Amber Slagle (born July 7, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, and engineer. She last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet SS for McGowan Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 17 Chevrolet SS for the same team.
Racing career
Early career Slagle began racing at seven years old after her father bought her a quarter midget. She won the Dixie Motor Speedway Female Driver of the Year award three times, from 2007 to 2009, where she also won Rookie of the Year in 2007. She won the Owosso Speedway track championship in 2011, while also winning the "Got Game" award.
Slagle moved up to the Champion Racing Association in 2014, posting her best finish of 14th at Salem Speedway that year, and would get that same finish the following year at Springport Mid-Michigan Speedway. She would put her racing career on hold in 2016 after the money for the tour became more expensive.
Slagle made her return in 2017, starting 20th and finishing 16th at Owosso Speedway.
Slagle moved south in 2018, questioning if she would ever race in a late model again. She got the opportunity with Cook-Finley Racing, and would drive part-time late model races in the Southeast Limited Late Model Series, and would drive in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series from 2019 to 2020.
Crew chief In 2021, Slagle became the crew chief for Cook-Finley Racing and Parker Retzlaff in the ARCA Menards Series East. They earned one top-five, and four top-tens that season.
ARCA Menards Series West On June 7, 2021, Slagle announced that she would make her ARCA Menards Series West debut with Steve McGowan Motorsports at Irwindale Speedway. She started fourth and would finish 14th. She made two more starts that year, posting her first career top-ten at the All American Speedway.
Personal life
Slagle currently resides in Sylvan Lake, Michigan, and is currently a mechanic for Cook-Finley Racing.
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2022 McGowan Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM 57th 57 Cook Racing Technologies 42 Chevy TOL
ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East resultsYearTeamNo.Make1234567PtsRef 2022 McGowan Motorsports 24 Chevy NSM FIF DOV NSV IOW MLW BRI 51st 26
ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West resultsYearTeamNo.Make1234567891011PtsRef2021Steve McGowan Motorsports 17Chevy PHO SONIRW CNS IRW PIRLVSAASPHO23rd8717wAAS 2022 McGowan Motorsports 17 PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 33rd 93
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