Lyn St. James

Achievements St. James has been invited to the White House on multiple occasions, meeting with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. She was also named by Sports Illustrated as among the “Top-100 Women Athletes of the Century." Working Woman Magazine added her to the “Top 350 Women who changed the world between 1976-1996.” In 1994, she was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and is only one of two women in it for auto racing. She was also President of the Women's Sports Foundation from 1990-1993. She was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2023. Speed records St. James set the world closed-course speed record for women three times. She became the first woman driver to reach over 200 mph on a race track when she drove a Ford Mustang Probe GTP to a lap of 204.223 mph at Talladega Superspeedway in 1985. In 1988, she used a Ford Thunderbird stock car to set the mark at 212.577 mph. During qualifying for the 1995 Indianapolis 500, St. James ran a lap of 225.722 mph. ==Racing record==

12 Hours of Sebring results 24 Hours of Le Mans results American Open Wheel racing results (key) CART IndyCar Indianapolis 500 American Le Mans Series results ==Personal==

Lyn St. James was born Carol Gene Cornwall, but shortly after birth, her first name was changed to Evelyn, after her aunt. After her first marriage to John Carusso, she changed her name to Lyn Carusso. Eventually she would adopt the professional name Lyn St. James in her business and racing activities. She got the idea from the name of actress Susan Saint James. Upon her divorce from Carusso, she legally changed her name to Lyn St. James. ==References==