• Held 31 international and national closed circuit speed records over a 20-year period.
  
  
• Raced twice (1989, 1991) in the biggest endurance race in the world; the 24 Hours of Le Mans (France)
  
  
• Two wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona (winning GTO Team Driver in 1987 and 1990)
  
  
• Raced (9 times) in the famous 12 Hours of Sebring Endurance race (winning GTO Team driver in 1990)
  
  
• Raced in 53 SCCA Trans-Am races with 7 Top-5 finishes and raced in 62 IMSA GT races with 6 wins and 17 Top-5 and 37 Top-10 finishes
  
  
• Only woman to win an IMSA GT race driving solo (1985 Watkins Glen)
  
  
• Raced in the legendary Goodwood Motor Circuit Revival & Festival Meetings in England in 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2007

• Invited to the White House to meet with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and William Clinton
  
  
• "Sports Illustrated for Women" Top-100 Women Athletes of the Century
  
  
• Consumer Adviser for Ford Motor Company between 1981 and 1996
  
  
• Working Woman magazine one of "The 350 Women who changed the world between 1976-1996"
  
  
• 2008 Automotive Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award
  
  
• 2006 Northwood University Distinguished Woman of the Year
  
  
• 2002 Office Depot Visionary Sportswoman of the Year
  
  
• 2001 Guiding Woman in Sports Award from the National Association for Girls & Women in Sports
  
  
• Guest appearances on The David Letterman Show (CBS), The Today Show (NBC), Good Morning America (ABC), Bob Vila Show, CNN, Lifetime, Oxygen, PBS, TNN, FOX, Speedvision
  
  
• Sports Commentator for ESPN / ESPN2, Indy Car Racing Analyst for ABC, Pit Reporter for ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, Sports Video for ESPN, Showtime (nominated for Ace award)
  
  
• Featured in most recognized women's publications including: More, Working Woman, Cosmopolitan, Allure, Elle, Shape, Living Fit, Glamour, Women's Sport & Fitness, Entrepreneurial Woman, Lear's, Harper's Bazaar, as well in: Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, People, Time, Life, USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, New York Post, Los Angeles Times and numerous other national & international publications.
  
  
• Presentations to and endorsements with top American corporations, sporting authorities and business associations including: Ford Motor Co., JC Penney, Lifetime Television for Women, Merrill Lynch, Yellow Freight Corporation, Northern Telecom, U.S. Olympic Committee, American Institute of Banking, GTE, Walt Disney World, NIKE, NAFE, HSBC, etc.
  
  
• President of the Women's Sports Foundation (1990-93)
  
  
• Active on the following Boards: Kettering University Board of Trustees, founding board member of Human Performance International, O'varComing Together Ovarian Cancer Advisory Board, Indiana Fever Advisory Board, Indianapolis Woman Magazine Board of Advisors, NASCAR's Diversity Council and Race Commission, Vice Chair of Indiana Governor's Council on Physical Fitness & Sport, Chair of Board of Stewards of Indiana Motorsports Association