Sarah Fisher

Sarah Fisher (born October 4, 1980) from Columbus Ohio. She is a retired driver who competed in the IndyCar Series. She started Sarah Fisher Racing in 2008, becoming the first female owner in the IndyCar Series. She has competed in 9 Indy 500's more than any other female in the history of the Indy 500.

Racing Career
Sarah began her racing career in the IndyCar series at the age of 19 in 2000. At the time she was only the third female to ever start an Indy 500. In 2001 she finished second at Homestead Miami Speedway, which was the best finish for a female open wheel racing. In 2003 she held the record for the fastest women ever at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a 4 lap record of 229.439 MPH. She also won the series most popular driver award for her first 3 full seasons (2001 - 2003).

In 2008 she became the first female owner in the IndyCar series history as well as the first female owner/driver in series history.

Ownership
On February 27th 2008, Sarah Fisher announced she would begin fielding her own team. The team announced a partial schedule for the 2008 season. Sarah picked up sponsor Hartman Oil to help her run the Indy 500 in 2008. She qualified 22nd for the Indy 500 in 2008 but she was collected in a crash with Tony Kanaan. She was very emotional after the accident because she didn't know if she would have the funs to be able to continue going forward. In July of 2008 Dollar General signed on as a sponsor which allowed her to compete at Kentucky and Chicagoland.

In 2010 she started a second team for driver Jay Howard. Fisher competed in 6 races with Dollar General as the sponsor while Howard would drive in 5 races for Service Central. Unfortunately Howard failed to qualify for the Indy 500 that year. Fisher hired Graham Rahal to driver the first 3 races for her.at St. Pete, Barber Motorsports Park, and Long Beach). He would also drive at Kentucky for Fisher as well.

In 2011 Sarah Fisher announced her retirement and announced that Ed Carpenter would be the only driver she would field a car for. On October 2nd 2011, Ed Carpenter won the Kentucky Indy 300 by inches over Dario Franchitti. The win at Kentucky was the first win for Ed Carpenter and the first win for Sarash Fisher Racing.

In 2012 Josef Newgarden will be the driver for Sarah Fisher Racing.