Engineering alumna Sydney Prince nominated for motorsports SHEro Award

Sydney Prince ’22 is a nominee for the 2024 Women in Motorsports North America SHEro Award. Prince is the newly promoted lead engineer on the NASCAR Cup Series No. 84, driven by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson.

“No one is more deserving of this award than Sydney,” said Johnson. “Her contribution is integral to our performance.” 

While at  UNC Charlotte, Prince shared that she had selected her university after searching for exceptional mechanical engineering programs. While an undergraduate student in the William Lee States College of Engineering, Prince was a member of the Formula SAE team that took its student-designed and built race car to Michigan International Speedway in May 2022.

“Working in the Alan Kulwicki Motorsports Lab has provided me with advanced automotive manufacturing knowledge that I probably wouldn’t have obtained through other programs,” said Prince. “You have to be able to design to manufacture. Having the chance to design and build a race car really has boosted my confidence in my capabilities.”

The national SHEro award will be presented in Indianapolis later this year at the Women with Drive Summit IV.  The WIMNA SHEro Award highlights outstanding women who have demonstrated effort and results that contribute to advancing motorsports.

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