Verena Mei
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Verena Mei | |
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| File:Verena Mei SnoDrift 2012.jpg Mei at the Sno*Drift 2012 | |
| Born | Pearl City, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Occupations | Model, rally car driver |
| Known for | First female to win the Redline Time Attack Series; Rally America B-Spec National Champion |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rally racing |
Verena Mei (born in Pearl City, Hawaii)[1] is a Chinese-American model and rally car driver.[2]
Modeling and acting career
[edit | edit source]Mei began her career as a poster model for tire companies.[3] Mei is credited with minor appearances in Carolina, Rush Hour 2, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.[4]
Racing career
[edit | edit source]In 2002, Mei entered a stunt driving school and earned a professional competition drag racing license.[2] Mei competed in Formula Drift for five years and became the first female to win the Redline Time Attack Series.[2]
In 2012, Mei won the Rally America B-Spec National Championship together with co-driver Leanna Junnila in their first year of competition, becoming the first all-female team to ever win a national title in the history of Rally America.[2]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Verena Mei at IMDb
- MISC - "Verena Mei on the Future of Motorsports"
- Oprah Magazine - Issue April 2016
- VICE Sports Germany
- Banana Magazine - Issue #004
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- 1981 births
- Female models from Hawaii
- Actresses from Hawaii
- Racing drivers from Hawaii
- American rally drivers
- Drifting drivers
- Formula D drivers
- Living people
- American television personalities
- American women television personalities
- Sportspeople from Honolulu County, Hawaii
- 21st-century American women
- American female racing drivers
- People from Pearl City, Hawaii