Women in Racing

    This week I interviewed a mother and daughter, Stacey and Shelby McLaughlin. Stacey is the team manager and mother of an amazing racer and young woman Shelby. I asked Stacey how she got into racing and she said " My Dad and grandparents always watched NASCAR, and when I met Mike he was into racing." When I met Stacey and found out she liked racing we just clicked, and Mike is her husband who also races. I also asked Stacey what led her to let Shelby to race, "  Mike used to race quads before he got into go kart racing.  I went to all of his quad races, but when he started racing go karts I didn't go as much as Shelby was just born.  But, when Shelby was old enough to start going, she was would watch Daddy race and play with her matchbox cars at the track.  When Shelby was just 3 years old we bought her an electric four wheeler and she just instinctively knew what to do.  Then when she was 4 my Dad bought her an electric Jeep.  Mike made h...

      My first interview with women in racing is with an amazing woman and racer. Angela was first introduced to the races at the young age of two years old. Her father Jack Caruso took her to the East Windsor Speedway in New Jersey. She wound up sitting in drivers race cars and a smile never left her face. It was love from then on. She had sat in a quarter midget when she was around 11, and a month later Jack and she were at Jay Butler's purchasing a used one for her to race.      Angela was 12 when she first raced a quarter midget. She raced from 12 to 16 years old and actually turned 17 at her last race in a quarter midget in December of 2000. Angela then turned to 270 micro sprints in 2001, she used a Hyper chassis bought from another racer Rick Agin. She raced at a now defunct Borger's Speedway in Pennsylvania, not far from Pocono Raceway. She then moved to 600 winged micro sprints and then wingless 600's. She has won many races and championships. One...

Welcome to the Women in Racing blog. Women have always been in racing in one aspect or another. Their role has been ever evolving since the beginning. At first we were just spectators, then wives, girlfriends, daughters, mothers, trophy girls and fans. Their roles have blossomed even more, they have become mechanics, track and team owners, officials, drivers and racing business women. Women drive the sport more than the general public knows. We are a growing demographic in the sport and we are not coming quietly.  Women are cheerleaders and care takers for the crews and drivers. They are feeding teams and doing public relations for them. Women do marketing for teams they are involved with, they also are selling merchandise for their teams. Women are driving more and more and they are winning, not just races but championships. From small tracks to major touring divisions, young girls to women are in this sport in every aspect of the sport and that is who I aim to cover in this blo...