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| Sarah Fisher | |
 Sarah Fisher |
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| Nationality |  American |
| Date of Birth | October 4, 1980 |
| Place of Birth | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2008 IRL IndyCar Series | |
| Debut season | 1999 |
| Current team | Sarah Fisher Racing |
| Car No. | 67 |
| Former teams | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (2002-03, 2006-07) Kelley Racing (2004) Walker Racing (2000-01) Team Pelfrey (1999) |
| Starts | 67 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2001 |
| Previous series | |
| 2004-2005 | NASCAR AutoZone West Series |
| Awards | |
| 1991-1993 1993 1994 1995 2001-2003 |
WKA Grand Nat'l Championship Circleville Points Championship WKA Grand Nat'l Championship Dirt Track Rookie of the Year IndyCar Most Popular Driver |
Sarah Marie Fisher (born October 4, 1980, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American auto racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series. Residing in Indianapolis, Indiana, Fisher is best known for being the youngest woman to ever compete in the Indianapolis 500 as well as the first woman to win a pole position in a major auto racing series.
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[edit] Records
She became the youngest woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 at age 19 in 2000, becoming the third female to compete in the Indianapolis 500 behind Janet Guthrie and Lyn St. James. That same year, she became the first woman to stand on the podium (1st, 2nd, or 3rd place finish) with her third place finish at Kentucky Speedway. In 2001, she became the first woman to run a full IndyCar Series schedule. During that season, she became the first woman to finish runner-up in a major-league open-wheel race when she placed second at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
In 2002, she not only became the first woman in North American motorsports history to win the pole position for a major-league open-wheel race, doing so at Kentucky Speedway, but set the track qualifying record there when she won the pole position with a qualifying speed of 221.390 mph (lap time of 24.0661 seconds).
Fisher made history by becoming the first female driver in the 21st century to drive a Formula One car when testing in 2002 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; a test arranged by her personal sponsor, TAG Heuer. In 2003, she set the record as the fastest woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 229.439 mph.
She has won the Most Popular Driver (MPD) award three consecutive times (2001-2003) in the IndyCar Series, an award she would also win later while competing in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series (2005).
She has the second most Indianapolis 500 starts for a female behind Lyn St. James who has seven starts as of May 27, 2007 (Fisher has 6 starts). She has the most starts of any female in IndyCar Series history as of September 9, 2007 (67 Starts). She has the most career earnings for a female in IndyCar Series history as of September 9, 2007 ($3,413,600.00).
[edit] Early racing career
As a child, she 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. From 1995–99, she raced in the sprint car and midget ranks, winning the 1995 Dirt Track Racing Round-Up Rookie of the Year award. She had a very successful career racing in the World of Outlaws. In 1997, she was named to the 62-race All-Stars Circuit of Champions series, earning a second place finish at Eldora Speedway. She held the track record at historic Winchester Speedway until it was broken by current NASCAR driver Ryan Newman.
In 1998, Fisher and her father and then-crew chief Dave Fisher sought out new challenges in the world of asphalt midget racing. She raced in ARCA, NAMARS and USAC sanctioned events, a competitive schedule that helped prepare her for life in the IRL.
[edit] IRL 1999
In 1999, after a successful season competing in three different midget car series, where she picked up two track records and five feature wins, Fisher 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 in August at Las Vegas 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.
[edit] IRL 2000
The following season, Fisher drove for open-wheel veteran Derrick Walker's IRL IndyCar Series team, Walker Racing, running eight races in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series. In May 2000, she became just the third woman following Janet Guthrie and Lyn St. James, and one of the youngest drivers ever to compete in the world's greatest race – the Indianapolis 500 starting 19th and finishing 31st after an accident. Later in the season, she 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 after starting fourth.
She was also given the chance to drive a McLaren Formula One car that year around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road-course, in between Friday Practice Sessions for the 2000 United States Grand Prix, the first in the US for nine years.
With sponsorship from Kroger and associates, Gain, Olay, Always, Pantene, Mead, Lexmark, Iams, Bounty, Folgers and Crest, Walker Racing earned an Advertising Age Marketing 100 award for its Sarah Fisher Kroger sponsorship campaign which generated over $44 Million in off-track media surrounding the Indy 500 and produced over 195 million off-track impressions in 45 days according to Joyce Julius and Associates.
[edit] IRL 2001
In 2001, Fisher 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 until Danica Patrick claimed victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300. She earned two top-10 finishes in her second year with Walker Racing. In her second Indianapolis 500, she started 15th and finished 31st because of an accident on Lap 7. She was also voted the IRL Crew Most Popular Driver in Crew and fan balloting throughout the season.
[edit] IRL 2002
Fisher began the season without a ride after requesting to be released from her three-year contract with Walker Racing, as Derrick Walker's IRL team was heading back to the ChampCar World Series (his team would never return to the IndyCar Series circuit). She substituted for the injured Robbie Buhl at Nazareth Speedway which would be her first race of the 2002 season. She started in the #24 Purex/Aventis car in the 19th position and finished fourth for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, her best finish that season.
Fisher teamed with Buhl at the Indianapolis 500 in a second Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entry. She qualified ninth, posting the fastest four-lap average speed of 229-plus miles per hour by a woman in Indianapolis 500 history. She finished 24th in her third start at Indy.
From her solid runs at Nazareth and Indy, Fisher was hired for the remainder of the 2002 season with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing as a teammate to Buhl for the final eight races of the season, starting with SunTrust Indy Challenge in June at Richmond International Raceway. Later that year, she became the first woman in North American motorsports history to win the pole position for a major-league open-wheel race, earning the MBNA Pole for the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway. She led the first 26 laps and finished eighth. As the season went on, she continued to run up front and lead laps 185 and 187-189 at Michigan before falling to eighth place at finish, the first woman driver to take the contested lead in any Indy car race. Despite competing in 10 of 15 races, she tied her career best finish in the IndyCar Series Championship finishing 18th in the point standings. At the end of the season, she was voted the IRL Crew Most Popular Driver for second consecutive year.
[edit] IRL 2003
The 2003 season started with uncertainty as Dreyer & Reinbold Racing struggled to fund a second entry for Sarah Fisher after Robbie Buhl was funded by Purex for the 2003 season. A last minute deal was inked to run Fisher at Homestead-Miami Speedway after WeGotGear signed on board for the one-race deal. GM Upromise and Raybestos Brand Brakes stepped up to fund Fisher's Phoenix International Raceway entry where she finished eighth.
For the 87th Indianapolis 500, Fisher was funded by AOL, Checkers/Rally's, Raybestos, ATA and TAG Heuer. Fisher started 24th and finished 31st completing only 14 laps before making contact with the Turn 3 wall after engine problems plagued her day. She was also without radio communication from her crew during the race. She ended the season 18th in the standings in her second season with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Despite her struggle on the track, her fans stuck to her side and voted her the IRL Crew Most Popular Driver for the third consecutive year.
[edit] IRL 2004
On February 24, 2004, it was announced that Sarah Fisher would drive for Kelley Racing in the 88th Indianapolis 500. The Team Cure Autism Now (CAN) Foundation car was sponsored by Bryant Heating and Cooling TrimSpa and Checker's/Rally's. Fisher started 19th and finished 21st for Kelley Racing at 88th Indianapolis 500. She completed 177 laps of 180 laps run in rain-shortened race won by Buddy Rice.
[edit] NASCAR 2004
After Fisher was unable to convince sponsors to fund her Indy Racing League efforts, and unable to get out of her contract with uncompetitive Kelly Racing, sponsors stood in line to fund a NASCAR effort. Bill McAnally Racing signed Fisher to the a three-year contract the first of which she would compete under the radar in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series. McAnally, a veteran car owner in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series with three consecutive series championships (1999, 2000 and 2001) to his credit. She would make her stock car debut in the race at Phoenix International Raceway on October 3. she drove the No. 20 NASCAR Select by NAPA Filters Chevrolet in the Subway 150. Fisher will join BMR at Phoenix as a teammate to Austin Cameron, who was second in the championship standings at that time. The event was the 10th in a 13-race schedule for the series that year. 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.
[edit] NASCAR 2005
In 2005, Fisher captured four top-ten finishes in her first full season in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series in 2005, capturing the stock car racing series' Rookie of the Year title. 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. She also was voted the Most Popular Driver in that series making her a four-time Most Popular Driver award winner.
[edit] IRL 2006
After Fisher was unable to put together a full NASCAR program, Fisher decided to move back to Indianapolis and refresh her name in the IndyCar Series and prepare for a full-time 2007 program. Her desire to run the 2006 Indianapolis 500 went unfulfilled; however, she participated in a match race at Stafford Speedway in Connecticut on July 11, 2006, her first race in 9 months, finishing last among the cast of 4 "All-Star Drivers" including her mentor Al Unser, Jr.
On August 3, 2006 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing gave Fisher the opportunity when she landed a two race deal to drive in the August 13 race at Kentucky Speedway and in the September 10 race at Chicagoland Speedway. With the entry of Danica Patrick for the race, it marked only the second time two women have competed in the same IRL race. The first time was the 2000 Indianapolis 500 where both Fisher and Lyn St. James competed. Fisher finished in 12th place out of 19 cars at Kentucky and 16th at Chicago for the low-budget Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team.
[edit] IndyCar Series 2007
On January 30, 2007, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced that they had signed Fisher to drive for the full season along with new teammate 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner, Buddy Rice.
Fisher qualified eighth and finished 11th for the season-opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 24, 2007. She placed 15th in her first ever road-course race of her racing career on the Streets of St. Petersburg the following weekend.
Fisher qualified for her sixth Indianapolis 500 on May 13, 2007. After starting on the outside of Row 7, she finished in 18th place after struggling for much of the race, seven positions ahead of her teammate Buddy Rice. Along with Danica Patrick and Milka Duno, Fisher made "500" history by being part of the first trio of women drivers to start at Indy. On May 12, 2007, the first photograph featuring Fisher, Patrick and Duno surficed out of Gasoline Alley which also included former racer Lyn St. James and tennis legend, Billie Jean King on the yard of bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
During the 2007 season, Fisher's best qualifying effort was eighth at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 23, 2007, and her best finish was seventh at Iowa Speeday on June 24, 2007. After the final race of the season, Fisher stated, “You know, it was a tough year for us. We never quite got it together to be competitive week in and week out. We never quite established a means of communication between my engineer and I and that's critical for success. I would really like to thank the crew for their dedication and hard work they offered throughout this tough year. Despite the ups and downs, I’m looking forward to my wedding this next weekend. I have really enjoyed returning to IndyCar racing this year. And with that, I’m looking forward to 2008.”
According to an article posted in the New York Times, Fisher looked at 2007 as an opportunity to resurrect her career, and the IndyCar Series buzzed about a potential rivalry with, Danica Patrick. Instead, Fisher's team, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing struggled to find a package that put her and her teammate Buddy Rice near the front of the pack. Fisher went on, “We’re not getting the most of what we can out of a two-car team at the end of the day, and I wish we could. I don’t know what to change to fix that and I wouldn’t even say if I did know. It’s just not working as healthfully as I thought it would, and that disappoints me. I can only help to a certain extent to what the car is doing and what I would rather it do, and then they’ve got to take it from there,” she said. Fellow IndyCar Series competitor, Helio Castroneves, noted, “She’s got a lot of attention, a lot of fans. She is a talent, she’s fast. Right now I just feel her car is not very competitive."[1]
After a season-long slide co-piloted by her teammate, Buddy Rice, Fisher's 2007 racing struggles have not hurt her relationship with her crew Chief, Andy O'Gara, whom she married on September 15, 2007. Fisher called the wedding, “the bright light at the end of the tunnel” in an otherwise disappointing season. Her husband, Andy O'Gara, along with the Team Manager for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (her father-in-law/Andy O'Gara's father) and her publicist all resigned from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing at the end of the 2007 season.
Published reports began to surface at the end of September 2007, stating that Fisher might start her own race team. Along with her teammate Buddy Rice, both were signed to a one-year contract at the struggling Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the 2007 racing season. Fisher told the Indianapolis Star t wasn't likely she would return to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and that she would consider starting her own team if it could be done right. "We said we'd talk about an opportunity if there was one, but there's none right now," she said of her attempts to find the funds to remain at D&R. "There are people interested in selling [the Sarah Fisher Racing] story and but, again, it depends on sponsorships."[2]
Sports Illustrated named Fisher in their Top 10 Female Race Car Drivers in the World in 2007.
[edit] IRL 2008
On January 27, 2008, Fisher announced the introduction of her own team, Sarah Fisher Racing. The team, which will be run in tandem with her husband Andy O'Gara and father-in-law John O'Gara, will make its IRL debut in May at the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500. The squad will also be supported by the Indy 500's first two female participants, Janet Guthrie and Lyn St. James. The car will feature the number 67, a number Fisher used during her career in midgets and non-wing sprint cars.[3] After having trouble with the first announced sponsor of RESQ, Sarah Fisher racing announced that their sponsor will be the downtown Indianapolis college IUPUI.[4][5]. The Indianapolis Star also revealed that Sarah Fisher and her husband had mortgaged their home to compete in this year's 2008 Indy 500. Additionally, Catalyst PDG, Inc., an Indianapolis based product development company, joined SFR as an associate sponsor.
In the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500, Fisher was taken out of the race when Tony Kanaan spun in front of her on Lap 106, ending her seventh attempt at the checkered flag.
[edit] Media work
Fisher 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, The Today Show and CBS This Morning.
She has also appeared in the pages of People, Teen People, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, YM and ESPN The Magazine.
Fisher appeared on the cover of Indianapolis Woman magazine in May 2000. The article was titled, "Sarah Fisher: On the Fast Track to Success!"
Fisher appeared in the May 2000 issue of YM Magazine. Fisher appeared in a segment titled, "A Need for Speed." The article profiled Fisher as a girl racer in the fast lane.
Fisher appeared in Teen People in the September 2000 issue on page 66 with the title, "Track Star: Sarah Fisher sped into racing history as the first teenage girl to drive in the Indy 500." Fisher was quoted in the article as saying, "It's just a matter of not being afraid to fail."
Fisher appeared on the cover of Championship Racing Magazine for the May 2001 issue (Volume 18, No. 4). The title read, "Sarah Fisher: Boy's, you've just been passed by a girl."
Fisher appeared in the October 2001 issue of Cosmo Girl magazine on page 114. Fisher was shown sitting in her race car and the article profiled the female driver.
Fisher appeared in Glamour magazine. Glamour tracked down five women which included the daughters of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. The articles profiled the women who were taming the testosterone and making their mark. Fisher appeared on page 238 and 262.
On February 3, 2002, Fisher became the first IndyCar Series driver to appear in a Super Bowl advertisement during Super Bowl XXXVI. The Raybestos brand brakes commercial which aired on FOX, delivered Fisher to national audience that earned a Nielsen Ratings share of 40.4
Fisher first appeared in the made-for-television film, Apple Pie, on May 13, 2002. The film appeared on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic and was last televised on Sunday, May 9, 2004, Mother's Day. The Los Angeles Times called the film "Heart Warming" and the New York Times called it, "warm and illuminating... told with deftness and emotion...priceless." The film profilid athletes and the women who raised them. Along with Fisher, Mia Hamm, Grant Hill and Shaquille O'Neal were all profiled.
Fisher appeared on the cover of 64 Magazine for the June 2002 issue. The title was, "Start Your Engines: Sarah Fisher and the IRL take on NASCAR's gol ol' boys."
Fisher appeared in a commercial for Firestone after capturing the Pole Position at Kentucky Speedway in August 2002.
Fisher appeared in the May 2003 issue of Indy Men's Magazine (now defunct). The article was titled, "What this Woman Wants!" The article was a Q&A focused.
The Sarah Fisher name appeared on an episode of the popular international television quiz game show, Jeopardy which airs on NBC.
In late March 2007, Fisher began appearing in AAA Auto Insurance print, billoard, radio and TV advertisements. She also represented AAA in the RTV6 Toy Drive, a charitable project of WRTV-TV Channel 6 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She joined WRTV weatherman Kevin Gregory to ask fans and viewers to donate toys to needy families.
On March 23, 2007, ESPN.com published her first installment of her special athletic ESPN diary lending her pen for her fans to see a glimpse of her life. The 2007 edition that included 17 diaries, can be found on her official website, www.sarahfisher.com.
Fisher appeared on the May 2007 cover of Beyond Your Bones magazine, OrthoIndy's complete orthopaedic care magazine. Fisher pictured in her AAA Hoosier Insurance uniform. She was featured on the pages, 7 through 13.
Fisher appeared on the cover of the May 2007 free edition of In Take Weekly, part of the Indianapolis Star. The cover was a close-up for Fisher's face pictured at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Fisher filmed a segment for the entertainment program EXTRA on Thursday, May 24, 2007. Fisher took EXTRA correspondent Carlos Diaz around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the 2007 official pace car, the Chevrolet Corvette.
On August 24, 2007, Fisher filmed a commercial for American Honda. The corporate TV spot features several Honda icon "dreams" --and one of the most important stories is racing hence Fisher's tie in. The spot began running on Monday, September 24, 2007, in the prime time slot. With the new spot slated to run during ABC's Dancing with the Stars the next day, it was the first time that two IndyCar Series drivers were shown during prime time television with Helio Castroneves competing on Dancing with the Stars. The spot could also be seen during other season premieres, such as Brothers & Sisters, Cane, and Chuck, all of which began the same week. Spots were also aired during the Major League Baseball playoffs and World Series, and on nearly 30 cable networks and National Public Radio. Honda will also air the work during special features on cable, such as National Geographic Channel's Preserve Our Planet. The campaign includes a website, dreams.honda.com, where visitors can view the new spot.[6]
Fisher appeared on The Today Show on Wednesday April 23, 2008. Anchors Hoda and Kathy Lee Gifford changed a tire on her car during the segment that ran on NBC.
Fisher appears on the Spring issue of Sporting Woman Magazine, circulation 403,185 on newstands Ma 7, 2008.
[edit] Endorsements
AAA - Fisher signed a three year deal with AAA on March 7, 2007. Fisher will represent AAA Hoosier Insurance through television ads, billboards and other promotional materials while touting the AAA tagline, “Insure with someone you Trust.” Additionally, Fisher will make a limited number of personal appearances on behalf of AAA Hoosier Motor Club.
TAG Heuer - Fisher originally signed on with TAG Heuer in late 2002. The company used Fisher to launch its "F1 Micrograph." Fisher promoted the company through the 2004 Indianapolis 500. The company resigned Fisher on April 4, 2007, to promote both watches and eyewear. She showcased the New TAG Heuer Formula 1 series, an iconic product line launched in 1986. The TAG Heuer Formula 1 series relaunched in 2007 with Sarah Fisher and her return to the IndyCar Series. She is part of the dream team of brand ambassadors that includes Tiger Woods, Jeff Gordon, Maria Sharapova, Uma Thurman and Brad Pitt. In 2007, she appeared in the Grand Carrera launch with the Grand Carrera Calibre17 RS Series watch gracing her wrist in advertisements (Shot in NYC) that were utilized in the "Dream Machines Driven by Generous Hearts" which included 28 exceptional men and women in the public eye at the wheel of the fastest and most legendary contemporary GT cars in the world. The program commemorated the legacy and support of chilren around the world joining forces with Save the Children, the world's independent children's charity that fights for the riht of children in over 100 countries. Fisher was joined by James Bond star Timothy Dalton, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Vitor Baia.
Honda - Fisher ran her first Honda motor at Kentucky Speedway in August 2006 and again at ChicagoLand Speedway in September 2006. With the announcement on January 30, 2007 that Fisher would return to the IndyCar Series full-time, Honda became her engine provider. Fisher was previously with Oldsmobile 1999-2001, Infiniti 2002, Chevrolet 2003, 2005, Toyota 2004. She appeared in a television commercial for American Honda that began circulation in September 2007 shot north of San Francisco.
Firestone - Fisher became associated with Firestone in 1999.
[edit] Personal life
Sarah Fisher, an only child, was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 4, 1980. She grew up in Commercial Point, Ohio and was exposed to life at the track at an early age. Her parents would take their young daughter to the track to watch her father drive sprint cars. Her first racing experience came as a five year-old when her parents fitted her for her first race car – a quarter-midget. Fisher graduated from Teays Valley High School in 1999 seventh in her class with honors and a 4.178 grade point average. She enrolled at The Ohio State University in order to pursue an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering but before the school year began, Fisher received a call to race in the IndyCar Series. She later attended Butler University on a part-time basis pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering degree but due to the demands of her schedule, left the university. She currently attends college on a part-time basis on-line at Ellis College.
Her mother, Reba, was profiled along with Fisher in the made-for-television film, Apple Pie. Reba was born minutes after her twin sister, Robin. Reba raced go-karts in the backyard race pit that her father built. Reba met her father, Dave, at a go-kart race in Commercial Point, Ohio, where she beat him; probably why she chose to live there. Reba's mother was one of the first female aviators in Ohio. Reba holds a bachelors degree from The Ohio State University and is a middle-school teacher.
Fisher's father, Dave, holds a bachelors degree in Mehanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and works in the family business, Fisher Fabrication.
Fisher met her future husband in 2002 in the capacity of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Andy O'Gara was Fisher's left tire changer and the two began dating in 2004. She became engaged to Andy O'Gara on her 25th birthday (October 4, 2005) while living on the West coast. Andy was her Crew Chief at Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in 2007. The two married at St. Roch Catholic Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday, September 16, 2007, among those in attendance were Lyn St James, Ed Carpenter and Tony George, to name a few.[7]
Fisher currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.
[edit] Motorsports Career results
[edit] American Open-Wheel
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
[edit] IndyCar
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Pelfrey | WDW |
PHX |
INDY |
TXS |
PPIR |
ATL |
DOV |
PPI2 |
LVS |
TX2 Ret |
46th | 5 | |||||||||
| 2000 | Walker | WDW DNP |
PHX Ret |
LVS 13 |
INDY Ret |
TXS Ret |
PPIR 25 |
ATL Ret |
KTY 3 |
TX2 11 |
18th | 124 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Walker | PHX Ret |
HMS 2 |
ATL 11 |
INDY Ret |
TXS 18 |
PPIR 10 |
RIR Ret |
KAN 12 |
NSH Ret |
KTY Ret |
STL 11 |
CHI Ret |
TX2 Ret |
19th | 188 | ||||||
| 2002 | Dreyer & Reinbold | HMS |
PHX |
FON |
NZR 4 |
INDY 24 |
TXS |
PPIR |
RIR Ret |
KAN 14 |
NSH Ret |
MIS 8 |
KTY 8 |
STL Ret |
CHI Ret |
TX2 9 |
18th | 161 | ||||
| 2003 | Dreyer & Reinbold | HMS 15 |
PHX 8 |
 MOT Ret |
INDY Ret |
TXS 15 |
PPIR Ret |
RIR 19 |
KAN 11 |
NSH Ret |
MIS Ret |
STL 13 |
KTY 14 |
NZR DNS |
CHI 18 |
FON 19 |
TX2 12 |
18th | 211 | |||
| 2004 | Kelley Racing | HMS |
PHX |
MOT |
INDY 21 |
TXS |
RIR |
KAN |
NSH |
MIL |
MIS |
KTY |
PPIR |
NZR |
CHI |
FON |
TX2 |
31st | 12 | |||
| 2006 | Dreyer & Reinbold | HMS |
STP |
MOT |
INDY |
WGL |
TXS |
RIR |
KAN |
NSH |
MIL |
MIS |
KTY 12 |
SNM |
CHI 16 |
25th | 32 | |||||
| 2007 | Dreyer & Reinbold | HMS 11 |
STP 15 |
MOT 14 |
KAN 12 |
INDY 18 |
MIL 14 |
TXS 10 |
IOW 7 |
RIR 16 |
WGL 16 |
NSH 15 |
MDO 15 |
MIS Ret |
KTY 14 |
SNM Ret |
DET Ret |
CHI 12 |
17th | 275 | ||
| 2008 | Fisher | HMS DNP |
STP DNP |
MOT1 DNP |
LBH1 DNP |
KAN DNP |
INDY Ret |
MIL |
TXS |
IOW |
RIR |
WGL |
NSH |
MDO |
 EDM |
KTY |
SNM |
DET |
CHI |
 SRF2 |
37th | 10 |
| Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Indy 500 results
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 19th | 31st |
| 2001 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 15th | 31st |
| 2002 | G-Force | Infiniti | 9th | 24th |
| 2003 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 24th | 31st |
| 2004 | Dallara | Toyota | 19th | 21st |
| 2007 | Dallara | Honda | 21st | 18th |
| 2008 | Dallara | Honda | 22nd | 30th |
[edit] References
- ^ IndyCar Still Waits for Fisher to Emerge, Associated Press, August 11, 2007
- ^ Fisher to go it alone?, Crash.net, September 29, 2007
- ^ Sarah Fisher Plans Own Indycar Team, Auto Racing Daily, February 28, 2008
- ^ Indycar.com Press Release
- ^ Indianapolis Star article
- ^ Solman, Gregory. Honda Launches Image Campaign, AdWeek, September 25, 2007
- ^ Fisher, Sarah. Race to the altar better than any podium finish, ESPN.com, September 26, 2007
[edit] External links
- Official site
- She's Back...Sarah Fisher Returns to IndyCar Series at Kentucky Speedway
- Sarah Fisher 8 April 2008 announcement on IndyCar.com
- Her "driving card" from the NASCAR West Division site
- Girls Go Tech Website (Sponsor for her 2003 Indy 500 campaign)
- RTV6 Toy Drive, presented by AAA Hoosier Insurance
