Women Burning Up the Track

Chrissy Wallace is well known for being a member of the Wallace Racing Family, but the 20-year-old also made her own mark with a promising debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last March. Click through to see some of the women known for their prowess on the track.

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Ashley Force follows in the great drag racing legacy of her father, 14-time NHRA Funny Car division champion John Force.

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Former IndyCar Rookie of the Year winner Danica Patrick has made a big impact on her circuit, winning the Indy Japan 300 in her 50th career start.

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Indy Racing League's Milka Duno holds the record of highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona (a second-place finish in 2007), despite not beginning her racing career until the age of 24.

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Sarah Fisher competes in the IndyCar Series and is best known for being the youngest women to ever compete in the Indianapolis 500. She also became the first woman to win a pole for a major-league open-wheel race at Kentucky Speedway in 2002.

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Hillary Will is an accomplished racer in the Top Fuel Dragster category. In a qualifying run last February, the 27-year-old became the fastest female driver in the history of NHRA drag racing with a lap of 334.65 mph down the
quarter-mile.

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In 2006, Melanie Troxel became the first NHRA Top Fuel driver to reach the final round in the first five events of a season. Troxel is a also two-time NHRA champion and record holder in the Alcohol Dragster class. She is the first woman in NHRA history to win in both its nitro classes.

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Angelle Sampey is an American Pro Stock Motorcycle racer who has won the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship three times (2000-2002). Since her debut in 1996, she has earned 44 top-qualifier awards and 41 event victories.

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Erin Crocker ran a select number of ARCA Series events in 2007, and clinched the Hoosier Tire Superspeedway Challenge Championship last October, becoming the first female driver in the 55-year history of the ARCA RE/MAX Series to earn the prestigious award.

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In 2007, Leilani Munter became the fourth woman in history to compete in the Firestone Indy Lights Series, the development league of IndyCar. Prior to her debut in open wheel racing, she was a stock car driver in the NASCAR Elite division.

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