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May 2004
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How I got started in racing ...
When I was about 8 years old, my Dad took me for a ride in a Corvette and I thought it was so cool that I decided when I grew up I was going to buy myself one! True to my 8-year-old-word, after graduating from university and traveling for two years, I worked, saved my money and bought a 1970, 454 Vette.
I was so excited about getting my dream car, I joined a local Corvette club that held weekend slalom racing events. One weekend, I entered into the women's event and came away with the first trophy I'd ever won in my life! I then decided to run against the guys but found out that it wasn't as easy as just putting pedal to metal. After knocking down a gazillion cones and finishing way down the list, I decided to go to a racing school to learn how to be faster so I could W-I-N.
In the Fall of 1993, I attended my first school (at ProFormance Racing) and totally fell in love with racing. I came home after the 2-day program and told my boyfriend that I was going to become a race car driver! He was very supportive and agreed to go solo on our business consulting company while I pursued sponsorship & racing on a full time basis.
Career Progression
I bought a kart in 1994, started racing that as well as volunteering at ProFormance Racing. Two years later I was a full fledged instructor at ProFormance and had graduated from karts to ProFormance's racing series which used a fleet of equally-prepared Toyotas Corollas. I was Rookie of the Year in 1996; broke the track record and had it not been for a technicality, would have (should have) won the championship in 1997. In 1998 I graduated to a Formula 1600 and won the Canadian Formula Drivers Association Championship in the west. The following year I went east and ran in the Bridgestone Racing School's Formula 2000 series. I didn't do all that great in the series itself - finished 6th in the series - but I did end up running within, one tenth of the track record in a one-on-one coaching session we ran the last day I was there.
During those last two years, I had also been hired by PPG to be part of their Pace Car Program. For two years, I attended CART races at numerous North American tracks (and even Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!) giving VIP rides in the PPG pace cars as well as pacing CART and support races.
In 2000 I hooked up with Glacier Bear Racing, a new Trans-Am team out of North Carolina. I became their driver that year on a limited schedule competing at Cleveland, Laguna Seca and Road America against drivers like Brian Simo, Boris Said & Paul Gentilozzi. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find the sponsorship funds we needed to continue racing and eventually had to sell our beautiful Pratt & Miller Camero.
In the meantime, I was offered a full time job at ProFormance Racing and since my racing options for 2001 were limited, I took the job. I continue to race one of ProFormance's 355 hp ASA-type Monte Carlos & Grand Prixs. Glacier Bear Racing continues to look for sponsorship funds.
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