The Better Half Dash, where drivers compete on the quarter-mile track on the CMS frontstretch next Thursday, is a fund raiser for racing ministry Motor Racing Outreach and Speedway Children’s Charities.
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“She’s really, really, really nervous,” Earnhardt said. “She’s happy to be involved in it because of the cause and to be able to do something good. … She’s starting to kind of realize she might have bit off more than she can chew on the driving side of it.”
The women drive bandoleros, cars designed for 8-year-old kids who have go-kart experience and are ready to move on to a small version of a car. The cars weigh 550 pounds, have a 570cc motor and generate 30 horsepower.
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Reimann has gotten help from Earnhardt spotter and former racer TJ Majors and also from Earnhardt brother-in-law and retired modified driver LW Miller.
“Her speeds are good,” Earnhardt said. “She’s not the slowest, she’s not the fastest. But she’s having a lot of fun.”
Earnhardt has offered her advice at least away from the track.
“I told her just to enjoy it, not to put a lot of pressure on yourself,” Earnhardt said. “You’re not a racecar driver. Just go out there and have fun.”
Other driver wives and girlfriends in the race include: Kristen Yeley, Ashton Bayne, Ashley Deihl Stremme, Ashley Allgaier, Angie Skinner and Denny Hamlin girlfriend Jordan Fish.
