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Christi was invited to the Roush Racing Gong
Show as part of an exclusive competition with the
winner getting a fully-funded NASCAR Craftsman
Truck ride in 2006. "I was very honored and
pleased to be chosen for this competition," she
said. "To be picked from over 1700 contestants and
get a chance for a NASCAR ride is great."
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While most 22-year old girls are busy finishing
college and planning what they want to do in life,
Christi Passmore is spending her days in the race
shop working on race cars. And her weekends are
spent at auto racing tracks driving some of the
fastest stock cars in the world. Passmore was
raised around race tracks and Sprint Cars. Father
Glen Passmore spent several years in auto racing,
and at the early age of five, Christi knew she
wanted to follow in her father's footsteps.
When Christi was 12 years old her father bought
her a minisprint and disassembled the small race
car. He told Christi if she wanted to race she had
to put the car back together, along with convincing
her mother she wanted to get behind the wheel.
According to Christi putting the car together was
the easier task to achieve. From 1994 until 1996,
the spunky 12-year old competed in minisprints at
the Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1997
Christi scored her first feature win and finished
the season fourth in points.
From the age of 16 until she was 20 years old,
Christi competed around the world against some of
the most talented Sprint Car racers in the sport.
She became the first female to compete in Sprint
Cars at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sedalia, Missouri, and
Little Rock, Arkansas. Christi competed in the
coveted World of Outlaws division (WoO) where she
qualified for the Knoxville Nationals twice and
finished tenth out of 104 cars in 2001. Throughout
her five years of Sprint Car racing, Christi
accumulated 17 wins in both the United States and
New Zealand.
Following her years of Sprint Car successes,
Christi made the decision to continue on the path
toward her ultimate motorsports goal - to race in
NASCAR's top division, the Winston Cup Series, now
the Nextel Cup Series. Christi knew that she had to
start racing full-bodied, fendered stock cars on
speedways to get the proper experience. She chose
the ARCA Re/Max Series to gain experience and
compete on some of the same tracks with the NASCAR
Nextel Cup cars. Christi competed in the entire
2003 schedule while contending for the Rookie of
the Year title. Throughout the 2003 season Passmore
earned one top-five finish and seven top-ten
finishes en route to her eighth-place points finish
and runner-up in Rookie of the Year honors. In 2004
she continued to improve with five top-five
finishes and ten top-ten finishes.
Personal Info:
Hometown: Pryor, Oklahoma
Birthday: May 27, 1982
Resides: Pryor, Oklahoma
Racing Affiliation:
2000-2002 World of Outlaws
2001-2002 All Star Circuit of Champions
2000-2001 American Sprint Car Series
2000-2001 National Championship Racing
Association
2000 World Series, Australia
Racing Accomplishments:
Stock Cars
2004 Finished 8th place in the ARCA Re/Max
Series Points Championship.
2003 Finished 8th place in the ARCA Re/Max Series
Points Championship.
One top-five and seven top-10 finishes
2002 Entered 6 races in the ARCA Re/Max Series.
Sprint Cars
2001-2002 winter three consecutive feature wins,
Bay Park, Taraunga, New Zealand
2001-2002 winter five heat race wins, Bay Park,
Tauranga, New Zealand
2001-2002 winter one-lap track record, Bay Park,
Tauranga, New Zealand
2001 One Feature win, Sedalia, MO
2001 One Feature win, Cameron, MO
2001 Finished 10th (of 104 cars) in the 360
Knoxville Nationals
2000-2001 winner eight-lap record, Ruapuna
Speedway, Christchruch, New Zealand
2000-2001 winner, International Race, Ruapuna,
Christchruch, New Zealand
2000-2001 winter Competed in Australia
2000-2001 winner of match race against top-rated
female driver in Australia
2000-2001 Competed in Knoxville Nationals,
Knoxville, IA
2000 Competed in World of Outlaws (WoO)
2000 two Feature wins, Savannah, MO
1999 one Feature win, second in points Thunderhill
Speedway, Mayetta, KS
1999 two Feature wins, third in points Savannah
Speedway, Savannah, MO
1998 sixth in points I-30 Speedway, Little Rock,
AR
Mini-Sprints
1997 One Feature win, fourth in points Port City
Raceway, Tulsa, OK
1994-1996 Competed in Mini-Sprints Port City
Raceway, Tulsa, OK
Passmore cut in Roush Racing Gong
Show
"Sure I was disappointed. But it's not going to
slow us down."
PRYOR, OK - Although she didn't make the finals,
Christi Passmore is still optimistic about her
racing career.
The 23-year old oval track stock car racer was
one of only 25 invited to the Roush Racing Gong
Show as part of an exclusive competition with the
winner getting a fully-funded NASCAR Craftsman
Truck ride in 2006.
"I was very honored and pleased to be chosen for
this competition," she said. "To be picked from
over 1700 contestants and get a chance for a NASCAR
ride is great."
The 25 finalists were tested for their ability
during a two-day session at Martinsville Speedway
in Virginia. And while Passmore, who competes on a
regular basis in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, said the
Martinsville experience will not lessen her
enthusiasm for getting into NASCAR competition.
"Sure I was disappointed," said Passmore. "But
it's not going to slow us down, or keep me from
working on my ultimate racing goal, which is to get
a NASCAR Nextel Cup ride."
"As long as I keep a positive attitude and
perform well, my time will come."
Source: www.christipassmoremotorsports.com
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