No matter what happens Sunday in her eighth Indianapolis 500 start, Sarah Fisher knows she has many IndyCar Series races ahead.
That wasn’t the case a year ago after a crash midway through the race left her with no car, no sponsor and no idea of what would become of fledgling Sarah Fisher Racing.
“We didn’t know what we were going to do,” said Fisher, who will start from 21st position Sunday. “We didn’t have a plan going forward and had to figure out where we were going.”
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With the $277,215 from their 30th-place finish, Fisher and O’Gara paid most of their bills. They picked up parts and pieces from other teams and, best of all, O’Gara said, their six full-time employees kept the faith.
“The thing that kept us going is that we have a great group,” he said. “They told us that if it didn’t work out, they didn’t regret coming with us. That kept us motivated.”
“I’m down-to-earth. I think that has a lot to do with it,” she said of her popularity. “I don’t have to work at it. It’s just who I am. Every one of those individuals who comes up to me has something to contribute in life, and I respect that.”
“I’ve gone from being a 16-year-old sprint car driver with glasses to the owner of an IndyCar team,” she said. “If it ended tomorrow, I’ve had the most satisfying time of my life.”
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Her ultimate goal is to have a full-season, two-car team, dividing her time between ownership and motherhood. The timing of the latter is something she and her husband have discussed.
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