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Christina Nielsen can make racing history for women during Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
Danish driver can become first female winner of a major North American motorsports series
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Denmark’s Christina Nielsen competes during a race this season. Driving in the GT Daytona classification, Nielsen has a chance to become the first woman to win a major North American Motorsports championship. - photo by For The Times
Capping off one of her most successful seasons as a driver, Christina Nielsen will hope a strong finish in Saturday’s Petit Le Mans can clinch a GT Daytona class championship. Such a result would be more than exciting — it would be historic. Nielsen has the potential to become the first woman to win a major North American motorsports championship, according to Kelsi Nilsson, manager of public relations and marketing at Road Atlanta.
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