Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Local teen profiled in Sports Illustrated

Kayli Barker, a Las Vegas teenager and sophomore at Mountain View Christian School, was profiled this week by Sports Illustrated in the magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” feature.

Barker is an aspiring race car driver. A good one at that.

Last month, she won the Whelan All-American Series’ Super Stock Division feature race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Bullring track, becoming the youngest female to win a NASCAR-sanctioned event at 15 years, 24 days.

In the same facility where accomplished drivers Kyle and Kurt Busch learned their craft in eventually rising to the NASCAR’s Cup Series, Barker hopes to follow the same script. Her website proclaims her the “next best female racer.”

Barker leads the super stock division in points for rookie of the year honors.

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