Peggy Llewellyn, of Jamaican American and Mexican American descent, is the first black woman to win a professional motorsports event, racing at the NHRA POWERade event (Dallas) in 2007 and earning an appearance in the inaugural Countdown to 4 and Countdown to 1, finishing  in the POWERade top five standings where she recorded her post-career-best time and speed.  The three year professional motorcyclist ran an abbreviated season in 2008 where she advanced to the semifinals in Denver, finishing the season qualifying five of six races.  Sidelined for most of the 2009 season due to sponsorship, she will resume racing on the NHRA circuit in September.