Sara Price
Sara Price (born September 2, 1992) is an American racing driver, having competed in motocross, rallying, the X Games, Stadium Super Trucks and Extreme E.[1] She currently races in Extreme E for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Sara Price | |
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Price at Honda Indy Toronto in 2016 | |
Nationality | American |
Born | Riverside, California | September 2, 1992
Extreme E career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Chip Ganassi Racing |
Stadium Super Trucks career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Car number | 78 |
Starts | 14 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 11th in 2016 |
Finished last season | 24th (2017) |
Last updated on: November 25, 2020. |
Price has won 17 national motocross championships and she has medaled in the X Games.[2] She hails from Southern California and has been racing since the age of 8.[3]
Racing career
In 2010, Price became first female factory supported motocross racer to race for Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing.[4] Over the next few years, Price raced for Monster Energy Kawasaki and medaled several times at the X Games before transitioning to racing off road.[4][5][6] Price placed first at the 2013 Elsinore Grand Prix and won the Terracross Championship in 2015.[7][8]
In 2016, Price won the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in the UTV, MX, and ATV Category.[9]
Price made her debut in Stadium Super Trucks at the 2016 Honda Indy Toronto race weekend, becoming the first female driver to compete in the series.[1] The following year, she ran the season finale at Lake Elsinore Diamond.[10] Price did not return to the series until 2020, racing at the Adelaide 500 race weekend.[11]
In 2017, Price won Hoonigan and Fiat's Female Driver Search to become next female Hoonigan Athlete.[12] She also placed 6th place at the Climb to the Clouds” at Mount Washington in a Fiat 124 Rally Car.[13]
Price made her debut in a trophy truck in the 2017 Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic and placed second.[14]
In 2019, Price became the first female SCORE International Baja 1000 IronWoman by solo driving the entire race and finishing second in the trophy trucks spec class.[15][16]
Price first raced rally in 2015 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, finishing first among rookie participants.[17][18] Price did not return to rally racing until 2020 when she placed second in the UTV Class at Sonora Rally.[19][20]
On June 11, 2020, Chip Ganassi Racing announced Price would race with the team for the inaugural Extreme E season in 2021. She was the first confirmed driver for the series, and the first female racer in CGR's history.[21]
Miss California USA
Price competed in the Miss California USA in 2013, but did not make the finals.[6][22]
Motorsports career results
Stadium Super Trucks
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | LBH | DET | DET | DET | TOW | TOW | TOW | TOR 8 |
TOR 9 |
CLT 5 |
CLT 6 |
OCF 4 |
OCF 6 |
SRF 9 |
SRF 11 |
SRF 6 |
11th | 130 | [23] | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | LBH | BAR | BAR | BAR | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | HID | HID | HID | BEI | GLN | GLN | ELS 9 |
ELS DNQ |
24th | 25 | [24] | |||||||||||||||||||
2020 | ADE 10 |
ADE 8 |
ADE 10 |
ROA | ROA | N/A | – | [25] |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Semper Ride | Herself | |
2016 | The Grand Tour | Stunt driver | One episode |
2019 | Shadow Wolves | One episode | |
Jumanji: The Next Level | |||
2020 | NOS4A2 | Four episodes | |
Coyote | Pre-production |
References
- Hall, Emme (July 15, 2016). "Sara Price becomes first woman to race Stadium Super Trucks". Road-Show. CNET. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- Fryer, Jenna (July 13, 2016). "Abreu headed to Eldora for early start before truck race". Associated Press, The Brandon Journal. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- "Sara Price's Biography". Supercross. 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- "Monster Kawasaki WMX Sara Price Profile". September 13, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "Sara Price X Games Competition History".
- Wilkie, Jim (January 14, 2013). "Price makes her point at pageant". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- "IMG Motorsports Sara Price wins Rounds 1 & 2 at Terracross Championship". Dirt Toys. July 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "Sara Price wins Open 1000 Class at Lake Elsinore Grand Prix". OutdoorHub. November 15, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Ceremony". Race-Dezert.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Dunster, Sean (December 18, 2017). "Stadium Super Trucks sees return of two top names — including one from NASCAR –in racing". Alt Driver. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- Nguyen, Justin (February 19, 2020). "SST entry list for Adelaide 500 revealed". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- Korecki, Danny (November 9, 2017). "Hoonigan's Driver Search Winner Sara Price Tackles Mexican Hillclimb". TheDrive. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Lee, Michael (August 19, 2018). "Off-Road Racing star Sara Price talks with us at the 2017 SEMA Show". The Ride to My Road. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic Official Results" (PDF). May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Clark, Dominic (November 25, 2019). "Ampudia Brothers overall winners in 52nd SCORE Baja 1000". Racer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "Price competes in race as only Ironwoman". FridayFlyer.com. November 22, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Ritchie, Donna (June 26, 2015). "Sara Price, Erica Sacks officially are Gazelles". FridayFlyer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Prescott, Mariah (April 7, 2015). "Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles 2015". RacingJunk. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Fiolka, Marty (March 19, 2020). "Sara Price and Skyler Howes up front at Sonora Rally". Racer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- Fiolka, Marty (March 21, 2020). "Brabec, Pelayo take home Sonora Rally glory". Racer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "Sara Price joins Chip Ganassi Racing for Extreme E". Racer. June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- Wilkie, Jim (January 14, 2013). "Sara Price didn't win Miss Califonira USA but she made an impact". ESPN. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- "2016 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "2020 Adelaide Results". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved November 25, 2020.