Women
      in
      Sports:
      Stockcar
      Racing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Just
      like
      Harness
      Racing
      Stockcar
      racing
      isa
      much
     
     
      loved
      sport
      on
      P.E.I.,
      itis
      also
      male
      dominated.
     
    

    
     
      In
      1985
      Oysterbed
      Bridge
      became
      the
      sight
      ofa
      1/4
     
     
      mile
      oval
      stockcar
      race
      track,
      two
      years
      later
      they
     
     
      paved
      thr
      track
      and
      it
      isnow
      caimed
      as
      ‘“‘the
     
     
      maritimes
      most
      beautiful’’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dianne
      Doucette
      has
      been
      racing
      since
      the
      track
     
     
      opened
      6
      years
      ago
      in
      the
      powder
      puff
      racing
      division
     
     
      (
      These
      are
      races
      for
      women
      only.).
      She
      now
      races
      in
     
     
      the
      hobby
      class
      with
      men.
      She
      got
      involved
      in
      the
     
     
      races
      when
      her
      husband
      Donnie
      built
      a
      minie
      stockcar,
     
     
      this
      car
      belongs
      to
      aclass
      that
      is
      allowed
      no
      modifi-
     
     
      cations
      except
      racing
      tires.
      She
      finds
      racing
      against
     
     
      men
      more
      challenging
      and
      is
      treated
      as
      just
      another
     
     
      driver.
      Along
      with
      driving,
      Dianne
      is
      listed
      as
      part
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      TjPRKT
      xX-PRESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      Campus
      Women
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      3.
      1991,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      pit
      crew
      for
      both
      herself
      and
      her
      husband.
      She
     
     
      learned
      about
      the
      mechanics
      of
      stockcars
      by
      being
     
     
      taught
      by
      Donnie
      and
      picking
      things
      upover
      the
      years.
     
     
      She
      has
      no
      previous
      courses
      in
      automative
      technology,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      the
      end
      of
      the
      1990
      season
      Dianne
      was
      the
      hobby
     
     
      class’s
      top
      points
      driver
      and
      at
      the
      end
      of
      this
      season
     
     
      she
      came
      in
      second.
      Along
      with
      working
      fulltime
     
     
      outside
      the
      home
      and
      her
      driving
      Dianne
      is
      also
      the
     
     
      mother
      of
      two
      boys
      (Donnie,14
      and
      Ricky,11)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quote
      of
      the
      Week
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘<The
      most
      exciting
      thing
      about
      women’s
      liberation
      is
     
     
      that
      this
      century
      will
      be
      able
      to
      take
      advantage
      of
     
     
      talent
      and
      potential
      genius
      that
      have
      been
      wasted
     
     
      because
      of
      taboos.’’