Kim Crosby

Kim Crosby (born December 8, 1964) is an American stock car racing driver, professional driving instructor, and monster truck driver. She is a former competitor in the NASCAR Busch Series and the ARCA Re/Max Series.

Career

Before she became a NASCAR driver, Crosby served as a middle school principal in Slidell, Louisiana, resigning in December 2004 to focus full-time on her racing career. Kim has a master's degree in Educational Administration.

Crosby originally was a drag racer, competing in the NHRA and IHRA for fifteen years. She began oval racing in 2000 at the Buck Baker Driving School, where she graduated in the advanced class. She would later return to work at the school as an instructor at the school's satellites at Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, and Darlington Raceway. She also ran the Florida Fast Trucks Series. Crosby has also completed the Advanced Driving School at Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

In 2003, Crosby made her debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, where her best finish came in her first start, a 21st at Kentucky Speedway. She ran two more races that year in the ARCA Series. In 2004, she was signed to drive the No. 28 for Black Cat Racing, but left the team during Speedweeks. She ended up making her Busch Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway, finishing 20th in the No. 51 Boudreaux's Butt Paste Dodge owned by Ware Racing Enterprises. She ran three more races for Ware that season, her best finish coming in her Talladega debut. She closed out the year running for ORTEC Motorsports, finishing 38th at the Aaron's 312.

Crosby signed to drive for GIC-Mixon Motorsports in 2005, driving the No. 24 Butt Paste Chevrolet. Her best finish with this team was a 35th at Atlanta Motor Speedway. By mid-season, she left GIC and signed to drive the No. 26 Chevrolet for Keith Coleman Racing, finishing 28th at Daytona International Speedway. After a very tumultuous time with KCR, Crosby resigned from the team to pursue other opportunities.

In 2006, it was announced Crosby would run a part-time schedule for Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly. She made her first and only start for the team in June at the Milwaukee Mile, starting 41st after crashing the ill-handling car during qualifying, then finishing 40th after suffering electrical problems and being forced to the garage early in the race. The team shut down shortly thereafter due to business and sponsorship issues, allowing Kim only the one ill-fated start for the team.

In 2008, Crosby was listed as one of the drivers for the No. 15 truck for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as a teammate to Kyle Busch. Sponsorship never materialized, however, and Crosby was unable to make a start for the team.

As of 2009, Crosby has been a driver for Monster Jam, piloting the monster trucks known as Monster Mutt Dalmatian and Madusa (normally driven by fellow extreme athlete Debrah Miceli) in Central America as part of Monster Jam's World Tour. She continues to pursue sponsorship for her own Monster Jam theme truck and plans to reenter the NASCAR ranks if the right opportunity arises.

Crosby is an avid outdoorswoman. When not racing, she prefers to be hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking and camping. She currently resides in Kentucky.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2004 Drew White Racing 28 Pontiac DAYDNQ CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH 72nd 314 Rick Ware Racing 51 Dodge TAL20 CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY31 CHI NHA PPR40 IRP Chevy MCH38 BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM Ortec Racing 96 Chevy ATL38 PHO DAR HOM 2005 GIC–Mixon Motorsports 24 Chevy DAYDNQ CALDNQ MXCDNQ 89th 229 7 LVS39 ATL35 NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW Keith Coleman Racing 26 Chevy DAY28 CHIDNQ NHADNQ PPR39 GTYDNQ IRPDNQ GLNDNQ MCHDNQ BRI CALDNQ RCH DOV KANDNQ CLTDNQ MEM TEX PHO HOM 2006 Frank Cicci Racing 34 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW40 DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 140th 43

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 21 22 Pts Ref 2003 Kim Crosby 00 Chevy DAY ATLDNQ NSH SLM TOL NSH23 ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM 88th 295 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Chevy KEN21 CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC TAL35 CLT SBO 2004 DAY39 NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM 179th 60 16 Pontiac TALDNQ