Samantha first became interested in NASCAR at the age of four when she declared her life’s ambition was to be on Richard Petty’s pit crew. From there, it has blossomed into an unhealthy love of the weekly NASCAR soap opera. She is proud to call transplanted Californian Jeff Gordon a favored Hoosier son. And some other guy named Tony, too. When she isn’t TiVo-ing the NASCAR lineup from Friday to Sunday, she works for an insurance company in Indianapolis. Aside from Christmas, Memorial Day and the weekend of the Brickyard 400 are her favorite holidays (who doesn’t like 1,100 miles of racing in one day?). Her hobbies include writing, being a news junkie, and unintentionally saying things that make the quotes in people’s e-mail signatures.  

View all articles by Samantha Maynard