On many occasions it appears that the red carpet was rolled out along pit road instead of race cars. Instead of the drivers being accompanied by their wife or girlfriend, they stroll down pit road with a Barbie on their arm.
And that Barbie, standing next to a dirty, fiery, 4,300 pound stock car, has perfect hair, clothes, and make-up. It’s an oxymoron.
If there’s a dress code in the garage or in NASCAR it would most likely consist of jeans, t-shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, sneakers, and firesuits.
What you don’t think about are designer clothes and heals. However, it seems that we better get used to it because there's a silent war going on between the real women of pit road and the "Plastics."
Now for those of you who have never seen the movie Mean Girls, the "Plastics" are the women who always look good. They have their hair and make-up done and it's done right and there's never a hair out of place.
Let the battle begin.
The first group are the racer women, the ones you can’t tell from their husbands. Take, for instance, Delana Harvick. Every weekend she wears a firesuit that matches her husband's and is seen on the pit box taking notes and lap times.
She is also deeply involved in the Nationwide Series operation as co-owner and with the Craftsman Truck Series. Last season with driver Ron Hornaday, Kevin Harvick, Incorporated won the Truck Series Championship.
Delana is not the only one who isn’t trying to turn heads. Katie Kenseth is regularly seen in jeans and a t-shirt, helping atop the pit box. There's also a picture of her sitting with her shoes off and using a pen with a big flower on top.
She knows how to stay in the background as her husband takes care of business.
But if you need a better picture than the two mentioned already, look no further than the reigning Daytona 500 couple of Ryan and Krissie Newman.
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