IT IS RACE DAY ONCE AGAIN THE DAYTONA 500 TAKING OFF TODAY WHILE RACING
IS AMERICA’S NINTH-MOST WATCHED
SPORT FEMALE REPRESENTATION
IN MOTORSPORTS SIGNIFICANTLY
LACKING IN FACT THERE IS NOT A
SINGLE FEMALE RACER IN THIS
YEAR’S NASCAR NASCAR CUP SERIES
BUT ONE LOCAL FEMALE
DRIVER IS TRYING TO BREAK
RACING GLASS CEILING. SHE JOINS
ME NOW
AND ALSO PROFESSIONAL RACING
DRIVER BUSINESS OWNER,
NEW FIRST COAST RESIDENT SHEA
HOLBROOK IS JOINING ME WITH
ERICA MOORE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
THE Y M C A A BAPTIST NORTH SO.
THE PLAYS A HUGE PART IN THE SUCCESS WILL GET TO THAT LET’S
START WITH TELL ME ABOUT THE INDUSTRY IT IS MALE DOMINATED YEAH ABSOLUTELY AND THAT’S
GREAT AND I THINK BEING A
FEMALE IN THE INDUSTRY IS
FANTASTIC, I KNOW THAT THE
RATIO IS STILL SMALL BUT
YOU KNOW MOTOR SPORT HAS GIVEN
ME SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN MY
LIFE, I’M ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY
FROM JACKSONVILLE MY DAD
WAS NAVY. I JACKSON DIED JUST
MOVED BACK A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO AND WHEN I MOVED BACK.
I WAS
LOOKING TO YOU KNOW GET BACK
INTO THE TO THE GYM IN THE
TRAINING OF THINGS AND THAT’S
RIGHT THE GLAND CA KIND OF CAME
INTO PLAY BUT ULTIMATELY
YOU KNOW I’M REALLY JUST THE
GIRL NEXT DOOR AND IRONICALLY
DID AND NASCAR EXPERIENCE WHEN
I WAS 16 YEARS
OF AGE AND FAST FORWARD ALMOST
15 YEARS IN MY CAREER, I’VE
BEEN
VERY FORTUNATE. THERE’S YOU
KNOW THERE’S STILL A GLASS
CEILING TO BE TO BE THERE’S
NOBODY CURRENTLY
TODAY COMPETING. A FEMALE
COMPETING IN THE DAYTONA 500 IS
THAT CRAZY TO YOU TO KNOW THAT
WELL, YES, AND NO, YOU KNOW I
THINK YOU KNOW I WANT TO BE I
WANT TO OUGHT TO BE
TRAIL BRAYS BLAZER IN THE SENSE
THAT I WANT TO SHOW THAT IT’S
POSSIBLE FOR WOMEN TO BREAK
INTO THE INDUSTRY, NOT JUST
WITH THE STAIRWELL BEHIND THE
WHEEL OR BEHIND
YOUR HANDS. BUT ALSO YOU KNOW
IN ALL ASPECTS IN STEM SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY, MATHEMATICS AND
ENGINEERING IT’S A HUGE PART OF
WHAT MOTOR RACING IS ABOUT AND
IT HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY
TO EXCEL IN SO MANY WAYS, I’M
FIRST AND FOREMOST I’M AN
ATHLETE A RACING DRIVER, BUT
I’M
ALSO NOW 32 WEEKS PREGNANT
ABOUT TO BE A MOM AND I’M
TRANSITIONING SOME OF MY CAREER
AND I HOPE TO GET BACK TO AUTO
RACING. VERY SOON. I THINK IS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT MAKES
YOU LOOK THAT YOU CAN HAVE A
FAMILY AND YOU CAN HAVE THOSE
AMBITIONS ONE ACTUALLY REALLY
THAT’S THE POINT IS I THINK YOU
KNOW WOMEN ARE ARE BLESSED TO
BE ABLE TO PRODUCE CHILDREN AND
I’M I’M REALIZING HOW AND MAY
IT IS AND BUT WE REALLY CAN DO
IT ALL AND I THINK WOMEN ARE
JUST SO GUN HO AND SUCH
YOU KNOW A FOCUS AND WITH FOCUS
COMES DRIVE AND PASSION, YOU
KNOW MY CLOTHES FEARS THE STATE
OF MIND WELL AS AN
ACTION TAKEN AND THAT CAN APPLY
TO ANYBODY IN ANY INDUSTRY IN
ANY WALK OF LIFE THAT I JUST
FEEL AS THOUGH IF I CAN
HELP PROVIDE AND SHOWCASE WHAT
MY MESSAGING IS AND IT’S NOT TO
SAY THAT
YOU KNOW, I’M THE BEST AT WHAT
I DO, BUT I’M CERTAINLY NOT THE
WORST WHAT I DO AND I’VE HAD
SUCH SUCCESS, I’M A SEVEN-TIME
PRO A REAL CHALLENGE.
CHAMPION. I HAVE A GUINNESS
BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS WHERE I
PACED A BICYCLIST BEHIND ME AT
A 184 MILES AN HOUR. YES, A
BICYCLIST DRAFTING A RACE CAR
MYSELF. 184 MILES
AN HOUR. I WAS THE
ONE OF 2 AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE
W SERIES LAST YEAR THEIR
INAUGURAL SERIES IN A SINGLE
CAR FOR ME A FORMULA ONE
STYLE CAR WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY
MASSIVE I RACE LAMBORGHINIS TO
HONDA’S AND EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN AND I’VE JUST BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE IN MY LIFE AND CAREER
BUT IT DIDN’T COME WITHOUT A
LOT OF HARD WORK AND PRESSER
BARRETT SUPPORT IN A TEAM
BEHIND YOU ABSOLUTELY THE Y M C
A IS MY TEAM AND I CANNOT THANK
THEM ENOUGH. I MEAN WHEN I
MOVED BACK. I AM ALMOST 30
YEARS OF AGE AND I HAD TO COME
I HAD TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND
IT’S VERY ODD IT’S LIKE SO HARD
TO
AND
TO AND SEE A GOOD YEAR WHEN YOU DO I
GIRL FLEUR DRIVE IT, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN LIKE HOW DO YOU
THINK JIM IS SUCH A WONDERFUL
PLACE TO MAKE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND REALLY IT IS
YEAH WE LOVE HAVING SHEA AS A
MEMBER I’M SO I’M THE EXACT AT
THE Y M C A BAT
THIS NORTH.
>> AND AS SOON AS SHE CAME IN
SHE ACTUALLY BECAME QUICK
FRIENDS WITH A COUPLE OF
OUR STAFF AND THEN ALSO OUR
MEMBERS SO WE’RE JUST REALLY
REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE
HER THERE AND THEN ALONG WITH
SHEA AND HER LITTLE BABY WE
LOOK FORWARD TO
CATERING TO HER AND HER FOR
CHILD SO AS SOON AS THE BABIES
BORN AT 6 WEEKS WILL BE ABLE TO
TAKE THE LITTLE GIRL RIGHT.
>>LENA PRINGLE: YEAH CAN YOU
TAKE EARLIER I WANT TO
>> I’LL BE RIGHT THERE IS STILL GOING UP WHETHER OR NOT THEY’VE REPLACE ALL THE
OTHER ONE FINAL FOR ANYBODY
WATCHING AT HOME, YOU KNOW A
LITTLE GIRL EVEN A LITTLE BOY
WHAT IS STATED ON AS AN
INSPIRATION TO SAY YOU CAN DO
THIS YOU
KNOW MY AGAIN THERES A STATE OF
MIND WELL AS AN ACTION TAKEN
AND FOR ME I DIDN’T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO.
>>LENA PRINGLE: LIVE THIS
FANTASTIC LIFE THAT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO CREATE FOR MYSELF BUT I
BECAME RESOURCEFUL AND WE’RE
HAVING IN BUILDING
THE RESOURCES. SO EVEN IF THE
YOU KNOW AIR IF YOUR DREAM
YOU’RE WATCHING THE DAYTONA
500 TODAY AND YOU WANT TO BE
THAT RACE CAR DRIVER YOU WANT
TO BE ON THAT PIT CREW MY MY
ADVICE WOULD BE
FIND A WAY TO BE RESOURCEFUL TO
GET THE RESOURCES EVEN IF YOU
HAVE TO WORK AT THE BUILDING
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