Miranda Throckmorton

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Miranda Throckmorton
Born1992
Avon, Indiana
Alma mater Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
OccupationRacecar driver
Parent(s)Bill and Norma Throckmorton

Miranda Nicole Throckmorton (born January 14, 1992) is an American sprint car driver. [1] [2] [3]

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Origins

Miranda was born into a racing family in Avon, Indiana, a western suburb of Indianapolis. She began her racing career in 1996 at age four. Her parents are Bill and Norma Throckmorton, and she has no siblings. [4] She graduated from Harris Academy High School in 2010, and is a graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). [2]

Career

When she first began racing, Miranda was competing in Micro Midgets, and soon after, graduated to Quarter Midgets races. She excelled in these competitions and continued to race Quarter Midgets for eight years. In addition to Micro and Quarter Midgets races, she has raced 410 winged and non-winged sprint cars, Midgets, Jr. Sprints, 600cc Micro-Sprints and USAC Kenyon Midgets. [5] She has had multiple top-3 finishes at the USAC Kenyon Midgets and multiple top-5 finishes in the 600 Micro Midgets. [3] [6] [7]

Racing accomplishments

Twitter controversy

Throckmorton found herself the subject of public scrutiny when she posted a series of tweets while stuck in traffic due to the funeral of IMPD Police Office Rod Bradway. [8] Throckmorton's tweets expressed disdain for the choice of the city of Indianapolis to shut down streets for the officer's funeral, as well as incredulity at the number of officers and civilians present. She also compared the role of the police officer, who had been killed in the line of duty while saving a woman and child, to the level of danger faced by race car drivers. Throckmorton issued an apology, but continued to face public admonishing for her comments. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Home Page". Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Driver Profile - Miranda Throckmorton". Sprintcarnews.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  3. 1 2 "[ASCoC] Miranda Throckmorton to "Wing It" with the Midwest All Stars in 2008". Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Miranda Throckmorton : January 14, 1992 - Present : Nationality: American : Started Racing in 1996" (PDF). Thehenryford.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  5. ↑ "Racing with the Big Boys". Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  6. ↑ "IMCA Dirt Cast". dirtcast.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "About Me". Archived from the original on July 2, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Race Car Driver Miranda Throckmorton In Hot Water". Conservativeunderground.com. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  9. ↑ Steve Jefferson (2013-09-30). "Sprint car driver apologizes for tweets - 13 WTHR Indianapolis". Wthr.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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