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Lynsey would end up finishing second in points
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despite missing the last three races of the season.
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Bio
Birthplace: San Diego, CA
Birthdate: January 16, 1987
Recidence: Martinsville, Indiana
Who started you:My family
Biggest influence: My Parents
Women you admire: Lyn St. James, Katherine Legge,
Sarah Fisher
Father's Thoughts: He thinks it is awsome and hopes
I accomplish all my goals I have for myself
Your encouragement to other: Go to your local
track, and find a way to get involved.
California female driver,
Lynsey Tilton from San Diego, CA, comes from a
racing family. Her father, Roger, raced sprint cars
for many years, and her brothers raced as well.
When Tilton was just a week old, she was introduced
to racing when she went to the motorcycle track
with her family to watch her brothers race. Then at
four years old, she started to race 50cc
motorcycles.
Tilton moved to racing
bicycles at the age of six. Here she proved she was
an aggressive racer and was meant to race. She was
a factory rider for Mike Redman and was a four-time
national champion, along with winning a world
championship. She also was in the top-ten in the
nation and number two in her age group. During this
time one of her brothers was racing go-karts, so
she decided to give that a try.
Rapidly picking up
go-karts, she was winning races and setting fast
times in her rookie season. This young female
driver went on to winning three class
championships, one in Jr. 1 (age 8-12) and two in
HPV Jr (12-16), setting track records, winning
poles and was named the most improved junior driver
in just her first season.
Then at 15, Tilton made
the move to the top level of kart racing, 125
shifter karts. In 2001 she raced in the Alex Barron
Super Spec Series, where she was able to capture
four of six pole positions, and finished second
twice. She never finished outside the top-ten,
which led her to finish fourth in the drivers'
championship.
In the 2004 season Tilton
embarked on a new adventure; she has started racing
midgets. Tilton raced with Arizona Midget
Association, where she captured Rookie-of-the-Year
and finished third in the drivers' championship.
She finished the eight race season off with scoring
one top-three finish, two top-five finishes and
seven top-ten finishes. For 2005 Tilton plans on
running with United States Auto Club, USAC, in the
Western Series, along with selected national events
and with Bay City Racing Association,
BCRA.
She balances school with
racing. She is a senior in high school and carries
a GPA of 4.3. She has an aggressive honor and
Advanced Placement curriculum, preparing her for
college in the future. She plans on majoring in
Mechanical Engineering, at Indiana Univeristy
Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI, in the fall.
Along with racing and
school, she spends a lot of time with Racers
Against Drugs, RAD, going to schools and talking to
younger kids about their dreams. She also mentors
younger racers to help them better understand
racing and their driving.
Prestigiously, she was
selected by Ford Racing to participate in their
woman driver search program in Indianapolis, in May
of 2004. In March of 2005, Lynsey was also one of
three prestigiously selected by Speed Secrets to
participate for their Driver Development
Scholarship. In the end, Tilton was the one that
Speed Secrets chose.
Results
2006-2005
USAC Midwest Focus Series, Tilton Racing, #18
Ford Focus/ Stealth
Has a season high of 6th place finish.
Is one of four females to ever race a sprint car
at Fremont Raceway in Fremont, OH
Pit Fit Scholarship Recipient (Pitfit is a
company that helps a driver reach their highest
fitness level)
Speed Secrets Driver Development Scholarship
Winner (Speed Secrets is a driver development
service, working with drivers to get their maximum
potential out of them)
2004
Arizona Midget Association, Tilton Racing, #01
Van Dyne/Ellis
In eight starts she has one top-three, two
top-five and seven top-ten finishes
Was one of four women tested by Ford Motor
Company for their Women’s Driver Development
Program which will end up helping at least one move
up the NASCAR ladder.
Arizona Midget Association
Rookie-of-the-Year
Third in Drivers’ Championship
Finalist and Winner for Speed Secrets Driver
Development Program
Graduate of Lyn St. James Driver Development
Program
2003-2002
Stars of Tomorrow Kart Series Pro 125 ICC
Shifter Tony kart/ Tm ICC/ Tilton Racing
Had one top-ten start and one top-ten
finish.
SKUSA Regional Pro 125 Shifter Tony Kart/ Tm
ICC/ Tilton Racing
Finished the season with four fastest laps and
five wins.
Alex Barron Super Spec Series Tony kart/ Spec
125 shifter/ Tilton Racing/ Barron
Hi-Performance
Youngest in the series at 15.
Four fastest laps, two top-three finishes, and
never finished outside the top-ten
Finished third in Driver’s Championship
points standing.
SKUSA Mission Series Tony kart/ Stock 125/
Tilton Racing
Three wins, and three fastest laps in just three
races.
2001-1997
San Diego Karting Association Hpv Jr./ Jr.
Sportsman
Back to back champion in 2000 and 2001, Two
track records, Most poles in one season (14), 45
Wins, second place in Drivers’ Championship
for Jr. Sportsman, second place in Drivers’
Championship points in 1999.
In 2001 was the highest finishing female at the
IKF Grand National.
San Diego Karting Association Jr. 1 Topkart/
Comer 80cc
Drivers’ Champion against 12 boys in 1998,
Named the Most Improved Jr. Driver in first year of
karting.
1997-1995
Bicycles (BMX) Mike Redman Concepts
Five-time National Champion, World Champion,
Number two in age group twice. Ranked as one of
the top- ten national girl riders, factory rider
for Mike Redman Concepts, Winner of Race of
Champion.
1994-1991
Motorcycles 50cc Honda
Started racing at age four on motorcycles at
Barona Oaks, in San Diego County.
2007
Schedule
Right now our plans for the 2007 season is to
run a dirt midget with POWRI and selected USAC
National midget races. We are also working on a
sprint car program for the 2007 season.
Snippets
Lynsey and the Conlin sisters
took 16th out of 55 at the RoboPong.com 200
Endurance Go-Kart race, one spot behind
Tomas Scheckter (15th)
and ahead of Heather Bloyd (26th), Sarah Fisher
(31st), Katherine Legge (31), Dan Weldom (34), and
Scott Dixon (35).
Lynsey Tilton finishes
second in championship for 2008
For the first time since 2004, 21 year old, Lynsey
Tilton put together an awesome run for a
championship, just coming up short at the end.
Lynsey would end up finishing second in points
at Bakersfield Raceway Park, located in Linton, IN,
despite missing the last three races of the season.
Lynsey finished the 2008 season scoring one win, 14
top five finishes, and 21 top ten finishes. Since
2005, Lynsey moved out to Indiana to pursue her
education along with racing, but only partial
schedule for the past three years. This year,
Lynsey took a step back to a 600cc Mini Sprint,
which would allow her to get adequate seat time and
to hone her skills on the dirt. She took full
advantage of this opportunity and improved every
race.
With the championship out of reach, Lynsey and
her team took full advantage to get ready for the
2009 season, which will see Lynsey and her teammate
Colin Parker, attack the Midwest Mini-Sprint 1000cc
series. This series will travel between Ohio and
Indiana with the number of races split between the
two states.
“I felt this year went really well for our
team. This was new to me and this is the most
racing I have done in one year in a long time. I
felt we gave the championship the best run we could
give it.
We were down on horsepower all year, and got a
late start due to my dad being ill over the winter.
Next year is going to be an exciting year, as a lot
of new opportunities are presenting themselves.
I can not thank Jack and Gloria Shipman enough
for giving me an opportunity to drive their car
this year, and of course next year.”
Lynsey would like to thank all of her sponsors
that have supported her in the 2008 season: J&G
Motorsports, Liquid Eyewear, Bell Helmets, TRE
Racing, Parker & Morley Designs, VP Racing
Fuels, Dave Yost Designs, and DeForest Chiropractic
of San Diego.
For more information on Lynsey Tilton please
visit her website at www.lynseytiltonracing.com
Conlin Speed Sport has
strong showing in the RoboPong.com 200
On October 15, 2006, 19 year-old Lynsey Tilton
teamed up with Dana and Tracy Conlin to compete in
the RoboPong.com 200 go-kart race held at New
Castle Raceway Park in New Castle, IN. The all
female team captured an amazing 16th place finish
out of 80 karts.
After posting an unofficial fastest time of
1:07.4 in Friday afternoon’s practice, a
mechanical problem Saturday prevented the team from
posting an official time Saturday afternoon, which
also determined the qualifying grouping. Forced to
qualify in the second qualifying session Tilton,
had her hands full going for a fast lap on the cold
track. By the time the 11 qualifying sessions were
complete, the Conlin SpeedSports entry had fallen
to a disappointing 38th starting spot.
But when the green flag dropped Tilton was
determined to redeem the team and used her karting,
Midget and Sprint car experience to storm towards
the front. In 21 laps Tilton moved the Bad Goat
Racing Biesse Viper from 38th position to 10th,
using the draft on NCMP’s backstraight to pass
one or two karts each lap. By the end of her stint
Tilton had put the kart into 7th place – a
gain of 31 positions in 51 laps.
With 37 karts starting in front of her Tilton
was understandably cautious at the start: “I
knew once we got through the first corner I could
start to move up. I started picking one kart off at
a time, and before I knew it we were in the top
ten.” Tilton shared the credit with the Stoney
Creek Motorsports prepped motor, adding, “the
Biland engine pulled off the corners real well and
enabled me to pass a lot of karts.”
Taken over for Tilton, was Dana Conlin, who did
an awesome job holding the teams position. On lap
97, just five labs before she was due back in, her
chain fell off. In the process of putting a new
chain on, the team lost ten laps, putting them back
to about 28th position.
Tilton then took over again and was able to get
the team back up into the top 20th. While still
clicking off laps as fast as the first drive,
Tilton was able to move up to as high as 18th
before she came in for the last driver, Tracy
Conlin, to get in.
Tracy was able to move up to 16th position but
handling problems slowed the progress up through
the field. “I am really proud of all these
ladies, and Lynsey was just magical in that first
stint,” commented team owner Jim Conlin,
“and I’m proud of the entire team. Kart
prep was perfect, pit stops were smooth – when
the chain broke we had a new one on, had four new
tires and the kart refueled in no time. If it
wasn’t for that damn chain, we would have had
a top ten finish. No doubt.”
Lynsey will now concentrate on finalizing her
plans for the 2007 season. Lynsey would like to
thank Liquid Eyewear, the Conlin SPeedSport team,
INFONETICS, Inc., Stoney Creek Motorsports, Biland
importer Jack Hooker, Bad
Goat Racing, BGR Graphics and POWERsports for
this year’s entry in the Robo-Pong.com
200.
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