Liz Halliday

Liz Halliday
Halliday at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers' parade
Nationality	USA
Born	(1978-12-14) 14 December 1978 (age 38) San Diego, California
Lotus Cup UK career
Debut season	2012
Current team	John Danby Racing
Previous series
2010 2010 2010 2005-07 2004-08 2004-05 2004 2003 2001-04 2001-03	Kumho BMW Championship Rolex Sports Car Series Silverstone Classic 24 Hours of Le Mans American Le Mans Series European Endurance Racing Club Oulton Park International Gold Cup Bathurst 24 Hour British GT Championship FIA GT Championship
Awards
2010 2005 2003 2002 2002	Italian Historic Cup GT1 Winner Dailysportscar Rookie of the Year Kumho Driver of the Day Kumho Driver of the Season EERC Driver of the Day

Liz Halliday (born 14 December 1978) is an auto racing driver, equestrian rider, and commentator. She was born in San Diego, California, and currently lives in Sussex, England. She currently races in the Lotus Cup UK series in the Lotus 2-Eleven for John Danby Racing, and is also the owner of Chailey Stud Equestrian Centre, which she acquired in 2011. Halliday is the most successful female driver in American Le Mans with six victories. Halliday has stated that her ambition is to become the first woman to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and to acquire a spot on the United States Equestrian Team.

Halliday first started racing at age 16 in a 1967 Datsun 510 that she shared with her father, Don, who was a Sports Car of America instructor and vintage racer. When she attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, she was involved in low-level motor clubs and the Vintage Auto Association. In 2001 Halliday raced in the Kumho BMW Championship series for Mosely Motorsport in the M3 E30, and was named "Driver of the Season" in 2002. A year later, Halliday recorded one win and broke the class lap record at Croft, earning her "Driver of the Day" honors. In 2003, Halliday became the first woman to win a British GT Championship round.

In 2005, Halliday made her 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in the LMP2 class, and was leading the class until she was forced to retire eleven hours into the race due to engine problems. A year later, she finished fourth in the class. After her contract with Team Modena was terminated, Halliday raced for the Noël Del Bello Racing Team in a Courage-AER LC75, which she shared with Romain Iannetta and Vitaly Petrov. However, the team was only able to finish 198 laps at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, and finished 38th.