ots ▁fund ing ▁initi ative , ▁claim ing ▁it ▁would ▁fin ance ▁her ▁racing ▁career ; ▁however ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁track ▁in ▁a ▁major ▁series ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁and ▁the ▁money ▁raised ▁is ▁un account ed ▁for . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁article ▁reported ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁numerous ▁incons isten cies ▁in ▁Nor f le et ' s ▁self - prom otion ▁efforts . ▁ ▁They ▁observe ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁only ▁rac ed ▁in ▁one ▁low ▁level ▁event , ▁where ▁she ▁ran ▁one ▁lap ▁before ▁par king ▁her ▁car . ▁ ▁She ▁also ▁has ▁several ▁criminal ▁off enses ▁on ▁her ▁record , ▁and ▁according ▁to ▁public ▁records ▁is ▁actually ▁ 2 6 ▁years ▁old , ▁not ▁ 2 4 ▁as ▁she ▁has ▁claimed ; ▁in ▁addition , ▁the ▁NAS C AR ▁license ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁received , ▁which ▁she ▁claimed ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁be ▁received ▁by ▁an ▁African - American ▁woman , ▁is ▁a ▁kind ▁that ▁any ▁driver ▁who ▁wishes ▁to ▁ac quire ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁purchase . ▁Sug gest ing ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁making ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁sub vert ▁the ▁sport ' s ▁development ▁process , ▁NAS C AR ' s ▁vice ▁president ▁for ▁public ▁affairs ▁has ▁said , ▁“ I ▁am ▁un com fort able ▁with ▁T ia ▁representing ▁herself ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁she ▁has .” ▁Nor f le et ▁respond ed ▁that ▁the ▁accus ations ▁were ▁"