BIO - Jody the Intimidator...

Over the years, there were a few times where Jody had to face the chauvinism of her fellow male competitors, and even times when that chauvinism turned into intimidation.

"I was racing this kid pretty hard at Darlington one time and I kinda banged into him a few times. It wasn't intentional - we were racing pretty hard and I was trying to get by him. He was holding me up." "Well, this guys father comes up to my father and said 'You tell your son to keep his bumper off the back of my kid's kart!' Well, my father tells him,'I'll be sure to tell my DAUGHTER that.' Well, the guy's jaw just dropped."

"The there was this time I raced on this dirt track. Everybody knows my name in go-kart racing...but I didn't run dirt much at all."

"It was like the second time I raced on this track, and I've got guys banging into me during practice. Then when I'm in the garage area talking to a track official, one kid comes up, puts his shoulder into me and walks off, just trying to intimidate me. That was really the worst. But I go to the track just like they do. If I were there to prance around , it would be a different story. But they know I'm there to race and I'm serious."

She responded to the intimidation in the best possible way. She won.

Jody has proven that her talent is equal to anyone in the upper levels of the sport. She has raced against many now well-known names in the sport such as NASCAR Busch Grand National Driver Jason Keller, who she defeated for the WKA junior light division national title in 1986.