At fourteen, Natalie Fenaroli is one of the dominant go-kart racers in the Midwest area of the USA. Natalie first started racing at age five and has been racing ever since. Since 2000, she has raced in over 100 competitions in a variety of karts from Kid Karts, Junior One Yamaha, TAG 60, TAG Jr and 125cc Stock Moto Shifter. She has recently started the transition to racing cars schooling in a Ford Spec Racer. Natalie has been granted a competition license to race COMMA at Hallett road race track outside Tulsa OK where she will race the www.premiercobras.com Spec Miata for the 2010 season.
When Natalie first started racing, she was in a class called kid karts age 5-7. These were 50cc 2-stroke motors about 2 horse power. She won the Group2 Kid Kart National Championship in this class at age 7.
The next class up was called Cadets and that ranged from 8-11 year olds. These were 100cc Yamaha and then 60cc motors with about 9 hp. She took 2nd place , and 3rd place at the KART Road Racing Nationals, and a best 2nd at the KART Sprint Nationals. In fact, in this three year period she never finished out of the top 5 in nationals in 20 consecutive races! Natalie finished off her Cadet years by winning the TAG Rookie Championship in 2007 at age 11 in the Central States Super Series(CSSS).
At age 12 Natalie moved up to a TAG Jr, which is a 125cc water cooled motor with around 22 horse power. She won the Super Karts USA TAG Jr. Championship for the region in 2008 her rookie season and moved to a 125cc shifter kart from there. The 125cc shifter kart is the kart Natalie races in currently. It has a 6 speed gearbox and is around 35+ horse power. They can go to 100mph depending on the gearing and track. She will still race the Jr Tag in 2010 as well.
The 2010 season will be another big step as she makes the move to racing cars. The name of the game is seat time so it will be a very busy year. She is setting her sights on a career in open wheel racing. The jug of milk at the Indy 500 is at the end of the rainbow with some long nights in search of a Rolex Watch and French Cuisine along the way.
She is nice, bright, articulate, easy going and media savvy, making her an ideal partner for companies, race teams and future fans. You can compare her popularity ranking against 50,000 + other drivers at http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/21066/popularity/