Fashion Model, Pro Racer, &
National Champion
Karts
Won her first IKF Mississippi State Championship in 1972 and won it again over the next three years.
Won
Tennessee IKF Tennessee State Championship in 1974 and repeated again in 75
through 78.
Won Region IKF
Region 2 (South
Qualified 3rd
and finished 6th in the 1974 IKF National Championships
Finished 5th
at the 1975 IKF National Championships
Finished 2nd
at 1975 and 1978 IKF Winter Nationals
Finished 2nd
at the 1976 IKF Spring Nationals
Won the 1976-77
WKA National Championships (Set new track record)
Won the 1977 -78
IKF Winter Nationals
Finished 3rd
at the 1977 WKA Winter Nationals
Won over 150 Kart races from 1971 1979 against the Nations best Karters, many who have gone on to be top NASCAR and Indy Car drivers.
She also won all of her Karting events maintaining her on Karts and engine.
Designed and
built new racer while recovering from accident
Set new world
track record at 1980 Midget Nationals (won trophy dash)
Won Midget Winter
Nationals in 1980
Won Mid South
Championships ( five states ) 1980
Won 100 lap
Indoor Championships -1980
Set fast time and
finished 4th at 1982 Nationals after an engine failure.
Won 100 lap Pro
Championships -1982
Designed and
built new cutting edge midget 1991
Set fast time at
91 Nationals and finished 2nd
Won Winter
Nationals 1991
Won Region 2
National -1993
Won indoor
Championships 91 92 93
Won over 200
midget races through out her career against the best in the
She also won all of her Midget events in cars she designed and built herself
Started professional
Sprint Car career in 1983
Won Five events
that rookie year in an out dated underfinanced race car
1984 won 5 events
and made decision to start her own Sprint Car Team
1985 Terri won
over 20 events, set new track records at three tracks and made the front page
of the National Speed Sport News
1986 Terri, a
twenty four three old throttle jockey traveled to
1986 Terri won
the Coors Light Shoot out Sprint Car Nationals
Ran her first
Dirt Champ Car event in
1987 Terri
continued to race in
Terri made the
move to North Carolina in 1988 to go after her NASCAR dreams, she continued to
race sprint cars part time winning 15 times
In 1989 Terri
returned to
She won 8 more
Sprint Car events in the Mid South in 1989
In 1990 91 Terri
raced Sprint Cars in the Mid west and through out the
South while continuing her NASCAR quest. She won over 40 events during the 1990
and 91 seasons
All told Terri O logged over 150 Sprint Car win from 1983
untill1991, proving that she was one of the nations best.
Terri was known
as a quick and smooth driver but one with the ability to get aggressive when
she had to. She was an excellent qualifier, set many track records and fast
time over 100 times through out her Sprint Car career.
Through out her
Sprint Car Career Terri landed top sponsors like Coors Light, Bud Light, Part Plus Auto Stores, Valvoline proving she was not only
talented, but promotable to the general public.
NASCAR
Terri Made her
NASCAR Sprint Cup debut in 1990, the young twenty six year old racer qualified
well and ran good until her car failed causing her to fall out of the event
early on. (this was ten years before the youth
movement in NASCAR, at the time Terri was considered to be very young to be
competing at the Cup level)
She got high
marks and endorsements from NASCARs Hall of Famers and its superstars,
including Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip,
She had top level sponsors like Valvoline, Parts Plus Auto Stores, Ford and a few Hollywood celebs in the likes of Don Johnson helping out with her NASCAR career.
Terri took her
amazing racing career one step farther in 1999 when she competed in the world
famous cross country road rally The Cannon Ball Run, finishing first in her class
and generating millions of dollars in media exposure for her sponsors
Volkswagen, Candies Shoes and The Fashion Caf.
In 2000 she restarted
he Midget racing by competing in Midget events in the Mid South and has
competed in these events periodically since then.
In late 2007
Terri tested a NASCAR Sprint Cup Car at
Today at forty three and in her prime, Terri O has open invitations to drive for top teams in NASCAR, ARCA, The American Lemans and the Rolex Daytona Prototype Series. She and Team owner Dick Barbour Racing all have hopes in developing a full time Indy Car team for 2009 and have Terri Racing in the 09 Indy 500. Terri O has talent, experience and determination to get back out on the track to win at the top levels of the sport, and the top team owners know it. Thats why these top racing guys are pulling for her to make it back to the big leagues.
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