Sarah Cornett-Ching (born May 8, 1991) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. She most recently competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet/Toyota for the RACE 101 team in 2015 and 2016. Since then, she has been without a ride in any NASCAR series.

Sarah Cornett-Ching
NationalityCanada Canadian
Born (1991-05-08) May 8, 1991 (age 33)
Penticton, British Columbia
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2015
Former teamsRACE 101
Starts28
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish7th in 2015
Finished last season22nd (2016)
Previous series
20152016
2011
ARCA Menards Series East
NASCAR Pinty's Series
Last updated on: January 6, 2020.

Racing career

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Cornett-Ching started her motorsports career at the age of twelve.[1]

Cornett-Ching replaced Thomas Praytor full-time in the No. 2 Chevrolet for RACE 101Motorsports in 2015, after Praytor left the team to form his own team, Max Force Racing. Her entry was fielded throughout the season in a partnership between Tony Blanchard's team, RACE 101 and Hixson Motorsports. The entry was a RACE 101 car but they utilized Wayne Hixson's team owners points. Blanchard had previously partnered with Hixson the prior year on Hixson's other car, the No. 3, with rookie Karl Weber.

Her seventh-place finish in the 2015 ARCA standings put her tied with Steve Arpin (who also finished seventh in 2009) as the second highest-finishing points finish by a Canadian driver in the history of the ARCA Series, behind Jerry Churchill's three top-10 points finishes of seventh, fifth, and third in the late 1980's. Cornett-Ching also set another record that year earning the highest-ever points standings finish by a female in the series. Natalie Decker would tie this record in 2018.

In addition to competing full-time in ARCA in 2015, she also made her NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut at Bristol, driving for Shayne Lockhart and Sam Hunt's DRIVE Technology team. RACE 101 also helped the team out for that race.[2]

In September 2016, Cornett-Ching had a concussion while competing at Kentucky Speedway during the 2016 ARCA Racing Series.[3] She resumed racing in March 2017 at a race in North Carolina.[4]

Personal life

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She was born in Penticton, British Columbia and as of 2011, was living in Kelowna. Some of her hobbies include longboarding, snowboarding, dirt biking, and camping.[5]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts
2015 DRIVE Technology 18 Toyota NSM GRE BRI
20
37th 67
RACE 101 02 Chevy IOW BGS LGY COL
21
NHA IOW GLN
24
MOT VIR RCH DOV
2016 Ford NSM
22
MOB
11
GRE
13
VIR
16
DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV 25th 129
Toyota BRI
29

Canadian Tire Series

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NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NCTSC Pts
2011 Jason White 25 Chevy MSP ICAR DEL MSP TOR MPS
14
SAS CTR CGV BAR RIS KWA 54th 121

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts
2015 RACE 101 2 Chevy DAY
31
MOB
14
NSH
11
SLM
12
TAL
8
TOL
23
NJE
9
POC
20
MCH
9
CHI
8
WIN
9
IOW
14
IRP
18
POC
13
BLN
15
ISF
18
DSF
11
SLM
14
KEN
33
KAN
13
7th 4085
2016 DAY
11
NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE ISF
18
DSF SLM
11
22nd 1260
Toyota POC
QL
MCH
11
MAD WIN IOW
17
IRP POC
9
BLN CHI
11
KEN
28
KAN
– Replaced by Ray Ciccarelli

References

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  1. ^ Davidson, Kimberly (6 April 2017). "Summerland race car driver starts season in Connecticut". Global News. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ "KNPSE: Sarah Cornett-Ching Set to Make Her K&N Pro Series Debut at Bristol This Weekend". Race Chaser Online. April 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Spencer, Lee (6 October 2016). "Sarah Cornett-Ching faces long road back from concussion". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. ^ Williams, Deb (8 March 2017). "Sarah Cornett-Ching optimistic after return to racing". ESPN. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ Clay, Gordon (2011). "Sarah Cornett-Ching". MenStuff.org. WomeninRacing.org. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
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