MARYEVE DUFAULT - 02/16/1982
(home - Sorel Quebec, CAN)
were the first of three gals to make their way into the Xfinity Series in 2011. Dufault, a Canadian racing driver, model and advertising spokeswoman has raced in the Skip Barber, Formula BMW, Formula Renault, Star Mazda, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Dufault made her NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 20, 2011 driving for MacDonald Motorsports. She started 39th and finished 30th when a transmission mount broke. In November 2013, it was announced that Dufault would drive in the full 2014 ARCA Racing Series season for Team Stange Racing, as well as competing in twelve NASCAR Xfinity Series events for Go Green Racing. However that did not materialize. She has not raced since. Dufault won Miss Hawaiian Tropic International in 2000, beating over 35,000 competitors for the honor and becoming the only Miss Hawaiian Tropic International ever from Quebec and only the third Canadian winner. She, along
with co-winner Lisa Kessous, also from Quebec, won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada competition and both represented Canada at the world competition in Las Vegas in 2000. She narrowly beat the more curvaceous and exotic Kessous for the world title in Las Vegas. She was invited to the United Service Organizations "USO" tour, Operation in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia. She modeled in the August 2011 issue of Maxim. She also acted as a stunt driver for the movie Fast Girl. Dufault was invited to participate on the show The Insider, as well as on E! News to talk about women in racing and the difficulties of competing in a male dominated sport. She has also been featured by Sports Illustrated as their "Lovely Lady of the Day". She has appeared on a number of television shows and movies like
like Driven, Entourage, The Bold and the Beautiful, to name just a few and including the American game show "The Price Is Right" during the Bob Barker era. Dufault said that she modeled to earn money to be a race car driver. "I wasn’t buying myself clothes. I was buying tires," Dufault said to the New York Post. "I am a racer who uses modeling jobs to pay my bills. Some info from Wikipedia
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