Lois Pollard-Grant

Racing came at an early age for Lois as she watched her father, Earl, and brother, Larry race at Western Speedway in Victoria, B.C. Canada.

When her brother moved to North Carolina to pursue a NASCAR racing career, Lois talked her dad out of retirement, to give auto racing a try with his youngest daughter. So in 1987, at age 21, she ran her very first race in a borrowed Datsun ministock. She finished second.

Lois has had a mostly successful, and history making career behind the wheels of a variety of cars, and has collected more than 40 trophies for her efforts.
Lois and her dad were the first father/daughter race team at Western Speedway when they campaigned in the ministocks in 1988. She was named Rookie of the Year the same season. She also became the first woman in the Speedway's then 36 year history to win a main event which she accomplished as a claimer driver in 1989. The same year she finished second in the Mini Stock points championship, and would repeat the honors in 1998.

In 1992, Lois drove to a third place finish in Thundercar championship point standings and also set a new track record in qualifying the same year.

Special moments for Lois came when she and her family were named for a perpetual trophy (The Pollard Cup) for the family's association and support of auto racing. Another special memory was in 1995, when her dad was inducted into the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame.

In 1999, Lois ran her final year in the International Ministocks, and half way through the year, while running third in point standings, she sold her car and purchased a stockcar. Although she only competed in half of the scheduled race events, she still managed to finish sixth in championship point standings.
Lois took two years off from active racing when a baby girl was born to her and husband, George Grant. She was to repeat the same scenario in 2000, when a son was born.

But it is now 2002, and Lois is happy to be back behind the wheel of her race car once again. She wants to be a front runner. "I've been there before and I want to do it again."

Racing Goals: Lois plans to continue racing for a long time. "As long as I have my family's support and I'm still having fun, then I'm there." Lois will compete in the Glen Lake Inn Stockcar Series until she makes her move into Late Model Stockcars. But in the meantime, her ultimate goal is to win a championship.

Personal:. Lois is a freelance writer and has written for publications in both Canada and the U.S. Her biggest effort was a 20-page supplement in 1998 on the 45 year history of Western Speedway for a Victoria publication, the Goldstream News Gazette. The supplement has since then been an annual edition.

For more information visit her Website