Veronica McCann

Veronica McCann (born 24 August 1983) is a speedway race driver. After starting racing in Honda Odyssey's in 1992, she proceeded to Junior Sedans in 1996 in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.[1] When her family moved to Perth, Western Australia she continued in speedway in junior sedans until 2001 when she graduated into Sprintcars.[2] After success in that class she was spotted by former Indycar driver Lyn St James[3] and awarded a scholarship to IRL Indy Pro Series with Brian Stewart Racing in 2006. In 2008 she moved to Dirt Late Model in an effort to get back to America with limited success.[4][5]

Veronica McCann
Nationality Australian
Born (1983-08-24) 24 August 1983
New South Wales
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active2006
TeamsBrian Stewart Racing
Starts1
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish37th in 2006

Career results
Season Series Position
1992 New South Wales Honda Odyssey Junior Titles 3rd
1992 Australian Honda Odyssey Junior Championship 3rd
1992 Australian Capital Territory Honda Odyssey Junior Championship 3rd
1993 Australian Capital Territory Honda Odyssey Junior Championship 2nd
1996 RDA Junior Club Championship 4th
1997 RDA Junior Club Championship 5th
1998 Western Australian Junior Sedan Titles 1st
1998 RDA Junior Club Championship 1st
2000 Western Australian Junior Sedan Titles 1st
2002-03 Kwinana Motorplex Sprintcar Championship 1st
2002-03 Western Australian Sprintcar Titles 3rd
2003-04 Kwinana Motorplex Sprintcar Championship 2nd
2003-04 Western Australian Sprintcar Titles 3rd
2004-05 Kwinana Motorplex Sprintcar Championship 2nd
2004-05 Western Australian Sprintcar Titles 3rd
2006 IRL Indy Pro Series 37th
2007/2008 Kart World Belmont Pro Dirt Series 9th
2007/2008 Perth Motorplex Late Model Track Championship 7th

Indy Lights
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2006 Brian Stewart Racing
HMS
STP1
STP2
INDY
WGL
IMS
NSH
MIL
KTY
SNM1
SNM2
CHI
11		 37th 19

Television

In 2005, she appeared on season one of Australian Princess which aired on Network Ten.[6][7]

Personal life

Veronica is married to Western Australian Wingless Sprint driver Carl Pickersgill and resides in Leederville, Western Australia.

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 22 June 2011
  2. http://www.sprintcarworld.com.au/driver.asp?Id=413 Retrieved 4 April 2011 from Sprintcar World
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 4 April 2011 from Official web page
  4. http://speedway.net.au/release.asp?NewsId=26960 Retrieved 5 April 2011 from Speedway.Net
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 5 April 2011 from Late Model Racing Australia
  6. http://www.tv.com/veronica-mccann/person/467198/summary.html Retrieved 4 April 2011 from TV.Com
  7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2123424/ IMDb profile

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