Ten years later, Alba Colon is GM Racing's Chevrolet program manager and one of the most powerful women in what has generally been regarded as a man's sport.
She manages Chevrolet engineering programs at the tracks, both racing and testing. She also tries to improve communications between the GM Racing engineers in Detroit and the Monte Carlo brand team.
"I'm the liaison between the brand team and GM Racing and at the same time I am a liaison between GM Racing and NASCAR at the track," Colon said.Colon has also been the data acquisition engineer for the Oval Track Group (Cup, Trucks, ASA and Busch), NHRA Pro Stock Truck program manager.
"I try to keep up with what's going on and to help the owners resolve issues with the NASCAR officials," Colon said. "As the person who goes to the track almost every weekend, I provide feedback to the rest of the engineers regarding any problems that have to be resolved."
This is one impressive lady, and she even won over IronHead "When I got this job before the 2001 season, he came up to me and said, "Hey, you made it and I am proud of you."
Source: Canada.Com Sports
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