Kayli Barker

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Kayli Barker
BornJuly 25, 1997
NationalityAmerican
Occupationrace car driver

Kayli Barker (born July 25, 1997) is an American race car driver based in Las Vegas, Nevada. In October 2013 at the Bullring at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Barker became the first female champion of one of the track's three NASCAR classes. [1] [2] [3] For the 2014 racing season, Barker joined the Sigma Racing team along with Jay Beasley and Donny St Ours, [4] [5] [6] racing in the super late model division. Her crew chief for racing her super late model is Dana Stahl. [7]

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Barker is the daughter of Ron Barker who raced super stocks at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. [8] [9] She is the spokesperson for Project 150, a Las Vegas nonprofit organization that helps local homeless, disadvantaged and displaced high school students stay in school and graduate.

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