MEDIA
Representatives for Women in Motorsports North America include the following individuals:
Amanda Busick
FOX Sports/Women Shifting Gears | Presenter, Host & Reporter
Hometown | Residence:
Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC
First Year in Racing: 2015
Greatest Accomplishment:
Top End Reporter- NHRA
Advice:
Remember people on the way up, you’ll meet them again on the way down.
- WIMNA Working Group
Kelly Crandall
Lead NASCAR writer for RACER.com
Hometown | Residence:
Spotswood, NJ | Mooresville, NC
First Year in Racing: 2010
Greatest Accomplishment:
Being named the George Cunningham Writer of the Year from the National Motorsports Press Association in 2016 and 2017.
Advice:
Focus on the work and work on yourself. Stay in the moment and give that moment your best.
Lauren Grimsley
Director, Greenlight Television
Hometown | Residence:
Isle of Man, GB | Tampa, FL
First Year in Racing: 1998
Greatest Accomplishment:
Successfully setting up Greenlight USA.
Advice:
If you don’t know, don’t pretend to know. People respect honesty.
Jamie Little
FOX Sports Broadcaster
Hometown | Residence:
S. Lake Tahoe, CA | Carmel, IN
First Year in Racing: 2000
Greatest Accomplishment:
First woman to do play-by-play for a national racing series.
Advice:
If you want it, you can do it. The sky is the limit if you’re willing to put in the time!
Sarah Weeks
Sarah Weeks Photography
Hometown | Residence:
Austin, TX | Austin, TX
First Year in Racing: 2015
Greatest Accomplishment:
2nd Place Winner in Editorial/Sports for the International Photography Awards for “Sparks Fly” image photographed when Marc Marquez crashed at the 2017 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas.
Advice:
Always keep going and achieving your dreams.
Haily Unferdorfer
Marketing Manager - MAVTV Motorsports Television Network
Hometown | Residence:
Indianapolis, IN | Indianapolis, IN
First Year in Racing: 1996
Greatest Accomplishment:
Building a MAVTV Marketing department where there was not one prior with my team.
Advice:
Stay curious and humble. You’re going to meet amazing people, experience new things, and go to new places. If you stay curious and humble you will absorb, learn, and develop for life.
- WIMNA Working Group
Deb Williams
Senior Writer, RacinToday.com
Hometown | Residence:
Canton, NC | Concord, NC
First Year in Racing: 1978
Greatest Accomplishment:
First woman to win American Motorsports Media Award of Excellence & National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year
Advice:
Don’t ever let anyone destroy your dreams. When someone tells you that you can’t do something, let that be the impetus that drives you to success.
- WIMNA Working Group