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Welcome back to GirlRacer.co.uk with my weekly Pit Stop. I'm your driver - Caitlin Shaw! This week we have a special interview with a spontaneous, fun loving woman in the motorsports industry. Amanda Speed describes herself as an average, laid-back girl who can be a bit of a firecracker. She's a newlywed, and her daily life revolves around raising her 8-year old son Rex and of course her need for speed. Amanda has always had a passion for motorsports. It could be drag racing with her father or NASCAR races with her husband. No matter what she's always at a track!

Amanda was born and raised in King, North Carolina. She grew up in a drag racing family watching her father, Rickie Smith, and brother, Matt Smith, compete. Always having had the passion for motorsports in her blood she began doing public relations for her family in college and fell in love with that aspect of the sport. Amanda went on to make a name for herself in the stock car world managing the entire Jim Beam account for NASCAR and eventually handling public relations for Bill Davis Racing. Having excelled in the field of public relations and marketing, Amanda now controls the master schedule of a Sprint Cup Series driver who happens to be her husband - Scott Speed. "I went from handling lots of events with different companies and different media members, now I just handle Scott, which in itself is a challenge!" Amanda laughed.

Amanda was gracious enough to lend some of her rare spare time to answer a few questions for all of our GirlRacer followers. Let's take a speedy look into the life of Amanda Speed...

CAITLIN: How has your role changed from handling public relations to now managing a driver in addition to raising a family and being a wife in the garage area?

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