McKenna “Sassy” Haase is a 23 year old professional racecar driver from Des Moines, Iowa currently residing in Indianapolis, Indiana.

McKenna began racing at the age of 13 and and has been unstoppable in her achievements. She currently owns her own race team, Team Haase Racing LLC, a youth driver development program for youth racecar drivers, Compass Racing Development LLC  and a national youth motorsports foundation, Youth Racers of America Inc.

McKenna attended Drake University where she was a finance  major and President of the Drake Investment Club. McKenna recently appeared on American Ninja Warrior Season 11 and a Fox Sports 1 short film titled, This Racing Life. McKenna is a loyal supporter and wearer of her comfortable LAMO’s after a hard day at the track. McKenna also helps to spread awareness and raise funds for Unravel Pediatric Cancer,  after sadly losing a 9 year old girl in her community (Elayna Sandeen) to pediatric cancer in 2018.

Unravel is a 501(c)3 nonprofit working to bridge the gap in funding for pediatric cancer research. With the help of warrior families and their communities, Unravel raises awareness of the need for this research and the funds to support it. Unlike the typical grant funding model, Unravel gives unrestricted funds to innovative pediatric cancer researchers, which removes barriers and accelerates the development of more effective and less toxic treatments for children with cancer. https://unravelpediatriccancer.org