So my last two blog posts focused on the worst of the organizations regarding support for women in motorsports. And I am only talking about organizations based in North America.

So, what organizations are two of the best?

Shift Up Now

For starters, let’s begin with the recently re-launched Shift Up Now (https://shiftupnow.com/) organization spearheaded by Indy 500 standout Pippa Mann and Shea Holbrook. To understand what this organization is all about, read this from their site –

Motorsport has come a long way in the past 50 years, but we still have work to do.

It’s time to change the game again. And we want your help to do it. We want to help ensure more female athletes are funded in top seats in motorsport.

We want to be visible, so we can continue to inspire courage and confidence in our younger fans.

We want to be a resource for racers – male and female – offering advice, coaching, and sharing the lessons we have learned with other racers to help them on the ladder.

I believe so much in what this organization is doing that I am a member. This organization was started by women, run by women and is focused strictly on providing better opportunities for women. They need your support now more than ever.

Women In Motorsports North America

Another organization (womeninmotorsportsna.com) recently launched by Indy 500 stalwarts Lynn St. James and Beth Paretta is the penultimate resource and mentor site for women in motorsports. The organization’s mission statement follows:

Women in Motorsports North America is a community of professionals devoted to supporting opportunities for women across all disciplines of motorsports by creating an inclusive, resourceful environment to foster mentorship, advocacy, education, and growth, thereby ensuring the continued strength and successful future of our sport.

This is exactly the type of organization that I have dreamed about. When you explore their website you will feel overwhelmed by the amount of resources available and impressed by the lists of available mentors and supporters that are motorsports icons – most of which are women.

So, both of these organizations exhibit what will make them successful for many years – run by women, focused on women and supported by women and men.

In contrast, the two organizations that are an embarrassment to women everywhere is Rev Racing and Accelerate Her – both NASCAR creations run and administered by men with less-than clear goals and zero success for women.

We all need to get behind Shift Up Now and Women in Motorsports North America now!