Shift Up Now Athlete Amber Balcaen announced Thursday that she’ll be competing with Venturini Motorsports (VMS) in the ARCA Menards Series at Daytona International Raceway on Sunday, February 18, 2023. Driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry with continued sponsorship from Icon Direct, Balcaen will be entering her second year of ARCA racing. During her rookie […]
For the third consecutive year, Pippa Mann will compete in the Girls Only program with WS Racing on the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit on May 20-21, 2023. In 2022, the team completed a successful ADAC Total Energies 24 Hour race, culminating in a podium finish. As a result, WS Racing announced an unchanged lineup for the […]
Shift Up Now Athlete Sally McNulty announced today that she has joined GenRacer/Ricca Autosport for the 2023 TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School season. McNulty will be part of a three-car effort for Ricca Autosport in the premier touring sports car championship. The first-generation racer from Phoenix, AZ will pilot the No. 780 […]
Shift Up Now, an organization founded to help fund talented female racers in motorsport, is proud to announce the addition of a 501c3 foundation. Shift Up Now was started by Lynn Kehoe in 2016, who turned over the organization’s management in 2020 to seven-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Pippa Mann. Its mission is to afford female […]
Shift Up Now Athlete Michele Abbate announced yesterday that she will compete with Showtime Motorsports for the 2023 Trans Am TA2 National Tour. Abbate will join TA2 teammate Dylan Archer, as well as Ken Thwaits and Justin Marks in the TA category. Showtime Motorsports will be the only team in the Trans Am paddock with […]