Leilani Munter
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"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ~ William James""
Female
100 years old
North Carolina
United States
Last Login:7/22/2008
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Leilani Munter's Interests
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| General | Racing, tree hugging, snowboarding, scuba diving, and travel. | | Music | My brother-in-law Bob Weir and his band Ratdog, most of you probably know him from the Grateful Dead. Special thanks to Yellowcard for bringing my racing video to life! | | Movies |
An Inconvenient Truth, Napoleon Dynamite, Officespace. | | Television | Discovery Channel, Science Channel, Flight of the Conchords, House, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colbert Report.
| | Books | Favorite authors include Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Brown, Tom Robbins, and Douglas Adams -- so long and thanks for all the fish! | | Heroes | My mom, my dad, my three sisters, my Kiwi, and my Pushkin.
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Leilani Munter's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | indy pro series driver |
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Leilani Munter's Companies
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Leilani Munter, LLC
Mooresville, North Carolina US
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Leilani Munter is happy she took the road less traveled.
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Leilani Munter's Latest Blog Entry
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Leilani is One of the 'Lucky Few' in Lucky Jeans Fall Ad Campaign
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Fashion TV: Behind the Scenes at my Italian Vogue Shoot
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Headed for Capitol Hill!
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I got engaged!
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An acre of rainforest of every race....
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About me:
I race in the Indy Pro Series which airs on ESPN2 - more at www.leilanimunter.com
-- Fourth woman in history to compete in the Indy Pro Series, developmental series of IndyCar.
-- Bachelor of Science in biology & an active environmentalist. Purchases an acre of rainforest for every race she runs to offset her carbon footprint and has been a long time vegetarian. In 2008 went to Capitol Hill to speak with Congress on behalf of climate issues.
-- In her first Indy Pro Series race, she turned the 5th quickest lap of the race with a speed of 192. 399 mph.(Kentucky Speedway, Aug 2007)
-- Sports Illustrated named her as one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world.
-- Qualified 5th for her debut in open wheel racing in the Indy Pro Series at Kentucky Speedway. She had trouble on a restart and dropped back to 13th but impressed many by racing her way back up to the front of the field. She was about to pass for 4th place when she was collected in a multi-car accident. Four time Indy 500 champion Rick Mears, IndyCar driver Jaques Lazier, and many others in the IndyCar community spoke very highly of Münter after her debut. (Aug 07)
-- 5th Quick in her very first laps at Chicagoland Speedway in practice session for the Indy Pro Series Chicagoland 100. (Sept 07)
-- Set the record for the highest finishing position for a female driver in the history of the 1.5 mile Texas Motor Speedway when she finished 4th. (June 06)
-- In her first twenty laps at Daytona, Leilani was 24th quick of 59 ARCA cars testing with a speed of 177.644 mph (Dec 06)
-- First woman to qualify in the 45 year history of the Bettenhausen Classic at Illiana Speedway in Indiana. (Sept 06)
-- Set the record for the highest qualifying effort for a female stock car driver in the history of the 1.5 mile Texas Motor Speedway when she qualified 4th for the First Convenience Bank 100 (June 04)
-- In 39 stock car starts, scored 9 top five and 19 top ten finishes. Was running at the finish in 92% of the races.
-- Began racing in 2001.
-- Leilani holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and is an active environmentalist. Leilani purchases an acre of endangered rainforest for every race she runs and hosts an Earth Watch section on her website leilanimunter.com.
-- Leilani's television appearances include: ESPN, Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Spike TV, Speed Channel and National Geographic. She has hosted television shows on Spike TV and DIY Network. Leilani was also an on camera correspondent for Turner Sports Interactive's NASCAR.com for three years. Her weekly "Leilani Reports" were available to over 10 million users and the website had over one billion pageviews annually.
-- Leilani's print media includes: USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Italian Vogue, Esquire Magazine's "A Woman We Love", Men's Journal, ESPN Magazine, Washington Post, and five magazine covers to date.
-- Leilani is also an accomplished writer. Her work has been published by Turner Sports on NASCAR.com, Corvette Quarterly Magazine, and the Women's Sports Foundation.
-- Leilani's public speaking engagements include the American Heart Association, ABN-Amro Bank, and the Leadership Forum.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Tom Robbins, Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Keith Olbermann and Steve Jobs.
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