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DOB: 2/11/1981
Home town: Fontana, CA
Affiliation Redline Time Attack / Global
Time Attack / N.A.S.A.
Awards Redline Pro Time Attack 2011 Round
3 winner(MOD AWD)
Personal Information Besides my pursuit
of building and racing the legendary BNR32 GT-R, I
am a mother, and work full time at an Animal
Hospital in Orange County. My son enjoys the
motorsports environment and my work understands my
double life. Being a mother and working full time
alongside my dreams of racing will always be
challenge, but I wouldn't have it any other
way!
Personal Interests Racing, car shows,
movies, food, animals, outdoors.
I would like to take a moment to introduce
myself to you all, tell you a little bit about the
role of cars and motorsports in my life, how and
where its led me up to this point.
Currently I am preparing my Nissan Skyline R32
GT-R for Redline Pro Time Attack 2011 season, this
is my first time fully campaigning a purpose built
race car in any series.
My love for cars initially started out as a
child from my mothers love for classic luxury and
muscle cars and my step fathers love for his work
horse heavy duty pickup trucks. Between the both of
them and thier affection for thier vehicles, it was
just enough to spark and interest that I would
nurture into what it is today.
By the age of 18 on my own I was taking my first
pass down the drag strip in an 89 Honda CRX with
bolt ons. For many years I spent many weekends at
the local drag strip in Washington on test n tune
days or auto-x, even out riding my motorcycle on
canyons roads with friends, just playing and having
a good time.
Though modifying whatever vehicle/motorcycle I
had was always a side hobby, I always had the
desire to compete. Between being financially unable
to race and also being a very young mother with a
small child the reality was I simply could not
pursue what I knew deep in my bones I wanted to do.
It wasnt until 2006 after my move to Southern
California that I actually got out on the track in
my Evo IX. I made my way around Streets of Willow
Springs, to Autoclub Speedway, to Buttonwillow even
up north to Thunderhill for HPDE’s only to
again come to the realization that I wanted
more….I wanted to compete.
It was in 2008 that I spontaneously entered my
Evo IX into Redline Time Attack at Buttonwillow. I
was completely unprepared. I was well out of my
league, my car wasnt half as well modified for road
courses than my competitors and I was far less
experienced. However, it was hands down the most
exhilerating experience at the track. Ever. I
wanted more. I began doing more tracks days and
doing things differently with my car to make it a
more capable car for the track and against my
competition. At my next event I was able to move up
the ranks just a few hundreths of a second out of
range for podium which wasnt bad for my second
time, so I took it as a learning experience and ran
with it.
From there I have taken the next step in
competing as a privateer, purchased a vehicle to be
used as a purpose built Time Attack car.The Evo is
long gone and I have a daily driver paid in full
car. I dont live in excess, every thing I do
revolves around my project, now that I can afford
to do this and my son is old enough to not need me
24/7 and in fact be right at the track with me, at
30 years old I am able to do what I have wanted to
do for the last 10 years of my life.
Fortunately between the time of my last
competetion and now I have had the chance to also
do a bit of filming involving motorsports including
working with companies like Web Rides TV, K&N
Filters, Redline Time Attack, Road Race
Motorsports, Formula Drift, Synapse Engineering,
Fontana Nissan, Enkei Wheels & more, which has
been a blessing still being able to remain in this
industry that I love so surrounding myself with so
many people that have now become my friends.
As you can see I have spent alot of my life
playing it safe when it comes to do something I
have been strangely enough so attracted to. I am
excited to finally get out there and grab the bull
by the horns. So many people start when they are
young or are raised from a family of racers, I
didnt get that luxury, however the timing is right
and now I can finally say I am really getting to
live my life. Heck, if Lyn St. James can start her
racing career later, why can’t I?
I am happy to be a part of FRN, and support
women in any type of motorsports. Though I believe
women are equal competetion to men on the
racetrack, I think women who step up to the plate
deserve recognition in an industry dominated by
males.
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