{"id":18667,"date":"2019-09-21T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812039"},"modified":"2019-09-21T00:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T06:00:04","slug":"racing-wives-finale-recap-photo-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/racing-wives-finale-recap-photo-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing Wives Finale Recap: Photo Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Matthew Scott Donnelly<\/a><\/span> 25m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

After eight weeks, scuffles that could sell out a stadium and more than one wicked wreck, Racing Wives<\/a><\/em> \u2014 which follows the lives of women in North Carolina\u2019s racing circuit \u2014 finally came to a close Friday night (September 20). So, did Amber, the show\u2019s burgeoning talent, win big at her first circuit race? Were Ashley and Mariel finally able to bury the hatchet after sorting through inch-thick tension?<\/p>\n

One more time: Let\u2019s get off to the races.<\/p>\n

Amber, who was just days away from her first big race with a sponsor, got off to a rocky start during a practice run with her brand new car (this, likely, was in no small part due to the sudden guest appearance of Kyle Busch). Amber seemed to get back on track after spinning out, but Sam \u2014 who\u2019d been championing Amber for weeks \u2014 suddenly wondered if she\u2019d invested too much into someone who simply wasn\u2019t ready for the big leagues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so embarrassed that this was Samantha\u2019s and Kyle\u2019s first impression of me behind the wheel,\u201d Amber said, while Sam observed: \u201cI have been so determined to get a female driver at KBM that I might have just forced this issue and thrown Amber in when she wasn\u2019t ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in town \u2014 and whether they were ready or not \u2014 BFFs Whitney and Mariel realized they\u2019d have to explain themselves for missing the 40th birthday of Ashley\u2019s husband, Kurt. Ashley had invited both ladies in spite of some previous uncomfortable encounters, and felt ready to decisively count them out when they \u2014 once again \u2014 blew her off.<\/p>\n

Whitney insisted that the only reason she couldn\u2019t go was because she was setting up Mariel\u2019s bridal shower, but Mariel had absolutely no regrets about skipping out on the event. She, a brand model, claimed the event was full of people that she considered nice to her face, but dismissive behind her back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would I spend time with people that don\u2019t really want me there?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Finally, on Amber\u2019s big race day, the ladies decided to sit down, hash out their issues and decide whether to move on as friends, or simply go their separate ways.<\/p>\n

And immediately, Mariel pleaded her case.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I get around you guys, I get a vibe that you really don\u2019t want me there,\u201d she said, pointing back to the infamous dinner party. \u201cThe initial time that we met, you did not want me there.\u201d<\/p>\n

But immediately, Sam countered: \u201cAre you sure you\u2019re not giving off that vibe?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashley, too, bit back, and argued that she had extended more than a few invites, but Mariel constantly rejected them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think Mariel\u2019s open to being my friend because she doesn\u2019t want me getting closer to Whitney and she\u2019s just being protective,\u201d Ashley said. \u201cHave you thought maybe once that it\u2019s you coming off the wrong way?\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly, Mariel said she felt set up to fail, and that Sam and Ashley were gaslighting her. But it was Whitney \u2014 who previously served as Switzerland \u2014 who shocked everyone when she more decisively stood up for Mariel. Whit conceded that she and Mariel hadn\u2019t always operated by the laws of racing-wives decorum but wouldn\u2019t let Ashley and Sam off the hook for being cold.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys haven\u2019t made us feel welcome as much as you want to say that you did,\u201d she said. \u201cThere have been times where it hasn\u2019t felt that way\u2026Would you have even invited me if I wasn\u2019t a wife?\u201d<\/p>\n

In spite of an attempt at reconciliation, Ashley and Mariel stormed off separately, and the foursome seemed content to agree to disagree, and leave things at a stalemate.<\/p>\n

Still, Amber was totally in motion when her moment finally arrived, and she took her place at the Hickory Motor Speedway. After qualifying for the race by a hair in a pre-game time qualifier (Amber chalked up her slower times to being too cautious), it was time to get the real show on the road.<\/p>\n

Though Amber was forced to start the race in the back because of her slow qualifier, she kicked off the race with huge promise, passing cars where she could and slowly ascending up the leaders\u2019 board. But suddenly, everything came crashing down when something in Amber\u2019s car snapped, she lost control and struck the track\u2019s wall.<\/p>\n

As there seemed to be no provocation for the accident, Amber and Sam were both left wondering: What the hell happened?<\/p>\n

Still, no amount of investigating could placate Amber, who was, herself, a wreck.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put everything into this race, and it was over just like that,\u201d Amber said through tears. \u201cI had one chance to prove myself. I had one chance, and I didn\u2019t even get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the crew inspected Amber\u2019s car, they discovered there was a small valve stem that had broken in her tire. And because her front right tire never had the amount of air it was supposed to hold, Amber was never able to turn the way she wanted to, and her tire eventually gave out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t the crew\u2019s fault, it wasn\u2019t my fault, it was bad luck,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t know if I did enough as a driver for them to want to give me another chance. I don\u2019t know what my future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Very sadly, the bad luck didn\u2019t stop with Amber. After finally conceiving the baby of her dreams, Sam revealed three months after the race that she had experienced a miscarriage. She planted a tree in the child\u2019s honor, but said she was still struggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was perfect and healthy and I felt great,\u201d Sam said. \u201c[But] I feel broken\u2026After we lost her, everything fell apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Sam did get some closure and peace with her ceremony, and it seemed the other ladies had found harmony, too.<\/p>\n

In separate catchup clips, Ashley revealed that she was knee-deep in her swimwear line, while Mariel had given up brand modeling to start her own jewelry line with Whitney.<\/p>\n

And while Amber was still unsure of where she stood with KBM, she resolved to never give up on her dreams, whether they were as a part of Sam\u2019s team or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to win the Daytona 500,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Amber, we\u2019ll see ya there.<\/p>\n

via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Matthew Scott Donnelly 25m ago After eight weeks, scuffles that could sell out a stadium and more than one wicked wreck, Racing Wives \u2014 which follows the lives of women in North Carolina\u2019s racing circuit \u2014 finally came to a close Friday night (September 20). So, did Amber, the show\u2019s burgeoning talent, win big at her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 16:49:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}