Former Oklahoma Sooners cheerleader slash dirt track racer Taylor Reimer is currently racing for Toyota with the goal of eventually reaching NASCAR.
That’s right. Cheerleader slash dirt track racer. Not a combination you see very often.
Reimer, who recently graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Health and Exercise Science, has been racing on dirt for years, mostly in midgets.
But now the 24-year-old from Tulsa is officially a part of the Toyota Racing Development team.
“I think it’s really cool what Toyota is doing for females around the sport and I’m really good friends with a lot of the female drivers and I think that’s important you know because you don’t want to be put against each other,” Taylor Reimer told 5 GOATs. “As females, there’s not a lot of us in the sport and I think it’s important that we stick together and just really try and break barriers in the sport.”
This year, Taylor Reimer will be moving from midgets to late models as she helms an ARCA car in two dirt races on the schedule this season.
“It’s a little different for me because, like most people know, I’m 24 years old,” Reimer added. “I’m a little older than other drivers coming through the pipeline but I think it’s important for me to know that it doesn’t matter what age you are, I can make it in this sport if I truly believe in it. I’m grateful to have Toyota behind me.
“Last year moving to North Carolina and getting an opportunity to be a part of TRD and having all the resources that they give us. For example, simulator, practice, getting to train every single day, working with our nutritionist Stephanie, having therapists, like all of that I think has really helped me grow as an athlete and I feel like it’s really changed me.”
Reimer also says she will run “25 late model races with Lee Faulk Racing, just locally in North Carolina,” and when she has time she will “still do some midget stuff.”