned the 15th
quickest lap over the four-day stretch. But, while
the timesheets have them in the middle of the pack,
Fisher was over the moon with their
performance.
I think it was a fantastic test, she
emphasized. Yeah, in the lap times, we
werent sitting P1. But, it was the first time
Josef had ever been in an IndyCar. It was his first
big car test and he did a wonderful job
for us. He had really great car feedback, which is
going to be important and crucial in developing
this new car. But, as far as giving him the tools
necessary to go out there and win races, we
havent left any stone uncovered.
Her jubilation stems the teams preparation
through the winter; despite the uncertainty
surrounding the engines, everyone in the shop had
been working on the chassis, ensuring it would be
ready to go once an engine was fitted in.
Regardless of the engine contracts, we were
still doing quite a bit of R&D behind the
scenes to make sure the car was as ready as it
could be, Fisher elaborated.
Though their bread and butter has been oval
racing, the emphasis on road and street racing in
2012 means a change in the approach, or so we
assume. However, as Fisher explains, their road
course package has been solid. I think our
road and street program has been at a level where
it could perform, I think its a total
combination. And Josef proved that the last few
weeks for us.
She indicates that the reason it may appear
their road and street course program lagged was a
result of her. It was entirely because of the
driver, and that was because of me. Ill be
the first to admit it: I have no ego, thats
why I pulled myself out in 2010 and put Graham
(Rahal) in the car for the road races. There are so
many kids out there who deserve an opportunity and
may not (get it), for whatever reason.
She explained further that, because of budget
constraints, it made sense to place the emphasis on
the ovals. For myself, I came from USAC
Midgets and Sprint Car days and ovals were my
forte, thats what I did well on. So, when we
only had a limited budget to work with, how do you
best spend your money? You spend it in the areas
youre best at, and that was oval racing for
us.
Of course, that emphasis paid off in spades last
year with Ed Carpenter taking his and the
teams maiden win at Kentucky. When we
had the same kind of limited budget in 2011, we
again said Well, we want to focus on ovals
again, because thats where were going
to best be able to spend our money, and who better
than Ed Carpenter to do well on ovals? He has
the same exact background that I do and he has the
same expertise on ovals that I did. So, it matched
extremely well and that was the opportunity that we
put together as a combination.
But, with Carpenter leaving to form his own team
and the 2012 schedule heavy on road and street
circuits, bringing in Newgarden, whose background
is in road racing, both in Europe and in the U.S.,
was the best fit. And, though he is a rookie,
Fisher is elated with his performance so far.
He is more prepared for the opportunity than
any other talent that I have worked with,
Fisher said of the up-and-comer. He is more
prepared for this opportunity than I was, in my
opinion. Its so refreshing to see how hard he
works at being the best race car driver car and
were very lucky to have him in the No. 67 car
for sure.
She is especially pleased with how he has fit in
with the team, immediately establishing a rapport
with their engineers and mechanics. I was
very impressed, though, with how well Josef and the
engineering staff have already gelled together.
Since we hired him back last year, hes been
in the shop pretty much every day; hes in the
shop as much as the other guys. Thats very
encouraging and hes very genuine. And to work
with the guys all off-season while Andy
(OGara) and I were figuring this engine deal,
they gelled and formed a big chemistry with our
engineering staff and it really paid off for that
test.
Yet, Newgarden remains a rookie and has not yet
competed a full weekend in an IndyCar. This means,
like all rookies, there will be growing pains this
year. But, as Fisher points out, there is no harm
in that. Were expecting to have
scenarios where well have to put cars back
together and were hoping for scenarios where
Josef (can show) hes the star we know that he
is, she added, He just has to be, for
lack of a better word, nurtured, I guess, and
molded. But, hes doing such a great
job.
But, for her optimism as the season nears its
curtain raiser, she is careful not to make
expectations too lofty. I dont expect
to put a number on it, she said. We all
want to be in the top 10 or top five, but I think
right now we got to see where (Josef) shakes out. I
think hes incredibly talented and I think
were a lot further ahead than where I thought
we were going to be already. That being said,
its just like Lets get to St.
Pete and see how it goes, and then we can
sort of lay out what were going to expect
this year.
Still, it would not come as a shock if they run
well as the year goes on. I think he sets the
bar a lot higher for himself than any of us do, for
sure. I wouldnt be surprised to see some
results out of him already, Fisher of
Newgardens attitude. I think its
going to be very interesting. When you have a
rookie, and he comes in on day one, his very first
time in a big car with anything over 400
horsepower, and he comes in and starts debriefing
the car like a veteran, its so refreshing to
see how well-prepared he is for the
opportunity.
Source: indycarnation.indycar.com/exclusive-news/2012/03/24/fisher-optimistic-ahead-of-opener
2011
Carpenter
Pushes to Victory at Kentucky Speedway: Scores
first personal and team win
Tears of joy were abundant in the 67 pit stall as
Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) driver Ed Carpenter edged
championship front-runner Dario Franchitti by a
nose on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon at Kentucky
Speedway to claim his, as well as SFRs, first
IZOD IndyCar Series victory.
It felt way better than I ever thought it
was going to feel, said an elated Ed
Carpenter. Dario raced me hard and clean. I
knew we had the better car but in the second or
third stint.
Carpenter rolled off the grid from the fourth
starting position on Sunday, in front of a sea of
family and friends, and remained in the top-five
throughout most of the race. It was a weird
race because my visor was falling off in one of the
stints and we had all sorts of stuff going on.
However, I wasnt going to let a visor coming
off stop me from winning the race. I drove 15 or 20
laps with one hand holding on to my helmet til our
next pit stop.
The 30-year old husband and father of two was
thankful he had one Honda overtake assist
(push-to-pass) left on the final lap. He and
Franchitti battled for nearly 21 laps as the
Kentucky Indy 300 came to a close, separated by no
more than two-tenths of a second. Im
just so proud to be a part of this team and this
organization. I cant thank Andy and Sarah
enough, and Im especially thankful to my wife
for supporting me all these years to get to this
point; its taken a long time to get our first
win, but thats fine with me. Its just
an awesome day for Dollar General, Angies
List, Fuzzys Vodka and everyone.
The victory was also the first for the Sarah
Fisher Racing organization, and after missing the
previous three races with the birth of her and
husband Andy OGaras daughter (Zoey
Marie), Sarah was back to witness history.
Just to see Ed drive his tail off is just so
amazing, said a teary-eyed Fisher. We
figured out that next year, Dollar General is not
coming back, so maybe theyll change their
mind now. But, you know certainly it was just a
great weekend. The guys all worked their tails off,
and I havent been to the shop in three weeks.
My baby girl is obviously good luck
Im
just so happy to be here.
Carpenters 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season
continues Sunday, October 16th at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway. The race will be telecast live in High
Definition (HD) at 3 p.m. (EST) on ABC. Additional
coverage will be available on IMS Radio, XM
Satellite Radio Channel 94 IndyCar
Racing, Sirius Channel 212, along with
broadcast coverage summaries available at www.indycar.com
and
www.sarahfisherracing.com
Source: www.sarahfisherracing.com/pressrelease2.php?id=71
Fisher honored as "Leading
Light"
IZOD IndyCar Series owner/driver Sarah Fisher was
honored by Women and Hi Tech during the Leading
Lights Awards in Indianapolis on Oct. 14.
Fisher, the owner of Sarah Fisher Racing, was
given the Risk Taker Award at the
annual event, which honors women of achievement in
science, education, and technology.
Now in its 10th year, Women and Hi Tech is an
organization of women and men whose goal is to
attract, develop, retain, support and promote women
who are interested in technology, through
networking, role modeling, education and
professional development.
Source: indycar.com/main/content/40152-fisher-honored-as-andquot-leading-lightandquot/
2010
Sarah
Fisher Racing on the
move
Sarah Fisher Racing has begun moving into a
facility -- a few doors down from its current
Indianapolis shop -- that will triple its space to
15,000 square feet.
The news comes on the heels of the announcement
that the team would expand Sarah Fisher's Dollar
General program to nine races and add 2006
Firestone Indy Lights Champion Jay Howard for four
events in 2010 with backing from Tire Kingdom.
"Growth is a great problem to have," Fisher
said. "We've worked tirelessly to build and expand
this program, and we're thrilled to see the results
in our 2010 plans. I have a new teammate, a new
car, and now we will have the room to stretch our
legs and keep developing."
The new facility features a dedicated build area
for the team's cars, an in-house setup and twist
rigs facility, a design area and state-of-the-art
machine shop.
Source: www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=15478
2010 IRL Results
Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
Laps
|
Status
|
5/1
|
Kansas
|
14
|
17
|
198/200.
|
.Running
|
5/30
|
Indianapolis
|
29
|
26
|
125
|
Handling
|
6/12
|
Texas
|
16
|
15
|
227/228
|
Running
|
6/20
|
Iowa
|
18
|
22
|
95/250
|
Contact
|
7/18
|
Toronto
|
NA
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
7/25
|
Edmonton
|
NA
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
8/8
|
Mid-Ohio
|
NA
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
8/22
|
Infeneon
|
NA
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
8/28
|
Chicagoland
|
25
|
15
|
199/200
|
Running.
|
9/6
|
Kentucky
|
21
|
22
|
134/200
|
Mechanical
|
9/18
|
Japan
|
NA
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
10/2
|
Homestead-Miami
|
.17
|
22.
|
197/200
|
Running
|
2009
Decade of
change
Team owner/driver
reviews her 2009 season
Personally, it was a building year from a growth
perspective and looking toward the big picture --
not only as a driver, but also for our company.
As our season went on, we kept improving both on
track and off. To only have six opportunities to
make a lasting impression lends a tough percentage
towards success. So many new experiences occurred
this year that it is a challenge to rate it nothing
but great as a whole.
We had an impact on our sponsors, our fans and
peers with performances that included my best
personal finish at the Indy 500 and improved
numbers at most other venues. I feel as though our
team also created an impressive off-track
presentation that few who see the whole season
attempt to showcase. For all these opportunities, I
am proud of where we have come as a company and of
the people who were a part of that.
In general, I have personally become more of the
entrepreneur. In handling how the processes work
for me day-to-day and enlisting the help of
hand-selected people who are there to make it
successful are all challenges I faced and believe
to have tackled this year. Adding people has been a
great experience, one not many people can say
during these times. Sarah Fisher Racing has truly
become a platform with staying power, even in the
last months of this season.
Looking back, you always want to learn and
improve on prior performances. What we have to look
forward to as we approach the 2010 season is an
exciting list of developments and areas we can do
better in and thankfully have a much more
definitive plan of attack, in comparison to the
past years.
I am so thankful to have had such great people
behind me: the people at SFR, the fans and all of
our partners. It amazes me how much support there
is out there and that in itself drives me forward
every day.
As we age, we continually learn. Or at least
that is the idea. I look back at what I could do at
the beginning of 2009, the stresses I had, and what
looked like a full plate
and laugh. Today, I
have been able to learn from every concept of the
business. On track, it has made me a better, more
confident driver.
I know what I have and I am very lucky. I have
worked hard, and am thrilled to be in a third-year
contract with not only my primary sponsor, Dollar
General, but also with my team; never before done
in my career.
Source: www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=15571
2009 Results
Date
|
Track
|
Start
|
Finish
|
Qualified at
|
Total Laps
|
Status at Finish
|
4/26
|
Kansas
|
11
|
13
|
208.543
|
199
|
Running
|
5/24
|
Indianapolis
|
21
|
17
|
222.082
|
200
|
Running
|
6/6
|
Texas Motor Speedway
|
14
|
17
|
212.554
|
222
|
Running
|
8/1
|
Kentucky
|
22
|
12
|
NA
|
200
|
Running
|
8/29
|
Chicago
|
19
|
14
|
212.125
|
199
|
Running
|
10/10/09
|
Homestead
|
16
|
18
|
210.174
|
187
|
Running
|
2008
Accepting
Donations
5/12:
With all the
requests to make donations, they can be sent here
5/12/08
Collection
Agency
5/12:
The IndyStar
suggests that maybe SFR needs a collection
agency
Fisher
Tops 224 in Practice on Pole
Day 5/10:
Sarah will attempt to qualify on
Sunday
Fisher
Fights to Keep
Racing
5/10: Sarah keeps
plugging away the Indianapolis Business Journal
reports
Fisher
Spinning Her
Wheels
5/8: Rain and no sponsor don't dampin Fisher's
spirit
Fisher
Still Fighting Uphill Money
Race
5/7: Primary sponsor has yet to pay SFR USA Today
reports
Worshipping
at the high church of
Indy
5/6: Senator
Hillary Clinton stops by Sarah's garage
Fisher
endorses Senator Clinton for President on opening
day at the
speedway.
5/4/08
Sarah
talks with Forbes Magazine about life in the fast
lane while visiting
NYC
- Video - Forbes
4/29/08
Fisher
and anchors Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda talked
racing and changing tires video
here
Video - Today Show
4/23/08
Congratulations
Danica
4/21/08: With her win,
we all have something to celebrate! Can't wait for
May.
Sarah
talks with Speed
Freaks
3/9/08
Fisher
Excited About New
Team
3/3/08
Race
Car Driver, Sarah Fisher, Shares Her Day at Work in
New Book, Water Cooler
Diaries
3/1/08
Sarah
Fisher Establishes Female Owned IndyCar Series
Team; Janet Guthrie and Lyn St James Weigh
In
2/27/08
Fisher
branches out as first female IRL
owner
2/26/08
2007
A Conversatoin
with Sarah
Fisher
9/12/07
What's
more challenging: Driving a race car or planning a
wedding?
9/6/07
IndyCar
driver prepares to walk down the
aisle
8/30/07
DNF
at Infineon spoils memorable weekend in Wine
Country
8/30/07
Racing
to the altar -- and racing at
Sonoma
8/23/07
IndyCar
Still Waits for Fisher to
Emerge
8/11/07
A
little sore after a big crash, but Kentucky could
hold cure
8/10/07
Fun
times in Ohio, but Mid-Ohio road course another
story
- 8/2/07
Mile-and-a-half
package out of tune in
Nashville
- 7/20/07
Fireworks
at The Glen, glass blowing and country
music
-
7/10/07
More
planes, trains and
automobiles
- 7/3/07
After
seventh-place showing at Iowa, bring on
Richmond
- 6/28/07
All
Grown Up: Only woman to finish runner-up in IRL
race returns for her second tour with the
series
- 6/29/07
IRL
women keeping fast
company
-
6/29/07
Grown-up
Fisher ready for run at IndyCar
success -
6/8/07
Indy
done, it's off to my first race in
Milwaukee
- 6/1/07
Indy
does wemen no favors;Groundbreaking trio unhappy
with
results -
5/28/07
Double
the racing pleasure at Dreyer &
Reinbold
Fisher
to run partial IRL slate in 2007
Sarah
Signs with Dreyer & Reinbold for
2007
Fisher
relieved to be on
grid
- 5/14/07
Fisher
makes it back to Indy 500 field
- 5/13/07
Teams
Get Ready for Saturday's Indy 500
Qualifications
Fisher
left wondering how to get big
sponsor
4/6/07
Sarah
Fisher Transcript - 2007 Indianapolis 500 Media
Tour
4/4/07
Broken
Suspension Leaves DRR In 10th With Rice And 15th
With Fisher At St. Pete
4/2/07
Sarah Fisher comments
on Kansas Speedway
2006
Sarah
Fisher wins 100 Mile Go-Kart Endurance
Race
Go-Cart
Race: Pre-race notes and quotes for race with
Katherine Legge on October
15
Sarah! She turns 26 today - 10/4/06
Sarah's
ESPN Diary
Offseason brings new challenges -
9/14
Fisher's
50th Career Start yields 16th Place Start and
Finish at ChicagoLand
- 9/9/06
Sarah
make her 50th Career IndyCar Series
Start
- 9/9/06
Fisher
Back to Future: Much has changed for Sarah
Fisher - 9/8/06
IndyCar
Magazine: Pick up next month's IndyCar
Mag for a feature story on Sarah Fisher
Racing,
bowling, shopping; it's good to be
back
- 9/6/06
Fisher
on ChicagoLand
Speedway
Fishers
future is looking up
- 8/21/06
5
Quick Questions: Sarah Fisher
- 8/18/06
Fisher
restarts career with solid Kentucky
race
- 8/16/06
Fisher
keeps ride for IndyCar season finale
- 8/14/06
Patrick,
Fisher find success
- 8/14/06
Sarah
starts and finishes 12th at Kentucky; Fisher will
Return at Chicago - 8/13/06
Patrick
and Fisher to start side by side in race
today - 8/13/06
Fisher: I'm
Still Here
- 8/13/06
Fisher
ready to see where dream takes her
- 8/12/06
Sarah
starts and finishes 12th at Kentucky; Fisher will
Return at Chicago
- 8/13/06
Patrick
and Fisher to start side by side in race
today
- 8/13/06
IRL's
a two-woman show: Fisher joins Patrick today at Ky.
Speedway
- 8/13/06
Fans
flock to leave impression on Fisher's
helmet
- 8/12/06
Sarah
Fisher will Start 12th in Return at
Kentucky
- 8/12/06
Women's
movement: Patrick, Fisher share the spotlight's
glare for Sunday's IRL race at Kentucky
Speedway
- 8/12/06
Just
a week after it came unplugged, the Speedway gets
ready to light it up
- 8/12/06
Fisher
returns to her Indy
roots
- 8/12/06
Fisher
Fans: Show Fastenal Some
Love
- 8/11/06
Fastenal
joins Sarah Fisher's No. 5 car as Primary
Sponsor
- 8/11/06
Fisher
ready to see where dream takes
her
-
8/10/06
Private
Test for Sarah
Fisher
- Quotes -
8/10/06
Even
as Danica flirts with NASCAR, Sarah Fisher,
racing's first leading lady, sticks to her
open-wheel
roots
-
8/9/06
Crocker,
Fisher could be NASCAR's
Danica
See the January, 2006 issue of Car
and Driver, page 120.
Related Issue:
Women
Racers
Directory,
Women
in Racing,
Women
Racers,
More
Women in
Racing,
Race
Schedules,
Notable
Women
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Snippets
2012
Ed Carpenter Brings Sarah Fisher her first Indy
Car Series victory.
2011
Sarah to step out of the race car in 2011 to
focus on ownership and on a family.
2010
In the final race of the 2010 IndyCar
series, Sarah started 17th and ended 22nd. She
ecumulated enough points in her 7 races to finish
26th of 41 racers for the season.
* * *
Sarah started 25th at Chicagoland. She lead 10
laps of the race and finished 15th.
* * *
Sarah Fisher's Dollar General program will
expand to nine races in 2010 and add 2006 Firestone
Indy Lights Champion Jay Howard for four events in
2010 with backing from Tire Kingdom.
2009
Sarah was gridded 16th for the final race
of the season at Homestead and finished 17th giving
her 25th overal in a partial season.
|
Sarah's previous years in Indy Car racing
gardered her the title of Friendliest
Driver three years in a row. When she got
the last-minute ride for the Kentucky
Speedway 300 August 12-13, 2006, she
didn't have time to have her helmet
painted. Being one who likes to mingle
with fans rather than hide-out before a
race, it was second nature for Sarah to
offer her fans the opportunity to sign her
helmet that she would be using in the
race, taking her fans, literally, for a
ride.
Pick up the October IndyCar
Magazine for a feature story on Sarah
Fisher
|
Sarah started 22nd of 23 cars at
Kentucky (grid was by season standing) and
finsihed in 12th on the lead lap.
* * *
Sarah was gridded 14th at Texas Motor Speedway
and finished 17th out of 24 cars.
* * *
In her first race of the year (2009), Sarah
gridded 11th and finished 13th of 22 cars at Kansas
Speedway.
2008
In her first race since her crash at the Indy
500, Sarah started 16th on the grid at Kentucky
Speedway .
She finished in 15th.
* * *
Sarah
is back
.
She will return on Aug. 9 at Kentucky Speedway and
also compete Sept. 7 at Chicagoland Speedway. She
will test at Kentucky Speedway on July 31 and plans
to race there August 9th and Chicagoland Sep.
7th.
* * *
Sarah Fisher Turns Just 14
Laps at Indy. No new news from her web site
since 5/25/08 about future race opportunities.
* * *
All three women were knocked out of the 92nd
running of the Indianapolis
500. Tony Kanaan took out Sarah Fisher, Buddy
Lazier took out Milka Duno, and, Ryan Briscoe
knocked out Danica Patrick. Sarah started 22nd and
finished 30th.
* * *
Sarah ran a 227.827 during Practice 4 for the
92nd running of the Indianapolis
500 on May 9th.
* * *
Sarah is forming her own one-car part-time
effort for the 2008 IRL season. Called Sarah Fisher
Racing, she brought over her crew chief from Dreyer
& Reinhold Racing, Andy O'Gara (now her
husband) and his father, John O'Gara, a longtime
team manager at D&R. They will fulfill the same
roles as previously with the exception that Andy
will have some extra household chores. She hopes
they will be ready for the 92nd running of the
Indianapolis 500.
* * *
Sarah started 18th at
The Raceway at Belle Isle and ws involved in
an accident on the 29th lap/ She finished the race
in 16th and currently stands
17th of 34 drivers. The last race for this
year is September 9 at
Chicagoland
Speedway
* * *
Sarah started 18th at
Infineon
Raceway
in Sonoma and finished 17th leaving the race
on lap 28 of 80 with mechanical problems.
She currently stands 17th of
34 drivers. The next race is The Raceway at
Belle Isle, Streets of Detroit, MI
* * *
Sarah is gridded 18th for tomorrow's race
at Infineon
Raceway
in Sonoma.
* * *
Sarah, gridded 14th at Kentucky
Speedway finished in 14th.
Standing to date is still17th
overall. Infineon
Raceway
in Sonoma is next
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Sarah, gridded 16th at Michigan International
and crashed ending in 16th, her first DNF of the
season. Standing to date is
17th overall. Kentucky
Speedway
is next.
* * *
Sarah, gridded 17th at Mid-Ohio, finished 15th.
SHe's still 16th of 34 in over standings.
* * *
Sarah was gridded 17th at Nashville and finished
15. She's currently 16th in the standings.
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Sarah started 18th at Watkins Glen and finished
in 16th. She's currently 16th in overall standings.
Nashville at night is next.
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Sarah started 16th at Richmond and finished in
16th and is 16th in the standings for the year.
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Sarah got her second top 10 finish in as many
races at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 finishing 7th.
After 8 races, she has finished every one. In those
races she has 1-18th, 1-15th, 2-14ths, 1-12th,
1-11th, 1-10th and 1-7th place finish.
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Sarah started 18th and finished in the top 10 at
10th at the Texas Motor Speedway.
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Sarah started 16th at the Milwaukee Mile and
finished 14th. Her equipment just isn't
competitive.
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Sarah finished 18th in this year's Indy 500.
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Sarah will be gridded 21st of the 33rd cars
scheduled to race the 2007 Indianapolis 500.
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Sarah gridded 18 at the Streets of St.
Petersburg Indy Car race April 1, 2007 and finished
15th. Next stop Motegi, Japan 4/21.
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Sarah gridded 8th at Homestead, 6 places in
front of Danica Patrick. She finished in 11th, 3
places in front of Danica, though Danica did hit
the wall entering pit lane on lap 155.
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Fisher, 26, will run all but the five
street/road races on the IRL's 2007 17-race
schedule.
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ESPN reports that Sarah Fisher will turn 3 years
old on May 15th, 2007. sports.espn.go.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=1&driverId=46
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Fisher appears in 18 month Women in the Winner's
Circle 2007 calendar along with 17 other women
throughout the motorsports field.
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The RoboPong.com 200
Endurance Go-Kart race saw the Conlin sisters and
teammate Lynsey Tilton finish 16th, one spot behind
Tomas Scheckter (15th)
and ahead of Heather Bloyd (26th), Sarah Fisher
(31st), Katherine Legge (31), Dan Weldom (34), and
Scott Dixon (35).
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*
Sarah starter 16th, next to Danica Patrick, with
a qualifying time of 210.940 and finished 16th in
the final race of the season at Chicagoland Raceway
to keep her 25th place overall standing (out of 40
drivers) for 2006. Maybe next year.
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*
Nineteen cars started the Kentucky Speedward
race. Not having driven an IndyCar since 2004,
Sarah qualified 12th, sitting on the outside of row
six next to Danica Patrick. She qualified with a
215.061, or .395 mph behind Danica. She ran a very
steady race and finished in 12th. Of 39 drivers who
have competed in the IndyCar series this year,
Sarah stands 25th with only one race. You'll be
able to see her next in the final race September 10
at Chicagoland
Speedway .
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Sarah Fisher, the first womean to win the pole
in a major auto racing series, will make her first
IndyCar start since 2004 in the August 13 Indy 300
at Kentucky Speedway for Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing. It's a one-race deal which she hopes will
lead to a full-time ride in the IRL. Fisher, 25,
won the pole at Kentucky in 2002 and still holds
the track record in qualifying at 221.390 mph.
Rahal Letterman's Danica Patrick became the second
woman to win a pole, earning three last season, but
Fisher's second place at Homestead-Miami Speedway
in 2000 and third at Kentucky Speedway in 2001 are
still the two best finishes by a woman in Indy-car
racing. See a comparison
here.
Sarah Fisher comments on
Kansas Speedway
It all comes down to getting ready for
Indianapolis. "The date change is exciting to me.
It grants us another weekend to focus on our
on-track product before the month of May. Besides
that, it allows another weekend besides the Japan
race for pre-May testing for drivers who are only
going to be at Indy."
Crocker, Fisher could
be NASCAR's Danica
Chris from Latham, N.Y.: Who will be
NASCAR's Danica Patrick and become the best female
stock-car driver in the future?
Larry McReynolds: It doesn't matter if
you're a woman or a man, you're only as good as the
equipment that you're in. Uunfortunately a lot of
the women who have been in NASCAR have not had
top-notch equipment. But two names to watch closely
are Erin Crocker and Sarah Fisher.
Crocker is a developmental driver for Ray
Evernham who will put her in some Busch races this
season. She's running some ARCA races right now.
She sat on the pole at Nashville and ran right up
front. And she's in top-notch equipment.
An open-wheel driver like Patrick, Fisher was
signed by Richard Childress, and she's running
races on the West Coast for Bill McAnally. I'm sure
Childress has plans of moving her to the East Coast
and running her in some ARCA and Busch races. But
whether you're a man or a woman, and whether you
weigh 150 pounds or 250 pounds, you're only going
to be as good as the equipment you're in.
FOX race analyst Larry McReynolds has more than
25 years of NASCAR experience as a mechanic, crew
chief and broadcaster. He and his fellow Crew Chief
Club members take you behind the wall at
www.crewchiefclub.com.
Source: msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3654284
Background
Sarah, 25, started racing in midgets just a
couple of years ago in the USA and was an.
established IRL front runner. She once started an
IRL IndyCar race from pole position. In 2005, she
seemingly fell out with the Indy Racing League and
has pledged her long-term racing future to NASCAR.
She signed an 11-race deal to drive for Bill
McAnally Racing in the West Series in 2005.
Sarah Fisher Voted "Most Popular Driver"
in each of her three years as an Indy Racing League
regular (see "Open-Wheel Racing, below), Fisher
(24) is making the switch to NASCAR. 10/24 - Sarah
24
Sarah Fisher was born to win and is determined
to compete against the very best in auto racing. At
just 25 years old, she has already competed in five
consecutive seasons in the IRL IndyCar Series and
now is a new member of the Drive for Diversity
program, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
for the Bill McAnally Racing/Richard Childress
Racing Development Program in the NASCAR Grand
National Division, West Series in 2005.
Her commitment to excellence has made her one of
racing's most admired figures among fans and
drivers alike. Sarah was voted the IRL IndyCar
Series Most Popular Driver for three straight years
from 2001-2023 and was also voted the most popular
driver in the NASCAR Grand National Divison, West
Series in 2005.
In 1999, after a successful season competing in
three different midget car series, where she picked
up two track records and five feature wins, Sarah
set her sights on the Indy Racing League. At the
time, she was the youngest person ever to pass the
Indy Racing League Rookie Test and went on to race
in her first IRL IndyCar Series event later that
year at Texas Motor Speedway starting 17th and
finishing 25th due to a timing chain failure that
ended her day at lap 66.
The following season, Sarah drove for open-wheel
veteran Derrick Walker's IRL IndyCar Series team
and also ran eight races in the Indy Racing
Northern Light Series. In May 2000, she became just
the third woman and one of the youngest drivers
ever to compete in the world's greatest race
the Indianapolis 500. Later in the season, Sarah
made history yet again at Kentucky Speedway,
becoming the youngest person to lead laps during an
IRL IndyCar event and the youngest woman to ever
stand on a podium with her third-place finish in
that event. In 2001, Sarah claimed a second-place
finish at the IRL's inaugural race at Homestead
Miami Speedway the best result ever by a woman in
Indy-style racing.
Sarah was hired by Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
in early 2002 to drive the #24 Purex/Aventis car in
place of injured driver Robbie Buhl for the IndyCar
Series contest at Nazareth Speedway, finishing
fourth. Based on this finish, Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing formed a second team around Sarah for the
2002 season. That May, she became the fastest woman
qualifier ever for the Indianapolis 500 with a
four-lap average speed of 229-plus miles per
hour.
A few months later, Sarah became the first woman
to ever qualify fastest for a major North American
open-wheel event capturing the pole and setting a
new track record at Kentucky Speedway. She led the
first 26 laps of the race and finished eighth.
Despite competing in 10 of 15 races, Sarah tied her
career best finish in the IndyCar Series
Championship finishing 18th in the point
standings.
After her IRL IndyCar career ended with a 21st
finish at the 2004 Indianapolis 500 driving for
Kelley Racing, Fisher set her sights on a future in
Stock Car Racing. She attended a Chevrolet function
in Washington, D.C., in 2004 and chatted with
Childress about racing in cars with fenders. What
started as a casual conversation wound up turning
into a three-year contract. Fisher began driving
for team owner Bill McAnally in late 2004 under
Childress' guidance.
Sarah made her NASCAR debut in October of 2004
with Bill McAnally Racing in the NASCAR Grand
National Division, West Series race at Phoenix
International Raceway. Fisher qualified 14th but,
during the race, was forced to give up her position
in the 28-car field to fix an inoperative radio.
Even though she started last, she worked her way
into ninth place before car problems beset her, and
the crew pushed it into the garage on Lap 120. She
finished 21st.
Sarah captured four top-ten finishes in her
first full season in the NASCAR West Series. She
finished the season running in 12th in the chase
for the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series
title which made her eligible to compete in the 3rd
Annual NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale
Speedway. She finished 11th in that race.
Sarah Fisher was born in Columbus, Ohio on
October 4, 1980. She was exposed to life at the
track at an early age. Her parents would take young
Sarah to the track to watch her father drive sprint
cars.
Sarah's first racing experience came as a 5
year-old when her parents fitted her for her first
race car a quarter-midget. She raced
quarter-midgets and go-karts until she was a
teenager, winning the 1991, 93 & 94 World
Karting Association Grand National Championships,
the 1993 Circleville Points Championship and the
1994 WKA Grand National Championship.
By the time she was 15, Sarah was racing Winged
Outlaw Sprint cars winning the 1995 Dirt Track
Racing Round-Up Rookie of the Year. She had a very
successful career racing Outlaw Sprint cars. In
1997, she was named to the 62-race All-Stars
Circuit of Champions series, earning a second place
finish at Eldora Speedway.
In 1998, Sarah and her father and then-crew
chief Dave sought out new challenges in the world
of asphalt midget racing. Sarah raced in ARCA,
NAMARS and USAC sanctioned events, a competitive
schedule that helped prepare her for life in the
IRL.
Sarah's achievement on the track is only
eclipsed by her performance in the classroom.
Education has always played an important role in
her life. Her parents Dave and Reba both hold
bachelors degrees from Ohio State University. Reba
is a middle-school teacher and Dave puts his
Mechanical Engineering degree to work in the family
business, Fisher Fabrication.
Sarah graduated seventh in her class with honors
and a 4.178 grade point average from Teays High
School in 1999. She attends college on a part-time
basis Pursuing business undergraduate degree in
marketing.
Sarah has been a guest or profiled on a variety
of television programs including The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly, Real
Sports with Bryant Gumbel, NBC Nightly News with
Tom Brokaw, Good Morning America, and CBS This
Morning.
She has also appeared in the pages of People,
Teen People, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, Glamour,
Mademoiselle, Sports Illustrated and many other
magazines.
Sarah has also been the subject of features
stories in USA Today, The Washington Post, New York
Post, and other major U.S. newspapers.
Her father, Dave, was her crew during her
formative racing years. One of the things she loves
is spending time with fans.
* * *
In 2000, Fisher became the third woman to
compete in the Indianapolis 500. She went on to
become the first female to earn a pole position and
is the fastest woman to qualify for the
Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 229.439
mph.
* * *
At just 25 years old, she has already competed
in five Indianapolis 500s and been voted the
Most Popular Driver four times in two separate
series. In 2005, she was part of NASCARs
Drive for Diversity program, piloting the No. 20
Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Bill McAnally
Racing/Richard Childress Racing Development Program
in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series,
and capturing four top-ten finishes. Fisher made
her first appearance in the IndyCar Series back in
1999 for Derrick Walker, making her the youngest
person ever to pass the IndyCar Series Rookie test.
In 2000, she became just the third woman and one of
the youngest drivers ever to compete in the world's
greatest race the Indianapolis 500. Sarah
continued to make history that year at Kentucky
Speedway, becoming the youngest person to lead laps
during an IndyCar Series event and the youngest
woman to ever stand on a podium with her
third-place finish in that event. In 2001, Sarah
claimed a second-place finish at the IndyCar Series
inaugural race at Homestead Miami Speedway, the
best result ever by a woman in Indy-style racing.
In 2002, Sarah became the first woman to ever
qualify fastest for a major North American
open-wheel event capturing the pole and setting a
new track record at Kentucky Speedway. Fisher raced
quarter-midgets and go-karts until she was a
teenager, winning the 1991, 1993 & 1994 World
Karting Association Grand National Championships,
the 1993 Circleville Points Championship and the
1994 WKA Grand National Championship. By age 15,
Sarah was racing Winged Outlaw Sprint cars winning
the 1995 Dirt Track Racing Round-Up Rookie of the
Year. Sarah has been a guest or profiled on a
variety of television programs including, The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and
Kelly, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, NBC Nightly
News with Tom Brokaw, Good Morning America, and CBS
This Morning. She has also appeared in the pages of
People, Teen People, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen,
Glamour, Mademoiselle, Sports Illustrated and many
other magazines. Sarah currently resides in
Indianapolis with her fiancé, Andy, and
their chocolate lab, Wrigley.
Bio
Name: Sarah Marie Fisher
Nationality: American
Birth Date: 10/4/80, Columbus, OH
Marital Status: Engaged
Hometown: Commercial Point, OH
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Weight: 120lbs.
Height: 5'2"
Racing Series: 2006: IRL IndyCar Series | 2005:
NASCAR West | 1999-2023: IRL IndyCar Series. Raced
the Indy 500 in 2000 and 2002.Voted IRL's most
popular driver in 2001.
Pursuing business undergraduate degree in marketing
through Ellis College
Enjoys 125cc shifter karting
Spends her spare time renovating her house and
tubing with friends
One Dog, Wrigley
Favorite country: Italy
Favorite book: Still Wide Open by Brad Doty and
Dave Argabright
Favorite track is Texas Motor Speedway
Racing hero is Dave Blaney
Her father, Dave, was her crew during her formative
racing years
Loves to shop, favorite store is Prada, favorite
food is mac and cheese, likes rap and
rhythm-and-blues music
Eats pasta and protein the night before a race and
strawberries just before a race.
Superstitious about making sure there are 9 living
goldfish in her fish tank
Sarah's Official Website first launched in 1996
Sarah's favorite word is "Kinko!"
Sarah has won the "Most Popular Driver Award" four
times
Loves spending time with fans
Fast Facts
- Sarah Fisher is making her second appearance
in IndyCar racing for the 2006 season; 50th
career start
- Sarah Fisher's best start at Chicagoland
Speedway is 12th and came in 2002. Her best
finish is 18th and came in 2003
- This will be Sarah Fisher's fourth (4th)
start at ChicagoLand Speedway
- Sarah Fisher has a career best finish of 2nd
at Homestead-Miami Speedway and came in 2001;
This is the highest finishing position of any
female driver prior to 2008.
- Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is 15th in the
point's standings going into the Meijer Indy 300
with 232 points.
- Dreyer & Reinbold's best start at
ChicagoLand Speedway is fourth (4th) with Robbie
Buhl in 2001
- Dreyer & Reinbold's best finish at
ChicagoLand Speedway is eighth (8th) with Felipe
Gaffone in 2004
- Did you know: Sarah has been mentoring her
fiancé's little brother, Kyle, to race
go-carts.
- Did you know: Sarah had a private test at
ChicagoLand Speedway on Thursday, August 31,
2006
- Did you know: Sarah is providing an athletic
diary for ESPN.com each week. Check her website
for the latest entry
- Did you know: Sarah turns 26 on October 4,
2006. She started racing IndyCars when she was
just 19 years old
- Sarah Fisher will visit the Children's
Memorial Hospital in Chicago on Friday,
September 8, 2006 at 10 a.m. She will appear on
behalf of Racing for Kids at the Chicago,
Illinois location. Fisher will pose for pictures
with the kids and the IndyCar show car, sign
autographs and hand out Racing for Kids baseball
caps
- Sarah has a new sponsor for the ChicagoLand
Race. Zion High Resolution Lenses, a San Diego,
Ca-based company will be the primary sponsor of
her No. 5 car. www.izonlenses.com
A Real Page
Turner
Sarah Fisher wasn't running in circles solely on
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. As owner of
Sarah Fisher Racing, she was plenty busy addressing
the myriad of daily details and attempting to
attract additional sponsorship for the program.
As the No. 67 car was rolled to the grid for the
92nd Indianapolis 500, everything was looking
bright. Fisher was starting 22nd and the car had
received sponsorship from individuals, a Hollywood
couple, a local college and a start-up Internet
company.
Her day ended in Turn 3 just past the halfway
mark of the 200-lap race. The first-year team's
lone chassis was in a heap in the garage area and
the team owner/driver/marketer unleashed a flood of
emotions caught on TV.
"We collected everything, went back to the shop
and did a survey of what all the damages were,"
said Fisher, who recently sent "thank you" notes
and a small piece of the car to individuals who
made monetary contributions to the program.
"The car is out being fixed right now. It's a
rebuilding process, but we didn't like some things
about it so this way we get to rebuild it a little
different so that's the positive of it. Certainly
we're looking forward to the future. We want to
build this thing to be even bigger than it was at
the Indy 500. We think we did a great job. We had
an escalating month and that's a very difficult
thing to do as a first-year team.
"Hopefully we can make it to Kentucky. That's
the goal."
Source: www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=11841
Decade
of change
Sarah Fisher humbly
acknowledged the extended applause of tens of
thousands of spectators during driver introductions
on a seasonably warm October afternoon in
1999.
Pretty heady stuff for
someone all of 19 years, 13 days old.
"What a birthday present,"
said Fisher, who made her IndyCar Series debut at
the track in a Team Pelfrey car as a teammate to
Robby Unser. "We were pretty competitive
(qualifying 17th) and were running really well.
That was back when they had timing chains. The
timing chain broke and that's what put us out
(finishing 25th). It was neat; we were so
well-received and (track president) Eddie Gossage
was wonderful to us. It was a just a great track to
come to."
Click it: Sarah
Fisher bio, stats and
more
It still is. A decade
later, Fisher returned to the 1.5-mile, high-banked
oval to compete in the Bombardier Learjet 550k in
the No. 67 Dollar General entry for her namesake
team, Sarah Fisher Racing. Pretty heady
stuff.
"I never dreamed, when I
made my first IndyCar Series start at TMS 10 years
ago that I would return one day as a team owner,"
said Fisher, whose best finish in nine races at the
track is 10th in 2007. "I'm looking to put a good
finish on the books at TMS and I'm confident that
I'll be going there in one of the better race cars
I've ever been in."
That wouldn't refer to the
No. 48 Mead/Team Pelfrey Oldsmobile Aurora-powered
Dallara, though Fisher is too diplomatic to say
it.
"Dale Pelfrey at the time
was following in the footsteps of Tony George's
mission statement of having short track drivers
having the opportunity to race these cars," Fisher
said. "At the time, he was based in Dayton, Ohio,
and was close to Winchester (Speedway). It just so
happened that I set the new track record at
Winchester. I was doing really well in midgets and
he caught wind of that. He called me and said,
'Would you want to take a (IndyCar Series) rookie
test?' I was so excited.
"We went to Colorado with
the midgets to race and then went straight to Vegas
to take my rookie test (in August). We did really
well. My dad said if we're going to go racing we
need to go testing because we just can't go to the
IndyCar Series from the midget world. So we came
(to Texas Motor Speedway) and tested and did
reasonably well. Everything seemed to pull together
and Mead paper followed me from sprint cars to
midgets to IndyCars.
"From there, Derek Walker
saw what was going on and I met with him before the
Texas race. He said, 'We're going to keep an eye on
you.' They were thinking about going to the IndyCar
Series (from CART). He was impressed and said,
'We're going to press the trigger' and try to sell
sponsorship. It was kind of a whirlwind from there.
To have that break was pretty big."
Fisher kicked off the 2000
season with Walker Racing with a 13th place at
Phoenix International Raceway, advancing eight
positions. In the interim, Fisher has made 69
starts. In 2008, she formed Sarah Fisher Racing
(with husband Andy O'Gara and extended family of
hands-on and moral support). A modest program in
the first season has expanded to six races this
year. Pretty heady stuff.
"For me to come back here
in our second year is great," said Fisher, who
participated in part of the media advance for the
race weekend by throwing out the ceremonial first
pitch at A Triple-A baseball game in Oklahoma City
and greeting fans (among other stops). "I wanted to
come back last year, but we were struggling so much
that there was no way.
"Dollar General helping us
get to Texas has really been a testament to how
much this small team has grown in just our second
year of existence. We doubled the number of races
we competed in last year. For a small company like
ours to see one hundred percent growth in this kind
of economy is truly humbling, and we have an
amazing family of partners backing us up all the
way."
On a warm June evening at
Texas Motor Speedway, Fisher will humbly accept the
applause of tens of thousands of spectators before
climbing into the No. 67 Dollar General car that
she'll contest in the Bombardier Learjet
550k.
Some things don't
change
Source:
www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=14250
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