I am a full-time working mom in a relatively fast-paced job with not-so-fast-paced driving skills.
My first full season of autocross was in 2012, driving a D-Stock 2003 MINI Cooper S (R53) on street tires (D-Street wasn’t a thing yet). In 2013, I bought an autocross-ready 2008 MINI Cooper S (R56) from Craig Wilcox, so that I could no longer blame the car for my failures. I also inherited some BFGs, and co-drove in D-Stock with Wiley Cox, who is one of the best, most helpful, and all around awesome co-drivers. In 2014, I started the season late, after giving birth to my son, MJ, in May. My husband, Todd, was driving my brother PJ’s famous (infamous?) car, Panda, in Street Modified for the year. For Nationals, I decided I didn’t have the energy to bring the MINI out, and PJ graciously offered me a seat in Panda. And so I went from a D-Stock MINI to a Street Modified Panda. Needless to say, it was a big leap, and on top of learning to drive RWD with tons of power, I was learning to be a mom. I plan to use this page to share my thoughts on my own personal progress as a not-so-new autocrosser and also my attempt to groom my child into a champion junior karter turned driver. I mean, my attempt to be a mom to my child who can do whatever he wants to do when he grows up.