Female racer shares life lessons at TCTC

CHAMPION — Allie Owens just turned 20, but consider her a veteran stock car driver because she’s been racing since she was 12 — and that’s not a misprint.

“I started on dirt tracks at that age and nobody made a big deal of it even though I was beating guys who were 21 and older,” Owens said.

The Daytona, Fla., native spoke Thursday to students at the Trumbull Career & Technical Center and displayed one of her stock cars, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Her message, however, was not about racing; it was about life.

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