If placing 47th in the Nascar Cup and 108th in the Nascar Xfinity series is "competing", then sure. It's just not winning or cometing equally with the best in the sport. The best woman racer in the world couldn't compete on an equal or superior basis with the best male racer, even in the physically athletic sport of auto racing.
Among her achievements in that link she participated in hundreds of races and won a series race once. Such amazing.
Which is more than 99.99% of the world can say, and probably 99% of people who tried professional auto racing. It’s very easy to shit on others accomplishments when you have no idea how difficult it is.
No question that many men, like me, and you, would not be able to do it.
But there are far more women who cannot do it.
Fact remains, it is not competing equally.
Women can never compete equally with men in any professional sport, period.
Most men, like me, could never compete equally in a professional-level sport. Neither could you.
But most middle-school or high-school amateur boys totally dominate women in most any team or individual sport.
Coming in third in the Indy 500 is extremely competitive; it was better than 30 of the drivers who qualified.
Finishing 3rd in one race is not "extremely competitive."