Gracie Trotter

Gracie Elizabeth Trotter (born August 27, 2001) is an American stock car racing driver. She last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the Nos. 15 and 25 Toyota Camrys for Venturini Motorsports. Trotter also competes for Rev Racing in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series as part of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program. She is best known for becoming the first female driver to win an ARCA-sanctioned race, doing so in the ARCA Menards Series West for Bill McAnally Racing in 2020.

Racing career Early career Trotter began racing go-karts at eight years old. She continued racing in the CARS Tour in 2018.

In October 2018, Trotter was selected as one of twelve drivers invited to NASCAR's Drive for Diversity combine. She was announced as a member of the program's 2019 class on December 6, Trotter was selected to the program again in 2020.

ARCA

On January 14, 2020, Trotter was announced as a driver for Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) in the ARCA Menards Series West, as well as for select ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East races. Trotter finished 16th in her debut ARCA East race at New Smyrna Speedway, while engine issues left her 22nd in her ARCA Menards Series debut at Phoenix Raceway. In ARCA West, Trotter finished fourth in her debut race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) Bullring, before the COVID-19 pandemic put the season on hold. She returned from the hiatus with a pair of seventh-place finishes, At Douglas County Speedway, Trotter again earned a new career-best finish, placing second to race winner Blaine Perkins.

In September, Trotter won a late model race at Hickory Motor Speedway, becoming the fourth woman to do so. She then won her first ARCA West race on September 26 at the LVMS Bullring, making her the second female driver to win a West Series race and the first to win an event sanctioned by ARCA. Trotter passed Blaine Perkins and her BMR teammate Jesse Love by taking them three-wide on lap 54, going on to lead 95 of the race's 150 laps. Trotter's season ended with a ninth-place finish at Phoenix. She finished third in the final points standings and was the only West Series driver to finish in the top-ten in all eleven races throughout the season. Trotter was awarded the Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award on December 3.

Motorsports career results ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 2020 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Toyota DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 37th 89 2021 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KANTOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 11th 279

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2020 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Toyota NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI FIF 45th 28 2021 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW MLW BRI 42nd 34

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Ref 2020 Bill McAnally Racing 99 Toyota LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO 3rd 582 2021 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota PHO SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS 33rd 52 20 PHO

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2017 Bond Suss 55 Toyota CON DOM DOM HCY HCY BRI AND ROU8 TCM ROU HCY CON SBO 39th 25 2018 Tracy Trotter 2T Toyota MYB NSH ROU10 HCY BRI AND HCY16 ROU10 SBO 19th 63 2019 SNM15 HCY NSH MMS BRI HCY ROU SBO 42nd 18