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“We must encourage and invite” women of color to racing

“We must encourage and invite” women of color to racing

Reid was on a panel of experts as part of a webinar hosted by Comerica Bank and the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear, a virtual meeting with over 200 students from more than a dozen southeast Michigan high schools and community groups.

Along with Reid were his Indy Lights rookie but Trans-Am seven-time champion Ernie Francis Jr., Laura Wontrop Klauser, GM’s sports car racing program manager, Megan Crespi, executive VP of technology and operations for Comerica, and Michael Montri, president of the Detroit GP.

While women’s involvement in all levels and roles of the sport is improving, and men of color have also become better represented in the last 20 years, there remains an obviously absent demographic in racing, namely, women of color – beyond the support industries such as catering, staffing and administrative work.

Asked by Motorsport.com what the sport must do to attract women of color to more prominent, permanent and elevated roles such as race-driving,…

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