“I started in SCCA in a freaking Ford Pinto. My very first race, I drive it into a lake.”Lyn St James, Sarah Fisher and Linda Vaughn have all been hugely influential figures within motorsport. But even icons have to start somewhere, as St James relates in her conversation with Tony...

My racing career started when I was nearly 5 years old. Honestly, it doesn't seem like that long ago! My father, who had no knowledge of motorsports, decided to have a family outing at a local track west of where we lived in Florida. Moroso Motorsports Park, a multi-use facility...