Lisa Clark

Lisa Clark is a Ferrari Challenge driver, entrepreneur, and mother who traded real estate deals for racing deals—and consistently lands on the podium in both.

EARLY YEARS

Lisa Clark grew up in perpetual motion. Her childhood weekends were split between gymnastics gyms and her father’s garage, where grease under the fingernails was as routine as chalk dust on the palms. Her dad was the athletic, hands-on type who believed the best way to understand something was to take it apart and put it back together. So they did—starting with a non-running Jeep that became Clark’s first mechanical education.[1][2]

While other kids were learning to drive in functioning cars, Clark was learning why cars function at all. The Jeep rebuild wasn’t just a father-daughter project; it was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with engines, speed, and the satisfaction of making something work that previously didn’t. Gymnastics taught her discipline and body awareness. The garage taught her curiosity and grit. Together, they built the foundation for a woman who would eventually make her living going fast in circles—and loving every tenth of a second she could shave off a lap time.[1][2]

Clark put herself through Arizona State University, studying psychology with a minor in nutrition. She had her sights set on sports psychology, a natural fit for someone who understood both the mental game and the physical demands of competition. But when ASU’s sports-medicine track lost funding, she pivoted. She finished her psychology degree anyway, because quitting wasn’t in her vocabulary, and would later find ways to apply that education in unexpected places—like the cockpit of a Ferrari.[1][2][3][5]

OTHER INTERESTS

Before Clark ever strapped into a race car, she was flipping through the air as a dedicated gymnast. The sport demanded precision, fearlessness, and the ability to calculate risk in milliseconds—skills that translate surprisingly well to racing.[2]

After college, she dove into entrepreneurship and real estate. She partnered with her then-husband, who was already in the industry, and together they built and eventually sold a company. Clark carved out her own role as a business developer and real estate investor, proving she could negotiate deals as skillfully as she would later negotiate apexes. Then she raised two daughters, because apparently building companies and rebuilding Jeeps weren’t enough.[1][2][3]

These days, Clark channels her passion for supporting young talent through her role as a Team Ambassador for the Wings & Wheels Foundation (TeamWWF), an organization dedicated to helping promising drivers make the leap into professional racing environments. She knows firsthand how hard it is to break into motorsports, especially when you’re funding it yourself, and she’s committed to making the path a little less impossible for the next generation.[1]

EARLY SUCCESS

Clark’s entry into racing was pure accident—literally. A college dirt-bike crash resulted in an insurance settlement that she used to buy her first Porsche. Most people would’ve bought something sensible. Clark joined the local Porsche Club and discovered autocross, where she learned that the joy of shaving tenths off lap times was more addictive than any other hobby she’d tried.[1][2]

She spent eight years working her way up through the ranks, learning the craft from the ground up. By 2017, she made her racing debut. By 2021, she was entering her sixth season as an amateur driver, consistently landing podium finishes and proving that starting late doesn’t mean finishing last.[1][2][5][6]

What began as a post-crash impulse buy turned into a legitimate racing career. Clark fell in love with the precision, the competition, and the fact that in racing, results don’t lie. You’re either fast or you’re not. She was fast.[1][2]

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2017: Made racing debut after years of autocross and amateur competition[5][6].
• Career: Secured 6 titles across 9 seasons of competition, accumulating 998 points with an average of 7.28 points per race[6].
• Career: Consistently earned podium finishes in Ferrari Challenge Europe competition[1][2][6].
• Recent: Competed in the Gulf 12 Hours endurance race at Yas Marina Formula 1 Circuit with Team Ferrari, proudly displaying the TeamWWF logo on her car[1].
• Current: Serves as Ferrari Challenge Driver and official TeamWWF Ambassador, advocating for greater participation and achievement by women in motorsports[1][2][6].

INSPIRATIONS

Clark’s most significant early influence was her father, whose hands-on approach to life taught her that understanding how things work is half the battle. Those weekends spent rebuilding a Jeep weren’t just about mechanics—they were about problem-solving, persistence, and the satisfaction of finishing what you start. That ethos carried her through college, through building a business, through raising kids, and eventually onto the racetrack.[1][2]

Her background in psychology also shaped her approach to racing. Understanding the mental game—managing pressure, staying focused, making split-second decisions—gave her an edge that pure speed alone couldn’t provide. She learned to leverage that education in unexpected ways, applying sports psychology principles to her own performance behind the wheel.[2][3]

REPUTATION

Clark has earned a reputation as the epitome of fearlessness on the track. Media coverage consistently describes her as “making waves,” “trailblazing,” and embodying both “fearlessness and speed” in a sport that doesn’t hand out participation trophies.[1][2][4][6]

She’s known publicly as “RACER MOM,” a title that captures both her personal life and her professional identity. It’s not a contradiction—it’s a statement. She raised two daughters and built a racing career, often simultaneously, proving that ambition doesn’t come with an expiration date or a single lane.[1][2][6]

As a female Ferrari race car driver, Clark is passionately vocal about advocating for greater participation and achievement by women in racing. She’s not just racing for herself; she’s racing to prove a point. Through her work with TeamWWF, she’s actively working to uplift the next generation of drivers, championing young talent and helping them access the professional environments that remain frustratingly difficult to break into.[1][2][6]

Her journey from autocross enthusiast to Ferrari Challenge competitor has made her an inspiring figure in women’s motorsport. She didn’t start young, she didn’t come from money, and she didn’t have a racing pedigree. She just had a dirt-bike accident, a Porsche, and the refusal to let anyone tell her she couldn’t.[1][2]

FUTURE GOALS/PLANS

Clark continues to compete as a Ferrari Challenge driver and remains committed to her role as a TeamWWF Ambassador. While specific plans beyond her current commitments aren’t publicly detailed, her ongoing advocacy for women in motorsports and her work supporting young drivers suggest she’s building something bigger than a personal racing legacy—she’s helping construct the infrastructure for the next generation of female racers who won’t have to fight quite as hard to earn their seat.[1][2]

References:

Introducing TeamWWF Ambassador Lisa Clark – Wings & Wheels Foundation
Lisa Clark – TeamWWF
Lisa Clark – ASU Psychology Psych for Life
August Newsletter – Monet Berger Group
Born to Race: ASU Alumna on the Road to Becoming an Amateur Race Car Driver – ASU News
Racer Mom – Lisa Clark Official Site