The Jail & Bail charity event is back in 2025, raising funds for the Brienne Davis Memorial Scholarship to help more women succeed in the tech workforce. NASCAR drivers will be “locked up” and race to raise their bail, all for a good cause.
10/22/2025
6:00 PM
Boatyard Lake Norman, Cornelius, NC
$50 Early Bird Special
- - - Limited Time Only - - -
$80 - Advance
$100 - At Door
About Brienne Davis
Brienne Davis was a dedicated and ambitious NASCAR official and a proud alumna of Universal Technical Institute (UTI). Her passion for motorsports and commitment to excellence inspired many. Tragically, she passed away in 2008.
To honor her memory and encourage other women to pursue careers in the automotive industry, the Brienne Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in partnership with The NASCAR Foundation and TechForce Foundation.
About TechForce Foundation
TechForce Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with the mission to champion all students to and through their education and into careers as professional technicians.
About Jail & Bail
The Jail & Bail charity event is back in 2025, raising funds for the Brienne Davis Memorial Scholarship to help more women succeed in the tech workforce. NASCAR drivers will be “locked up” and race to raise their bail, all for a good cause.
See who's behind bars
Ryan Blaney
Post Bail NowChase Briscoe
Post Bail NowJoey Logano
Post Bail NowRicky Stenhouse Jr.
Post Bail NowBJ McLeod
Post Bail NowAustin Cindric
Post Bail NowAustin Green
Post Bail NowJustin Haley
Post Bail NowNoah Gragson
Post Bail NowCole Custer
Post Bail NowKayden Honeycutt
Post Bail NowRiley Herbst
Post Bail NowMichael McDowell
Post Bail NowTim Brown
Post Bail NowMatt Dibenedette
Post Bail NowAlex Bowman
Post Bail NowTodd Gilliland
Post Bail NowRyan Preece
Post Bail NowMeet the Courtroom Cast
Judge:
Larry McReynolds – “America’s Crew Chief”, veteran NASCAR broadcaster and race analyst
Emcee:
Danielle Trotta
Chief Hype Officer:
Mamba Smith
Attorneys:
Slugger Labbe
Tommy Baldwin
Corey LaJoie
Freddie Kraft
SPONSORS
Step into the spotlight and help bail out the future.
Support the 4th Annual Jail & Bail event by becoming a sponsor and showing your brand’s commitment to building a strong, skilled workforce. Your sponsorship helps fund life-changing scholarships and career opportunities through TechForce Foundation, powering the next generation of technicians.
Scholarship Recipients
Incredible stories of incredible women.
Kenna Primm
Top-of-class NASCAR Tech grad and Daytona 2009 intern, now Marketing Communications Coordinator at Roush Yates Engines; B.S.B.A. Marketing, University of Arkansas.
Kenna Primm attended NASCAR Tech as the first recipient of the Universal Technical Institute (UTI) Foundation Brienne Davis Memorial Scholarship. During her time at NASCAR Tech Kenna graduated top of her class in the NASCAR Technology program, which included studies in everything from engine building to fabrication.
Before attending NASCAR Technical Institute, Kenna was chosen for an internship at Daytona International Speedway. Working the 2009 Speedweeks events, Kenna gained knowledge in everything it takes to put on a NASCAR race.
In December, 2008, Kenna graduated early from the University of Arkansas, Walton College of Business in Fayetteville, Arkansas. There she earned her Bachelor of Science Business Administration – Marketing degree. Kenna was a Chancellors Scholar and received a full paid academic scholarship. She also received a scholarship from the Walton College of Business to study abroad in Athens, Greece the summer of 2008. While attending college, she was a student ambassador.
In 2005, Kenna graduated from Greenwood High School in Greenwood, Ark., and was ranked in the top ten academically where she earned a 4.1 GPA. In her spare time she enjoys riding horses with her family and attending NASCAR races with her father.
Hannah Chartrand
Career-changer with grit
Former pharmacy and behavioral tech shifting into automotive to challenge norms and open doors for women.
Hannah says, “Growing up, I always had a passion for cars. I love how they look, the speed, and listening to the loudness at a racing track. I love cars ranging from classic cars from the 1950s to the newest all-electric Mach3. I am passionate about pursuing a technical education because I want to challenge the social norms of our society. I work on my own car and when I go to the part stores, guys are flabbergasted by the fact that a woman can change her own oil. I want to join the other brave women out there that challenge this stigma.”
Prior to enrolling in UTI, Hannah worked in healthcare. She is a certified pharmacy technician, and she was working at a hospital when the Covid pandemic hit. She says, “I was the only pharmacy technician for a 90-bed hospital.” This was her first position after she completed her training. Being a new pharmacy tech, alone, during a historic pandemic is quite a feat. But Hannah took these challenges in stride. She has also worked in behavioral health. “Recently, I have worked as a behavioral technician. I worked with kids ages 2-15 in a clinic. The kids are all on the spectrum. I helped teach them how to manage behaviors, potty training, and basic functions of life.”
Hannah’s prior jobs have been challenging, and she has also faced challenges in her personal life. She lost her older sister, experienced the divorce of her parents, unsafe relationships, unstable housing situations, and more. Despite all these challenges, her take on life is, “Life is sunshine and rainbows. You have to have a little rain to receive the rainbow. Despite everything I have gone through, I keep my head up high, stay humble and keep going. Life is too short.”
In addition to her paid positions, Hannah has committed a lot of time to community service. She shares, “I volunteered over the summer at the Fraser Autism Festival. I have volunteered to help serve food to nurses during nurses’ week at my mom’s hospital. When I was in middle school and high school I made sandwiches for the homeless through Tango Tab several times a year. I also volunteered with a group to paint houses in low-income areas of Dallas.
Hannah has been given the NASCAR / Brienne Davis Memorial Tuition Scholarship award. To say that she is grateful is an understatement. She is thrilled about this opportunity and she is excited about her future career as a strong, brave woman in the auto industry.
Kristina Vinokurov
Aiming for the NASCAR pit crew
Lifelong NASCAR fan training for a pit-crew career while pushing past stereotypes.
Kristina says, “When I was little, I always played with toy cars on the street carpet instead of playing with dolls or ponies. Ever since I could hold a flashlight, I would help my dad work on his cars. Eventually, he was helping me instead of the other way around.”
Kristina has a particular interest in NASCAR. She shares, “My passion for NASCAR began as a kid. I would watch almost every NASCAR race with my dad. This was one of the ways we would be able to bond together. I also played a lot of NASCAR video games as a kid. When I got older my passion for it deepened after I watched a race in person at the Vegas Raceway. It was one of the greatest experiences that I’ve ever had. Every car moving faster than you could keep your focus on, the smell of burned rubber and fuel, and seeing the fast-paced pit crews working hard just amazed me and sent me into almost a trance. Watching that race made me realize that this is where I belonged and that these racecars are what I want to be around.”
These experiences led Kristina to dream about becoming a NASCAR pit crew worker. Unfortunately, Kristina was often told that “mechanics is a man’s job” and that there was “no place for a woman there”. Luckily, Kristina noticed the handful of women involved in NASCAR racing. Kristina’s mother also served as a role model for a woman in a male-predominant field. Kristina says, “She was always a very strong, independent woman who showed me that we truly can do anything that we put our minds to. My mom was a firefighter and she was the only woman in her firehouse. She has definitely been a role model for me and I want to make her proud by showing her that I can excel as a mechanic.” Kristina still receives some disparaging remarks from family members, but says, “These remarks just end up fueling me more to be able to prove them wrong.” Kristina would love to be able to serve as a role model for other girls and women interested in NASCAR careers in the future. She says, “I would like to reach out to other girls and tell them that they really can do anything, despite anyone’s comments or just personal doubts in this male-dominated field.”
The NASCAR / Brienne Davis Memorial Tuition Scholarship has provided Kristina with a very generous scholarship toward her tuition to attend the NASCAR Technical Institute. She is honored to be the recipient of such an amazing award and grateful for the financial assistance it provides.
Griselda chicas
From Hall of Fame spark to NTI
A first visit to the NASCAR Hall of Fame lit a passion that’s now taking her to NTI.
Griselda shares, “I have been interested in pursuing a technical education since I was a child. The first time I went to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, I instantly fell in love with the place and that’s where my passion for cars began. The first time seeing a race car changed me because at that point I knew that I wanted to pursue this as a career. Seeing a race car in action was thrilling.” She explains that her dream of a career with NASCAR grew steadily after that time. She continues, “In middle school, my robotics teacher knew my passion for NASCAR and helped me look for schools to pursue later on in my life. He took my class on a field trip to a race track where the NASCAR Technical Institute was promoting their school, and once they started talking about their school, I knew it was my dream school. When I went to high school, I was able to take college-level classes in engine performance as well as my high school’s regular automotive classes. These courses helped me fall even deeper into the automotive industry, and made me even more sure this was my dream career.”
As a woman in the automotive industry, Griselda has not always had an easy time. She shares a story of some of the challenges she has faced. “In school, we were discussing our dream careers and I said I wanted to fix cars. I was doubted and given strange looks. The boys told me it was a ‘man’s job’ to fix cars, not a job for girls.” She says that ever since that experience, she has been even more driven to enter the automotive industry. She shares, “As a Hispanic female, I wanted to prove that women can fix cars and have a career in automotive. I took classes in automotive where I was the only girl and I still got weird looks from other students, but I pushed through and asked questions and took classes, and studied more. Being a woman in the automotive industry will always be an obstacle but with the right mindset, I can always overcome what others say about being a woman. And now I will be attending the NASCAR Technical Institute!”
Griselda’s high school courses prepared her well for NTI. She says, “I have experience in the school automotive shop. In my courses, we had to fix the cars that we were shown. I learned to diagnose problems using the scan tool, to change tires, fix sensors, and work on the suspension systems.”
Griselda’s passion for NASCAR is evident, and her education thus far has prepared her to excel at NTI. She is ecstatic to be the recipient of the NASCAR / Brienne Davis Memorial Tuition Scholarship. This very generous financial support will make it possible for Griselda to pursue the career she has dreamed of for so long!
Kimberly Ramirez
UTI Long Beach, driver + wrencher
Determined builder-driver who wants to fix and drive race cars; inspired by Brienne Davis.
Kimberly’s passion for the automotive industry goes back to her childhood. She says, “For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to work with cars, the drive, the horsepower. I want to continue to pursue my passion for working on cars and improving them in any way possible. My dream career is to become a mechanic and maybe more in the coming years. I would like to be the person fixing the car along with driving the cars as a professional mechanic and racer. I would love to continue my passion for as long as I can as a mechanic and a racer, since I love working with my hands on a car.”To pursue this passion, Kimberly has enrolled in the automotive technology program at UTI Long Beach.
One influence on Kimberly has been learning about other women in NASCAR, notably Brienne Davis. Kimberly explains, “I share the passion of Brienne Davis for NASCAR and the sport of automotive racing. I have always loved cars more than anything and I would love to continue working on cars until I am no longer capable.”
Kimberly is known to have a positive attitude and determination to achieve her goals. Others have noted, “Kimberly has had many personal and educational accomplishments. Her positive and determined personality has helped her reach many of her life goals. From a young age, she has shown great determination and dedication to all she puts her mind to. I know that she will go far if given the opportunity to do so.”
The NASCAR/Brienne Davis Memorial Tuition Scholarship has awarded Kimberly with a grant to help support her while she pursues her automotive training. She feels honored to have been chosen, and she is enthusiastic to be able to put this money to good use as she pursues her dreams.
Jail and Bail Supporters
- Anthony Stewart
- Joe Gibbs Racing
- DNT Designs
- Funny Bone Embroidery
- Wild Rose Salon
- LKN Embroidery
Special Thanks
Thank you to Boatyard Lake Norman for hosting this year’s Jail & Bail.
