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In a year that's already seen the youngest-ever winner of the Daytona 500, it's only appropriate that we hit the other end of the spectrum with what has to be the oldest driver ever to take a spin around a NASCAR track.
Meet Rachel Gilbert of Laconia, N.H. She's approaching her 100th birthday, and she's a NASCAR devotee. And as a birthday present, New Hampshire Motor Speedway gave her a chance to drive around the track in a Toyota Camry pace car.
And she wasn't in the shotgun seat. She was driving.
One other note: This was Gilbert's first time behind the wheel in about five years. So it's probably good that there was only one kind of turn involved.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog...e-fan-takes-a-drive-around-track-for-her-100t
Meet Rachel Gilbert of Laconia, N.H. She's approaching her 100th birthday, and she's a NASCAR devotee. And as a birthday present, New Hampshire Motor Speedway gave her a chance to drive around the track in a Toyota Camry pace car.
And she wasn't in the shotgun seat. She was driving.
One other note: This was Gilbert's first time behind the wheel in about five years. So it's probably good that there was only one kind of turn involved.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog...e-fan-takes-a-drive-around-track-for-her-100t
