Lyn St. James

Lyn St. James in the 2015 Indianapolis 500 mile race

Evelyn Gene "Lyn" St. James (born March 13, 1947 in Willoughby ) is a former American racing driver and racing team owner.

Career as a racing driver

As Carol Gene Cornwall -born racer is one of nine women who so far for the 500-mile race at Indianapolis could qualify. A few days after she was born, her parents changed her first name to Evelyn. After her marriage to racing driver John Carusso , she first changed her name to Lyn Carusso and, after the divorce, to Lyn St. James , a legalized stage name that goes back to the actress Susan Saint James .

In 1992 she was the first female Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year and, at 45 years of age, the oldest Indianapolis starter to receive this award. With eleventh place she also achieved her best placement in 1992 in Indianapolis (winner Al Unser junior ), where she competed seven times between 1992 and 1997.

In sports car racing , she competed in the endurance classics in Le Mans , Sebring and Daytona . She also competed in the IMSA-GTP and Trans-Am series . In Daytona, she achieved class wins in 1987 and 1990 . By the end of her career after not qualifying for the Daytona 24-hour race in 2000 , she had competed in 102 sports car races. She crossed the finish line twice overall and won a racing class six times.

After finishing her career, she worked as a television commentator and founded a 501 (c) (3) organization - non-profit organization that promotes and supports women in the automotive industry.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Spice engineering	Spice SE89C	Gordon Spice	Ray Bellm	failure	Engine failure
1991	Euro Racing	Spice SE90C	Cathy Muller	Desiré Wilson	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Autodyne	Chevrolet Corvette	Luis Sereix	Phil Currin	Rank 15
1979	Thunderbird Swap Shop	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Bonnie Henn	Janet Guthrie	Rank 17
1980	Condor Racing	Porsche 935K3	Ralph Kent-Cooke		failure	Engine failure
1983	Nimrod Racing	Nimrod NRA / C2	Reggie Smith	Drake Olson	Rank 5
1987	Roush Racing	Ford Mustang	Tom Gloy		Rank 29
1988	Roush Racing	Mercury Merkur XR4Ti	Deborah Gregg		Rank 8
1990	Roush Racing	Lincoln Mercury Cougar XR-7	Calvin Fish	Robby Gordon	Rank 6 and class win
1998	TRV Motorsport	Kudzu DL-4	Jeret Schroeder	Tom Volk	Rank 16

Web links

Commons : Lyn St. James  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• Lyn St. James at the Driver Database
• Lyn St. James at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1987 Daytona 24-hour race
2. ^ 24 Hours of Daytona 1990