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Hello, everyone.

This is Melinda Russell with Racing Girls Rock podcast. And my guests today are sisters Marie and Kayla Curtis. They were referred to me by another person that I've met through social media. That's how I meet most of these gals. And so I heard that these two girls had a really good summer, and I wanted to have them on because I love sharing the stories of young women in racing, and it's not just because they've been successful. They could have not been successful. I still just love telling their stories.

So we're going to start. We'll start with you. Marie, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself your age, what you like to do besides racing and that kind of thing. And then, Kayla, when she's done, you can take your turn.

 

MARIE: Well, first off, my name is Marie Curtis. My parents Rose and Brian, and they helped me out a lot in my racing career. I used to rodeo before I did this, I competed on horses, and then I decided I wanted to go faster. So I got into the stock car racing. I actually had a boyfriend at the time when I was 18, that raced, and he let me race his car in the Pure Stock Division, which was three years ago and then ended up just kept going.

 

But I'm a fulltime college student. This is my last semester before I get a criminal law degree through Great Basin College, and I'm just about to turn 21 next week.

 

So that's the big birthday, isn't it? 21? Yeah.

 

MARIE: I'll be in Vegas, coincidentally, because I'll be racing the duel in the desert.

 

Oh, what a terrible place to turn 21.

 

MARIE: I don't see the big thing with Vegas because I've lived here in Nevada, so I've been there.

 

I've been to Vegas a few times, and honestly, I don't see the big thing either. I'm not a gambler, really. And there's a lot of other places I'd go before I went back to Vegas. But anyway, so, Kayla, let's hear about you.

 

KAYLA: My name is Kayla Curtis. I'm 18 years old. I just got tired of watching my sister race and decided to do a car of my own. But before doing that, I used to do competitive shooting and rodeo as well as my sister went to Nationals a few times a few times for that. And since I stopped doing that just been rodeoing here and there and just racing when I'm not rodeoing.

Are you still in high school?

 

KAYLA: No, I'm graduated. I’m taking a gap year to learn more about diesel mechanics, which is the career I want to go into.

 

Well, that's a great career for a woman, honestly, because you'll be in the minority, and a lot of teams are going to want to hire you when you're ready. So good choice in the career. And as well, Marie, criminal justice sounds a little scary to me right now, but hopefully not.

 

MARIE: Well, that's just a fallback. I'm actually trying to build engines for race cars, so I'm getting going with that right now, but I just wanted a degree to have to fall back to, and that was a good degree. And I'm into the forensics side of things.

 

Okay, I think that would be the interesting side. The forensic side. Good plan for the future that you went to school and you have something to fall back on. Good job. So, girls, how did you get interested and involved in racing? So, Marie, we'll start with you. You're the oldest. We're going to start with her Kayla. Sorry. So how did you get interested in racing and then tell us about your summer? I know you've had a really good summer.

 

MARIE: So my dad used to tough truck and then my mom to demolition Derby. So I've always had the motorsports side of things. But I ended up getting into r

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