Laura Olson

LAURA OLSON

Born: 1963

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA

Residence: Costa Mesa, CA

Marital Status: Single

Height: 5’9”

Weight: 125

2010 Season

I plan to run a full series in both the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup as well as the Grand Am Continental Tire Challenge.

2009 Season

Ran a partial season in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup series, running 4 out of 10 races and finishing 22nd over all in the series with a season best of 14th place at the season finale at VIRginia International Raceway. Ran one race in the Grand Am Koni Challenge ST class with Next Generation Motorsports in the #129 330i BMW. My teammate, VJ Mirzayan and I started from pit lane due to a late motor swap and were running in 11th place until an accident on the last lap sent us back to 13th place.

2008 Season

Ran full season in Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup series finishing 15th overall in the series with a season best of 12th place at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

2007 Season

Southern Pacific Division Champion with 4 wins, two 2nd places, one 3rd place, and one 4th place.

Competed in 4 SCCA Pro Sirius Satellite Mazda MX-5 Cup races in the #08 Patron sponsored car with Hale Motorsports

Built and developed 2007 MX-5 MS-R package

2006 Season

Finished 2nd place in the Southern Pacific Divisional Championship

Three National wins, finished top 5 in all races competed in

Built and developed new 2006 MX-5 for SSB

2005 Season

Qualified and finished 8th out of 39 cars at the SCCA Kohler Runoffs, National Championships in September 2005 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course

Finished 4th in the Southern Pacific Divisional Championship

Several 2nd and 3rd place finishes at tracks new to me in the Northern Pacific Division

2004 Season

Finished 4th in Southern Pacific Divisional Championship

Qualified 15th out of 42 cars in the National Championships at Mid Ohio

2001 Season

Finished 7th in the Southern Pacific Divisional Championship

Qualified 31st and finished 30th after a very bad crash with significant damage at the National Championships at Mid Ohio (First time attending the Runoffs)

Won the Eagle One ìBest Appearing Carî at the Valvoline Runoffs (out of 670+ entries)

First National win at Firebird International Raceway

1999 Season

NASA PCTCC Champion (Acura Integra)

Arizona Regional Champion SSB (Acura Integra)

Arizona Regional Champion GT-4 (Honda CRX)

1998 Season

Arizona Regional Champion GT-4 (Honda CRX), 1st year racing

Tracks Driven

Phoenix International Raceway, Firebird International Raceway, Buttonwillow Race Park, Willow Springs, Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway, Infinion Raceway, Thunderhill Race Park, Pacific Raceways, Portland International Raceway, Texas World Speedway, Heartland Park, Road Atlanta, VIRginia International Raceway, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Barber Motorsports Park, Miller Motorsports Park, and Daytona International Raceway.

I also instruct with SCCA and various high performance driving clinics.