Lyn St. James reiterates willingness to witness "a woman's victory in the Indy 500

Seven entries in the Indianapolis 500, first woman to be elected Rookie of the Year in the very traditional race, two victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona, a triumph in the 12 Hours of Sebring, two entries in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, victory in her class at the Nürburgring 24 Hours.The resume is extensive - and there is more, see?

Lyn St. James, owner of an enviable career, also gave an exclusive interview to theBIG PRICE team - as well as Rod Reid, chief and founder of Force Indy, who will compete in the Indy Lights in 2022.

St. James closed her conversation with the report by stating that she hoped in her lifetime to "see a woman win the Indy 500" - and the motorsports icon works to make it happen. Beyond the track, St. James is also the founder of the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation, a non-profit organization for the education, training, and general advancement of women in motorsports fields. The former driver also established a scholarship fund, the Women's Sports Foundation Project Podium Scholarship Grant.

She also founded, along with Beth Paretta, Women in Motorsport North America: organization brings together a community of professionals "dedicated to supporting opportunities for women in all disciplines of motorsports, creating an inclusive and resourceful environment to promote mentoring, advocacy, education and growth, thereby ensuring the continued strength and successful future of our sport."

"In fact there are many women-and I use women as an example-who have been very successful in the sport for a long time: either they've been engineers, they've been in marketing, they've been high-level within race teams...many teams are starting to promote that and bring that to the forefront, are starting to celebrate that. It's really one of the things that our organization does," St. James revealed.

"I said, let's celebrate the successes, let's find the women who have been out there doing this successfully for a long time and let's put them front and center. Let's bring them visibly 'out,' because that would help show that it's possible. And we have to constantly figure out how we organize, how we do internships, how we take it to the next step; which is to take the ones that show up and then say: 'okay, how can we help them better prepare themselves for success-whether it's through education, whether it's through an internship or whether it's mentoring them-how can we help them increase their opportunities for success?'. You have to talk about that," he added.

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