There's no sound in the world like the scream of an Indy car. The seamless vibrato of an eight cylinder engine humming at over 10,000rpm's and the nerve wracking pitch change as an open wheel race car flies by at 200 miles per hour are sounds everybody knows.
Sitting in the custom molded race seat a few inches off the ground, the most dominant sound you hear is a constant high-pitched wail, a noise that is at once as beautiful as a concert piano and as unnerving as a sonic boom. With a chance to experience something like this, what would you do? The answer is anything, and all NASCAR drivers have to contend with that wide open range of possibilities. Lyn St.James more so than most, because besides the usual problems and strife, she also had to contend with being only the second female to every try and race on the professional circuit. …
