Caitlin Shaw is a19-year-old racecar driver from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shaw has had opportunities to drive in the USAC National Midget Series, and the NASCAR Whelen All American Series as well as testing for multiple teams in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. She has been racing cars for 10 years.

She started racing quarter midgets when she was nine and at age 14 moved up to race mini sprints where she was the youngest and only female driver. Shaw was very successful in both of those divisions winning multiple championships in the quarter midgets and receiving Most Improved Mini-Sprint Driver at Sandia Motorsports Park.

In 2005, she advanced into the USAC Ford Focus Midget Racing Series where she competed against drivers of all ages across the country. The past year in 2008 Shaw competed in the USAC National Series as a K&N Development Driver. Shaw is interested in all aspects of racing including the business and public relations side.

She has attended the Women in the Winner's Circle Development program. She is also very active in promoting racing in New Mexico. This year she has talked with a preschool class in Albuquerque about her career and in 2008 she participated in the Cherry Hills Library, "Sports Week" reading to elementary age children. In 2007, she helped to promote and organize a race at Sandia Motorsports Park for all school age children in Albuquerque.

She also hosts storytimes around the country in places such as Riley Children's Hospital and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Experience-

• Four years of Quarter Midget Racing
• One year of Mini Sprint Racing
• Two years of National Ford Focus Midget Racing
• 2006 Attended driving school with USAC National Championship winner Wally Pankratz
• 2007 Attended driving school with USAC National Midget Champion, Jerry Coons Jr.
• 2007 Attended Chassis Seminar by NASCAR driver Tracy Hines
• 2007 Track Promoter Internship and Road Course Miata Instructor Sandia MS
• 2008 Attended Driving School with Brad Noffsinger at Lowe's Motor Speedway
• 2008 Road Course Mazda Miata Instructor Sandia MS
• 2008 Attended the Lyn St. James Driver Development Program Phase One and Two
• 2008 K&N Engineering Development Driver
• 2008 Tested at Pocono Raceway and Richmond International Raceway in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck
• 2009 NASCAR Whelen All American Series Driver

Career Highlights-

• 2000 Desert Springs Nationals Champion, Phoenix, AZ
• 2001 Mile High Invitational Champion, Denver, CO
• 2002 Feature Qualifier Western Grand Nationals, Pueblo, CO
• 2003 Hot Air Classic Champion, Albuquerque, NM
• 2003 Feature Qualifier Eastern Grand Nationals & Second Fast Time, Indianapolis, IN
• 2004 Sandia Motorsports Most Improved Driver Award All Divisions, Albuquerque, NM
• 2006 Fast Qualifier Irwindale Speedway 4/1/06 USAC Ford Focus Midget
• 2006 QMA Honorary Sportsmanship Role Model for the yearly Sportsmanship Award
• 2007 Fast Qualifier Orange County and Lake Havasu USAC Ford Focus Midget
• 2007 3rd Place finish Turkey Night Grand Prix
• 2007 Utah Championship 5th Place, California Pavement Championship 8th place
• 2007 USAC Focus Midgets of Utah Sportsmanship Award
• 2007 29 USAC races in 8 states 14 top 5 finishes and 10 podium finishes