One of the topics of discussion that came up on the Chat during last night's Racing Through History broadcast referenced the debut this week of a particular female driver at Darlington.
I asked on the chat if anyone remembered Diane Tee l from southeast Virginia? Diane made quite a name for herself in the 70s running NASCAR Late Model Sportsman at paved Virginia NASCAR tracks.
Woody Delbridge and Ray Lamm both saw her compete at Southside Speedway in Richmond, although Langley was her home track. I recalled her as one of the best female drivers I'd ever seen. In my research, turns out she was the first female to ever win a NASCAR sanctionned feature race - at Langley Field in the 70s.
Very late in her career, with the advent of the Busch Series in 1982, Diane made 11 starts in that series between 1982-1986, at age 34-38. In just those 11 starts, she posted two top-10 finishes, including a top-10 at the difficult Martinsville Speedway against elite competition.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered today that Diane now has a granddaughter wheeling full sized Late Model dirt cars. Diane's granddaughter, Macy Causey , isn't just another pretty face.
She won a track championship last season at the paved Langley Field - the youngest division champion in the history of that illustrious track. But, Macy wanted to try her hand at dirt racing. On April 21 she placed 14th of 20 Sportsman cars at Billy Sawyer's beautiful half-mile dirt Virginia Motor Speedway.
Did I mention that Macy Causey is just ELEVEN YEARS OLD??!! Awesome feat!
I must of been hiding under a rock or something. This young lady was dominating Arena and Bandelero racing beginning at age 8. She has made appearances on The Today Show and MSNBC , as well as having a feature story written about her in the New York Times . You can see the actual videos, the newspaper stories, even a writeup of her grandmother Diane with photos on this little lady's web page:
Please check it out. I am more than impressed and shall be following her career. The apple evidently didn't fall far from the tree when comparing Macy to grandmother Diane.
When an interviewer asked her about Danica Patrick, she answered, "Who?" I love this gal. Here's a photo I pulled from her page with her new late model dirt car, but please go to the page. Finding out about Macy has been the highlight of my day!
11 Year old Macy Causey of Yorktown, Virginia with her new sportsman dirt car she's racing at Virginia Motor Speedway.
Maybe Jeff will want to do an interview on the Goat Rodeo one Tuesday night. Oh, I also found an ad she did for Cheerwine. Watch out Jimmy Johnson!!
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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:09:31PM
