Miranda Nicole Throckmorton (born January 14, 1992) is an American sprint car driver. [1][2][3]
Origins edit
Miranda was born into a racing family in Avon, Indiana, a western suburb of Indianapolis. She began her racing career in 1996 at age four. Her parents are Bill and Norma Throckmorton, and she has no siblings.[4] She graduated from Harris Academy High School in 2010, and is a graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).[2]
Career edit
When she first began racing, Miranda was competing in Micro Midgets, and soon after, graduated to Quarter Midgets races. She excelled in these competitions and continued to race Quarter Midgets for eight years. In addition to Micro and Quarter Midgets races, she has raced 410 winged and non-winged sprint cars, Midgets, Jr. Sprints, 600cc Micro-Sprints and USAC Kenyon Midgets.[5] She has had multiple top-3 finishes at the USAC Kenyon Midgets and multiple top-5 finishes in the 600 Micro Midgets.[3][6][7]
Racing accomplishments edit
- Miranda has set four track records during her eight years racing in Quarter Midgets
- She has earned five Regional and five State Championships racing in Quarter Midgets from 1996-2004.
- First woman to win a non-winged 410 sprint car feature event in the United States
- Placed 4th in points at the 2009 Midwest Allstar Sprint Car Series
- Placed 3rd in points at the 2008 Midwest Allstar Sprint Car Series
- Has earned a feature win with 600 Micro Midgets and a feature win with non-winged 410 sprint car
- Placed 5th in 2007 Paragon Speedway Points Standings with non-winged 410 sprint car
- Placed 5th in the USAC Kenyon Midget Points Standings in 2005
- Awarded the Lyn St. James Project Podium Grant
- Graduate of the Lyn St. James Driver Development Program
- First woman to win a 410 non-winged sprint car feature event in the United States[citation needed]
- 2008 Rookie of the Year winner of Midwest Allstar Sprint Car Series
- Winner of the 2008 Women in the Winner’s Circle’s Project Podium Grants Program
- Voted the 2007 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans First Year Driver Award
- Winner of PitFit Training Scholarship (2007 and 2008)
- First graduate of North American Auto Racing Series (NAMARS) Speaking of Motorsports course
- Speaker for the NAMARS Awards Ceremony
Twitter controversy edit
Throckmorton found herself the subject of public scrutiny when she posted a series of tweets while stuck in traffic due to the funeral of IMPD Police Office Rod Bradway.[8] Throckmorton's tweets expressed disdain for the choice of the city of Indianapolis to shut down streets for the officer's funeral, as well as incredulity at the number of officers and civilians present. She also compared the role of the police officer, who had been killed in the line of duty while saving a woman and child, to the level of danger faced by race car drivers. Throckmorton issued an apology, but continued to face public admonishing for her comments.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Home Page". Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "Driver Profile - Miranda Throckmorton". Sprintcarnews.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ a b "[ASCoC] Miranda Throckmorton to "Wing It" with the Midwest All Stars in 2008". Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ "Miranda Throckmorton : January 14, 1992 - Present : Nationality: American : Started Racing in 1996" (PDF). Thehenryford.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100803005800/http://www.kdlt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4188&Itemid=57. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
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- ^ "About Me". Archived from the original on July 2, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Race Car Driver Miranda Throckmorton In Hot Water". Conservativeunderground.com. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ Steve Jefferson (2013-09-30). "Sprint car driver apologizes for tweets - 13 WTHR Indianapolis". Wthr.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.