She has been successful at drag racing and on the shorter tracks circuit known as the late models, where she gained two top-15 finishes
"My finest memory of my racing experience would be when I was about 5.I had a little Corvette car, and my dad put two car batteries in it. I literally drove that car until the wheels fell off. Ever since then, I’ve just been so enthused about motorsports.”
her father, Bobby Norfleet was a fairly prominent driver himself throughout the ’90s, and is credited with helping the sport gain traction in the African-American community.
In 2000, Norfleet announced he would field and drive his own team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, but was unable to come up with sponsorship. NASCAR Vice President Brian France called a number of companies who were interested in sponsoring a NASCAR team, and even flew in some company executives.[1] Norfleet came up with sponsorship from 40 Street Records and So So Def Records. Norfleet failed to qualify for his first race at Martinsville Speedway.
Norfleet made his NASCAR debut at the Portland International Raceway road course. He competed against Bill Lester in that race, which was the only time in NASCAR history that two African-Americans have competed in the same race. Norfleet qualified 11 miles per hour slower than the pole speed, but made the race after 33 cars qualified for 34 spots.[1] He finishing 32nd after he suffered handling problems. He was also black-flagged three times by NASCAR for not maintaining the required minimum speed.
In the next race at Pikes Peak International Raceway, Norfleet's entry was denied by NASCAR officials, as he was not licensed to run tracks larger than a mile. NASCAR requires drivers to either show proficiency on shorter tracks, or have some experience on one mile and larger tracks in a lower series before they are allowed to race on larger tracks.[1] Norfleet claimed the decision was racially motivated, and people protested outside NASCAR's headquarters. After failing to qualify for his next race at Evergreen Speedway, he stopped running NASCAR.
This story has so little Nascar content that it barely qualifys to make this forum. But , if it helps get women out of racing ,go for it Andy.
“She was extremely slow, just kind of in the way almost,” Lemons said. “We decided not to go out on the racetrack any time she was out there just to keep from anything possibly happening.”“We decided not to go out on the racetrack any time she was out there just to keep from anything possibly happening.”
Good ole' Tommy Lemons, Jr.
I can't understand what she thinks she stands to gain by this charade. No responsible team will hire her. She's just making herself look ridiculous.
Maybe she thinks there's money in "them there rednecks."
She's just a kid . This is no reflection on her . It does reflect badly on racing and women ,unfortunately. The article had more to do with that ,than with her.I can't understand what she thinks she stands to gain by this charade. No responsible team will hire her. She's just making herself look ridiculous.
Maybe she thinks there's money in "them there rednecks."
Come on ted, even at my age her being 26 is old enough to have some scruples. I truly looked for the wink or sarcasm at the end of that post.She's just a kid . This is no reflection on her . It does reflect badly on racing and women ,unfortunately. The article had more to do with that ,than with her.
I didn't look at her age . But , thinking it over carefully , it doesn't change a thing I said. The a.hole who wrote this crap did it to embarass women and Nascar .Come on ted, even at my age her being 26 is old enough to have some scruples. I truly looked for the wink or sarcasm at the end of that post.
Could be but most probably to sell a story.I didn't look at her age . But , thinking it over carefully , it doesn't change a thing I said. The a.hole who wrote this crap did it to embarass women and Nascar .
Could be but most probably to sell a story.
Yeah I am thinking Viv Bernstein is Andy writing incognito. The Bernstein name also has that Jews owns everything signature, and they aint letting no sista driva in the house.I didn't look at her age . But , thinking it over carefully , it doesn't change a thing I said. The a.hole who wrote this crap did it to embarass women and Nascar .
Maybe her daddy dropped a dime to a reporter for the publicity. You know what they say, no such thing as bad publicity, look at Lohan, kardashian, hiltons etc.They certainly went out of their way to discredit someone who wasn't even on the map. Maybe The National Enquirior has bought out The New York Times.
I didn't look at her age . But , thinking it over carefully , it doesn't change a thing I said. The a.hole who wrote this crap did it to embarass women and Nascar .
An EXPOSED woman in NASCAR means woman in firesuit.Dammit! I read this whole thread, and the article, and nowhere was any female NASCAR driver exposed.
An EXPOSED woman in NASCAR means woman in firesuit.
Dammit! I read this whole thread, and the article, and nowhere was any female NASCAR driver exposed.
She LIED about being a NASCAR DRIVER??????????????????Is there any story if you take the word "Nascar" out of the title?
Is there any story if you take the word "Nascar" out of the title?
She LIED about being a NASCAR DRIVER??????????????????
Is there any story if you take the word "Nascar" out of the title?
I can find Jennifer Joe Cobbs NASCAR stats but I am having problems locating Tia Norfleet's. Cobb may not have good stats but she can honestly say that she's a NASCAR driver.We saw Jo Cobb claim she was a nascar driver to help hype her clothing line, and now a black female is doing something like that. I guess nascars drive for diversity is working in areas they never imagined.
You sir, methinks, hit the nail right smack on the head. If they had there would be a minimum of 86 threads by now.I agree, it's not much of a story. Never heard of her and for the most part neither had NASCAR. She wasn't on the radar. Did anyone one here even know anything about her before Andy posted this thread. I'm guessing not or we would have seen something posted on here before.