Dominique Van Wieringen
Dominique Van Wieringen
Amherstburg, Ontario / Canada
Born: June 22, 1995 (16 Years Old)
www.dominiqueracing.com
Dominique Van Wieringen began her racing career at just five years old in 2000 as she started out in racing of the two-wheeled variety, in Motocross. She spent six seasons (2000-2005) on motorcycles before moving into four-wheeled racing in 2006 in Go-Karts where she continues to be one of the top competitors within the World Karting Association (WKA).
During the 2011 racing season while still racing in the WKA, she made the big leap up to the ranks to Outlaw Bodied Super Late Models at Spartan Speedway, a fast 1/4 (0.250) mile semi-banked paved oval near Michigan’s state capitol of Lansing in Mason, Michigan where she captured the Most Improved Driver Award while sharing the Rookie of the Year title with Scott Sigman.
The highlight of her rookie season was in only her sixth career start behind the wheel of a full bodied racecar and on that memorable Friday night, July 15th, she would fight off two-time track champion, Jimmy Gallagher to score her first career feature win and become just the second female in the tracks long and storied history to win a Feature in the tracks premiere division since Barb Beurmann accomplished the feat back in 1982, 29 years previous!
In 10 starts in the popular Orange #95, she collected one Feature Win as well as three top five finishes and six top 10s and finished fifth overall in the season long points chase.
During the 2011 campaign, Van Wieringen’s #95 Outlaw Super Late Model with a Chevrolet Camaro front nose, carried sponsorship decals from DuroByte Inc., as well as NorthsideTowing.net, M.P.H. Promotions, and Chad Finley Racing.