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Three time World Karting Association and two
time International Karting Federation Champion,
Jody Folice is renowned as one of the top karting
drivers in the world, compiling more than 350
career feature wins in her 22 year career.
Jody Folice definitely comes from solid racing
stock.
Her father, Joe, was a short track racer in
Connecticut and the day he married her mother, he
took his bride to a race in which he would be
competing that night at Middletown.
"Mom told me that they announced over the PA.
'Congratulations to Joe and Gloria Folice, who just
got married today." and that Joe would be competing
in the Sportsman Class, or whatever, that night,"
Jody said.
"Mom was in the stands and said that some guy
leaned over to her and said, "What kind of an
a**hole would bring his wife to a race track on
their wedding night?'
"She turned to him and said, 'I married that
a**hole."
Folice began racing kart in the Wilton Go-Kart
Club in Connecticut.
"It was a school parking lot," she said.
She has faced resistance from the very beginning
because she is female, "Especially when I go where
people don't know me," she said.
"Someone shoved their shoulder into me and tried
to intimidate me at one race track," Folice said.
"That was really the worst. But I go to race just
like they do. If I were there to prance around, it
would be a different story. But they know that I'm
there to race and that I'm serious."
Serious she is when it comes to her racing
career and she has the credentials to prove it.
She's won the 1982 Karting Grand National
Championship in Canada, Empire State Championships
in New York, a WKA Gold Cup Series Championship in
1986, a Modified Series Championship in 1988 and
countless track championships.
"I won more when I was younger because I raced
more," she said. "As I got older, I needed to be
more self supporting so the funds haven't been
there."
Folice supports herself through managing T &
J's Deli in downtown Concord, a family-owned
operation which is a popular lunch spot for Winston
Cup drivers and team members.
She eventually hopes to go racing full time in a
full-bodied car and has a Late Model Stock Car
being built by RBR Racecars to run at Concord.
"I'm also talking with a guy about running a
NASCAR Dash Series car for him next year," she
said. "I'm going to finish the car (the Late Model
Stock) and then if the Dash deal goes through, I'm
going to run it whenever I can. I want to get as
much experience as I can."
Most Notable Events
2002-2003
Competing at Concord Motorsports Park in the
Legends Pro Winter Heat Series driving the Carlos
J. Moore And Associates Architects Legends Car
2001-2002
Dirt Mini Stock races with several finishes in
the top ten
1999
World Karting Association 2-cycle National
135cc Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway - 2nd
1996-97
Driving Instructor at the U-Race Driving School at
Concord Motorsports Park.
1996
Competed at Concord Motorsports Park in the Bill
Chapman owned, Thermaltek Chevrolet in the Late
Model Stock Division.
1995
Joined the North Carolina Based Karting team of
Bill Jackson, scored major victories at Road
Atlanta and Rockingham, NC, also raced in various
other venues across the southeast never finishing
out of top five.
1993-94
Action Packed Racing cards Team Driver for
"Legends of the West" televised Legend Car series
from Phoenix Arizona. Finished second in series
points, two points behind the champion. Was also a
driving instructor for Bill Borden at the Florida
Legends Association Driving School
1991
World Karting Association Horstman Gold Cup
Series Limited Modified Lite Division Champion
1990
Charlotte Coliseum Indoor Christmas Classic
Kart race - Stock Lite 4th place, Charlotte, NC
1988
WKA Horstman Gold Cup Series Champion
1987
Springfield, Vermont Street Race 1st place.
1986
Rutland, Vermont Street Race, Junior Box Stock 1st
Place
WKA National Points Champion, Junior Box Stock
1985
Norwalk Karting Association Junionr Box Stock
Points Champion
1984
International Karting Federation Grand National
Champion, Junior Box Stock - Received the
prestegious Duffy Award
Norwalk Karting Association - Points Champion
Junior Box Stock
Long Island Karting Association Points Champion
Junior Box Stock
1983
Long Island Karting Association Points Champion -
Rookie
Empire State Champion - Junior Box Stock - Long
Island NY
Norwalk Karting Association - 2nd Points Junior Box
Stock
1982
International Karting Federation National Karting
Champion, Duffy Award
Norwalk Karting Association - Points Champion -
Rookie Box Stock
Long Island Karting Association - Points Champion -
Rookie
1981
Norwalk Karting Association - Points Champion -
Rookie Box Stock
Long Island Karting Association - 2nd points -
Rookie
1980
25th annual North American Kart Championship 1st
place - Rookie Box Stock - Whitby, Ontario
Nutmeg Karting Association - Points Champion -
Rookie
Norwalk Karting Association - 3rd points - Rookie
Box Stock
Became Coyote Racing's Team Driver
Source: Jody Folice, PO Box 152,
Mt Pleasant, NC 28124 or 704.436.6182 or
www.jodyfolice.com/main.shtml
or E-Mail
or E-Mail
No information since mid-2003.
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