Maryeve Dufault

Maryeve Dufault (born February 16, 1982) is a Canadian professional racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman. She has raced in the Skip Barber, Formula BMW, Formula Renault, Star Mazda, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series. As a model, she has appeared on numerous television series, most notably The Price is Right.

Racing career Dufault's father and brother raced motorcycles in Quebec. She began riding as a four-year-old,

Dufault began Stock Car racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2010 by racing in two events. She signed as a driver development contract with the FAZZT Race Team in 2010, and was the first female race car driver selected to be part of the Dodge Motorsport driver development program.

Dufault standing beside her No. 12 car at the ARCA season-opener at Daytona in 2011

In early testing of her ARCA Racing Series car at New Smyrna Speedway and Daytona International Speedway in January 2011, Dufault impressed NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski. despite missing five races during the season because of a lack of sponsorship.

Dufault made her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 20, 2011 driving for MacDonald Motorsports. she started 39th and finished 30th with a transmission mount broke. She was the first Canadian woman to race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series since it took that name. Dufault was listed as one of the "Top female drivers in racing today" by Fox Sports, and was also named as one of the "Top 12 Up-and-Coming Female Drivers in Motorsports" by Bleacher Report. In addition, Dufault competed in the inaugural Dodge Viper Celebrity Challenge at Miller Motorsports Park in October 2011, competing alongside racing legends such as Roger Penske, Kurt Busch and Allen Johnson.

Dufault was featured on a Press Pass trading card in 2012. A lack of sponsorship delayed the start of her 2012 season.

In 2012, Dufault participated in the 'Drive for the Fans' social media contest, representing Fiat Abarth.

After competing in three ARCA Racing Series events for Carter 2 Motorsports in 2012, Dufault joined Go Green Racing for the 2013 season, impressing the team during testing and being assigned to drive in a Nationwide Series race for the team at Chicagoland Speedway.

In November 2013, it was announced that Dufault would drive full-time in ARCA for the 2014 season in the No. 46 for Team Stange Racing, as well as to return to Go Green Racing for an expanded twelve race schedule in the Nationwide Series in the No. 79 car. However, her Nationwide deal fell through because of Go Green's merger with Cup Series team FAS Lane Racing later in the offseason, and it was decided that the team would only compete in Cup with FAS Lane's No. 32 team and to close down their Nationwide No. 79 team. Due to lack of sponsorship, Dufault and TSR only ran three races at the start of the season, and her and the team did not complete the season. The No. 46 had skipped the race at Salem, which indicated the team was having financial problems.

Media career Dufault won Miss Hawaiian Tropic International in 2000, as well as prize money to keep racing. She was invited to the United Service Organizations "USO" tour, Operation in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia. She has appeared on a number of television shows and movies like Driven, Entourage, Relative Strangers, The Bold and the Beautiful, Jay Leno's opening show and including the American game show "The Price Is Right" during the Bob Barker era. She modeled in the August 2011 issue of Maxim. Dufault was invited to participate on the show The Insider, as well as on E! News to talk about women in racing and the difficulties of competing in a male dominated sport. She has also been featured by Sports Illustrated as their "Lovely Lady of the Day".

Dufault said that she models to earn money to be a race car driver. "I wasn’t buying myself clothes. I was buying tires," Dufault said to the New York Post. "I am a racer who uses modeling jobs to pay my bills."

Personal life In the early 2000s Dufault moved from her native Quebec to Los Angeles to pursue her racing career. 2013 Go Green Racing 79 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH

KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 81st 13 Canadian Tire Series NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2010 Derek White 10 Dodge DEL MSP ASE TOR EDM MPS SAS CTR MSP CGV BAR RIS KWA 44th 191

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2011 Tony Marks Racing 12 Dodge DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 16th 2105 2012 Carter 2 Motorsports 40 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD 62nd 350 14 SLM DSF KAN 2014 Team Stange Racing 46 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 43rd 395