Julia Landauer
| Julia Landauer | |
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Landauer at Stanford in 2015.
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| Nationality |
 United States
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| Born |
November 12, 1991 New York, New York |
| K&N Pro Series West career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | Sunrise Ford Racing |
| Engine | Ford |
| Starts | 14 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009 | Whelen All-American Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2015 | Motor Mile Speedway Limited Late Model |
Julia Landauer (born November 12, 1991) is an American professional driver. In 2016, she raced her first full season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, driving the No. 54 Toyota Camry for Bill McAnally Racing. She finished fourth in the final championship standings, the highest finishing female in series history. For 2017, Landauer plans to again contest the K&N Pro Series West championship, driving for Bob Bruncati's Sunrise Ford Racing Team.
In 2013, she was a contestant on Survivor: Caramoan, the 26th season of the CBS reality show Survivor.
Landauer began racing go-karts at age 10, and found success with many wins and podiums. At 13, Landauer moved to racing cars and the following year became the first female champion of the Skip Barber Racing Series, scoring 12 wins. After racing in Formula BMW USA single-seaters, she gained her first oval-racing experience in Ford Focus Midgets. Landauer then transitioned to late model stock cars, but ran into funding issues. While in college, she competed part-time in late models and Legends cars.
Having caught the attention of owner Bill McAnally in 2009, Landauer competed for his Bill McAnally Racing team in select Late Model races that year, running in the Whelen All-American Series Late Model division at All American Speedway. In 2015 at the Motor Mile Speedway, Landauer competed for Lee Pulliam Performance, winning the All-American Series-sanctioned Limited Late Model track championship, the first female track champion in that division, and the first female track champion since Sheryl Carls in 2011. She also competed in the track's Limited Sportsman division, winning in her debut.
For 2016, Landauer was selected by McAnally and his business partner, record executive and former Lieutenant Governor of California Mike Curb to drive for a fourth team in the K&N Pro Series West. Behind the wheel of the No. 54 Toyota Camry, she finished eighth in her debut at Irwindale Speedway, going on to record 7 top-5 finishes and 13 top-10s in 14 races, for which she was honored with the 2016 Driver Achievement Award and named the series's Top Breakthrough Driver. During the course of the season, she was also invited to be a part of the NASCAR Next program, the only female in the 2016 class.
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