NASCAR’s first African-American female tire changer: ‘I don’t know what I’m getting myself into’

During a NASCAR Truck Series race back in June, Brehanna Daniels made history at Dover International Speedway when became the first African-American woman to pit a car in one of NASCAR’s national series races. She was on pit road the next day in the XFINITY Series as well.

Daniels played basketball at Norfolk State before being recruited into NASCAR. The 23-year-old made it through the various levels of tryouts for pit crew members and is now the sport’s first African-American female tire changer.

During an interview with FOX Sports’ Kaitlyn Vincie, Daniels explained her experience through the tryout process and advancing to the pit crew combine, where she was selected to train professionally.

.@Mindless_BMD is the first African-American female tire changer in NASCAR. #WomenInWheels #RaceHub pic.twitter.com/Os6Ur47vUt

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) August 23, 2017

Daniels worked with NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program – which works to help aspiring women and minorities get involved in the sport – and impressed Phil Horton, the program’s pit crew coach.

Today was my very first race placing in the top 5 finishing in 4th place??? #CocaColaFirecracker250 #99car #MakingHistory #BlackGirlMagic pic.twitter.com/qukPx3IA0S

— Brehanna Daniels (@Mindless_BMD) July 2, 2017

When Vincie asked her about her first on-track pit crew experience, Daniels said:

“I just really tuned in, making sure I had everything right that I needed to do because I knew I was going to make history that weekend.”

For her first Truck Series race, she was the tire changer for Cody Ware’s No. 50 Chevrolet, which finished 18th in the Bar Harbor 200. The next day in the XFINITY Series, she was part of the pit crew for …

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