Emerging American race car driver Taylor Reimer and motorsports historian Rick Shaffer are Will’s featured guests tonight on The Pits Are Open, premiering Thursday, May 7th at 6pm ET on SPEED SPORT 1.
Taylor Reimer is an emerging American race car driver and rising female talent in motorsports. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she began racing go-karts at age six and became the winningest female driver at Port City Raceway.
After a standout collegiate career as a University of Oklahoma cheerleader, she returned to racing and quickly gained attention, including becoming the first woman to win a national midget feature race.
Now competing in the ARCA Menards Series, Reimer is part of the Toyota development pipeline and is pursuing a path toward NASCAR.
Rick Shaffer is a respected American motorsports historian, journalist, and author known for his deep expertise on the Indianapolis 500. With more than six decades of involvement in the sport, he has built a career as a feature writer and columnist for publications such as Indy Car Racing Magazine and Vintage Motorsport, and has also worked as a publicist for IndyCar teams and as a researcher/statistician for television networks including Versus and NBC Sports.
Shaffer is the author of several authoritative racing histories, including Autocourse Official History: CART and 500 on (the Indy) 500. His 2026 book, It’s… A… New Track Record! chronicles the transformative 1962–1972 era of the Indianapolis 500, highlighting the rapid technological advancements and rising speeds that reshaped the sport.
Known for his meticulous research and storytelling, Shaffer is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of American open-wheel racing.
