- Maryeve Dufault
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Maryeve Dufault 
Dufault posing for the 2011 ARCA race at Daytona.Born February 16, 1982
Sorel, Quebec, CanadaNASCAR Nationwide Series career 1 races run over 1 years First race 2011 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0 Maryeve Dufault (born 16 February, 1982) is a Canadian model and race car driver from Sorel, Quebec. She appeared as a model on the American game show The Price is Right. She also has raced in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and Nationwide Series.
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Media career
Dufault modeled for Hawaiian Tropic and she appeared in the 2005 Lingerie Bowl.[1] [2] She also has appeared on the American game show "The Price is Right" during the Bob Barker era.[2] [3] She modeled in the August 2011 issue of Maxim.[3]
Racing career
Dufault began racing as a youth and has raced snowmobiles, motocross and go-karts.[1] Along the way she did some stunt driver for the movie Fast Girl.[1] She began racing the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2010 by racing in two events. She signed as a driver development contract with the FAZZT Race Team in 2010.[4] By August she had made twelve starts in ARCA with one Top 10. It was a tenth place finish at Chicagoland Speedway.[2] She made her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 20, 2011.[2] Since her team was in the Top 30 in season points, she was guaranteed a starting position.[5] She was the first Canadian woman to race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series since it took that name.[6] Kat Teasdale competed in the 1998 NASCAR Busch Series (the previous name of the Nationwide Series).[7] The second Canadian woman to race in a major NASCAR American series was Teri MacDonald (sister of Maryeve's Nationwide car owner, Randy MacDonald), who competed from 2002 to 2004 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now NASCAR Camping World Truck Series).[8]
References
- ^ a b c Manfred, Tony. "This Former Bikini Model Will Race In The NASCAR Nationwide Series Next Month". Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/maryeve-dufault-nascar-2011-7. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d Nick, Bromberg. "Former Price is Right model to make NASCAR debut Saturday". Yahoo!. http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Former-Price-is-Right-model-to-make-NASCAR-debut?urn=nascar-wp3160. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Maryeve Dufault". Maxim. http://www.maxim.com/amg/girls/todays+girl/072011/maryeve+dufault. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.fazztraceteam.com/news/team-news/237-fazzt-race-team-begins-development-program-signs-canadian-maryeve-dufault-.html
- ^ "Former Price is Right model Maryeve Dufault making NASCAR debut". Sporting News. http://aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2011-08-18/former-price-is-right-model-maryeve-dufault-racing-in-nascar. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Canadian driver, model set for Nationwide debut". NASCAR. http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/news/110817/maryeve-dufault-montreal-model-driver-stunt-woman/. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Kat Teasdale NASCAR statistics". Racing-Reference. http://racing-reference.info/driver/Kat_Teasdale. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Teri MacDonald NASCAR statistics". Racing-Reference. http://racing-reference.info/driver/Teri_MacDonald. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
External links
Categories:- NASCAR drivers
- People from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
- Living people
- 1982 births
- Sportspeople from Quebec
- Canadian racecar drivers
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