# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lyn-st-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:28.521Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lyn-st-james"
name: "Lyn St. James"
slug: "lyn-st-james"
description: "Lyn St. James is an American former race car driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award. She also has two class victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and won the GTO class, partnering with Calvin Fish and Robby Gordon, at the 1990 12 Hours of Sebring. Additionally she has competed in endurance racing in Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, run in 1979 only for near-stock Group 1 (motorsport) cars, at which her AMC Spirit AMX team placed first and second in class."
tagline: "American race car driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LynStJamesAt2015indy500.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1947-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.02
  momentum:             6.158940397350993
  historical:           9.183157333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lynstjames.com"
sources:
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    title: "Lyn St. James"
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    title: "لين سانت جيمس"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_St._James"
    title: "Lyn St. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_St._James"
    title: "Lyn St. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_St._James"
    title: "Lyn St. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_St._James"
    title: "Lyn St. James"
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    title: "リン・セント・ジェームズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_St._James"
    title: "Lyn St. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_St._James"
    title: "Lyn St. James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump