Role at Riverside: Racer

Debby Hallahan raced at Riverside  Speedway in 1984 with MASCAR. She had started racing at just 15 years of age – no wonder as it was in her blood since she had grown up at tracks watching both her parents drive stock cars.

She competed in the Pony Class at Onslow Speedway as the only female racer. In 1982 she attended Southards Racing School in Florida, where she learned under short-track superstar and then NASCAR driver Dick Trickle.

She won her first race at River Glade Speedway in New Brunswick. Besides Riverside, Onslow, and River Glade, Debby also competed at Atlantic Speedway.

Her father, Jim Hallahan, is also a member of Riverside International Speedway’s Wall of Fame.

Debby Hallahan became MASCAR’s first female racer in 1984; the same year she lost her life in a crash at Riverside Speedway. Her death made an immediate and continuing impact on safety standards in Maritime stock car racing.

Debby Hallahan was inducted to the Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2010.