Michelle Theriault (pronounced "terry-oh") (born April 17, 1986) is an American professional

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driver. She competed part-time in NASCAR's

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(from

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and

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), and West Series (in 2005) and in the

ARCA Re/Max Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

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. She also competed full-time in the East Series in

, finishing 13th in points, the highest for a female driver in that series at the time.

Racing career

Theriault's record of being the highest-finishing female driver in the East Series points at year's-end would be both broken and tied in 2013, with Kenzie Ruston's sixth place finish in the standings (that record still stands today) and

Mackena Bell __NOTOC__ Mackena Bell (born June 9, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She drove the No. 23 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet for one race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2014. She was also a graduate of NASCAR Drive for Div ...

finishing 13th, which tied Theriault's points finish from 2007. Theriault received limited opportunities to drive in the

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; when she did; they were

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rides for

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and

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Personal life

Theriault is the wife of her former teammate at Derrike Cope Inc.,

Nick Tucker Nicholas Tucker (born August 26, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently owns Trans-Am Series team Nitro Motorsports and as a driver most recently competed in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink S ...

. They married on December 30, 2012, which is after the time they were competing in the Truck Series together. Despite sharing the same last name and both being from New England, she is not related to fellow driver

Austin Theriault Austin L. Theriault (born January 23, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and politician, who currently works in driver development. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 52 for Rick Ware Racing ...

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

West Series

ARCA Re/Max Series

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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* {{NASCAR-bio-stub 1986 births NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Living people People from Bristol, Connecticut Racing drivers from Connecticut American female racing drivers Cope family