Ana Beatriz Figueiredo, or Bia Figueiredo is a Brazilian racing driver. Bia, as she is known by friends and fans, won her first Indy Lights race at Nashville Superspeedway on 12 July 2008, becoming the first woman to win a race in the Indy Lights series. On June 20, 2009 Bia won her second Indy Lights race and became the first woman to win a race car event at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.
Women Fitness joins the fast racer for an interesting conversation!
Namita Nayyar:
You won your first Indy Lights race at Nashville Superspeedway in 2008, becoming the first woman to win a race in the Indy Lights series and soon after became the first woman to win a race car event at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa in 2009. Tell us what attracted you towards auto racing as a career, if you were to sum up in a few words?
ANA BEATRIZ FIGUEIREDO:
Well, those two races I won in Indy Lights were definitely one of the most important of my career however I have more than 30 wins in Brazil before that in Karting and Formula Renault Series. Since I was a little girl I was attracted by cars and racing. My dad realized it and took me to a go kart race when I was 5. I loved it and kept bugging him until he finally took me to a karting school in Interlagos – São Paulo when I turned 7.
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