NEW ADDITION TO EXHIBIT UNVEILED AT THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM "WOMEN IN BUSINESS OF MOTORSPORTS"

NEW ADDITION TO EXHIBIT UNVEILED AT THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM

"WOMEN IN BUSINESS OF MOTORSPORTS"

    INDIANAPOLIS... Twelve prominent women in the business of motorsport will be featured in a new addition to the traveling Women in the Winner's Circle exhibit to be unveiled at 3 pm Thursday, July 28 at the Indiana State Museum in downtown Indianapolis.

The traveling exhibit was created by Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation founder Lyn St. James in collaboration with The Henry Ford Museum of Dearborn, Mich.  The women featured are:

Lesa France Kennedy, CEO/Vice Chair, International Speedway Corporation
Kelley Earnhardt, Co-Owner/General Manager, JR Motorsports
DeLana Harvick, Co-Owner, Kevin Harvick, Inc.
Sarah Fisher, Team Owner, Sarah Fisher Racing
Mary Louise Miller, Team Owner, ML Motorsports
Vicki O'Connor, ACCUS board member and on FIA Women & Motor Sport Commission
Rena Shanaman, President, Historic Motorsports Productions
Gill Campbell, CEO/General Manager, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Bea Perez, former VP Media Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Coca Cola NA
Gillian Zucker, President, Auto Club Speedway
Patti Wheeler, Exec. VP of Programming & Production, Speed Channel
Julie Sobieski, VP Programming & Acquisitions, ESPN
The FIA Women & Motor Sport Commission 

The expanded exhibit will be unveiled at a press conference at the Indiana State Museum where it has been on display since May and will continue to be through Labor Day weekend and the NHRA U.S. Nationals.

"Women have been working behind the scenes in motorsports for decades, but over the last few years, their presence as grown in both numbers and significance," says St. James. "It's important to bring their stories to the forefront to encourage more women who aspire to executive level positions in business to see that there are opportunities in motorsports."

Expected to attend the press conference will be motorsports industry leaders, drivers, and other supporters of the foundation, including:

NASCAR President Mike Helton
Indiana Economic Development Director Rollie Helmling
Motorsports Industry Association Executive Director Tom Weiesenbach
ACCUS President Nick Craw
ACCUS board member & on the FIA Women in Motor Sports Commission, Vicki O'Connor
Team Owner, Mary Louise Miller
Drivers: Katherine Legge, USAC racer Taylor Ferns, and Lyn St. James

Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on worldwide activities and programs for driver development, advocacy, diversity and education, particularly for women who aspire to become race car drivers and engineers in the automotive industry. The Foundation's mission is to provide leadership, vision, resources and financial support to help create an environment of opportunity for women's growth in the automotive and competitive motorsports fields.  For more information contact Lyn St. James at lyn@lynstjames.com or call 317-244-9790.

The Indiana State Museum is located in White River State Park in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. Part of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, it is Indiana's museum for science, culture and art, offering a place where you can celebrate, investigate, remember, learn and take pride in Indiana's story in the context of the broader world. Even the building is a showcase of the best Indiana has to offer in architecture, materials and sculpture. For more information, call 317.232.1637 or visit indianamuseum.org.