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Miranda throckmorton
Miranda Nicole Throckmorton (born January 14, 1992) is a sprint car driver.
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- Miranda throckmorton
- Miranda throckmorton welcome
- Origins
- Career
- Racing accomplishments
- Twitter controversy
- References
Miranda throckmorton welcome
Origins
Miranda was born into a racing family in Avon, Indiana, a western suburb of Indianapolis. She began her racing career in 1996 at age four. Her parents are Bill and Norma Throckmorton, and she has no siblings. She graduated from Harris Academy High School in 2010, and is a graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
Career
When she first began racing, Miranda was competing in Micro Midgets, and soon after, graduated to Quarter Midgets races. She excelled in these competitions and continued to race Quarter Midgets for eight years. In addition to Micro and Quarter Midgets races, she has raced 410 winged and non-winged sprint cars, Midgets, Jr. Sprints, 600cc Micro-Sprints and USAC Kenyon Midgets. She has had multiple top-3 finishes at the USAC Kenyon Midgets and multiple top-5 finishes in the 600 Micro Midgets.
Racing accomplishments
Twitter controversy
Throckmorton found herself the subject of public scrutiny when she posted a series of tweets while stuck in traffic due to the funeral of IMPD Police Office Rod Bradway. Throckmorton's tweets expressed disdain for the choice of the city of Indianapolis to shut down streets for the officer's funeral, as well as incredulity at the number of officers and civilians present. She also compared the role of the police officer, who had been killed in the line of duty while saving a woman and child, to the level of danger faced by race car drivers. Throckmorton issued an apology, but continued to face public admonishing for her comments.