
Dirt, Fire, and Determination with Angelique Bell
Published on Aug 23
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<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2350558/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Passion burns brightest when tested by fire—both figurative and literal—as sprint car driver Angelique Bell reveals in this powerful conversation about perseverance in motorsports.<br/><br/>From the moment 12-year-old Angelique first sat in a quarter midget race car, she was hooked. Now at 31, this Sacramento-based IT professional has built a remarkable racing career piloting 410 sprint cars on dirt tracks throughout California, Oregon, and Washington in the NARC King of the West series. Her journey stands as testament to overcoming barriers that would have stopped many others.<br/><br/>As one of the few women—and even fewer people of color—in sprint car racing, Angelique faced discrimination from competitors, crews, and even other women in the racing community. "When I went from outlaw carts to sprint cars at 17, there were things about my race, things about my g...