Shawna Robinson

Shawna Robinson is an American stock car racing driver. Retired from competition, she was a competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, as well as the ARCA Racing Series and the Goody's Dash Series.

Career

Robinson began her racing career in 1984 in the GATR Truck Series, winning rookie of the year honors in 1984 as well as a race at Flemington Speedway in 1987. She began racing NASCAR in 1988, when she was named Rookie of the Year in the now-defunct Dash Series, and won Most Popular Driver in 1988 and 1989. At the end of her Dash Series career, she had three wins and twenty-one top-tens.

Robinson made her Busch Series debut at Orange County Speedway in 1991, in the #77 Sparky's Famous Hot Dogs Buick, starting 26th and finishing 15th. She ran three more races that year, her best finish coming at Orange County. In 1992, she began the season with Silver Racing, but was released very early on. She came back to drive the #25 Polaroid Oldsmobile, posting two eleventh-place finishes. Despite her abbreviated schedule, she finished runner-up to Ricky Craven for Rookie of the Year honors.

Robinson came back to run 24 races in the #35 for Mike Laughlin in 1993. Her best finish came at Indianapolis Raceway Park, where she finished 12th. She also finished 23rd in points, the highest point standing finish of her career. In 1994, Robinson qualified second at Rockingham Speedway, but finished 36th after a wreck. Two races later, Robinson won her first career pole position at Atlanta Motor Speedway. On the first lap of the race, she went three-wide with Joe Nemechek and Mike Wallace, causing a collision. She would finish 36th in that race due to overheating problems. She also posted her first career top-ten that year at the Fay's 150, but was released after the next race at The Milwaukee Mile. She returned to make an aborted attempt at the 1995 Daytona 500, and also had two top-twenty finishes in the #36 Ford Thunderbird, but retired during the season to start a family.

In 1999, she returned to racing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, after the birth of her son and daughter and moved to the #8 Kmart Ford Taurus for Michael Kranefuss. She set a track record in a pole-winning qualifying run at Michigan International Speedway, and finished sixth in points, the first female to finish in the top-ten in points standings in the series. She also became the first woman in ARCA history to lead a race when she led several laps at Toledo Speedway. Robinson ran three races for Michael Waltrip Racing in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2001,^[1] her best finish being 19th at Talladega Superspeedway, with her other two races ending in wrecks. She and Kranefuss attempted four Winston Cup races in 2001 in the #84 with sponsorship from Aaron's and Tropicana.^[2] However, Robinson made just the race at Michigan, where she finished 36th after a late-races spin. After Tropicana pulled out, Robinson signed to drive 24 races for BAM Racing in 2002. After her best finish was a 24th at Daytona, she was released. In 2003, she ran three races for Team Texas in the #49 Aaron's Chevrolet Silverado with an all-female pit crew. Her best finish was 18th at Texas Motor Speedway.

In 2005, Robinson drove in the Busch Series after being out of NASCAR for two years. She piloted the #23 Vassarette Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Keith Coleman Racing, but was released after six races.

Personal life

After Robinson's racing career was over, she became an interior designer. Her interior design work includes Happy Chair which works to redesign old chairs.

Robinson was the fifteenth woman to have competed in NASCAR's top division and the first since Patty Moise in 1989.^[3]

In 2014, Robinson was diagnosed with breast cancer.^[4]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NWCC	Pts
1995	Colburn Racing	99	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL						N/A	-
2001	Michael Kranefuss Racing	84	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL DNQ	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH 34	POC	SON	DAY	CHI DNQ	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA	66th	61
2002	BAM Racing	49	Dodge	DAY 24	CAR	LVS 42	ATL 34	DAR 42	BRI	TEX 36	MAR	TAL DNQ	CAL 42	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 40	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	52nd	361

Daytona 500 results

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1995	Colburn Racing	Ford	DNQ
2002	BAM Racing	Dodge	36	24

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts
1991	Huffman Racing	77	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU 15	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB 21	IRP	ROU 18	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV				MAR DNQ					54th	400
1991	Ferree Racing	49	Buick																												CLT 30	NHA	CAR						54th	400
1992	Silver Racing	21	Olds	DAY 34	CAR 16	RCH	ATL 43	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH																									38th	1099
	Pharo Racing	33	Olds												CLT 30	DOV	ROU 27	MYB	GLN
	Laughlin Racing	25	Olds																	VOL 11	NHA	TAL	IRP 27	ROU	MCH 11	NHA 24	BRI	DAR 27	RCH 19	DOV	CLT 30	MAR	CAR 41	HCY
1993		35	Chevy	DAY 32	CAR 27	RCH 34	DAR 28	BRI 14	HCY 15	ROU 27				DOV 23				TAL 40		MCH 26		BRI 17		RCH DNQ			CLT DNQ												23rd	1950
			Olds								MAR 30
			Pontiac									NZH 22	CLT DNQ		MYB 32	GLN 22	MLW 34		IRP 12		NHA 34		DAR 30		DOV 21	ROU 23		MAR 32	CAR 37	HCY DNQ	ATL 42
1994	Ferree Racing	46	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 36	RCH 23	ATL 36	MAR 29	DAR DNQ	HCY DNQ	BRI 36	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV 24	MYB 26	GLN 10	MLW 22	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR								47th	742
1995	Colburn Racing	36	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR 16	RCH DNQ	ATL 17	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM										69th	227
2001	Michael Waltrip Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 39	NSH 43	TAL 19	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			82nd	186
2004	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	91	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN DNQ	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM		N/A	-
2005	Keith Coleman Racing	23	Chevy	DAY 27	CAL 35	MXC 30	LVS 31	ATL 36	NSH DNQ	BRI 39	TEX DNQ	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	79th	384

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCTC	Pts
2003	Mike Starr Racing	49	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX 18	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS 29	SBO	TEX 29	MAR	PHO	HOM	72nd	261

References

↑ Fabrizio, Tony (March 31, 2001). "Robinson stands alone". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA). p. C5. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
↑ Fish, Mike (March 15, 2001). "Robinson, Kranefuss banking on sponsorship". Sports Illustrated. via NASCAR.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
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↑ Utter, Jim (March 26, 2014). "Former NASCAR driver Shawna Robinson diagnosed with breast cancer". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, NC. Retrieved 2014-03-27.

External links

Shawna Robinson driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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