Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (born November 8, 1963) is a Canadian

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driver. Sister of

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driver Randy MacDonald, she is currently retired from competition; she has competed in the past in

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and

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competition.

Early career

Born in

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on November 8, 1963, during the 1990s MacDonald was a member of the PPG Pace Car Team, a group of professional drivers who drove the pace car at

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events. She also drove in competition in sports cars, including the

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series. An accident at

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in 1997 nearly ended her career; MacDonald suffered a broken neck, and she was forced to wear a

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to stabilise her head and neck. Following her recovery, MacDonald returned to sports car racing; in 2000, she moved to stock cars, competing in the

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's National Tour before joining the

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, Canada's top stock car series, for the 2001 season. She finished 14th in points, scoring two top 10 finishes over the course of the year.

NASCAR

MacDonald made her debut in

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's national touring series in 2002, in the

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. Randy MacDonald also competed in the race, making the siblings the first brother-sister combination to compete against each other in a top-level NASCAR race since

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and Ethel Flock Mobley in 1949. MacDonald ran in three other races during the 2002 season; her best finish was 29th at Memphis. In 2003, she ran for Rookie of the Year in the Craftsman Truck Series; however she would only compete in one event that year, at

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, finishing 30th. MacDonald returned to the Truck Series for two races in 2004; at

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, MacDonald, Tina Gordon and

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competed in the UAW/GM Ohio 250, the first time three female drivers raced in the same NASCAR event. She finished 25th in the event, her best finish of the year; a 32nd-place finish at Memphis was her final NASCAR event.

Personal life

MacDonald currently works as a Christian inspirational speaker. She is married to Charles Cadieux; they have one son.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

References

External links

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