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CAR GUY DRIVER
Kristin Treager
Treager, born May 24, 1987, started
her racing career at Junior Raceway Park
in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the young age of
seven. Under the direction of Alf Gebhardt, Kristin quickly excelled and found
a passion for the sport. Since then, Kristin has furthered her racing education
by completing the Skip Barber Racing
School programs at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, and Sebring
International Raceway. She has also
obtained national licenses from the International Motorsports Association, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile,
and Porsche Club of America. Kristin
holds five championships including
most recently the 2013 National Points
Championship for the Porsche Club of
America Cup Car Challenge in GTC4.
Past championships include the JRP
series championship, Oklahoma Bandelero championship, COMMA production Stock A championship, and the El
Sol y La Luna 6 Hour Endurance race

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championship.
In 2012, Kristin was awarded the
OG Racing “Outstanding Driver” award.
During a partial season in 2012 and a
full season in 2013, Kristin obtained 10
first place finishes and 30 podium finishes in GTC4. She also set record laps
in her class at Kansas Motor Speedway
and NOLA Motorsports Park. Kristin was
awarded the Worker’s Choice Award 3
times in 2013 at Road Atlanta, Putnam
Park, and Hallett Motor Racing Circuit.
In 2013, Kristin participated in two IMSA
GT3 USA race weekends at Road America and Road Atlanta. She finished in 3rd
place in Round 9, Round 15, and Round
16. At Road Atlanta Kristin was awarded
the Yokohama Hard Charger Award,
given to the competitor that advances
the most positions during the race.
In 2014, Treager signed with Wright
Motorsports, a back to back championship winning team in the IMSA GT3 USA
series. As a part of the Women in the

Winner’s Circle campaign, Kristin was
selected to receive the Women’s Sports
Foundation Project Podium grant by
legendary female driver Lyn St. James
and her committee. Treager had an impressive rookie season in the 2014 GT3
USA series. She had 4 podium finishes
and a total of 9 top 5 finishes in the
Gold Division. Kristin’s 2014 season was
cut short by a catastrophic accident at
Road America in which she was hit on
the last lap of the race. Even with missing the last 4 races of the season, Treager managed to finish in 6th place out
of 26 competitors in the National Points
Championship. Kristin was named one
of Oklahoma Magazine’s “Top 40 Under
40” young professionals in 2014.
Treager also co-hosts The Car Guy
Show, a Dallas based cable TV show
which features “Car Life & Car Culture”
for real “Car Guys.” The Car Guy Show
airs on channel 47 KTXD every Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. Kristin offers her
unique perspective as a competitive
female driver working her way up the
ranks. In addition to racing and hosting
a TV show, she also is a driving instructor for Xtreme Xperience, an exotic supercar driving experience.