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In 1998, Stull went to the Frank Hawley Drag
Racing School in Pomona, Calif., but didn't start
drag racing until 2002 after being diagnosed with
cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
"In 2002, I was diagnosed with terminal cancer
and was told I had three years to live"
"I had to make some decisions about what I
wanted to do with the time I had left. I decided
that racing was one of the things I had been
putting on the back burner but something I really
wanted to do."
When Stull went back to the doctor they told
her, "You don't have cancer, we can't find it; we
don't know how to explain the pathology reports, so
just go home."
During the time Tina thought she was dying,
prayer became a major part of her life, because she
felt she had no other options. "I made all my
decisions based off my prayers. When I found out I
was going to live I thought, why should my
decisions be any different"
"If I was going to race when I was dying, why
wouldn't I race now that I was living," she
said.
Today Tina continues to pursue her racing career
as a National Hot Rod Association Super Comp
Dragster driver and is helping people everywhere
overcome their obstacles and reach for their
dreams.
On the race track and as a motivational speaker,
Tina Stull has been making friends and winning
hearts of people of all ages with her genuine
commitment of facing your obstacles, supporting
each other and Living Your Dream! Tina has
particularly hit a chord with our military
families. Tina has visited bases all over America,
with her Dragster, and speaks about her
experiences, visits with Soldiers and signs
autographs. Tina has created Team Troops, a support
group for people in our military, and has been
providing soldiers, and their families with the
kind of support that can only be told in their own
words:
"I’m not suppose to endorse anyone
because of my job being a Soldier. I would
however like to tell you that Ms Stull has given
Soldiers a way back to life in America after
being deployed. She has a welcoming and
captivating way of helping Soldiers by sucking
them into the world of racing and how they can
overcome the affects of multiple deployments and
that adrenalin rush we live on while deployed.
We don’t get many folks that relate to that
addiction helping us figure a way back to our
families and friends once we return. What she
uses is an application of practical resiliency
and down home caring my Soldiers need, love and
relate to."
"What you may not understand is we really
can’t place a value on the handshakes, the
Thank You for your service or the people who
give their time helping the Soldier come
back"
Tina currently works with several
military-focused ministries to provide on-going
support for the service members and their Families,
and is responsible for distributing thousands of
free tickets to racing events to members of the
military.
Tina said, "I really appreciate the Soldiers who
serve, because the job they do allows me to do what
I do," she said. "My getting to drive race cars is
entertainment. People in the military are changing
history. It's important that when they go out to do
their job, they know they are fully supported here
at home."
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