Elena Myers
| Elena Myers | |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Born |
November 21, 1993 Mountain View, California |
| Current team | Team21Motorsport |
| Bike number | 21 |
| Website | http://www.elenamyers.com |
Elena Myers (born November 21, 1993) is an American professional motorcycle racer. She made history in 2010 as the first female to win an AMA Pro Racing sprint road race. She is also the first woman to win a professional motorsports race of any kind at Daytona International Speedway, on March 17, 2012.
Myers might be the youngest female ever to enter the AMA racing circuit. In 2007, at age 13, she was under contract with Kawasaki Team Green three years before she was old enough to obtain a drivers license. She rides a Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.
Myers claims sexual assault at Philly hotel in September 2014 made her leave the sport.
Myers began riding motorcycles at age eight, with the help and encouragement of her parents. She began with pocketbike racing, then progressed to mini bikes, then to supermoto. At age 11 (2006), Myers raced on John Ulrich's Team Roadracing World in the United States Grand Prix Racers Union (USGPRU) National Series 125 cc (7.6 cu in) class and won her first race, riding a 1997 Honda RS125 GP. She then gained sponsorship assistance from Kawasaki and Road RacingWorld.com's "Kids: Don't Smoke!" program. She also had a sponsorship from Umbrella Girls USA, a modeling agency for paddock girls.
In 2008, riding a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, she won a Western-Eastern Roadracers' Association (WERA) national race, and had several podium finishes. She was racing as amateur against adults since age 11, but as professional competes in league for teenagers.
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