The Shift Up Now Foundation is proud to announce that grant applications are now open for the 2025 season. Female racers competing at a professional or semi-professional level are invited to apply, from now until Tuesday, January 21st at 11:59pm ET. Applications can be submitted online here: https://shiftupnow.org/grants/ The foundation, which lives alongside the Shift […]
Shift Up Now is excited to announce that James Schenck has personally offered to match any donation to the Shift Up Now Foundation during the month of January, up to $25,000. As a result, the foundation is launching a new fundraising challenge, called the “Race to $25K” to kick off the 2025 racing season. Shift […]
Shift Up Now is ushering in a new era for Members as Sarah Montgomery, current Director of Membership, passes the baton to Monica Hilton, beginning in 2025. Before accepting the Director of Membership role more than a year ago, Montgomery had been actively engaged with Shift Up Now since 2018. The Lafayette, LA native was […]
Shift Up Now Athletes Erin Vogel, Sarah Montgomery and Nicole Havrda finished out the 2024 World Racing League (WRL) season with their best qualifying to date for Saturday's race, followed by an eighth-place finish on Sunday, at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on December 6-8, 2024. The weekend began with a test day and Max […]
Shift Up Now Athlete Nicole Havrda closed out the 2024 Formula Regional (FR) Americas season with a seventh-place finish, followed by a third-place podium at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) SpeedTour on October 31-November 2, 2024. Driving the No. 6 Valley Kitchens / Colonial Countertops car for Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport, Havrda hit the track […]