About Us

Molly Rhoads
Date of Birth: 2/13/1982
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 150
Hometown: Hastings, Minn
Residence: Goodhue, Minn
Team: Molly Rhoads Motorsports
Owner: Molly Rhoads
Series: NASCAR Whelen All American Series- Super Late Model
ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Series-Super Late Model
Sponsors: www.makeyourparts.com
Jet Specs, Dakota Rhoads Masonry
Car: 2004 Ford Taurus-Lefthander Chassis

Molly Rhoads started racing in 1998, after her brother AJ Rhoads held a mini
tryout for Molly and her twin sister Megan. Molly and Megan both drove AJ’
s bomber car (1983 Chevrolet Caprice) and come to find out since Molly was
faster she was given the chance to race his car that season at Elko
Speedway, (Elko Minn). Molly competed in a few races that year and also
in 1999 but decided to put most of the her focus on high school sports.
Molly went on to compete in volleyball and varsity softball and lettered in
softball and the National Honor Society. After graduating in the top 10% of
her class at Hastings Senior High School in 2000, Molly went to the
University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Molly raced during the four years she
was at River Falls and maintained a 3.5 GPA and graduated with honors.
She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree-Animal Science with an Equine
Emphasis.

During the summer of 2001, Molly started racing at I-94 Raceway in Sauk
Centre, Minn, where she competed in two divisions; the “Thunder Car”
(1980 Chevrolet Caprice) class, where she finished ninth in points, and the
“Super Stock” division (1988 Monte Carlo SS-Camaro stub metric car), where
she finished seventh in points. Molly continued to run in the Super Stock
class in 2002 at I-94 Raceway and Fergus Falls Raceway. Molly won the
first night out at Fergus Falls in the “Thunder Car” class, but then was made
to run with the late models. She competed in the late model division that
year and finished ninth in points in the Late Model division and 4th in the
Super Stock class. She was also “Rookie of the Year in the Super Stocks
and voted Late Model Sportsman of the Year.

In 2003, Molly drove a car that was prepared by Bryan Roach and herself,
in the Limited Late Model division at I-94 Raceway and also competed in the
Late Model division at Fergus Falls Raceway. Molly finished 3rd in points
that year at I-94 Raceway, and was a contender to win every race, and
8th in points at Fergus Falls. Molly was voted “Most Popular Driver” &
“Sportsman of the Year” at both tracks, and for both divisions. Molly moved
up to the Super Late Model division in 2004, and competed at Fergus Falls
Raceway, I-94 Raceway and Raceway Park in Shakopee, Minn. Molly
finished 4th,8th and 7h place in championship points and received “Rookie
of the Year” honors at one of NASCAR’S finest short tracks-Raceway Park
and was the first female to win a Late Model race at Raceway Park. Molly
competed in over 60 races that year and finished all but 4 of them, and also
finished 5th in the Minnesota Late Model Challenge Series. Molly also holds
the honors of being the highest qualifying female in the former Midwest All
Stars Series (MARS) which was 9th at I-94 Raceway. She also competed in
a NASCAR Autozone Elite Series race at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway.
Molly started the race 32nd and finished 16th.

Molly continued to shine in 2005, where she competed at Raceway Park
(Shakopee, Minn) and finished 7th in points and won multiple semi-features.
She also competed in the Minnesota Late Model Challenge Series and
finished 10th in points. . In 2006, Molly finished 4th at Raceway Park, and
9th in the Minnesota Late Model Challenge Series. She was also chosen out
of over 300 applicants to compete in the Drive For Diversity Program. This
national level program is a partnership between NASCAR and Access
Marketing and Communications. During this program, Molly “tried out”
against 16 other people, for a driver position with some of NASCAR’S finest
teams.

Although 2007 did not find Molly racing on a weekly basis, it did find her at
the track every weekend. Molly worked as crew chief for Bryan Roach in
the Kwik Trip ASA Midwest Tour. She was in charge of spotting, tires and
setup changes for this team. In the few races Molly did compete in she had
great success. In her first trip to Dells Raceway Park- Wisconsin Dells,
Wisconsin, she won her semi feature. She also was awarded the “Hard
Charger Award” for passing 23 cars at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway
(started 37th finished 14th). Because of her accomplishments and hard
work off the track she was accepted into the Drive For Diversity Program for
the second time.

Molly Rhoads sets herself apart from other drivers, not only because she is a
female, but also because she owns and maintains her own cars and
equipment (Molly Rhoads Motorsports). Towing her own cars to the track
and also working on them at the shop and track has helped her to gain a lot
of experience about the cars and the racing business in general. She often
is at the track without any crew members therefore, a story she likes to tell
is back in 2004 when she competed three nights a week, and raced in over
60 events, she had one crewmember and that was her Black
Lab/Malamute Mix dog named Morgan. They traveled across the state of
Minnesota racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday and never missed a race.

Molly has worked very hard to improve her on track skills as well as her off
track skills. Molly is at the track every weekend helping on race teams
learning as much as she can. She also has participated in many different
driver development seminars such as the Lyn St. James Driver Development
Program, Mike Calinoff’s driver development clinic, Motorsports Marketing
seminar and NASCAR media training. She also has attended Freddy
Query’s and Race Car Engineering’s setup seminars.

Throughout the years while working on her racing career, Molly also has
held a full time position at Dakota Rhoads Masonry, which is a family ran
concrete and masonry company. Arlo and Renee Rhoads (father and step-
mother) are the owners of the company and Molly is in charge of the
bookkeeping and the scheduling and other office work, brother AJ is in
charge of the shop and is a licensed pump truck and crane operator.

Molly has proven that she belongs in the seat of a race car and has become
a well respected member in the racing community. Molly is competing for
the championship in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series-Super Late
Model Division in 2008 at Raceway Park (Shakopee, Minn) and compete in
several of the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour.

Molly Rhoads Motorsports