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One of the First Ladies of NASCAR, Patty has several "firsts" under her belt. At Road Atlanta, in her first Xfinity Series attempt in 1986, she became the first woman to lead a Xfinity Series race. This came shortly after she won a qualifying race, another female first in NASCAR. She took part in 133 Xfinity Series races during her twelve years of NASCAR competition, 24 of which were in 1990. Daughter of a racer, Patty started competing in 1981. First she raced sportscars like her father, and drove in IMSA. She is the wife of former fellow NASCAR driver Elton Sawyer. Moise began racing at the age of 16, when she drove road course races in the IMSA series. In 1983, she entered two races. She did not finish the Sebring 12 Hours in a Camaro, but was thirteenth in the Paul Revere event at Daytona. Her co-driver was Tommy Riggins, and the car was a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. In 1984, she drove a Chevrolet Camaro with Tom Ciccone at Watkins Glen. They were 27th. In 1985, she was ninth in the Sebring 12 Hours, using a Pontiac Firebird. In 1986, she and Les Delano were 12th at Sebring. Not long

afterwards, she moved into the oval stock car scene. She quickly progressed through the junior series. She made her Xfinity Series debut in 1986 at Road Atlanta, driving the #47 Citgo/Red Roof Inns Buick Regal for Randy Hope. She qualified third and finished 30th due to engine problems on the first lap. She ran another Xfinity race that season at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 34th. She also became the first woman to lead a Xfinity Series event. In 1987 she also made her Cup debut at Watkins Glen in the #89 Butter-flavored Crisco Chevrolet owned by Marc Reno and Ernie Irvan. She finished 33rd after a crash. In 1988 she also ran two Cup races for Hope that year, the Pepsi 400

and at Watkins Glen, with her best finish being a 26th. In 1989, she switched to the #45 Buick with sponsorship from Amway/Freedom Fuel Additive. She posted two sixteenth-place runs and finished 35th in points. She also made her final two Cup starts, at Daytona and Talladega in her own car. Her best finish was 33rd. In all she made five career Cup starts. She performed best in the Xfinity series. Her results were mixed over the nine years she raced; her best finish was seventh at Talladega. This superspeedway was the scene of several of Patty's triumphs. In 1988 she qualified on pole for a Xfinity race, the first woman to do

so. In 1990, she sold her team to Mike Laughlin and made the most starts of her career, 24. Despite not finishing in the top-ten, she finished a career-high 22nd in points at season's end. She ran well at times, but over the season she could not convert her experience into hard results. During the season, she married her husband Elton Sawyer, whom she joined as a teammate part-time the following season at Dilliard Racing, where her best finish was a 15th at Dover. After 1991 and her marriage to Elton Sawyer, she scaled down her racing commitments considerably. Mostly, her racing was confined to guest appearances, with a best finish of fourteenth, at Watkins Glen, in 1992. She

and her husband Elton were the first husband/wife duo to race in a Cup Series event since 1949. In 1994, she ran six races for Doug Taylor, who signed her to drive the next season, with sponsorship from Dial/Purex. In 1995, her career picked up again after a seventh place at Talladega. She and Elton ran their own team in 1996 driving the #14, and Patty entered 18 races. In 1998, her team was purchased by Michael Waltrip Racing, and she signed to drive the car with sponsorship from Rhodes Furniture. Despite a top-ten at Bristol, she had trouble making races and finished 37th in points. Patty last raced in 1998, at Bristol, where she finished in the top ten. For her Cup career she made five Cup starts, with a best finish of 26th. In her Xfinity career she had 133 starts with a best finish of 7th at Talladega in 1995. In that race she led four laps. The

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PATTY MOISE - 12/19/1960