Америкалық автокөлік жарысшысы Лин Сент-Джеймс

American race car driver

Lyn St. James (born Evelyn Gene Cornwall; March 13, 1947) is an American former race car driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award (oldest to win the award at 45, a record she held for 30 years until Jimmie Johnson won it when he was 46 in 2022). She also has two class victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and won the GTO class, partnering with Calvin Fish and Robby Gordon, at the 1990 12 Hours of Sebring. Additionally she has competed in endurance racing in Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, at which her AMC Spirit AMX team placed first and second in class in 1979. St. James founded the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation in 1994 and is a motivational speaker. She has served on the board of trustees of Kettering University, and since 2015, serves as an appeal panelist for NASCAR's National Motorsports Appeals Panel. In 1986, she was driving a Ford Probe during the IMSA LA Times Grand Prix at Riverside International Raceway and was in a big accident involving both Chip Robinson and Doc Bundy.

Lyn St. James has been invited to the White House on multiple occasions, meeting with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. She was also named by Sports Illustrated as among the “Top 100 Women Athletes of the Century." Working Woman Magazine added her to the “Top 350 Women who changed the world between 1976 1996.” In 1994, she was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and is only one of two women in it for auto racing. She was also President of the Women's Sports Foundation from 1990 1993.

She was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2023.

Lyn St. James became the first woman driver to reach over 200 mph on a race track. She drove a number of different cars including Aston Martin, Porsche, Ferrari, and Mazda, but for the majority of her career she drove a Ford Mustang. She used a Ford Thunderbird to break a closed course record for women with 227.32 mph.

Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps 1989 Spice Engineering Ray Bellm Gordon Spice Spice SE89C Ford C1 229 DNF DNF 1991 Euro RacingA. O. Racing Desiré Wilson Cathy Muller Spice SE90C Ford C1 47 DNF DNF

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref 1996 Simon/Scandia RacingWDW8 12th 186 Team ScandiaPHX21 Zunne Group RacingINDY14 1996–97 Hemelgarn RacingNHMLVSWDWPHXINDY13TXSPPIRCLTNH2LV2 42nd 22 1998 Lyn St. James RacingWDWPHXINDYDNQTXSNHMDOVCLTPPIRATLTX2LVS NC – 1999 Team PelfreyWDWPHXCLTINDYDNQTXSPPIRATLDOVPPI2LVSTX2 NC – 2000 Dick Simon RacingWDWPHXLVSINDY32TXSPPIRATLKTYTX2 49th 1

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 1999 TRV Motorsport LMP Riley & Scott Mk III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 SEB ATL MOS SON POR PETovr:Retcls:Ret MON LSV 90th 0

Lyn St. James was born Carol Gene Cornwall, but shortly after birth, her first name was changed to Evelyn, after her aunt. After her first marriage to John Carusso, she changed her name to Lyn Carusso. Eventually she would adopt the professional name Lyn St. James in her business and racing activities. She got the idea from the name of actress Susan Saint James. Upon her divorce from Carusso, she legally changed her name to Lyn St. James.