Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (born November 8, 1963) is a Canadian stock car racing driver. Sister of

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driver

Randy MacDonald Randy MacDonald (born July 26, 1962) is a Canadian stock car racer and a former competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series. He is currently team owner of MacDonald Motorsports, which competes in the Natio ...

, she is currently retired from competition; she has competed in the past in

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and

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competition.

Early career

Born in

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on November 8, 1963, during the 1990s MacDonald was a member of the PPG Pace Car Team, a group of professional drivers who drove the pace car at IndyCar events. She also drove in competition in sports cars, including the

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series. An accident at

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in 1997 nearly ended her career; MacDonald suffered a broken neck, and she was forced to wear a

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to stabilise her head and neck. Following her recovery, MacDonald returned to sports car racing; in 2000, she moved to stock cars, competing in the

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's National Tour before joining the

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, Canada's top stock car series, for the 2001 season. She finished 14th in points, scoring two top 10 finishes over the course of the year.

NASCAR

MacDonald made her debut in

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's national touring series in 2002, in the

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. Randy MacDonald also competed in the race, making the siblings the first brother-sister combination to compete against each other in a top-level NASCAR race since

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and Ethel Flock Mobley in 1949. MacDonald ran in three other races during the 2002 season; her best finish was 29th at Memphis. In 2003, she ran for Rookie of the Year in the Craftsman Truck Series; however she would only compete in one event that year, at

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, finishing 30th. MacDonald returned to the Truck Series for two races in 2004; at

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, MacDonald,

Tina Gordon Tina Gordon (born March 14, 1969) is an American former stock car racing driver and spokesperson for the Sticks 'N' Stuff furniture chain. She is related to neither NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon nor Robby Gordon. After being released from her ride at ...

and

Kelly Sutton Kelly Renae "Girl" Sutton (born September 24, 1971) is a former NASCAR driver. Sutton started 54 races, mostly in her family-owned No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado, in the Craftsman Truck Series. She was the only stock-car racer, male or female, known ...

competed in the

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, the first time three female drivers raced in the same NASCAR event. She finished 25th in the event, her best finish of the year; a 32nd-place finish at Memphis was her final NASCAR event.

Personal life

MacDonald currently works as a Christian inspirational speaker. She is married to Charles Cadieux; they have one son.

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series

References

External links

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