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Florida Asphalt Stock Cars
Alexandra Owens (everyone calls her Alli), is a 17 year old racer who’s been racing stock cars since she was thirteen, often racing against men more than double her age. This year, Alli has won races and run up front most every week. When she was 14 years old, she finished the season sixth in championship points in a field of 27 cars at a ½ mile dirt track in Florida . At 15 years old, Alli raced mini stocks on a ½ mile asphalt track and finished third in points, winning the “Rookie of the Year” title. Since the start of the 2005 season, Alli has been racing late models at various asphalt tracks ranging in length from ¼ to ¾ mile. With just a few races left this season, Alli is doing what most teenage girls don’t do: She’s in a battle for a late model stock car championship. As the season closes, Alli has surpassed all expectations and has worked her way to 2 nd place in championship points. The rookie title she had set as a goal is definitely in sight, since she has at least a 200-point lead over the closest rookie competitor.
This year hasn’t been easy for Alli. With school, a job and racing, she’s had to sacrifice things that other teenagers take for granted. “There isn’t much time to hang out with friends or go to school dances” Alli says, but while other kids are at the mall or the movies, Alli is working on her car making sure it’s ready for the next race. When Alli is not in school, at work or trying to beat the guys on the race track, she takes the roll of spokesperson for RAD (Race Against Drugs), lecturing kids about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. She has also attended the Lyn St. James Driver Development Program and the Lyn St. James Women in the Winners Circle luncheon. Respect is something else that isn’t easy to come by when you’re a teenage girl racing against grown men. It’s not something that comes overnight either, but after racing against adults for the past four years, Alli has gained that respect.
Hopefully Alli’s path will take her to NASCAR someday. She knows it takes time and a lot of hard work, and she is willing to make those sacrifices With only a few more races, Alli is just 50 points out of 1 st place. A championship is not a sure thing, but considering what she has accomplished so far, she is a champion in the hearts and minds of everyone that knows her. More on Alli’s racing endeavors can be found at www.alliowens.com Alli's Thunder Valley Racing Profile
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Nothing has been given to this young lady. She has worked very
hard for every point she’s earned, driving against some of
the best late model racers in the area. Alli wouldn’t have
it any other way. 
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