Lyn St. James

Lyn St. James
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Nationality	United States
Born	(1947-03-13) March 13, 1947 Willoughby, Ohio
Retired	2001
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996–2001
Teams	Zunne Group Racing Team Scandia Hemelgarn Racing Dick Simon Racing
Starts	5
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	8th Orlando in 1996
Previous series
1992–1995	CART
Awards
1992	Indy 500 Rookie of the Year

Lyn St. James (born Evelyn Gene Cornwall on March 13, 1947 in Willoughby, Ohio) is a retired professional IndyCar driver with 11 CART and 5 Indy Racing League starts to her name. She is one of seven 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 1 win at the 12 Hours of Sebring. She has competed in endurance racing in Europe including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring where in 1979 her team placed first and second in class. She founded the 501(c)(3) Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation in 1994 and is a motivational speaker.

St. James has served on the board of trustees of Kettering University.

Racing record

Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

Year	Class	No	Tires	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1978	GTO	48		Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet V8	Auto-Dyne Corp	Luis Sereix Phil Currin		17
1979	GTO	2		Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Ferrari V12 4390 cc	Thunderbird Swap-Shop	Bonnie Henn Janet Guthrie		17
1980	GTX	55		Porsche 935 Porsche 698 0056 F6 Turbo	Condor Racing	Ralph Kent-Cooke		DNF 49
1983	GTP	22		Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin DP1229 V8 5340cc	Nimrod Racing	Reggie Smith Drake Olson		5
1987	GTO	11		Roush Ford Mustang	Roush	Tom Gloy		31
1988	GTO	6	G	Roush Merkur XR4Ti Ford L4 2500 cc Turbo	Roush	Deborah Gregg		8
1990	GTO	15	G	Roush Mercury Cougar XR-7 Ford V8 6000 cc	Roush	Robby Gordon Calvin Fish		6	1
1998	WSC	95	G	Kudzu DL-4 Chevrolet V8	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk		17

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1989	C1	21	G	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice	229	DNF	DNF
1991	C1	40	D	Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	Euro Racing A.O. Racing	Desiré Wilson Cathy Muller	47	DNF	DNF

American Open Wheel racing results

(key)

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

See also

• AMC Spirit article including information about St James' team at the 1979 Nürburgring event

External links

• Lyn St. James official website
• Driver Database stats
• Lyn St. James driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jeff Andretti	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1992	Succeeded by Nigel Mansell