Picture at Florence Motor Speedway

 Lindsey Trausch

Birth Date September 17, 1977

Hometown Middletown, Indiana

Residence Charlotte, North Carolina

Marital status Married; Chris

Years in Racing 16

Education Purdue University, Public Relations

Occupation Account Executive, National Speed Sport News

Born into a drag racing family, Lindsey Trausch has been involved in motorsports all of her life. By either actively working or driving for her family's Seward Racing team, located in Middletown, Ind., Trausch knew early that racing would be her life's passion. At age ten, Trausch began working as a crewmember on her family's Super Comp dragster driven by older brother Brian Seward traveling across the Midwest contesting both NHRA and IHRA drag racing events.

By age 17, Trausch made her way behind the wheel of Seward Racing's Competition Eliminator dragster in which she competed before heading to Purdue University in 1996. While at Purdue, Trausch continued to serve as crewmember for Seward Racing and also began to hone her oval track driving skills. In 1998, Trausch climbed behind the wheel of older sister Sheli Marshall's ThunderCar stock car, competing in two events at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway. Though this was Trausch's first time turning left, she proved to be a quick study capturing the heat race in her first outing. She then finished second in both features she entered that year. After a two-year hiatus, Trausch once again drove her sister's ThunderCar where she scored yet another heat win and second place feature finish behind Marshall.

 Lindsey started Driving in 1994, in a Competition/Modified Eliminator, NHRA/IHRA drag racing Circuits.  Trausch started racing because she had been involved in racing through her family her entire life and driving was the next transition.

She got her first win in 1998 in a  ThunderCar Stock Car; at Anderson  (Ind) Speedway.

Thrill of racing for Trausch is the, love the competition and speed involved in racing, and the mental discipline it takes to get the job done.

Her most exciting moment in racing  is every time she straps Herself  into a race car, because she is living her  dream of being a race car driver.  "A lot of people go their entire lives unable to live their true passion and I have been blessed with that opportunity."

Lindsey's Racing Heros: Shirley Muldowney and Tony Stewart.  Both are true racers who race for the love of the sport.

 Favorite racing website: www.HausMotorsports.com

At 27, Lindsey is revamping her driving career in the USAC Ford Focus Midget Series.