Driver Insider
Career Statistics - IZOD IndyCar Series *
| Year | Starts | Wins | Poles ** | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | Running at Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2002 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 6 |
| 2001 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 83 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 54 |
** Includes all poles, including those awarded based on entrant points
Bio
Sarah Fisher announced in February 2008 that she would be doing double duty as a driver and team owner of Sarah Fisher Racing -- the first female owner/driver in the IndyCar Series.
Fisher was exposed to life at the racetrack at an early age. Her parents would take her to the track to watch her father drive sprint cars. Her first racing experience came as a 5 year old when her parents fitted her for her first race car -- a quarter-midget. After winning the World Karting Association Grand National Championships three times, Fisher caught the eye of open-wheel veteran Derrick Walker, who signed her at the tender age of 19 to his IndyCar Series team. She became the third female to race in the Indianapolis 500.
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.
Driver History
IZOD INDYCAR SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
First start: Oct. 17, 1999 (Texas)
First pole: Aug. 11, 2002 (Kentucky)
2010
• Competed in seven races for Sarah Fisher Racing with a best finish of 15th at Texas and Chicagoland.
• Led 10 laps at Chicagoland for first laps led since 2002 at Kentucky.
• Had best start of 14th at Kansas.
2009
• Competed in six races for Sarah Fisher Racing with a best finish of 12th at Kentucky.
• Was running at the finish in all four races.
2008
• Competed in three races for Sarah Fisher Racing, the first-year team she founded, with a best finish of 15th at Kentucky.
2007
• Returned full-time to the IndyCar Series for the first time since 2003 for AAMCO/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with a best finish of seventh at Iowa.
• Qualified a season-best eighth at Homestead.
• Finished a career-best 17th in IndyCar Series standings.
2006
• Returned to IndyCar Series at Kentucky Speedway with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, starting and finishing 12th.
• Competed at the season finale at Chicagoland Speedway, starting and finishing 16th.
2004
• Started 19th and finished 21st for Kelley Racing at Indianapolis 500. Completed 177 laps of 180 laps run in rain-shortened race.
2003
• Recorded season-best finish of eighth at Phoenix International Raceway.
• Started 24th and finished 31st at Indianapolis 500. Completed 14 laps before making contact with the Turn 3 wall after engine problems.
• Finished 18th in standings in second season with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
• Voted IRL Crew Most Popular Driver for third consecutive year.
2002
• 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. Led the first 26 laps and finished eighth.
• Began the season without a ride and substituted for the injured Robbie Buhl at Nazareth. Started 19th and finished fourth for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, best finish of the season.
• Teamed with Buhl at Indianapolis 500 in second Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entry. Qualified ninth, posting the fastest one- and four-lap qualifying speeds by a woman in Indianapolis 500 history. Finished 24th, four laps down.
• Secured ride 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.
• Led laps 185 and 187-189 at Michigan before falling to eighth place at finish.
• Voted IRL Crew Most Popular Driver for second consecutive year.
2001
• Recorded best career finish of second at Homestead-Miami, the best result ever by a woman in Indy-style racing.
• Earned two top-10 finishes in her second year with Walker Racing.
• Started 15th, finished 31st at the Indianapolis 500 because of a Lap 7 accident.
• Voted IRL Crew Most Popular Driver in Crew and fan balloting throughout the season.
2000
• Finished third at Kentucky after starting fourth for Walker Racing.
• Became the third woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, starting 19th and finishing 31st after an accident.
• Led nine laps at Kentucky, her first laps led in IndyCar Series competition.
1999
• Became youngest person to compete in IndyCar Series history by racing in the season finale at Texas, starting 17th and finishing 25th after mechanical problems ended her race after 66 laps.
• Passed Indy Racing League rookie test in August at Las Vegas.
Early Career
1999
• Recorded five feature victories in 23 starts while competing in NAMARS, ARCA and USAC midget competition.
1998
• Competed in selected World of Outlaws sprint-car races and made 50 starts in All-Star sprint series, finishing second in All-Stars series race at Eldora.
1997
• Nominated for National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Rookie of the Year.
• Named to All-Stars Circuit of Champions series, scoring a second-place finish at Eldora.
• Competed in prestigious Knoxville Nationals sprint-car race and made other selected World of Outlaws sprint-car starts.
1996
• Competed in 40 All-Stars and local 410 sprint races.
1995
• Named Dirt Track Racing Round-Up Rookie of the Year in winged Outlaw sprint cars.
• Competed in eight Sprint Bandit 360 races.
• Began sprint-car racing career.
1988-94
• Raced karts in 1988.
• Won four consecutive World Karting Association Grand National Championships between 1991 and 1994.
1986
• Started racing career in quarter-midgets.
