Twenty notable female racers in motorsports

Alexis DeJoria made the headlines in 2014 with three NHRA Funny Car victories, which included a win at the U.S. Nationals.

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Erica Enders-Stevens won back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock championships in 2014 and 2015.

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Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first female to start a Formula One race at the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix.

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Fisher, seen here at an F1 test, holds the record for the most Indianapolis 500 starts by a female with nine, and had a career-high finish of second in 2001 at Homestead.

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The three Force sisters have each achieved success in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, with Ashley Force Hood placing second in the 2009 Funny Car standings.

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Legge has made starts in IndyCar, Formula E, DTM and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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Lombardi is the only female driver to score points in an F1 race with a sixth-place finish at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix.

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Mann won a race in the Indy Lights series in 2010 and was the only female driver in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.

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McCluggage was an automotive journalist who also took the GT win at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1961.

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Regarded as a racing legend, Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982.

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Nielsen won the 2016 GTD championship in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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Danica Patrick is the only female driver to win a race in the IndyCar Series and to take pole at the Daytona 500.

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Leah Pritchett won the opening two rounds of the 2017 NHRA Top Fuel season from the No. 1 qualifying spot.

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Robinson became the first female driver to take a pole in NASCAR at I-95 Speedway in the NASCAR Busch Series in 1994.

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Angelle Sampey won the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship from 2000-2002.

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Schmitz, a TV personality and the “Queen of the Ring,” has two wins at the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring.

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Currently competing in the V8 Supercars championship, de Silvestro is the only female driver to have scored points in Formula E.