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C r o s s r o a d sSending a strong messageBeing a woman in a male-dominated sport has given Caley Weese firsthand experience of what it feels liketo be an outsider.Photo by Don Simpson / courtesy Weese RacingWeese is only into her second summer with theanti-bullying campaign yet has seen a lot of interestfrom children and adults.Photo by Don Simpson / courtesy Weese RacingCaley Weese knows a thing or two about being anoutsider. As a woman entering the male-dominatedsport of car racing, and coming from a family withno motorsport background, the 26-year-old Bellevilleresident has always faced a bit of a struggle to be acceptedby her peers.So who better to be at the forefront of an anti-bullyingcampaign through Hastings County and thesurrounding area? One of the top Pro Late Modeldrivers at Brighton Speedway, Weese is starting hersecond year of raising awareness about the threat andconsequences of childhood bullying through her racingefforts. She is selling anti-bullying shirts for $10apiece and the first 500 sold will get the buyers freeadmission to Brighton Speedway on the evening ofSunday, Sept. 1, when Weese is promoting an antibullyingnight at the track.In her first year of the campaign last year Weesesold 570 shirts and she says this year’s goal is to top1,000 sold. As part of this year’s program she is promotingKids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868), a 24-hourhotline that gives children across Canada access to aprofessional counselor.Ironically, Weese did not intend to spearhead ananti-bullying campaign when she took up the causefor the 2012 racing season.“I talked to the Hastings Prince Edward DistrictSchool Board and the Belleville Police, and theydidn’t really have anything in place,” she explains.“They thought it would be great if I could createa campaign and the support off the bat was overwhelming.”In addition to selling t-shirts, Weese travels withher race car to a wide range of community events tospread the anti-bullying message. Funds from her t-shirt sales help cover her travel costs.“We go to a lot of community events, especiallythose involved with youth groups,” she explains. “It’sreally great to see the interest from little kids right upto adults. Even if people aren’t personally affected bybullying there’s still a lot of support for our program.I’ve been thoroughly impressed.”The impact of childhood bullying resonates withWeese, and she is keenly aware of its impact.“Bullying hits home for me as a female race cardriver, and as a child I was bullied as well,” she explains.“I was never physically bullied, but I experiencedit verbally or by exclusion. I never liked sportsat school. When we played baseball I would be the onewho wanted to go way back into the outfield and havesomeone stand in front of me. It just wasn’t my thing.“Racing changed my life. I went from being a super-quietkid to being a racer. My message is that youdon’t need to follow what everybody else does. Youneed to follow what you want to do, and there willbe people there to support you.”Weese caught the racing bug when she was 15 andsaw an event at Brighton Speedway.“No one in my family thought it was a good ideaexcept me,” she recalls. “I started with enduranceraces and in my first one my car blew up, and I thinkmy parents expected that would be the end of it. I’dbe fed up with it. But two weeks later I was lookingfor another car. I was determined to make it work.”Weese took auto shop classes in high school tohelp improve her mechanical knowledge, a distinctdeparture from most teenage girls, and she and herfather pored over technical regulations as they preparedcars for Caley to race at Brighton Speedway.In 2004, just her third year in the sport, Weese wonthe Comp 4 title at Brighton. In 2009 she competedin Pro Stock and claimed the Eastern Ontario StockChallenge Series, and the following year moved upto the new Pro Late Model class. Along the way shehas faced the same challenges of being an outsiderthat she experienced in school.“I think there is still an attitude that no guy wantsto get beat by a girl,” she explains. “There is thatmentality that girls don’t belong in racing cars. But Ithink I’ve gained respect now. If I head to some biggervenues, where I’m a little fish in a big sea, I mightnotice it, but not at Brighton. The racing community isactually very tight, and it’s amazing how many peoplewill come to your aid when you’ve got a problem atthe track. That part of it is very cool.“I like a challenge and I like to make things happen.When people tell me I can’t do something I like toprove them wrong. You can do anything you want; itdoesn’t matter if it’s not the perfect scenario.”Weese maintains a busy schedule and her racingambitions extend beyond Brighton Speedway or evensouthern Ontario. She is the team owner of WeeseRacing and is actively involved in the maintenanceand preparation of her race car.“A lot of race drivers are just drivers, and I hatethat,” she says. “It was just my Dad and I when westarted, and I needed to know everything I could tobe able to look after the car myself. These cars arevery much set-up related and it falls on me to makesure everything is prepared properly.”She also owns an advertising and promotions business,Fresh Thinking by Caley Weese, and is a fulltime marketing and event planner with McDougallInsurance & Financial.“Every race driver would love to be a career driver,”she admits. “If I was offered a ride I’d be thrilled.I was part of a race school in North Carolina last yearand I gained a lot of knowledge. The people thatwere teaching us work with NASCAR. It’s toughon a local level but I’d love to continue doing whatI’m doing.”If Weese could take her career further it would certainlyhave an impact on those touched by her antibullyingmessage. However, she has likely had an impacteven making it to this stage in her racing career.“I don’t think we’re saving the world,” she says,“but I hope we’re making a small difference.” •<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2013</strong> • <strong>Country</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> I37
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