Sara Price

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Sara Price

| image = Sara Price Honda Indy Toronto.jpg

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| caption = Price at Honda Indy Toronto in 2016

| nationality = {{flag|United States|name=American}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|2}}

| birth_place = Riverside, California

| related to =

| current series = Extreme E

| first year = 2021

| current team = Chip Ganassi Racing

| car number = 99

| former teams =

| starts = 5

| codriver = Kyle LeDuc

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| best finish = 7th

| year = 2021

| last finish = 7th (2021)

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| current series = Stadium Super Trucks

| first year = 2016

| starts = 14

| championships =

| car number = 78

| wins = 0

| podiums = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 11th

| year = 2016

| last finish = 24th (2017)

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| updated = February 9, 2022

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/sara-price-becomes-first-woman-to-race-stadium-super-trucks/ |title=Sara Price becomes first woman to race Stadium Super Trucks |last1=Hall |first1=Emme |date=July 15, 2016 |website=Road-Show |publisher=CNET |access-date=July 16, 2016 }}

Price has won 17 national motocross championships and she has medaled in the X Games.{{cite news |last=Fryer |first=Jenna |date=July 13, 2016 |title=Abreu headed to Eldora for early start before truck race |url=http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/other/abreu-headed-to-eldora-for-early-start-before-truck-race-386690891.html?thx=y |newspaper=Associated Press, The Brandon Journal |access-date=July 16, 2016 }} She hails from Southern California and has been racing since the age of 8.{{cite web |url=http://supercross.com/sara-price/ |title=Sara Price's Biography |date=2014 |website=Supercross |access-date=July 18, 2016 }}

Racing career

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In 2010, Price became first female factory supported motocross racer to race for Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing.{{cite web|url=https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2010/09/13/monster-kawasaki-mx-sara-price-profile/|title=Monster Kawasaki WMX Sara Price Profile|date=September 13, 2010|access-date=May 28, 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3015334/sara-price|title=Sara Price X Games Competition History}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/action/fmx/story/_/id/8843465/sara-price-win-miss-california-usa-made-impact |title=Price makes her point at pageant |last1= Wilkie |first1=Jim |date=January 14, 2013 |website=ESPN |access-date=July 16, 2016 }} Price placed first at the 2013 Elsinore Grand Prix and won the Terracross Championship in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.dirttoysmag.com/2015/07/img-motorsports-sara-price-wins|title=IMG Motorsports Sara Price wins Rounds 1 & 2 at Terracross Championship|publisher=Dirt Toys|date=July 2015|access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.outdoorhub.com/pr/2013/11/15/sara-price-wins-open-1000-class-lake-elsinore-grand-prix/|publisher=OutdoorHub|title=Sara Price wins Open 1000 Class at Lake Elsinore Grand Prix|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

In 2016, Price won the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame Rising Star Award in the UTV, MX, and ATV Category.{{cite web|url=https://www.race-dezert.com/home/off-road-motorsport-hall-fame-2016-induction-ceremony-143482.html|title=Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Ceremony|publisher=Race-Dezert.com|date=November 8, 2016|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

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. The following year, she ran the season finale at Lake Elsinore Diamond.{{cite web|last=Dunster|first=Sean|url=https://altdriver.com/racing/stadium-super-trucks-nascar-casey-mears-sara-price-motocross/|title=Stadium Super Trucks sees return of two top names — including one from NASCAR –in racing|publisher=Alt Driver|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2020}} Price did not return to the series until 2020, racing at the Adelaide 500 race weekend.{{cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2020/02/sst-entry-list-for-adelaide-500-revealed/|title=SST entry list for Adelaide 500 revealed|publisher=The Checkered Flag|date=February 19, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2020}}

In 2017, Price won Hoonigan and Fiat's Female Driver Search to become next female Hoonigan Athlete.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15938/hoonigans-driver-search-winner-sara-price-tackles-mexican-hillclimb|publisher=TheDrive|title=Hoonigan's Driver Search Winner Sara Price Tackles Mexican Hillclimb|first=Danny|last=Korecki|date=November 9, 2017|access-date=May 28, 2020}} She also placed 38th place {{cite web|url=https://sccnh.org/wp-content/uploads/CTTC/2017/2017_CTTC_OVERALL_RESULTS.pdf|title=2017 Climb to the Clouds Overall Results|date=Jul 9, 2017|access-date=Jan 20, 2024}} at the Climb to the Clouds” at Mount Washington in a Fiat 124 Rally Car.{{cite web|url=https://theroadtomyride.com/off-road-racing-star-sara-price-talks-with-us-at-the-2017-sema-show/|title=Off-Road Racing star Sara Price talks with us at the 2017 SEMA Show|first=Michael|last=Lee|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2020|publisher=The Ride to My Road}}

Price made her debut in a trophy truck in the 2017 Best in the Desert Laughlin Desert Classic and placed second.{{cite web|url=http://bitd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Official_Race_1_Results.pdf|title=Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic Official Results|date=May 13, 2017|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://racer.com/2019/11/25/ampudia-brothers-overall-winners-in-52nd-score-baja-1000/|title=Ampudia Brothers overall winners in 52nd SCORE Baja 1000|publisher=Racer.com|first=Dominic|last=Clark|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://fridayflyer.com/article/2019-11-22/price-competes-in-race-as-only-ironwoman/|title=Price competes in race as only Ironwoman|publisher=FridayFlyer.com|date=November 22, 2019|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

Price first raced rally in 2015 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, finishing first among rookie participants.{{cite web|url=https://fridayflyer.com/article/2015-06-26/sara-price-erica-sacks-officially-are-gazelles/|title=Sara Price, Erica Sacks officially are Gazelles|first=Donna|last=Ritchie|publisher=FridayFlyer.com|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.racingjunk.com/news/rallye-aicha-des-gazelles-2015/|title=Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles 2015|first=Mariah|last=Prescott|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=May 28, 2020|publisher=RacingJunk}} Price did not return to rally racing until 2020 when she placed second in the UTV Class at Sonora Rally.{{cite web|url=https://racer.com/2020/03/19/sara-price-and-skyler-howes-up-front-at-sonora-rally/|title=Sara Price and Skyler Howes up front at Sonora Rally.|first=Marty|last=Fiolka|date=March 19, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020|publisher=Racer.com}}{{cite web|url=https://racer.com/2020/03/21/brabec-pelayo-take-home-sonora-rally-glory/|title=Brabec, Pelayo take home Sonora Rally glory|publisher=Racer.com|first=Marty|last=Fiolka|date=March 21, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

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.{{cite magazine|url=https://racer.com/2020/06/11/sara-price-joins-chip-ganassi-racing-for-extreme-e/|title=Sara Price joins Chip Ganassi Racing for Extreme E|magazine=Racer|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=June 11, 2020}}

In 2024, Price made her debut in the Dakar Rally, driving in the SSV class.{{cite web|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/competitor/419|title=Profile of Sare Price|accessdate=January 7, 2024|website=dakar.com|publisher=ASO}} In this race she became the third female driver and first female American driver to win a Dakar stage, by winning Stage 10.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/39335077/off-road-racer-sara-price-celebrates-breakthrough-dakar-rally|title=Price is first U.S. woman with Dakar stage win|date=January 18, 2024|website=ESPN.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.utvdriver.com/racing/sara-price-first-american-woman-win-dakar-stage/|title=Sara Price Is the First American Woman to Win a Dakar Stage|website=UTV Driver}}

Miss California USA

Price competed in the Miss California USA beauty pageant in 2013, but did not make the finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/action/fmx/story/_/id/8843465/sara-price-win-miss-california-usa-made-impact|title=Sara Price didn't win Miss Califonira USA but she made an impact|publisher=ESPN|first=Jim|last=Wilkie|date=January 14, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

Motorsports career results

=Stadium Super Trucks=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
colspan=45\| 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 ! {{Tooltip\|SSTC\|Stadium Super Trucks classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
2016 \| ADE \| ADE \| ADE \| STP \| STP \| LBH \| LBH \| DET \| DET \| DET \| TOW \| TOW \| TOW \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| TOR {{small\|8}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| TOR {{small\|9}} \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| CLT {{small\|5}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| CLT {{small\|6}} \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| OCF {{small\|4}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| OCF {{small\|6}} \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SRF {{small\|9}} \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SRF {{small\|11}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| SRF {{small\|6}} ! 11th ! 130 ! {{cite web\|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2016-standings/\|title=2016 Overall Point Standings\|work=Stadium Super Trucks\|access-date=January 15, 2019}}
2017 \| ADE \| ADE \| ADE \| STP \| STP \| LBH \| LBH \| PER \| PER \| PER \| DET \| DET \| TEX \| TEX \| HID \| HID \| HID \| BEI \| GLN \| GLN \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| ELS {{small\|9}} \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| ELS {{small\|DNQ}} ! 25th ! 25 ! {{cite web\|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-standings/\|title=2017 Overall Point Standings\|work=Stadium Super Trucks\|access-date=January 15, 2019}}
2020 \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| ADE {{small\|10}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| ADE {{small\|8}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| ADE {{small\|10}} \| ROA \| ROA \| colspan=17\| ! N/A¹ ! – ! {{cite web\|url=https://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2020-adelaide-results/\|title=2020 Adelaide Results\|work=Stadium Super Trucks\|access-date=November 25, 2020}}

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colspan=45| Stadium Super Trucks results

Year

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

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! 8

! 9

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! {{Tooltip|SSTC|Stadium Super Trucks classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2016

| ADE

| STP

| LBH

| DET

| TOW

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TOR
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TOR
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| CLT
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OCF
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| OCF
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SRF
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SRF
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| SRF
{{small|6}}

! 11th

! 130

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2016-standings/|title=2016 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=January 15, 2019}}

2017

| ADE

| STP

| LBH

| PER

| DET

| TEX

| HID

| BEI

| GLN

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ELS
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ELS
{{small|DNQ}}

! 25th

! 25

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-standings/|title=2017 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=January 15, 2019}}

2020

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ADE
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ADE
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ADE
{{small|10}}

| ROA

| colspan=17|

! N/A¹

! –

! {{cite web|url=https://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2020-adelaide-results/|title=2020 Adelaide Results|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=November 25, 2020}}

{{sup|1}} Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.