Posts by Rod Wortham
Corte Madera Teen Auto Racer Eyes World Title
September 9, 2019 By Maryann Jones Thompson Senior year is an exciting time for most teens and Heather “The Heat” Hadley is no exception: The Corte Madera 17-year-old semi-pro driver is training for the U.S. Legends Cars International championships in Georgia in November. “This year has been like no other,” says Hadley, who became the first female…
Read MoreVallejo’s Heather ‘The Heat’ Hadley burning up the track
Heather “The Heat” Hadley got her nickname years ago by her father while playing softball, but it’s on the racetrack where the 17-year-old has truly been on fire lately. In February, the Vallejo native won the Silver State Winter Series Semi-Pro top honor in Las Vegas with four wins to become the Legends Car Champion.…
Read MoreTeen race car driver encourages girls to live their dreams
Heather Hadley, 17, reads to children at the Vallejo Springstowne Library, for a Women’s History Month event on Monday, March 4, 2019. Hadley is a race car driver. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) FAIRFIELD — Legend Car race driver Heather “The Heat” Hadley struggled her first time on the Driven Raceway track. The 9-year-old was getting passed…
Read MoreVallejo native Heather Hadley captures Legends Championship, named top rookie
Heather “The Heat” Hadley is the newest Legends Car champion, capturing the Silver State Winter Series Semi-Pro top honor in Las Vegas with four wins, four more podium finishes and the Rookie of the Year title. She raced in the Semi-Pro division, winning her debut on the last corner of the last lap and putting…
Read MoreJason Irwin & Heather Hadley Sweep Weekend; Lemke & Rankin Split Bandos at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV : This past weekend the 2018-19 edition of the Silver State Championship road course series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway got underway with the first two rounds under perfect weather conditions for December. A total of 57 race cars showed up on Saturday for the first round of action with 60 cars in…
Read MoreHeather Hadley: Racing in Sonoma
Through the whine of the engines and the squealing of tires, Sonoma Raceway on a raceday is a chaotic scene. Taking part in this chaos is Sophomore Heather Hadley, nicknamed “The Heat”, with her helmet on her head and her hand on the wheel. Hadley lives a life that many of her friends and peers…
Read MoreFreshman races past competition to bring on ‘The Heat’
Most people don’t get behind the wheel until they are 16. But for freshman Heather “The Heat” Hadley, that was not the case. When Heather was nine years old, she raced in a go-kart for the first time, not knowing just how far it would take her. It all started when a friend of Heather’s…
Read MoreHadley turning on the racing heat
At only 14 years old, Vallejo driver Heather “The Heat” Hadley is already a force to be reckoned with on the Northern California Kart racing circuit. Hadley, who will be a freshman next fall at Redwood High School in Corte Madera, is winning races consistently at Kart tracks in Davis, Sonoma and far-off tracks in…
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