"Meet The Girls: April Wilson"

We introduce April Wilson for this "Meet The Girls" feature!

April Wilson is 22 years old. April’s racing career started back in early 2005. She told her father she wanted to try out his 360 sprint car, so she jumped in and has been hooked ever since. Her parents had purchased a 360 sprint car that Christmas not far from her 15th birthday. April turned 15 and she was gone 360 racing full time from March until October, racing almost every weekend. April hauls from Joyceville, Ontario, Canada to various tracks in Canada, central New York and a few times a year in Pennsylvania. April currently runs a 2010 Triple X 360ci sprint car full time and 410ci a few times a year, bouncing from group to group such as Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS), Empire Super Sprints (ESS), Patriot Sprint Tour (PST) and a few World of Outlaw shows a year (WoO). April also won a vintage modified feature backing 2012 at Brighton Speedway, not knowing to even how to start the car, she jumped in, started at the back of the heat race and won it, started on the pole of the feature and won that. April’s best finish in her sprint car career is a 2nd in a wingless show back in 2011. April’s goals for this year are to race as much as she can, have fun and get some wins. April’s goals for her future in racing are to run some more WoO shows, as April wants to be on the WoO tour by the time she is 25.       

"Sprint Car Girls First Month"

The Sprint Car Girls turned a month old today. Wow what a feeling! It’s hard to believe we have come so far in a month.

When I came up with the plan, I thought maybe we would have 5 drivers participate and get about 500 likes total. I never believed we would surpass 500 within the first week! The girls want to give me most of the credit, but that is just not the case. Each driver works equally as hard to make the group what it is. Without them, we truly wouldn’t have a page!

We have had a lot of accomplishments since we got going as well. Brittany Tresch picked up the groups first feature win shortly after we got started. Lexi Adgate and Tiffany Wyzard have both picked up heat wins, while Lexi came oh so close to a feature win past week. Miranda Throckmorton probably became the biggest newsmaker, becoming the first lady to qualify for and finish the Hoosier Hundred Silver Crown race at the Indy Mile. Some of our other girls have been on the receiving end of the bad luck train. Jordan Weaver’s team has been fighting manufacturer related issues through no fault of their own. Ashley Cappetta has had an abysmal month with nothing but issues and hard crashes.  Ashley Lewellen, Sarena Paul and Alysha Ruggles have also taken pretty hard hits in recent weeks. April Wilson has had to fight Mother Nature just to get to race recently, but I know all of these girls will bounce back and find success.

Groups like this can’t flourish without great supporters either! We want to thank Maria Melillo with FK Rod Ends for coming on board with the group and taking a chance on us! They have been a huge help to everyone! Two of our members have been a help as well-Ashley Cappetta with her Up To Speed Graphics and Miranda Throckmorton’s MT’s Race Parts.

Most of all, we want to thank all of our fans for making this happen! Without you guys, we have no one to present the page to. We do this for you guys and we truly appreciate the support! All of the girls and myself truly enjoy interacting with everyone and it makes this whole deal fun, having such a great group of members and fans to share it with us.

We have no plans of stopping anytime soon. We only aim to grow and bring more new developments along. Eventually, we hope to add a few more members, but those we add have to be willing to participate and interact, within the group and on the page. I wish people could see some of our behind the scenes conversations! We truly have fun with this group!

The one thing I hope everyone takes away from this is- these ten members are not girl sprint car drivers, but rather amazing sprint car personalities and talents who happen to be girls!

I just want to thank everyone again for believing in the Sprint Car Girls idea!

Justin Stephenson

Sprint Car Girls

"Meet The Girl: Tiffany Wyzard"

For this "Meet The Girls" feature, here's Tiffany Wyzard!

Tiffany Wyzard began her racing career in 1995 at the age of 8, racing quarter midgets. After several successful seasons natural progression took her to the mini sprint class where she and her sister raced together enjoying more success. After several years in the 600cc mini sprint class, a decision was made. Thus the Tiffany Wyzard Motorsports Sprint Car team was formed for 2005. Mid-season engine woes slowed her rookie campaign. Tiffany did enjoy success at St. François Co. Raceway, being named the 2005 Rookie Of the Year at the track. 2006 proved to be a break out season for Tiffany, becoming the first female to score victories at Jacksonville Raceway in Jacksonville, Illinois, winning several heat races and trophy dashes. July 30 was a monumental evening for Tiffany as she became the first and only female to score a feature win at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Illinois, picking up the first of her career. Tiffany also competed in select World Of Outlaws shows and traveled to the famous Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa during the 2006 season. 2007 found Tiffany hitting the road to follow the Midwest All Star Sprint Series, where she enjoyed success and gained valuable experience. Soon thereafter, weekly sprint car racing in central Illinois began to die out, as the class was dropped from the Jacksonville schedule altogether in 2008. Tiffany continued to race some, before ultimately taking a 2-year hiatus from the cockpit. However, 2011 marked a return to racing for Tiffany, focusing on weekly racing at the reformed Jacksonville Speedway. Focus was also directed to competing with the newly formed M.O.W.A. Monster Energy Sprint Car Series, racing with the likes of Brian Brown, Danny Lasoski and Terry McCarl. As the season progressed, Tiffany ran well, going wheel to wheel with the best of the series.  Her most impressive night was at the Jacksonville Speedway, where she charged from the 14th spot on the grid to finish 4th in the A-Feature. 2012 saw the team sit out to regroup and rebuild after breaking an engine late in the 2011 season. However, plans are in place to come out with a full campaign for the 2013 season. Tiffany has already picked up a heat race win in her first start of the year at the 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa.

"Meet The Girls: Miranda Throckmorton"

For this installment of "Meet The Girls", we are going to introduce you to Miranda Throckmorton!

Miranda Throckmorton is a 21 year old from Avon, IN. She currently races her family owned 410 winged sprint car as much as possible. She primarily competes at Attica and Fremont. She’s a full time student in downtown Indy at IUPUI studying Fitness Management & Personal Training. 2005 saw Miranda racing a 600cc micro midget, picking up a feature win and multiple top-5 finishes. She also competed in a USAC Kenyon midget, with multiple top-3 finishes, as well as finishing 5^th in the overall points. She was also awarded with the Hoosier Auto Racing Fans (HARF) First Year Driver Award. 2007 was a monumental year for Miranda, winning her first ever 410 non-wing sprint car feature, and becoming the first female ever to do so. She also finished 5^th in the Paragon Speedway points.  Miranda was also a recipient of the Lyn St. James Project Podium Grant and a graduate of the Lyn St. James Driver Development Program. Miranda also won back-to-back PitFit Training Scholarships in 2007 and 2008. 2008 also saw Miranda hitting the road with the Midwest All Star Sprint series, where she finished 3^rd in year end points and was honored with Rookie Of The Year. 2009 saw Miranda compete with the Midwest All Stars again where she finished 4^th in year end points. Since then, 2013 has been another monumental year for Miranda. She became the first woman ever to qualify for the Hoosier Hundred USAC Silver Crown series event at the Indy Mile, recording a 9^th place finish. She will be finishing out the remainder of the USAC Silver Crown dirt races in the Team 6R Racing, Toyota-powered #33.

"Meet The Girls: Sarena Paul"

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  For this "Meet The Girls" feature, we are going to get to know Sarena Paul!

  
  

  Sarena Paul hails from Monroe Iowa. She races a 305 sprint car at the Knoxville Raceway and Bloomfield Speedway. Sarena graduated from Iowa School of Beauty in 2010 in Cosmetology and Esthetics, and works at Shear Designs in Knoxville Iowa.started racing karts at age 19 in the open class at English Creek Speedway. She competed for four years with 15 + top 5 finishes with a best finish of 2nd.. She placed 10th in overall points at ECS 2007, while placing, 2nd and 4th respectively in her first two races at the Newton Kart Klub. 2009 saw Sarena place 6th in overall points at ECS. 
2011 was a building year for the 305 sprint car. She raced a limited schedule in 2012, with a best finish of 9th. 2013 finds her racing weekly at the Knoxville Raceway.

"The Sprint Car Girls"

What's all the hubbub about this new Sprint Car Girls site you might ask? 

The Sprint Car Girls concept was established to help a group of ladies promote themselves and their racing to s broader range of audience, as well as attract potential sponsorship opportunities for their individual programs. Many of the them lacked the exposure they truly need to excel in motorsports and marketing.  

The intent of the group was never to include or showcase every female in the world of sprint car racing, but rather focus on several drivers from a given demographic or class. We have members spread all across the country, including eight states and Canada! There is a mix of 305, 358, 360 and 410 drivers throughout the group, as well as an up and coming 600cc mini sprint driver. Many of the ladies run multiple divisions, with some even taking the wings off on occasion. 

We got our start through social media, as it has become a mainstream fixture in society today. Our group is 100% member driven with no paid employees, membership fees or financial gain for the creator.  The ladies are very active with our Facebook page, doing all of the updating and fan interaction as a group. Every member has equal access and rights to administrate the page, with the ability to post their plans, results, photos and links to their pages, sponsors or YouTube channels. Everyone works together as a team to make things work, which is the goal. Everything centers around the group as opposed to one individual. 

Groups like these cannot flourish without the support of our fans and supporters. Thankfully FK Rod Ends has come on board as a title sponsor for the group, and has been a tremendous help providing assistance to all of our eligible girls! FK makes terrific products and we are very thankful for having them as a marketing partner. We also have support from MT's Race Parts and Up To Speed Graphics!

Our members include Lexi Adgate, Ashley Cappetta, Ashley Lewellen, Sarena Paul, Alysha Ruggles, Miranda Throckmorton, Brittany Tresch, Jordan Weaver, April Wilson and Tiffany Wyzard, representing Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, New York,and Washington, as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. By having members spread across the nation, we are able to provide excellent exposure to our members, without being over-concentrated in one area of the country. 

So far, in the short life of Sprint Car Girls, our ladies have shown they are very capable taking on the men. Brittany Tresch recently picked up the group's first feature win, while Lexi Adgate and Tiffany Wyzard have heat race wins through the first two weeks in June.