Charlotte Magazine – August 2019

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GET TO KNOW

ANGELA RUCH

AGE: 35

HOMETOWN: Puyallup, Washington

YOU MIGHT KNOW HER FROM:

The ARCA Series, the NASCAR Camping World

Truck Series, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

It’s a fast life for Angela, who currently competes

part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck

Series. This year, she’s run two NASCAR Truck

Series races, and opened the season with an

eighth-place finish at Daytona International

Speedway, a career best. As of May, she was

scheduled for 12 more races, piloting the #44

truck in the Gander Outdoor Truck Series.

Angela and her sister, Amber Cope, made

NASCAR history on October 23, 2010, as the first

twins to compete in one of its top three series.

Angela is the third generation of Copes to enter

the world of racing; her uncle, Derrike Cope, won

the Daytona 500 in 1990, and her grandfather,

Donald Cope, drag-raced motorcycles.

The baby girl’s nursery

(right, and below)

includes a mix of white

accents and a Lucite crib

against a wallpapered

accent wall.

For Baby King’s room

(bottom), Tubridy chose

black and white striped

linens to create contrast

and emerald green accent

pillows for a pop of color.