In her very first pair of stock car races anywhere, youthful Cody Bickert made quite an impression.
Competing in the Bomber 4-cylinder class at the Merritt Speedway on Saturday night, the 23-year-old lass from Sun Peaks overcame nerves and inexperience to pick up a pair of second-place finishes behind three-time winner Dave Hewitt.
“My first race was a real eye-opener, that’s for sure,” stated a beaming Bickert. “I just tried to keep it steady and smooth.”
Bickert’s placings Saturday were all the more impressive considering she was driving an unfamiliar borrowed car, a 1986 Honda Accord owned by Merritt resident and family friend Hughie Mckenzie, and the closest she had to a pit crew was her mom sitting in the stands.
That said, Bickert comes by her interest in racing honestly. Both her uncle and her cousins are heavily involved in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
