You Go Girl: How Jennifer Jo Cobb Shook the NASCAR Landscape

Forget all the Danica Patrick nonsense. This past Saturday at Bristol, Jennifer Jo Cobb was the center of attention. Not for how she drove the car or where she finished, but for taking a stand that showed this woman has guts oozing out of every pore on her body. She willfully refused to compete when she learned her car owner wanted her to run a couple laps and then park the car. With that action, she showed that the true spirit of a racer has no gender bias, nor does it care about race or religion. A racer wants to win, period. This simple fact is often overlooked by car owners today, sacrificing a chance to run well or win for an easy paycheck. When she refused to demean herself for easy money, Cobb not only lost money and points, but her ...

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