List of female NASCAR drivers

A handful of women (such as Fisher, Mackena Bell and Kenzie Ruston) have raced with the help of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program since its creation in 2004.

As of November 2024, Shawna Robinson, Hailie Deegan, Manami Kobayashi, and Gracie Trotter remain the only women to have won a race in one of NASCAR's touring series.

In 2019, Kobayashi won in her one and only start in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (in the Elite Club Division).

[3] Seven female drivers: Deegan, Kirk, Patrick, Robinson, Mara Reyes, Brittney Zamora, and Isabella Robusto have won poles.

NASCAR has seen varying levels of participation by female drivers throughout its ranks since the sanctioning body's inception in 1949.

[6] No woman had raced NASCAR in a decade when Janet Guthrie started the 1976 World 600,[7] finishing 15th, ahead of Dale Earnhardt.

[8] In 1977, Janet Guthrie would become the first woman to lead a Winston Cup Series race under caution, at Ontario Speedway.

In Australia, Terri Sawyer[11] won the Moomba 100 NASCAR race at the Calder Park Thunderdome, Melbourne on March 3, 1991 driving a Pontiac.

[10] In 2003, Robinson would also have the first all-female pit crew for a Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

[20] In 2013, Patrick became the first woman in Sprint Cup history to have a full-time ride in the series (with Stewart-Haas Racing),[20] and eventually the first female driver to clinch the pole position and lead a green flag lap, both occurring at the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first woman to lead both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.

A few weeks later she passed Guthrie for the most top ten finishes for a woman in Sprint Cup history at Bristol.

[22] Patrick opened 2017 season with a fourth place finish in the Advance Auto Parts Clash (an exhibition race for previous pole winners).

[23] The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series formed the Lady Cup, a championship system for female drivers in 2014.

She won in her debut in Whelen Euro Series Elite Club Division by lapping just 0.001 seconds from the reference time.

[2] In 2020, Gracie Trotter became the second female driver to win in the West Series, with her victory in the race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring on September 26.

However, due to the race not having practice and qualifying, NASCAR would not approve Cobb to compete in it with her lack of prior Cup Series experience.

[32] Amber Balcaen and Toni Breidinger raced full time in the ARCA Menards Series and finished fourth and sixth in points respectively.