Chloe Chambers

Chloe Chambers is an American racing driver competing in the F1 Academy with Red Bull Ford and Campos Racing, known for being the first woman to score a pole position and win in both the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and Formula Regional Oceania—all while balancing a business degree at Arizona State University.

EARLY YEARS

Born June 14, 2004, in China and adopted at 11 months old, Chloe Chambers grew up as an American citizen in upstate New York with a financial advisor father who loved motorsports and a mother who taught school. Her racing origin story is refreshingly normal: at seven years old, she took one spin at a local go-kart track—the same facility owned by Santino Ferrucci’s father where Danica Patrick and the Andrettis had raced—and was immediately hooked. She spent the entire winter asking when she could go back.

By spring 2012, at age eight, Chambers was officially karting. Her father’s motorsports passion provided the foundation, but she did the grunt work herself—cleaning and prepping karts, tuning carburetors, changing axles and tires alongside her dad. Under the coaching of three-time world champion Ben Cooper and Mike Doty, she learned not just to drive fast but to understand the machines beneath her. Traveling across the United States to compete, she was often one of the few girls racing, and by third grade, she’d already perfected an elevator pitch convincing her peers that “race car driver” was, in fact, a real job for women.

OTHER INTERESTS

Chambers is currently studying business administration at Arizona State University, somehow managing to attend classes between F1 Academy rounds across the globe. Beyond the classroom and the cockpit, details about hobbies are scarce—which makes sense when your weekends involve international travel and wheel-to-wheel combat at 150 mph.

EARLY SUCCESS

Chambers racked up wins and championships throughout her karting career in both the United States and Canada. In 2019 alone, she finished third in the X30 Junior class at Supernats 23 against 77 drivers, claimed the GearUp Champion title in X30 Junior, won at the ROK Festival in Biloxi in the 100cc class, took a WKA Manufacturer Cup victory at Go Pro Motorplex, and finished vice-champion at the Florida Winter Tour in 100cc. She followed that in 2020 with a fourth-place finish at the Florida Winter Tour in 100cc Junior and fifth in ROK GP Junior.

But her most viral moment came in August 2020 when Porsche Cars approached her to attempt a Guinness World Record for the fastest production car slalom in a Porsche 718 Spyder. Chambers demolished the existing record by over half a second, clocking 47.45 seconds and earning global media attention that transcended motorsports. She was 16.

Chambers made the jump to single-seaters in 2021, competing in the F4 US Championship. In 2022, she joined the W Series under Jenner Racing, then moved to the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in 2023 where she became the first woman to score both a pole position and a race win in the series. That June, as the first Haas-backed driver, she took a victory in Spain (likely Barcelona) and earned the Most Improved Driver award. Later in 2023, she competed in Formula Regional Oceania with Giles Motorsport, finishing ninth overall with 176 points—highlighted by a historic pole position and win at Taupo in Race 2, making her the first woman to achieve both feats in the series.

As a Porsche Junior in 2023, Chambers ran a partial season in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, driving a Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. Across 12 starts, she secured seven to eight wins (sources vary slightly), nine podiums, and sixth overall. Her wins included back-to-back pole-to-win performances at Barber in Races 3 and 4, plus a victory at VIR.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2019: Supernats 23 3rd place X30 Junior (77 drivers); GearUp Champion X30 Junior; ROK Festival Biloxi 100cc win; WKA Manufacturer Cup Go Pro Motorplex X30 Junior win; Florida Winter Tour 100cc Vice-Champion.
• 2020: Guinness World Record for fastest production car slalom in a Porsche 718 Spyder (47.45 seconds); Florida Winter Tour 4th place 100cc Junior; 5th place ROK GP Junior.
• 2023: First woman to score pole position and win in Castrol Toyota Racing Series; Most Improved Driver; First woman to score pole position and win in Formula Regional Oceania (Taupo Race 2); 9th overall Formula Regional Oceania with Giles Motorsport (176 points); Porsche Sprint Challenge North America partial season: 7-8 wins, 9 podiums, 6th overall as Porsche Junior.
• 2024: F1 Academy maiden win at Barcelona Race 2 (pole position start) with Moneygram Haas and Campos Racing; 3 additional podiums; narrowly missed top-5 in standings; Porsche Sprint Challenge North America guest driver: 3rd overall (127 points) with wins at Barber Race 2 (double pole-to-win), Canada Races 3 and 4 (pole-to-win), and Las Vegas Race 2 (pole-to-win, led every lap, fastest lap).
• 2025: Competing in F1 Academy with Red Bull Ford and Campos Racing; as of April 2025, 3rd out of 19 drivers with a 2nd place finish at Jeddah Race 2.

INSPIRATIONS

Chambers credits her father’s love of motorsports for her early exposure to racing, though she was the one who insisted on returning to the kart track that winter when she was seven. Her hands-on coaching from three-time world champion Ben Cooper and Mike Doty shaped not just her driving but her mechanical understanding—a foundation she still uses to earn respect from teams. The local upstate New York track where she started was the same facility where Danica Patrick and the Andrettis had raced, placing her in a lineage she’s now extending in her own right.

REPUTATION

Chambers has built a reputation as a driver who earns her keep with both racecraft and wrenches. Her mechanical skills—learned elbow-deep in kart prep with her dad—have impressed teams throughout her career, and her accomplished resume is the envy of her peers. She’s unafraid of wheel-to-wheel combat, loves head-to-head competition, and has consistently shown the ability to convert pole positions into wins. Her consistency in Formula Regional Oceania and dominant performances in Porsche Sprint Challenge—where she led every lap of her Las Vegas Race 2 win—underscore her race management skills.

Media coverage has been frequent and positive, particularly around her Guinness World Record and history-making performances as the first woman to win in multiple series. Chambers has said she was “lucky” not to focus on being the only girl early on; she didn’t notice until later. Her public perception is that of a driver with fighting passion and a pragmatic racing philosophy: “Each car has its own challenges, but the fundamentals are always the same. To be a top driver, one of the main things is the ability to switch between different styles of car.” She’s carved a rare path as an American female in the F1 pipeline without a racing family lineage—an anomaly she’s navigating with grit and skill.

Her only notable controversy came at the 2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Race 1 in Las Vegas, where she was involved in a collision with teammate Alisha Palmowski that resulted in a DNF.

FUTURE GOALS/PLANS

Chambers is focused on her second F1 Academy season in 2025 with Red Bull Ford and Campos Racing, aiming to set new personal bests and continue climbing the F1 pipeline. Balancing her racing campaign with her business administration studies at Arizona State University, she’s building both a competitive resume and a foundation for life beyond the cockpit. With the F1 Academy’s two-year driver limit, her 2025 season represents a critical opportunity to prove herself at the next level. As of April 2025, she sat third in the standings—right where she wants to be in the fight.

References:

Motorsport.com – Chloe Chambers Interview (2025)
F1 Academy Official – Chloe Chambers Profile (2025)
Future Star Racing – Chloe Chambers Bio
Wikipedia – Chloe Chambers
The State Press – ASU Student Profile (April 2025)
A14 Management – Chloe Chambers Bio