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14 Facts About Rita Goulet

1.

Ritamarie Goulet is an American amateur auto racing driver and police sergeant.

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Rita Goulet competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No 31 Chevrolet SS for Rise Motorsports, and currently serves as a police officer for the Gastonia Police Department in North Carolina.

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Rita Goulet was previously employed as a police sergeant for the Tuscaloosa Police Department in Alabama.

4.

Rita Goulet was kicked out of her house, and was moved into a homeless shelter at the age of 16.

5.

Rita Goulet was transferred into a vocational school to train as a medical assistant.

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Rita Goulet was later offered an opportunity to finish her paramedic training in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for which she accepted.

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Rita Goulet officially started racing in 2018, at 33-years old, driving in an autocross event.

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Rita Goulet found out that amateur club racing was something that she wanted to do, so she began to strip off the interior of her Miata and make it into a race car.

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Rita Goulet started driving competitively in the SCCA in 2019, racing mostly on road courses.

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Rita Goulet made her first start at Berlin Raceway, where she started 15th, and finished 12th.

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Since 2023, Goulet has driven for her own team, Rise Motorsports.

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Rita Goulet explains that he had control of what she did, and wouldn't allow her to drive, which eventually lead to a divorce.

13.

Rita Goulet moved to Alabama to avoid contact with her ex-husband, and would later meet her second husband.

14.

Rita Goulet met her third husband a few years later, and sometime during 2022, they divorced.