Lyn St. James

Lyn St. James (born Evelyn Gene Cornwall; March 13, 1947) is an American former racecar driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award. She also has two victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and one win at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Additionally she has competed in endurance racing in Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring; in the latter, her team placed first and second in class in 1979.

St. James founded the 501(c)(3) Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation in 1994 and is a motivational speaker. She has served on the board of trustees of Kettering University, and currently works for NASCAR as an appeal panelist for the National Motorsports Appeals Panel.

Racing record

12 Hours of Sebring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1978	Autodyne	Luis Sereix Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	GTO	186	17th	6th
1979	Thunderbird Swap-Shop	Bonnie Henn Janet Guthrie	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GTO	194	17th	8th
1980	Condor Racing	Ralph Kent-Cooke	Porsche 935	GTX	87	DNF	DNF
1983	Nimrod Racing	Reggie Smith Drake Olson	Nimrod NRA/C2-Aston Martin	GTP	224	5th	3rd
1987	Roush Racing	Tom Gloy	Ford Mustang	GTO	213	31st	9th
1988	Roush Racing	Deborah Gregg	Mercury Merkur XR4Ti	GTO	282	8th	2nd
1990	Roush Racing	Robby Gordon Calvin Fish	Mercury Cougar XR-7	GTO	278	6th	1st
1998	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk	Kudzu DL-4-Chevrolet	GTO	283	17th	4th

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1989	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice	Spice SE89C-Ford	C1	229	DNF	DNF
1991	Euro Racing A.O. Racing	Desiré Wilson Cathy Muller	Spice SE90C-Ford	C1	47	DNF	DNF

American Open Wheel racing results

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CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1992	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	IND 11	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MIC	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		31st	2
1993	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX 13	LBH 17	IND Ret	MIL	DET DNQ	POR 20	CLE Ret	TOR	MIC Ret	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		36th	0
1994	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	IND 19	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LS		48th	0
1995	Dick Simon Racing	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NAZ	IND Ret	MIL 20	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIC Ret	MDO	NHA	VAN	LS	39th	0

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1996	Simon/Scandia Racing	WDW 8											12th	186
	Team Scandia		PHX 21
	Zunne Group Racing			INDY 14
1996–1997	Lyn St. James Racing Hemelgarn Racing	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY 13	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NH2	LV2		42nd	22
1998	Team Pelfrey	WDW	PHX	INDY DNQ	TXS	NHM	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TX2	LVS	NC	–
1999	Lyn St. James Racing	WDW	PHX	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPI2	LVS	TX2		NC	–
2000	Dick Simon Racing	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY 32	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TX2			49th	1

Indianapolis 500

Female closed circuit speed record attempt car

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1992	Lola	Chevrolet	27	11
1993	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	21	25
1994	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	6	19
1995	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	28	32
1996	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	18	14
1997	Dallara	Infiniti	34	13
1998	G-Force	Infiniti	DNQ
1999	G-Force	Oldsmobile	DNQ
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	32	32

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
1999	TRV Motorsport	LMP	Riley & Scott Mk III	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	G	SEB	ATL	MOS	SON	POR	PET ovr:Ret cls:Ret	MON	LSV	90th	0