Congrats to Shelina Moreda who placed 20th out of a 30 rider starting grid in her first race during AMA XR1200 series, Indy, Saturday 26 August. Fantastic to see her do so well while dealing with the pressures of representing so many firsts! Not only is she the first female to race in the XR1200 series, but Shelina Moreda became the first woman to race Indy Motor Speedway in the track’s 100 year history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to race on a motorcycle!
First Woman To Race In Indy History
Riding with AMA race number 93, Shelina commented leading up to the race date – “I am very excited to be a part of this huge race, and to not only be the first female to race in the AMA Pro XR1200 class, but the first female ever in the 100-year history of the track to race on a motorcycle at Indy! My father is a huge fan of the Brickyard, and we were naturally excited about racing at a track that has strong ties to the dairy industry”.
Racing now for just two years, she was born and raised on a dairy farm. Her parents still own and operate both a conventional dairy, along with an organic ranch, and Shelina helps out on the ranch often. Shelina was the District 3 Dairy Princess in California. Shelina underlines the fact that she is a 5th generation Dairy Farmer and 4th generation racer. She further expressed that she was honoured to race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track tying both her loves of racing and dairy farming together!