Katharina Buczek
Lindsay detailed how her first introduction to racing was actually sort of by accident. When she was just eleven years old, she simply attended a birthday party that was at a go-kart track and fell in love with the thrill.
“My family had never been in racing before, but yeah, we went to this birthday party, and I ended up being quicker than all the boys, all the adults, as an eleven-year-old girl,” Lindsay recalled.
So, everyone from the birthday party attendees to the actual race track owner was shocked. Then, the owner even encouraged Lindsay to hop into a faster kart that was privately owned by an older male racer. And yet again, she actually ended up beating that male racer’s track time after driving his own kart.
At that point, Lindsay felt exhilarated, and her father saw immense potential. So, her dad ended up buying Lindsay her very own kart, and she began racing.
Lindsay went on to win the regional championship during her first year on the track– an impressive accomplishment.
“Then, from Minimax, I moved up to Rotax Junior– which is for older kids– and then I went to Shifter Karts,” she explained.
“Shifter Karts are a lot of fun. They are really crazy, really fast, super fun.”
And after falling head over heels for the rush of racing Shifter Karts, she competed nationally for a few years before studying at some car racing schools.
“I did some Skip Barber Racing Schools– like Formula Schools– which is generally the progression you take from karting.”
Then, following her training, Lindsay began to race in the “big leagues.” During her freshman year of college, she raced Legends cars and even won the championship.
But, like many racers, Lindsay also had to grapple with the financial investment her passion required. And after winning that championship, her parents were no longer able to financially support her racing– so Lindsay was forced to take a few years off while she finished college.
