Sarah Fisher

This article is about racing driver Sarah Fisher. For the opera singer and singing teacher, see Sarah Fischer .

Sarah Fisher 2003

Sarah Fisher (born October 4, 1980 in Columbus , Ohio ) is a former American racing driver .

Career

Fisher began her motorsport career in 1986 in Midgets and switched to karting in 1988 , where she was active until 1994. Then she went to 1998 Sprint Cars and 1999 again Midgets .

Fisher then made her debut in this championship in October 1999 at the season finale of the Indy Racing League . Starting for the Pelfrey team , she couldn't finish her first race. In 2000 she moved to Walker Racing and stayed in the IRL. She started for the first time at the Indy 500 , for which she was the third woman to qualify. She came into the public eye while racing at Kentucky Speedway . She led the race, becoming the youngest person to lead an IRL race. She finished the race in third place and was the first woman to achieve a podium finish in the IRL. In the overall ranking she finished 18th.

During the 2001 season , Fisher stayed with Walker Racing. In the second race on the Homestead-Miami Speedway she was behind Sam Hornish jr. Second and achieved the best placement of a female racer in the IRL up to that point. Since she could not build on her initial success in the further course of the season, she finished 19th overall at the end of the season. In the following season , she initially received no cockpit, as Walker Racing had switched to the CART series. For the fourth race she received a cockpit from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and came fourth straight away. Overall, she started ten out of 15 races and improved to 18th place in the overall standings. When the US Grand Prix she was allowed between training a McLaren - one Formula driving -Auto. In 2003 , Fisher stayed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the championship, which has now been renamed the IndyCar Series . Although she only achieved eighth place as the best placement, but since she played the entire season, she finished 18th overall at the end of the season.

Fisher in training for the Indy 500 2007

In 2004 , Fisher couldn't pay for an IndyCar cockpit. Therefore she started for Kelley Racing only in the Indy 500 and finished 21st in the overall standings she finished 31st place. She also took part in a race in the NASCAR West Series . In 2005 she stayed in the NASCAR West Series and was twelfth in the drivers' standings as the best newcomer. In 2006 Fisher decided not to continue her NASCAR engagement, but to return to the IndyCar Series. However, she did not find a cockpit at first and later competed for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in two IndyCar races. In the overall standings she was 25th. In 2007 she received a cockpit from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the entire season and for the first time also drove on non-oval tracks. She achieved two placings among the top ten drivers and at the end of the season she finished 17th overall, well behind her team-mate Buddy Rice , who was ninth. The 2007 season was Fisher's most successful season to date.

In 2008 Fisher decided to compete in the IndyCar Series with his own team, Sarah Fisher Racing . She started in three races, including the Indy 500, and finished 34th in the overall standings. In 2009 she took part in six races of the IndyCar Series. She never made it into the top ten pilots and finished 25th overall at the end of the season. In 2010 she competed in all US IndyCar oval races. For the first time she got a teammate with Jay Howard and used Graham Rahal as team boss in some races. At the end of the season she finished 26th overall.

After the end of the 2010 season, Fisher announced the end of her active motor racing career.

Personal

Logo of her racing team Sarah Fisher Racing

Fisher has been married to Andy O'Gara since September 16, 2007. O'Gara was a mechanic in her racing team in 2002. Together with her husband and his father John O'Gara, she has been running the Sarah Fisher Racing team since 2008 .

On September 13, 2011, Fisher had a daughter.

statistics

Career stations

1986-1987: Midgets 1988-1994: karting 1995-1998: Sprint Cars 1999: Midgets 1999 : Indy Racing League (46th place) 2000 : Indy Racing League (18th place)

2001 : Indy Racing League (19th place) 2002 : Indy Racing League (18th place) 2003 : IndyCar Series (18th place) 2004 : IndyCar Series (31st place) 2005: NASCAR West Series (12th place) 2006 : IndyCar Series (25th place)

2007 : IndyCar Series (17th place) 2008 : IndyCar Series (34th place) 2009 : IndyCar Series (25th place) 2010 : IndyCar Series (26th place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
1999	Team Pelfrey	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPI	ATL	DOV	PP2	LVS	TX2 25										5	46.
2000	Walker Racing	WDW	PHX 13	LVS 13	INDY 31	TXS 12	PPI 25	ATL 14	KTY 3	TX2 11											124	18th
2001	Walker Racing	PHX 17	HMS 2	ATL 11	INDY 31	TXS 18	PPI 10	RIR 17	CAN 12	NSH 19	KTY 19	STL 11	CHI 24	TX2 25							188	19th
2002	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	HMS	PHX	HAIRDRYER	NZR 4	INDY 24	TXS	PPI	RIR 16	KAN 14	NSH 22	MIS 8	KTY 8	STL 20	CHI 22	TX2 9					161	18th
2003	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	HMS 15	PHX 8	MOT 23	INDY 31	TXS 15	PPI 20	RIR 19	CAN 11	NSH 20	MIS 15	STL 13	KTY 14	NZR	CHI 18	FON 19	TX2 12				211	18th
2004	Kelley Racing	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY 21	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	Mil	MIS	KTY	PPI	NZR	CHI	HAIRDRYER	TX2				12	31.
2006	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	Mil	MIS	KTY 12	SNM	CHI 16						32	25th
2007	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	HMS 11	STP 15	MOT 14	CAN 12	INDY 18th	MIL 14	TXS 10	IOW 7	RIR 16	WGL 16	NSH 15	MDO 15	MIS 16	KTY 14	SNM 17	DET 16	CHI 12			275	17th
2008	Sarah Fisher Racing	HMS	STP	MOT 1	LBH 1	KAN	INDY 30	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY 15	SNM	DET	CHI 24	SRF 2	37	34.
2009	Sarah Fisher Racing	STP	LBH	CAN 13	INDY 17th	Mil	TXS 17	IOW	RIR	WGL	GOAL	EDM	KTY 12	MDO	SNM	CHI 14	MOT	HMS 18			89	25th
2010	Sarah Fisher Racing	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	CAN 17	INDY 26	TXS 15	IOW 22	WGL	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI 15	KTY 22	MOT	HMS 22			92	26th

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¹ The races took place on the same day.

² No points were awarded.

Web links

Commons : Sarah Fisher  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Sarah Fisher official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "2010: Sarah Fisher gets teammates" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 10, 2009)
2. ↑ "Sarah Fisher stops - Carpenter takes over" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 30, 2011)
3. ↑ “Scheckter all in with Sarah Fisher Racing” ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (indycar.com on September 26, 2011)