YouTube channel: On the Kerbs
Mar 19, 2026 // runtime: 00:50:33 // views: 24
Video Description from YouTube:
In this episode, I’m joined by two-time champion racecar driver, motivational keynote speaker, and corporate strategist, Julia Landauer. Julia made history when she was just 14 years old as the first and youngest female champion of the Skip Barber Racing Series. Her career has spanned many racing series, including becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR Track Championship at the Motor Mile Speedway, competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, and setting a record-breaking 5th-place finish in the NASCAR Euro Series—the highest for an American in the series.
Julia also founded FrontRunner, a boutique advisory and coaching firm, and hosts her own podcast, If I’m Honest. If that weren’t enough she’s also a member of NASCAR’s Strategy & Innovation team. We caught up recently to chat about all of this and much more in what I found to be a really fun and engaging conversation.
Chapters:
00:00 – 01:15 – Introduction
01:15 – 02:03 – Getting Back to Racing
02:03 – 04:37 – Motorsport Origins
04:37 – 09:09 – Initial Racing Experiences
09:09 – 11:20 – Winning the Skip Barber Series
11:20 – 14:10 – Single Seater to NASCAR – Why?
14:10 – 15:20 – NASCAR
15:20 – 18:28 – Motor Mile Speedway
18:28 – 22:50 – More NASCAR Adventures at Home & Abroad
22:50 – 27:57 – NASCAR X Finity Series
27:57 – 28:50 – Favourite Motorsport Moment…So Far
28:50 – 31:10 – Most Challenging Moment
31:10 – 32:15 – Lessons from Racing
32:15 – 39:40 – Becoming a Motivational Speaker
39:40 – 41:30 – Front Runner & If I’m Honest
41:30 – 45:34 – NASCAR Strategic Role
45:34 – 46:40 – Ambitions for the Future
46:40 – 49:20 – Advice for Women Looking to get into Motorsport
49:20 – Conclusion
Follow Julia’s Career on Instagram @julialandauer
Find more of Julia here:
https://julialandauer.com/about/
and her podcast, If I’m Honest, here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/32lIXf1…
Find Thiemo writing for The Paddock Chronicle and Is it Fast?
Listen to more of Thiemo on On the Kerbs – IndyCar and The Undercut Podcast.
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Intro and Outro Background Music: Zapsplat
Graphics: Thiemo Albers-Daly
Photo Credit: Julia Landauer
