Taylor Ferns doesn’t stay up late on Fridays chit-chatting spreading rumors, or wake up Saturday mornings planning her shopping trip, she heads to the racetrack. This female straps herself into a race car and doesn’t just call herself a racer, because she is a racer.
17-year-old Taylor Ferns is becoming a known name in the garage area, which all started in Township, Michigan when she began racing Bandoleros. She quickly progressed to Quarter Midgets where her career took a huge step. In 2008, Taylor made history by becoming the first female to ever win a USAC Kenyon Midget Race. She made the record books again in 2009 when she became the first female to win a race at the Joliet Memorial Stadium in Illinois.
After years of sweat, blood and tears Taylor entered the ARCA Racing Series in which her Uncle used to race in. Her first career start with Venturini Motorsports was at Mobile Speedway where she notched 9th place. That finish has opened many doors for Taylor. The biggest of those openings was Venturini granting her more starts in the ARCA Racing Series.
Illinois State Fairgrounds was another big race for Taylor because her career was born on dirt. Taylor was able to start 5th (her career best start) and faded back to finish 9th while watching her teammate win. DuQuoin was another dirt track Taylor was opposed with in the ARCA Racing Series, she took that race fine to as she grabbed 10th position.
The NASCAR world has been so focused on Danica Patrick these past few years we’ve forgotten amazing competitors like Taylor Ferns. Oh, and by the way, Taylor is MUCH better then Danica. Taylor doesn’t let the “you can’t do it because your a girl” stick to her either, because she knows every time you put on that helmet you are just like the others.
Interview I Did With Taylor Ferns: September24th-TaylorFernsInterview
