The best female racer in Mexico will compete in NASCAR’s Busch Series road-racing event in Mexico City next month. Mara Reyes will drive a Jay Robinson Racing Ford [#28,#39,#49] in the first NASCAR points race south of the border. The 27-year-old has been racing for 14 years, including the Mustang Series. Last season she won a pole and finished sixth in the Corona Challenge Series, the top stock car series in Mexico and a series backed by NASCAR. ”I’m very nervous to race against people like Jeff Gordon,” she said [hadn’t heard Gordon was gonna race?]. But she has the confidence to do so. Last month in California she received her license to compete in NASCAR events on road courses and short ovals. Reyes, who is sponsored by AMD, Sun Microsystem and Advil, will probably also compete in about seven other Busch races this season. Countryman Michel Jourdain will compete in the entire Busch schedule [for ppc Racing in the #10].(Miami Herald)(2-7-2005)
