Kaitlyn Vincie | |
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 Vincie in 2023 | |
| Born | Kaitlyn Anne Vincie (1987-12-10)December 10, 1987 (age 37) Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter,journalist |
| Employer | Fox Sports |
Kaitlyn Anne Vincie (born December 10, 1987) is an American sports presenter and journalist. She works for theFox NASCAR team as a reporter and presents in their daily news and update showNASCAR Race Hub. Vincie's interest in stock car racing began when she was issued with a pit lane pass, and after graduation fromChristopher Newport University, she worked as a reporter atLangley Speedway. She garnered attention after self-made video blogs on NASCAR were published on stock car racing website SceneDaily.
Vincie was born on December 10, 1987, inHarrisonburg, Virginia,[1] and was raised firstly inBridgewater before her family moved toWarrenton when Vincie began high school.[2] She is the daughter of John and Margaret Vincie, and has one older sister.[3] Vincie's grandmother, Eleanor N. Logan, was a fifth-grade teacher, while her grandfather was part of the faculty of Bridgewater College.[4] From an early age, she displayed an interest in journalism.[5] Vincie attended John Wayland Elementary, Wilbur Pence Middle School,[6] before graduating fromFauquier High School in 2006. She competed in track and field competitions, and worked as a manager for the school's wrestling team for four years.[3] Vincie won the 800 meters event of theAAA Cedar Run District.[7]
Having been drawn to sports journalism, Vincie authored stories for the high school paper and college paper.[6] JournalistAl Pearce mentored her and provided her a large amount of information. She graduated fromChristopher Newport University in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in communications.[3] Vincie worked as an intern for the university's athletics department, and had a similar job for theUSAR Pro Cup Series atCharlotte Motor Speedway.[1] She wrote a senior dissertation on auto racing gender disparity which was focused on woman race car driverDanica Patrick, and became interested in the sport after she secured a pit lane pass for theNASCAR All-Star Race.[8] She namesKrista Voda andWendy Venturini as her inspirations.[9]
Vincie successfully auditioned for a job atLangley Speedway after a friend discovered the opportunity while browsing onCraigslist.[2] During her time at Langley Speedway, she waited tables for three nights each week.[3] She interviewed drivers forLangley Speedway TV which were telecast on local television stationWSKY and on Cox on Demand.[8] After the conclusion of her first racing season, Vincie became concerned over her future and chose to upload self-made NASCAR reports ontoYouTube.[3] She uploaded a video blog series aimed towards racing fans calledHot for NASCAR where she interviewed drivers and gave her opinions on theSprint Cup Series.[8] Vincie was assisted by producers from Langley Speedway who provided her with achroma key and installed video equipment. She also studied computer software to allow her to edit her videos.[3] The blogs achieved a large amount of success, that it caused stock car racing website SceneDaily to broadcast them on their site every week.[8] Following her new popularity, Langley Speedway's management elected to keep her for the next racing season, after which she left.[3] Vincie auditioned forMiss Sprint Cup in 2010 but did not make the final round.[8]
Vincie subsequently worked as the marketing director for aNewport News–based tanning salon. She received an email fromSpeed who hired her as a social media reporter after a successful interview.[3] She worked as part of Speed's Road Tour Team which involved on-camera work for several of the channel's programs dedicated to NASCAR.[10] Vincie moved toCharlotte, North Carolina in the summer of 2012, and Speed placed her on their daily news and update showNASCAR Race Hub late in the season.[3] She hosted a series calledWomen-In-Racing, and said her favorite segments were onHendrick Motorsports tire specialistLisa Smokstad, and Christina Rudisill, a race engineer forRichard Petty Motorsports.[10]
Vincie was involved in Speed's coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season-ending award banquet held in Las Vegas in 2012. Vincie started working as a pit lane reporter forK&N Pro Series East races onFox Sports 1 in 2014, and was made a feature reporter onNASCAR Race Hub that same year.[1] She received help from fellow pit lane reporterSteve Byrnes.[11] Late in the 2014 season, she began working as a garage reporter forNASCAR Race Day andNASCAR Live. In addition, Vincie filed feature reports for Fox Sports 1's coverage of theCamping World Truck Series, and was the co-host ofThe Mock Run a view of the latest developments in NASCAR taken from a comedic point of view.[1] She secured help from Fox writer Dave Vrable to assist her in writing scripts and jokes.[2]
In January 2023, Vincie's first novel,Save The Queen City, was published.[12]
She is married toHendrick Motorsports crew chief Blake Harris.[12] They have two children.[6]
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