Sara Price

Sara Price (born September 2, 1992) is an American racing driver, having competed in motocross, rallying, the X Games, Stadium Super Trucks and Extreme E.[1] She currently races in Extreme E for Chip Ganassi Racing.

For other people named Sarah Price, see Sarah Price (disambiguation).
Sara Price
Price at Honda Indy Toronto in 2016
Nationality American
Born (1992-09-02) September 2, 1992
Riverside, California
Extreme E career
Debut season2021
Current teamChip Ganassi Racing
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season2016
Car number78
Starts14
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2016
Finished last season24th (2017)
Last updated on: November 25, 2020.

Price has won 17 national motocross championships and she has medaled in the X Games.[2] She hails from Southern California and has been racing since the age of 8.[3]

Racing career

In 2010, Price became first female factory supported motocross racer to race for Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing.[4] Over the next few years, Price raced for Monster Energy Kawasaki and medaled several times at the X Games before transitioning to racing off road.[4][5][6] Price placed first at the 2013 Elsinore Grand Prix and won the Terracross Championship in 2015.[7][8]

In 2016, Price won the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in the UTV, MX, and ATV Category.[9]

Price made her debut in Stadium Super Trucks at the 2016 Honda Indy Toronto race weekend, becoming the first female driver to compete in the series.[1] The following year, she ran the season finale at Lake Elsinore Diamond.[10] Price did not return to the series until 2020, racing at the Adelaide 500 race weekend.[11]

In 2017, Price won Hoonigan and Fiat's Female Driver Search to become next female Hoonigan Athlete.[12] She also placed 6th place at the Climb to the Clouds” at Mount Washington in a Fiat 124 Rally Car.[13]

Price made her debut in a trophy truck in the 2017 Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic and placed second.[14]

In 2019, Price became the first female SCORE International Baja 1000 IronWoman by solo driving the entire race and finishing second in the trophy trucks spec class.[15][16]

Price first raced rally in 2015 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, finishing first among rookie participants.[17][18] Price did not return to rally racing until 2020 when she placed second in the UTV Class at Sonora Rally.[19][20]

On June 11, 2020, Chip Ganassi Racing announced Price would race with the team for the inaugural Extreme E season in 2021. She was the first confirmed driver for the series, and the first female racer in CGR's history.[21]

Miss California USA

Price competed in the Miss California USA in 2013, but did not make the finals.[6][22]

Motorsports career results

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SSTC Pts Ref
2016 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH LBH DET DET DET TOW TOW TOW TOR
8		 TOR
9		 CLT
5		 CLT
6		 OCF
4		 OCF
6		 SRF
9		 SRF
11		 SRF
6		 11th 130 [23]
2017 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH LBH BAR BAR BAR DET DET TEX TEX HID HID HID BEI GLN GLN ELS
9		 ELS
DNQ		 24th 25 [24]
2020 ADE
10		 ADE
8		 ADE
10		 ROA ROA N/A – [25]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Semper Ride Herself
2016 The Grand Tour Stunt driver One episode
2019 Shadow Wolves One episode
Jumanji: The Next Level
2020 NOS4A2 Four episodes
Coyote Pre-production

References
  1. Hall, Emme (July 15, 2016). "Sara Price becomes first woman to race Stadium Super Trucks". Road-Show. CNET. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. Fryer, Jenna (July 13, 2016). "Abreu headed to Eldora for early start before truck race". Associated Press, The Brandon Journal. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. "Sara Price's Biography". Supercross. 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  4. "Monster Kawasaki WMX Sara Price Profile". September 13, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  5. "Sara Price X Games Competition History".
  6. Wilkie, Jim (January 14, 2013). "Price makes her point at pageant". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  7. "IMG Motorsports Sara Price wins Rounds 1 & 2 at Terracross Championship". Dirt Toys. July 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  8. "Sara Price wins Open 1000 Class at Lake Elsinore Grand Prix". OutdoorHub. November 15, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  9. "Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Ceremony". Race-Dezert.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  10. Dunster, Sean (December 18, 2017). "Stadium Super Trucks sees return of two top names — including one from NASCAR –in racing". Alt Driver. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  11. Nguyen, Justin (February 19, 2020). "SST entry list for Adelaide 500 revealed". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  12. Korecki, Danny (November 9, 2017). "Hoonigan's Driver Search Winner Sara Price Tackles Mexican Hillclimb". TheDrive. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  13. Lee, Michael (August 19, 2018). "Off-Road Racing star Sara Price talks with us at the 2017 SEMA Show". The Ride to My Road. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  14. "Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic Official Results" (PDF). May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  15. Clark, Dominic (November 25, 2019). "Ampudia Brothers overall winners in 52nd SCORE Baja 1000". Racer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  16. "Price competes in race as only Ironwoman". FridayFlyer.com. November 22, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  17. Ritchie, Donna (June 26, 2015). "Sara Price, Erica Sacks officially are Gazelles". FridayFlyer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  18. Prescott, Mariah (April 7, 2015). "Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles 2015". RacingJunk. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  19. Fiolka, Marty (March 19, 2020). "Sara Price and Skyler Howes up front at Sonora Rally". Racer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  20. Fiolka, Marty (March 21, 2020). "Brabec, Pelayo take home Sonora Rally glory". Racer.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  21. "Sara Price joins Chip Ganassi Racing for Extreme E". Racer. June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  22. Wilkie, Jim (January 14, 2013). "Sara Price didn't win Miss Califonira USA but she made an impact". ESPN. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  23. "2016 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  24. "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  25. "2020 Adelaide Results". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
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