McKenna Haase is a 27 year old racecar driver from Des Moines, Iowa. She first fell in love with racing after accidentally meeting NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne in a shopping mall when she was in 3rd grade and was also inspired by her cousin, Trenton, who started racing junior sprints when he was 6. 

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"Throughout her career she's gained seat time behind the wheel of outlaw karts, micro sprints, midgets, asphalt late models, and sprint cars. Outside of racing she was a Finance major at Drake University where she was the president of the Drake Investment Club. She's appeared on NBC's American Ninja Warrior Season 11 and 13 and Fox Sports 1's This Racing Life. She also owns her own youth driver development program, Compass Racing Development LLC, which was founded in 2015 as a faith based youth racing program to give kids opportunities in racing they wouldn't have received otherwise. In 2019, she founded Youth Racers of America Inc. as a way of helping kids nationwide to have a more accessible path into racing. Today she lives in Indianapolis and races 410 sprint cars across the Midwest.

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Hear her story in the video below:

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