Lyn St. James
Age: 77
Lyn St. James (born Evelyn Gene Cornwall on March 13, 1947 in Willoughby, Ohio) is a retired professional IndyCar driver with 11 CART and 5 Indy Racing League starts to her name. She is one of seven women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award. She also has two victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and 1 win at the 12 Hours of Sebring. She has competed in endurance racing in Europe including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring where in 1979 her team placed first and second in class. She founded the 501(c)(3) Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation in 1994 and is a motivational speaker.
St. James has served on the board of trustees of Kettering University. Currently, St. James works for NASCAR as an appeal panelist for the National Motorsports Appeals Panel.
Racing record
Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results
Year | Class | No | Tires | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | GTO | 48 | Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet V8 |
Auto-Dyne Corp | Luis Sereix Phil Currin |
17 | |||
1979 | GTO | 2 | Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Ferrari V12 4390 cc |
Thunderbird Swap-Shop | Bonnie Henn Janet Guthrie |
17 | |||
1980 | GTX | 55 | Porsche 935 Porsche 698 0056 F6 Turbo |
Condor Racing | Ralph Kent-Cooke | DNF 49 | |||
1983 | GTP | 22 | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin DP1229 V8 5340cc |
Nimrod Racing | Reggie Smith Drake Olson |
5 | |||
1987 | GTO | 11 | Roush Ford Mustang | Roush | Tom Gloy | 31 | |||
1988 | GTO | 6 | G | Roush Merkur XR4Ti Ford L4 2500 cc Turbo |
Roush | Deborah Gregg | 8 | ||
1990 | GTO | 15 | G | Roush Mercury Cougar XR-7 Ford V8 6000 cc |
Roush | Robby Gordon Calvin Fish |
6 | 1 | |
1998 | WSC | 95 | G | Kudzu DL-4 Chevrolet V8 |
TRV Motorsport | Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk |
17 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | C1 | 21 | G | Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 |
Spice Engineering | Ray Bellm Gordon Spice |
229 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | C1 | 40 | D | Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 |
Euro Racing A.O. Racing |
Desiré Wilson Cathy Muller |
47 | DNF | DNF |
American Open Wheel racing results
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CART
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Dick Simon Racing | SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
IND |
DET |
POR |
MIL |
NHA |
TOR |
MIC |
CLE |
ROA |
VAN |
MDO |
NAZ |
LS |
31st | 2 | |
1993 | Dick Simon Racing | SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
IND |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
CLE |
TOR |
MIC |
NHA |
ROA |
VAN |
MDO |
NAZ |
LS |
36th | 0 | |
1994 | Dick Simon Racing | SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
IND |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
CLE |
TOR |
MIC |
MDO |
NHA |
VAN |
ROA |
NAZ |
LS |
48th | 0 | |
1995 | Dick Simon Racing | MIA |
SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
NAZ |
IND |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
ROA |
TOR |
CLE |
MIC |
MDO |
NHA |
VAN |
LS |
39th | 0 |
IndyCar
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Simon/Scandia Racing | WDW |
12th | 186 | ||||||||||
Team Scandia | PHX |
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Zunne Group Racing | INDY |
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1996-1997 | Lyn St. James Racing Hemelgarn Racing |
NHM |
LVS |
WDW |
PHX |
INDY |
TXS |
PPIR |
CLT |
NH2 |
LV2 |
42nd | 22 | |
1998 | Team Pelfrey | WDW |
PHX |
INDY |
TXS |
NHM |
DOV |
CLT |
PPIR |
ATL |
TX2 |
LVS |
NC | - |
1999 | Lyn St. James Racing | WDW |
PHX |
INDY |
TXS |
PPIR |
ATL |
DOV |
PPI2 |
LVS |
TX2 |
NC | - | |
2000 | Dick Simon Racing | WDW |
PHX |
LVS |
INDY |
TXS |
PPIR |
ATL |
KTY |
TX2 |
49th | 1 |
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Lola | Chevrolet | 27 | 11 |
1993 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | 21 | 25 |
1994 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | 6 | 19 |
1995 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | 28 | 32 |
1996 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | 18 | 14 |
1997 | Dallara | Infiniti | 34 | 13 |
1998 | G-Force | Infiniti | DNQ | |
1999 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | DNQ | |
2000 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 32 | 32 |
Complete American Le Mans Series results
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 | G | SEB | ATL | MOS | SON | POR | PET |
MON | LSV | 90th | 0 |