There's
a Drag Queen in the Lexington Office
Drag
Racing, that is...
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Genevieve
Noble, Lexington Office |
Genevieve
Noble, the Assistant Branch Manager of the
Lexington office and the Insider recently
sat down for a conversation. We came to find
out
that Genevieve likes life in the fast lane,
literally.
When
asked what some of her hobbies were, she
started out by explaining
that she recently
traded in a sporty two-seater for an SUV because
she has a new grandchild (more on that later).
This might not sound like a big change to most
people, but Genevieve has a real love affair
with cars—and speed. She’s been
drag racing cars since 1985 and prefers a street-rod
to the dragsters (at speeds of up to 127 miles
per hour).
Lucky
for us, she believes in being safe—she’s
never had a wreck on the track and racing is
a lot safer than it was when she started. Wearing
shorts and a t-shirt is out. Wearing a helmet
and a safety harness is in. And that’s
not all that has changed since she started
racing. She’s seen attitudes toward women
change a lot as well. When she started, it
was all about the guys racing. They’d
bring their girlfriends and wives, but most
of the racing was left to the boys. The women
might race each other in a Powder Puff race,
but mostly it was about machismo. Now women
and men race equally. Not too long ago, though,
she was slated to race a man who didn’t
want to go up against a woman—he finally
did and she beat him.
