[1] She currently competes in the IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge, and previously raced in the Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup.
[2] Straus took a gap year to work at ZappRx, a digital health company that focuses on management of specialty medications.
She sang at a Holiday Charity Music Fest in December 2015 that benefited Hope's Door, a safe haven for domestic abuse survivors in Pleasantville, NY.
[5] As a 13-year-old with no prior karting experience, Straus got behind the wheel of a Mazda Miata under the tutelage of Stevan McAleer, the 2015 Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge Champion.
After the 2015 and 2016 seasons, she made her Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge debut at Watkins Glen in July 2016, during which she piloted her Cayman from 24th to 9th place before handing her car over to her codriver, Justin Piscitell.