And here's a link to a 2013 post I made about Diane Teel:
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/27971/joe-carver-pushed-promoted-best-female-stock-car-driver-i-ever-saw
RR member, Woody Delbridge captured Diane Teel's #19 on pit road at Richmond Fairgrounds before a February 1981 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race surrounded by some pretty famous cars. Too bad NASCAR 's historians don't remember Diane:
And, Macy was featured in the March 7 issue of Sports Illustrated:
http://wydaily.com/2016/03/08/sports-local-racecar-driver-macy-causey-featured-in-sports-illustrated/
This past February 2016 in Daytona, NASCAR presented Diane Teel's grandaughter, Macy Causey with its "Young Racer Award" and invited her to try out for the Drive for Diversity program:
http://wydaily.com/2016/02/22/sports-macy-causey-receives-nascar-yo...
Story link - Diane Teel addresses Hampton, Virginia History Museum in February 2016 on history of Langley Speedway and it's importance to Tidewater, Virginia:
http://hrscene.com/auto-racings-best-kept-historical-secret-langley-speedway/
Former NASCAR Late Model Sportsman racer, Diane Teel (first woman to win a LMS race - 1978 Langley Speedway) addressed the Hampton, Virginia History Museum in February 2016 on the history of Langley Speedway and it's importance to the Tidewater, Virginia area as seen in the photo below:
2nd place LMS finisher, Butch Lindley was in the Emanuel Zervakis #01 that had been campaigned for many years by Sonny Hutchins.
To me, it continues to be a real shame that the researchers at both the NASCAR Hall of Fame and at NASCAR Media seem totally unaware of Diane's accomplishments racing against some of the best drivers in NASCAR Late Model Sportsman history.
Race fans had many choices that weekend in 1956.
Thanks, Tim. It sure ain't like it used to be and sometimes that's not a good thing.
Wonder where LeeRoy punching Big Bill in the mouth at Talladega in 1969 would have ranked on NASCAR's current penalty scale?
