Teri MacDonald

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Teri MacDonald

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|08}}

| birth_place = Whitby, Ontario, Canada

| achievements =

| awards =

| Total_Truck_Races = 7

| Years_In_Truck = 3

| Best_Truck_Pos = 55th (2002)

| First_Truck_Race = 2002 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 (Memphis)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2004 O'Reilly 200 (Memphis)

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

| Total_Canada_Races = 13

| Years_In_Canada = 2

| Best_Canada_Pos = 14th (2001)

| First_Canada_Race = 2001 Mopar 250 (Delaware)

| Last_Canada_Race = 2002 Mopar Parts 250 (Delaware)

| Canada_Wins = 0

| Canada_Top_Tens = 2

| Canada_Poles = 0

}}

Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (born November 8, 1963) is a Canadian stock car racing driver. Sister of NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Randy MacDonald, she is currently retired from competition; she has competed in the past in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and CASCAR competition.

Early career

Born in Whitby, Ontario on November 8, 1963,{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/sprint/drivers/959|title=Teri MacDonald-Cadieux|work=Yahoo! Sports|accessdate=2012-08-29}} during the 1990s MacDonald was a member of the PPG Pace Car Team, a group of professional drivers who drove the pace car at IndyCar events.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YWZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tPIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6982,6801015&dq=teri-macdonald&hl=en|title=Sibling racers|date=June 20, 2002|work=The Spokesman-Review|page=C5|accessdate=2012-08-29|location=Spokane, WA}} She also drove in competition in sports cars, including the IMSA series.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dJdEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mbUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5274,6622430&dq=teri-macdonald&hl=en|title=Family bragging rights to be determined on the track|last=Minter|first=Rick|date=June 21, 2002|work=The Durant Daily Democrat|page=4B|accessdate=2012-08-29|location=Durant, OK}} An accident at Road Atlanta in 1997 nearly ended her career; MacDonald suffered a broken neck,{{cite web|url=http://www.cornerstone-connection.com/cover.php?archive_issue=1403|title=Teri MacDonald: Winning the Race|last=van Allen|first=Heather|author2=Amber Weigand-Buckley |work=Cornerstone Connection|location=Orlando, FL|accessdate=2012-08-29}} and she was forced to wear a halo to stabilise her head and neck.{{cite web|url=http://beyondtheultimate.org/athlete/Teri-Macdonald|title=Teri Macdonald|year=2012|publisher=Motor Racing Network via Beyond The Ultimate|accessdate=2012-08-29}}

Following her recovery, MacDonald returned to sports car racing; in 2000, she moved to stock cars, competing in the American Speed Association's National Tour before joining the CASCAR Super Series, Canada's top stock car series, for the 2001 season.{{cite news|title=Second woman in stock cars|date=February 27, 2001|work=Toronto Star|page=C3|location=Toronto, ON}} She finished 14th in points, scoring two top 10 finishes over the course of the year.{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/macdote01/2001/CS|title=Teri MacDonald - 2001 CASCAR Super Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=2012-08-29}}

NASCAR

MacDonald made her debut in NASCAR's national touring series in 2002, in the Craftsman Truck Series at Memphis Motorsports Park. 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 Tim Flock and Ethel Flock Mobley in 1949.

MacDonald ran in three other races during the 2002 season; her best finish was 29th at Memphis.{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/macdote01/2002/C|title=Teri MacDonald - 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=2012-08-29}} In 2003, she ran for Rookie of the Year in the Craftsman Truck Series;{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlines/ct/03/14/mcdonald_gordon/index.html|title=Teri MacDonald joins Trucks rookie class|date=March 14, 2003|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|accessdate=2012-08-29}} however she would only compete in one event that year, at Darlington Raceway, finishing 30th.{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/macdote01/2003/C|title=Teri MacDonald - 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=2012-08-29}}

MacDonald returned to the Truck Series for two races in 2004; at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, MacDonald, Tina Gordon and Kelly Sutton competed in the UAW/GM Ohio 250, the first time three female drivers raced in the same NASCAR event.{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/truck/05/12/notebook_mans/|title=Notebook: UAW/GM Ohio 250|date=May 12, 2004|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|accessdate=2012-08-29}} She finished 25th in the event, her best finish of the year; a 32nd-place finish at Memphis was her final NASCAR event.{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/macdote01/2004/C|title=Teri MacDonald - 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=2012-08-29}}

Personal life

MacDonald currently works as a Christian inspirational speaker.{{cite web|url=http://www.racingspeakers.com/h/macdonald/index.php|title=Teri MacDonald|publisher=RacingSpeakers.com|accessdate=2012-08-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211231529/http://www.racingspeakers.com/h/macdonald/index.php|archivedate=2006-02-11}} 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" !colspan=45\| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! {{Tooltip\|NCTC\|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
rowspan=3\| 2002 ! MacDonald Motorsports ! 71 ! Chevy \| DAY \| DAR \| MAR \| GTY \| PPR \| DOV \| TEX \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MEM 29 \| MLW \| KAN \| KEN \| colspan=14\| ! rowspan=3\|55th ! rowspan=3\| 277 ! rowspan=3\|
Troxell Racing ! 93 ! Chevy \| colspan=11\| \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| NHA 26 \| MCH \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| IRP 36 \| NSH \| RCH \| TEX \| SBO \| LVS \| CAL \| PHO \| colspan=4\|
MacDonald Motorsports ! 72 ! Chevy \| colspan=21\| \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| HOM 34 \| colspan=3\|
2003 ! Troxell Racing ! 93 ! Chevy \| DAY \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| DAR 30 \| MMR \| MAR \| CLT \| DOV \| TEX \| MEM \| MLW \| KAN \| KEN \| GTW \| MCH \| IRP \| NSH \| BRI \| RCH \| NHA \| CAL \| LVS \| SBO \| TEX \| MAR \| PHO \| HOM ! 119th ! 73 !
2004 ! MacDonald Motorsports ! 72 ! Chevy \| DAY \| ATL \| MAR \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MFD 25 \| CLT \| DOV \| TEX \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MEM 32 \| MLW \| KAN \| KEN \| GTW \| MCH \| IRP \| NSH \| BRI \| RCH \| NHA \| LVS \| CAL \| TEX \| MAR \| PHO \| DAR \| HOM ! 72nd ! 155 !

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!colspan=45| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results

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