The Female Rookie of the Year category received 40 nominations and 268 votes for the Horsepower & Heels Women of the Year Awards. Voting was neck and neck throughout the 10 day voting period, but a late rally helped push ahead the leader by almost 10%.
2o15 Female Rookie of the Year – Haley James
Horsepower & Heels is proud to announce the winner of the 2015 Women of the Year Female Rookie category – NMRA Coyote Modified racer, Haley James!
Her first ever pass in the car came just a day before her racing debut, but that didn’t slow down the 19 year-old New Mexico resident and recent high school graduate.
In her first ever heads-up competition season, Haley James not only won 3 out of 6 events, but appeared in all of the final rounds. She captured the Coyote Modified 2015 class championship and was named NMRA’s Rookie of the Year.
Runner Up – Heather Carter
Florida Drag Racer, Heather Carter was your Rookie of the Year Runner-Up for the 2015 Horsepower & Heels Women of the Year Awards.
Female Rookie of the Year Nominees
- Jenna Haddock
- Jamie Elrod
- Melanie Salemi
- Leah Pritchett
- Janette Thornley
- Michele Abbate
- Emily Shapiro
- Leilani Tindall
- Megan Meyer
- Kayli Barker
- Cassie Simonton
- Alex Taylor
- Journee Richardson
- Cassie Gannis
- Sarah Cornett-Ching
- Audrey Worm
- Ashley Sanford
- Amy Tate
- Kat Moller
- Nellie Kitterman
- Harli White
- Macy Causey
- Heather Capano
- Natalie Decker
- Allison West
- Madelyn Marconi
- Madyson Mulligan
- Tiana Berkeley
- Sarah Burgess
- Mia Tedesco
- Kelly Dill
- Yvonne Grace Potter
- Shea Holbrook
- Samira Rached
- Elvira Karlsson
- Tatiana Calderon
- Tera Wendland
