Natalie Fenaroli

Natalie went back to Indianapolis July 23rd for the 7th Annual Women in the Winners Circle Awards ceremony where she was a featured driver. The event is organized by Lyn St. James and celebrates the diversity and the successes of women in motorsports. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Natalie had the opportunity to attend a meet and greet with racing industry leaders like Mike Helton, President of NASCAR, and fellow women racers including Sarah Fisher and Melanie Troxel. Natalie was also introduced on stage as one of the five women racers who received Project Podium Grants from the WWCF. Jamie Little of ESPN introduced Natalie and noted she used the money to win the TAG Jr. Championship for ‘08 in the SKUSA Central States Challenge Series. ...

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Natalie raced in her 100th main in June in Quincy, IL. She has more than 270 finishes now (qualifying races, prefinal races etc). Fittingly, it was her first time in a shifter kart. It took her a couple tries to get the standing start clutch brake gas gear thing in the right sequence, but in the main she got it right. She had good lap times and now will work on consistency and driving mechanics. The shifter kart is a very different style of racing. She was very excited at how well the main went. It was a great weekend and a new beginning with many great challenges to come. To celebrate, a week later family and friends met up at 75TH Street Brewery in Kansas City and surprised Natalie with a little party. On display table was some racing memorabilia including a few choice trophy’s, he...

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In May, Natalie was honored to be invited to model in the 28th Annual CARA Charities Fashion Show in Indianapolis a few days before this year’s running of the Indy 500. Championship Auto Racing Auxiliary (CARA) was founded in 1981 to serve the professional auto racing community through charitable work and to promote the friendships of those involved in the motorsports family. CARA Charities occupies a special place in the motorsports community. Since its founding, CARA has donated more than $4 million dollars to dozens of philanthropic causes helping children, hospitals, scholarship funds,...

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