Shift Up Now Athlete Laura Hayes competed in Rounds 1 and 2 of the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires, earning a 19th place and 24th place finish, respectively, on January 27-28, 2022 at Daytona International Speedway. Driving the No. 22 Mazda Motorsports MX-5 Cup car for Thunder Bunny Racing, Hayes made her […]
Shift Up Now is excited to announce the addition of two new Athletes for the 2022 season: Laura Hayes and Sally McNulty. Hayes has been around motorsport her entire life and began racing at the age of eight. Like many young drivers, she began in Quarter Midgets, later transitioning to karts. In 2005, she became […]
Shift Up Now Athlete Amber Balcaen announced a full-season contract for 2022 with Rette Jones Racing in the NASCAR National ARCA Menards Series. Balcaen, a third-generation race car driver from Winnepeg, Canada, made history in 2016 when she became the first Canadian female to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race in the United States. Now, she has […]
Shift Up Now Athlete Michele Abbate announced plans on Thursday to join BC Race Cars for 2022 in the Trans Am TA2 Series presented by Pirelli. Abbate, who owns and drives for Las Vegas-based Grr Racing, made her first and only National Tour debut in 2020 with BC Race Cars at Road Atlanta where she […]
Shift Up Now Athlete Loni Unser brought home back-to-back wins in the World Racing League (WRL) GP1 class with teammates Mike Gilbert and Mo Dadkhah, sweeping the weekend for Round 3 Racing on Saturday and Sunday at Circuit of the Americas. Driving the No. 701 Team Cooper Tires Porsche Cayman, Unser drove the first stint […]
