Lyn St. James

Named "one of the top 100 female athletes of the century" by Sports Illustrated, Lyn St. James has set 31 national and international speed records and succeeded in the sport of auto racing at levels unparalleled by any other woman. As a competitor in the world’s largest sporting event, the Indianapolis 500, St. James masterfully drove her way to earn Rookie of the Year honors in 1992. With seven-Indy 500’s to her credit, St. James has successfully competed against the best in the world in the 100 year history of the race.    

She is as dedicated to advancing opportunities for female athletes as she is to her driving career, St. James has also served as President of the Women’s Sports Foundation. In 1994, she founded the Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation, an educational organization that focuses on worldwide activities and programs for automotive safety and driver development. In her autobiography, Lyn St. James: An Incredible Journey, she provides inspirational advice for everyone as she recounts her career as a world-renowned Indy driver.

Bringing the excitement from the track to the podium, St. James inspires audiences to take risks, learn from missteps, and to build a championship team. She has addressed some of the nation’s top corporations, sharing her own unique and proven methods for personal development, performance improvement, goal setting, team building and achieving balance in life. Recipient of the 2001 Guiding Woman in Sports Award, and named one of the top 100 women in the automotive industry by Automotive News, she is also an ideal speaker on women’s issues, gender and diversity.

• Accelerate Your Performance

• Driving Performance in Everything You Do

• Life is Full of Defining Moments – You Either Define the Moment, or the Moment Defines You

• The Difference Between ‘Making a Stand’ and ‘Taking a Stand’

• How To Find Your Boldest Form of Self-Expression

• High Performance – Delivering Results in the Face of Outrageous Demands

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  April 2006

  Only This Morning, You're All Grown Up: An Inspiring Message from a Mother to a Daughter

  Lyn St. James's letter from her mother speaks from the heart of every mother's wishes for her daughter. St. James, one of the first female race car drivers and one of the top 100 Women Athletes of the Century, attributes her vision and spirit to the influence of her mother, Maxine W. Cornwall, who pushed her to educate herself and find her place in the world.

  
  
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  May 2002

  Ride of Your Life: How to Live Life at Full Speed and Race Toward Your Goals

  Touted as an "Ode to Speed" in reviews, Lyn St. James has written an amazing account of her persistence in her goals for greatness in the Indy racing circuit.  First-hand experiences are recounted as St. James describes her tenacity and business acumen.