Battery Tender MX-5 Cup: Ashton Harrison

"I always pray before going out on track, wishing luck and safety for all drivers; it's my pre-race ritual, you could say," comments Ashton Harrison. "My racing goal: I would love to race the Mazda Prototype in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship before I'm 25."At 21, Harrison is a full-time driving coach for the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, Ga.; in her spare time, she coaches other racing enthusiasts at other tracks. And in 2016, she joins the Battery Tender MX-5 Cup, turning pro.So how did it start for Ms. Harrison? "In the beginning, it was my dad, grandmother, crew chief and I. We've always been racing fans. Before I started driving in Spec Miata, we would go to Petit Le Mans races at Road Atlanta every year. I always admired the Mazda MX-5 Cup drivers, thinking to myself, 'This is absolutely awesome.'