MARA  REYES   -   03/12/1977

(home - Pachuca, MEX)
Reyes debuted in racing at the age of 10, as her father's co-driver in the Mexico-Cuernavaca Rally.  In 1991, she started officially as a driver at the age of 14 in a regional championship, driving a tubular VW Beetle.  There were 35 drivers at the championship, of which she was the only woman, and finished in the Top 5 and as Rookie of the Year.  In 1992, Reyes took part in the GT II series, the National Resistance Championship, where she participated in 2-, 4-, 6-, 12- and 24-hour races.  In her first 12-hour race, she finished 6th out of 30 drivers, and she placed 11th in the championship standings.  In 1995, she continued in the GT III series, where she won several podiums.  1996 saw her invited by Daimler-Chrysler Mexico to take part in the Skip Barber Racing School Driver Course at Sears Point, CA.  In 1997, Reyes attempted to join a new series, the Mustang Series, finishing in fifth place in her first race.  Unfortunately, due to lack of sponsorship, she was forced to withdraw from the series.  In 1998 she participated in four different series: Neon, Mustang, Truck and Formula Mexico (old skip barber's formulas).  She finished in second in the overall standings in the truck series.  She would repeat her second-place finish in the Truck Series in 1999, and improved to eighth place in the Mustang Series, where she took a second-place finish in the last race of the year.  2000 saw Reyes traveling to Phoenix, Arizona to take part in Bondurant's Racing School. She would join the Autofin Team in the Mustang Series, improving to a fifth-place finish in the overall standings.  She would also win the championship in the Trucks Series, as a member of the 

Continental Tires Team.  She would repeat her Truck Series Championship the following year, in 2001.  2002 would see her finish third in the Dodge Pick-Ups Series and a top ten finish in the Mustang Series.  However, 2003 was a disappointment for her, once again due to a lack of sponsorship.  Despite her sponsorship difficulties in 2003, 2004 would see Reyes join The Scudería Telmex Team, participating in the new NASCAR Series in Mexico.  She became the first Mexican and Latin woman to get a NASCAR license.  In the inaugural race, she would win the first pole position in the history of stock-car racing 

Super Cup Series

Xfinity Series 2005

in Mexico.  In 2005, she would become the first Latin Woman ever to drive in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.  It would come at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City Mexico.  She would start 39th; complete the race; and finish 35th.  It was her only career NASCAR start.  Some info from Wikipedia

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