Look At Who's Truckin At TrackChic!

Atlanta, August 10, 2010: Track Chic, the social club for female motorsport fans, (www.trackchic.com) celebrates three female drivers who left their mark on history July 23rd competing together in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series as this month’s Women behind the Wheels.

The veteran of the three racers, Jennifer Jo Cobb is currently ranked 18th in the standings and on her way to becoming the highest-ranked female in the point standings in Truck Series history.

Jennifer’s love of auto racing began with her father, Joe Cobb’s, racing career. “I race like my dad taught me early on,” Jennifer said. “You race your own line and worry about making your car or truck as fast as you can lap after lap.” Jennifer began racing in 1991 and has proven to be a tough competitor working aggressively through the ranks in NASCAR Weekly Racing Series, ARCA RE/MAX Series, and NASCAR Busch Series. Off of the track, Jennifer is a business professional and has almost two decades of marketing and advertising experience. She currently co-hosts a television program on Time Warner Cable’s Metro Sports TV Channel called Inside Motorsports. Jennifer is featured on local and national radio programs, and delivers presentations to large corporate and government groups tying her racing experiences to business and life lessons. “No driver is going to race forever,” Jennifer continued. “So at the end of the day, you’d like to feel that you made a little bit of a difference and made a little bit of a mark on the sport.”

Given the tight economy and sponsorship crunch all drivers are feeling today, Jennifer has created her own fashion line to help fund her team. “One of the ways that we are trying to fund our team is through T-shirt sales through driverboutique.com and drivenmale.com, both companies that I started,” Jennifer says. “If we can get support in buying a shirt, it will allow us a little profit and bring together stylish clothes for both male and female race fans. Those t-shirt sales, believe it or not, can buy an extra tire here and there. That’s what we’re counting on right now until we can get a bigger sponsor.” “Three women competing in Craftsmen Trucks is pretty cool,” Jennifer said. “I have said for a long time that we’re going to see more and more women in races and in the big league. It is nice to see the momentum starting to pick up for female drivers.”

Michelle Theriault has formed a six race deal with Andy Hillenburg and Fast Track Racing to get back behind the wheel of a truck. “Right now we are planning on six races,” Michelle said of her new Truck Series partnership with Hillenburg. “We are going to use that as a stepping stone to attract more associate sponsors and hopefully add more races at the end of the season.” 21 year old Michelle lives each day in pursuit of her goal to become a NASCAR champion. Starting as a young girl in Quarter Midgets, Michelle delivered more than 200 wins in 13 states. Five times she was a runner up in the Quarter Midgets of America National Championship. In 1999, Michelle became the first female Legends Car Champion, and then moved up to the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series and Pro-Late Model Division. Michelle won points and accolades as she continued pushing her career forward in Super Late Model, USAR Hooters Cup, NASCAR Grand National Division, NASCAR Busch East Series, ARCA Remax and now NASCAR Craftsman Trucks. An impressive career to date, but Michelle is just getting started! Michelle is proud that she is one of the trio of women making history in the Truck Series and finds it interesting that all three women represent various stages in their racing careers. “I think the thing that is more unique is that we are at three different stages of our career,” Michelle said. “It’s a great way to showcase to other females out there that there are still opportunities."

"Here you have Jennifer Cobb who has a career and has done a lot of things in the sport” Michelle continued. “You have someone like me where it is still a good part of my life and how I make my living, but I’m still trying to make that name for myself and to be able to do it for a full-time career.” “And then you have someone like Johanna Long who is still in high school and is having this opportunity because of all the great things she has done on the track so far,” Michelle continues. “I think it is such a unique situation and is an added bonus.”

Johanna “Jo” Long, at 18, is the youngest woman ever to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Piloting the No. 15 Toyota for Billy Ballew Motorsports, Jo has been turning heads winning championships in the Blizzard and Gulf Coast series as well as pole honors in late model series prestigious Snow Ball Derby. As early as the age of five, as she watched her father race around the Southeast in the old NASCAR All-pro Division, Jo was driven to become a racecar driver. While other girls were taking ballet lessons, the only thing that Jo wanted to do was go to her father's Late Model shop, located in her hometown of Pensacola, Florida, where for years she begged her dad to buy her a go-kart. Jo’s mom thought it might be a phase and waited for it to pass…but it never did. Jo moved successfully from Karts to Legends. At age 14, she made a name for herself throughout the southeast in the competitive Pro Late Model division. Then at 15-years-old, Jo made short track history becoming the youngest, and first female track champion in the long history of Five Flags Speedway to secure the Pro Late Model title. In the years since, Jo has stayed focus on her goal to make her mark. After all, she’s the girl who took the pole position away from Kyle Busch in the 2009 Snowball Derby! Jo is now following in Busch’s footsteps, as well as current Sprint Cup Series drivers Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Paul Menard, Travis Kvapil and David Stremme, all former drivers for BBM. “When I turned 18, we wanted to do something bigger than what we've been doing," Jo said. "I'm really, really excited. We've been working real hard to get to this point. “

"This is a great opportunity. Billy Ballew Motorsports has great people and great equipment. Billy’s guys have been very successful helping other up and coming drivers transition into NASCAR." "I'm just going to go out there and try to earn respect from all of them," Jo says confidently. "They're the best of the best, and I want to show that I belong out there."

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