My name is Lauren Edgerton, owner and driver for Lauren Edgerton Racing. Unlike many, I do not come from a racing family. I fell in love with racing the first time I sat in a go-kart, and ever since then I have molded my life to make racing possible.
After a couple years in the go-kart, I purchsed a u-car to run at Langley Speedway and Southside Speedway for the 2007 season. The first half of my rookie year did not go well because we had, with our lack of experience, purchased an inadequate car. My second time out in a capable car at Southside Speedway brought my first win and my absolute determination to succeed in racing. Fast-forward to 2009, I won U-car Rookie of the Year, Track Rookie of the Year, finished second in points by only one position, and hold the qualifying track record for the u-car division for the rules at that time at East Carolina Motor Speedway. In 2010 at Shenandoah Speedway I won the U-car Championship, Driver of the Year, and Sportsman of the Year, as well as nine out of fifteen points races.
In 2011, I debuted my #7 modified at Langley Speedway and Southside Speedway. The transition from u-car to modified was difficult, but I was able to win Rookie of the Year at Southside Speedway. In 2012, I won my first modified race at South Boston Speedway. The past few seasons I have primarily focused on Southside Speedway. This past 2019 season I finished 3rd in points there.
While racing the modifieds, I began working with a NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (NWSMT) team. In 2016, I bought their car and made my first two starts on the tour at East Carolina and South Boston. Over the off-season I completely rebuilt the car with plans to compete on the NWSMT full time in 2017. When NASCAR merged the northern and southern tours, with all but a handful of races in the Northeast, my plans had to change. I decided to still compete in the tour races at Langley and Charlotte Motor Speedway, even though it would be with the much more competitive northern tour. I attempted to compete in the Southern Modified Racing Series in 2019, but the engine only made it to lap 109 of the first race at Caraway Speedway.
I am typically the only one who works on my cars, but I have been fortunate to have help with the set-up for the Southside car and motors so I can build them myself. I believe the knowledge I gain working on the car better prepares me to communicate with my team and helps me make better decisions as a car owner. I recently bought another car so I can race at multiple tracks next season.
