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Maryeve Dufault, the first Canadian NASCAR Nationwide

The Quebec pilot will commence in Maryeve Dufault NASCAR Nationwide August 20 next, on the occasion of the ordeal presented at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, in Montreal. From Sorel, Dufault fight this season ARCA championship, one of the series of development of NASCAR.

Maryeve Dufault lives in California, where she earns her living doing stunts for the cinema. Concurrently, motorsport remains more than a passion for it. After go-karting, the car (Barber and Star Mazda series), Dufault has managed to get a place in the NASCAR series since the year passes. It will be the first Canadian driver to participate in a Nationwide ordeal, flying a Dodge Team Ontario MacDonald Motorsports.

More than a fad, the presence of feminine drivers in major motorsports series comes restore logic that had disappeared in the late 1930s, while many women defied the male drivers in Grand Prix competitions and Endurance. Today, sponsors finally realizing that many of them have their place on the starting grid, although one should not turn a blind eye either: get some sponsorship easier because they are pilots feminine. Sexism upside down somehow, which is not necessarily a good thing either because only the talent should make a difference.

For Dufault, the question does not arise: with a "Top 10" in the race and the thirteenth largest in the championship at this time ARCA she testifies have the skills needed to master his car 800 hp.

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