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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/186-102Rli.St.156.jpeg|509Christmas Abbott, 30, is intense and ready to go during a morning workout session at the Michael Waltrip Racing Facility in Cornelius, N.C. Her goal is to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide and eventually the Sprint Cup Series.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/609-CD8kq.St.156.jpeg|448Christmas Abbott, 30, takes a minute to rest and collect her thoughts during a tough pit crew training session.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/136-RYs9q.St.156.jpeg|424Abbott readies herself on top of the wall between tire change runs with Ben Fetzer, right, at the Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) facility in Mooresville, N.C. Brought on board by Ted Bullard, the chief marketing officer at Turner Motorsports, she is working toward her goals on the track, as well as with a goal of getting the green-light on a reality show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/475-j0505.St.156.jpeg|456Preparing to leap of the wall to change the front tires of a moving truck, Abbott, center, works with more experienced pit crew men, like Ben Fetzer, left, and Shane Wilson, right, at the Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) facility in Mooresville, N.C. on October 3, 2012.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/28-1a3Wn7.St.156.jpeg|465After her morning, pit crew training and a CrossFit work out, Christmas Abbott, right, leaps off the wall with Ben Fetzer, left...
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/181-GZunv.St.156.jpeg|463... during her second training session of the day on October 3, 2012.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/531-14XfkE.St.156.jpeg|525Working with a group of more experienced pit crew men, like Ben Fetzer, right, she also gets to practice with a moving vehicle at the Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) facility in Mooresville, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/663-y5IB3.St.156.jpeg|436The move in unison around towards the right side of an incoming truck.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/224-snYgZ.St.156.jpeg|413In the early days of her pit crew training, and with no hose connected to her air gun, Christmas Abbott practices her technique and speed moving off the wall and around the stock car at the Michael Waltrip Racing facility in Charlotte.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/224-3VvbH.St.156.jpeg|394The full crew works on a truck during a practice pit stop.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/92-eFg7R.St.156.jpeg|365As coach Shaun Peet, far left, watches, Abbott and the other pit crew members train on a truck.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/424-zed3A.St.156.jpeg|433She rounds the front of the car...
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/669-RtZOk.St.156.jpeg|442... and begins to fall to her knees.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/409-FstXF.St.156.jpeg|438Abbott works on removing the driver-side front tire.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/696-1d4o9T.St.156.jpeg|405Christmas Abbot, kneeling, gets a critique from her trainer Shaun Peet, far right, after a pit stop on a truck during a training session with other crew members.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/757-zx7UN.St.156.jpeg|394Shaun Peet, right, gives Christmas Abbott, center, a critique on her technique and speed during a training session. Brought on board by Ted Bullard, the chief marketing officer at Turner Motorsports, not seen, she is working toward her goals on the track, as well as with a goal of getting the green-light on a reality show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/936-FL1N9.St.156.jpeg|438Peet, center, goes over a pit stop point by point between training runs with crew members.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/454-Jc7ox.St.156.jpeg|428On a tough day of practice, Christmas Abbott, right, and her trainer Shaun Peet, left, have a hear-to-heart talk while watching video footage of her last pit stop.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/125-1OIaM.St.156.jpeg|421Christmas Abbott, 30,gets her nails painted a hot pink at My Nails Spa in Huntersville, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/485-DjHjS.St.156.jpeg|394During a moment of pampering with her mother visiting from Texas, Barbara Nichols, rear right, Christmas Abbott, 31...
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/6-5EAX2.St.156.jpeg|430... gets her nails painted a hot pink at My Nails Spa in Huntersville, N.C by Lynn Nguyen, left.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/740-p65nN.St.156.jpeg|416Abbott works on lugnuts during a practice. She designed the tattoo on her left shoulder while in detention as a youth.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/676-Py3ox.St.156.jpeg|525Abbott gets checkered flags painted on each of her ring fingers by manicurist Lynn Nguyen. It was the first time Nguyen had painted the checks on someone's nails.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/701-FiDAX.St.156.jpeg|408During a moment of pampering with her mother Barbara Nichols, rear right, Christmas Abbott, 30, and her mother have their nails done. They both get checkered flags painted on their ring fingers.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/447-DuoTA.St.156.jpeg|413In the early days of her pit crew training, and with no hose connected to her air gun, Christmas Abbott practices her technique and speed moving off the wall and around the stock car at the Michael Waltrip Racing facility in Charlotte.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/277-XkQ6D.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, manages to keep thing light from time to time during pit crew training with her sense of humor and disarming smile.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/904-12hcN1.St.156.jpeg|426Christmas Abbott, 30, works on her technique by doing single handed lug nut placements with her air gun during a morning practice. Her coach Danny Kincaid, rear-center, and head coach Shaun Peet, watch closely nearby at the Michael Waltrip Racing facility in Charlotte.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/981-AhzBL.St.156.jpeg|416Abbott's track shoes are held together with hot pink laces and black tape.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/778-LOqZn.St.156.jpeg|430Christmas Abbott, 30, gets some pointers on a new air gun from Chuck Efaw, a tire changer and pit gun specialist at Waltrip Motor Sports in Charlotte. He custom-made her a smaller-sized gun that fits better in her hands. The one she had been using was was designed for a much larger grip.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/784-EQw8p.St.156.jpeg|393Christmas Abbott, 30, stays intense while working with her head pit crew coach Shaun Peet, during her pit crew training. At the start of her third week, she remains focused. Her goal is to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide or Sprint Cup Series level.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/290-s8lLO.St.156.jpeg|413Christmas Abbott, 30, stays intense while working with her head pit crew coach Shaun Peet, left, and Danny Kincaid, right, during her pit crew training. At the start of her third week, she remains focused. Her goal is to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide or Sprint Cup Series level. Both men are experienced crewmen with Michael Waltrip Racing; Peet as a jackman with the 15 car and Kincaid a tire changer.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/296-Y7E7p.St.156.jpeg|460Christmas Abbott, 30, experiences fatigue during her pit crew training at the start of her third week. Her goal is to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide or Sprint Cup Series level for Turner Motorsports.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/455-1qqjTg.St.156.jpeg|414At the start of her third week of training, Christmas Abbott, 30, works on her technique by doing single handed lug nut placements with her air gun. She has morning practices five days a week at the Michael Waltrip Racing facility in Charlotte. Discovered by Ted Bullard, the chief marketing officer at Turner Motorsports, she is working toward her goals on the track, as well as with a goal of getting the green-light on a reality show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/954-ea7ol.St.156.jpeg|461In the early days of her pit crew training in August 2012, and with no hose connected to her air gun, Christmas Abbott practices her technique and speed moving around the front end of a stock car.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/651-1swPrC.St.156.jpeg|416Christmas Abbott's pit crew coach Shaun Peet, left, and her agent Ted Bullard, who is also the chief marketing officer with Turner Motorsports, check in with one another during a practice session. Bullard, who is also Abbott's agent, hopes to have her working with a Turner team, as well as the star of her own reality show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/224-DVOgD.St.156.jpeg|406Christmas Abbott, 30, manages to keep thing light from time to time during pit crew training with her sense of humor and disarming smile.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/880-umE1y.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, fatigued by the heat and the workout, studies an iPhone video of her training session with her pit crew coach Shaun Peet. He is an experienced jackman working with the 15 car for Michael Waltrip Racing.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/370-JZNSf.St.156.jpeg|429Christmas Abbott, 30, learns the proper technique in pivoting around the front of a car. She works 5 days a week with her head pit crew coach Shaun Peet, right and Danny Kincaid, left during her pit crew training. At the start of her third week, she remains focused and at time fatigued. Her goal is to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide or Sprint Cup Series level. Both men are experienced crewmen with Michael Waltrip Racing; Peet as a jackman with the 15 car and Kincaid a tire changer.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/713-1qjg06.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, front right, gets instruction from one of her coaches, Danny Kincaid, 31, front left, during one of her morning training sessions. Discovered by Ted Bullard, the chief marketing officer at Turner Motorsports, she is working toward her goals on the track, as well as with a goal of getting the green-light on a reality show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/825-12KbKQ.St.156.jpeg|376Christmas Abbott, 30, gets some pointers during a training session from Chuck Efaw, a tire changer and pit gun specialist at Waltrip Motor Sports in Charlotte. He custom-made her a smaller-sized gun that fits better in her hands. The one she had been using was was designed for a much larger grip.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/785-1juRvY.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, stays intense during her pit crew training at the start of her third week. Her goal is to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide and eventually the Sprint Cup Series level for Turner Motorsports.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/317-OpMcY.St.156.jpeg|418Christmas Joye Abbott, 30, of Charlotte. Day 1 of week 3 in training. Christmas Joye Abbott, 31, of Charlotte. Day 1 of week 3 in training. Trainer Shaun Peet, right, a jackman on the 15 car for Waltrip, and Danny Kincaid, 31, center, a tire changer for Waltrip.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/8-FQzzv.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, puts on her track shoes before the start of training.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/637-Zfkl8.St.156.jpeg|441Abbott checks in with one of her pit crew coaches, Danny Kincaid, who was making moving pit stops during a morning training session at the Michael Waltrip Racing facility. She trains there as well as at Turner Motorsports, the team she hopes to be joining as a front tire changer.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/765-Udc4h.St.156.jpeg|484Christmas Abbott, 30, moves from one tire to the next with her custom made air gun during a morning training session at Michael Waltrip Racing in Cornelius, N.C. She practices there 5 days a week and often has a second session with a crew of men later in the day at the PIT facility in Mooresville, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/774-jGbtc.St.156.jpeg|411Christmas Abbott, 30, collects her thoughts on the first day of her third week of training.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/161-GnzMr.St.156.jpeg|429During her morning training session in Cornelius, N.C., she and one of her pit crew coaches Danny Kincaid, 31, who is also a tire changer for Michael Waltrip Racing, catch up after tossing the medicine ball.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/553-uHBNo.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, gets some pointers during a training session from Chuck Efaw, a tire changer and pit gun specialist at Waltrip Motor Sports in Charlotte. He custom-made her a smaller-sized gun that fits better in her hands. The one she had been using was was designed for a much larger grip.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/471-10ryhR.St.156.jpeg|393Christmas Abbott, 30, moves from one tire to the next with her custom made air gun during a morning training session at Michael Waltrip Racing in Cornelius, N.C. She practices there 5 days a week and often has a second session with a crew of men later in the day at the PIT facility in Mooresville, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/393-EvjRD.St.156.jpeg|444Christmas Abbott, 30, is focused on her goal to become the first, female NASCAR front tire changer at the Nationwide and eventually the Sprint Cup Series level for Turner Motorsports.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/348-q57JT.St.156.jpeg|423On a photo shoot for the CrossFit headquarters website, Christmas Abbott poses with her own 1911 Kimber Pistol for Raleigh photographer Tyler Northrup (not seen.) With her devoted Bulldog, Fran, nearby the story dealt with the issue of gun safety and women.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/230-14w5rW.St.156.jpeg|525On a photo shoot for the CrossFit headquarters website, Christmas Abbott poses with her own 1911 Kimber Pistol and her tattoo of an old fashioned revolver. The story focused on women and gun safety, which she practices. She likes having it permanently on her right hip and says that way it's always "locked and loaded."
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/223-KOIbp.St.156.jpeg|525Turner Motorsports Chief Marketing Officer Ted Bullard has a meeting with Christmas Abbott regarding the reality show he is trying to develop with her. Bullard, who discovered Abbott, is also her agent. The working title is "Chasing Christmas."
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/354-aazpE.St.156.jpeg|436Christmas Abbott, 30, makes breakfast for her and her mother Barbara Nichols, right, visiting for the week from Texas. Having just move to Charlotte from Raleigh, her mother spent the week helping her to shop and decorate her new rental home. She was named Christmas Joye by her mother because of the difficulty she had with the pregnancy and because she delivered just days before the Christmas holiday. "I believe your name becomes you," says Nichols.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/661-KtNmV.St.156.jpeg|416Christmas Abbott, 30, has lunch with her and her mother Barbara Nichols, right, visiting for the week from Texas. "She's my hero," Abbott says of her mother. "She taught me that the world is my oyster."
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/913-16FOl0.St.156.jpeg|430Just after her move from Raleigh to Cornelius, N.C., Christmas Abbott, 30, tries to decorate her new home while shopping for lamps with her mother Barbara Nichols, left, visiting for the week from Texas.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/316-16WBs3.St.156.jpeg|439Christmas Abbott, left, goes over the afternoon's itinerary at her home office with her new assistant Lindsey Heckaman, of Concord. Heckaman is interning as an executive assistant with Turner Motorsports and part of her responsibilities is working with Abbott.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/746-OHGVu.St.156.jpeg|401Leading a fairly quiet and solitary existence since moving to Cornelius, N.C., Christmas Abbott take the time to sit down for a meal between a workout and a training session. Due to an upstairs flood in her new rental, all of the carpeting and wood in the entire 2-story home had to be removed. She has been waiting for new flooring to be installed before she decorates her new space.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/762-1diaci.St.156.jpeg|446During a break in her very hectic day, Abbott shops for almond milk, proteins, fruits and vegetables at the nearby grocery store. She eats small meals frequently throughout the day. She has removed carbs and dairy from her diet.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/481-WlW2d.St.156.jpeg|412During a break in her very hectic day, Abbott shops for proteins, fruits and vegetables at the nearby grocery store. She eats small meals frequently throughout the day. She has removed carbs and dairy from her diet.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/216-11eFrL.St.156.jpeg|525Abbott has her siblings names, birth dates and locations tattooed on her forearms.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/795-1biuCg.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, has a variety of tattoos all over her body, including the right sleeve she had done. It includes a woman holding a flower and a sword, which symbolize that she is welcoming, but to also be warned not to cross her.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/180-5O6Ph.St.156.jpeg|402Abbott has bluebirds on her lower back.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/920-qq2HF.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, uses a kettlebell weight during a workout at her CrossFit facility in downtown Raleigh on July 25, 2012. The following week she packed and moved to Charlotte to begin training as a NASCAR pit crew front tire changer. She continues to own and run the business with her partner remotely.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/183-4Aee0.St.156.jpeg|438Christmas Abbott gives instruction during a session at her CrossFit Invoke facility in Raleigh, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/600-iPpOj.St.156.jpeg|420Getting ready for a photo shoot at her new CrossFit Invoke location on South Saunders Street in Raleigh, N.C., Christmas Abbott, 30, readies herself in a back room that is still under construction. She and her partner, Mitchell Rosser, not seen, moved their location in Raleigh after she had relocated to Charlotte for NASCAR training. She regularly makes the commute back to Raleigh for her business and friends.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/142-Suuey.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, right, and one of her CrossFit coaches Amanda Street, left, of Raleigh, reconnect before a workout in Raleigh. Abbott tries to visit her business and friends often since moving to Charlotte for NASCAR pit crew training for Turner Motorsports.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/430-1nOqTM.St.156.jpeg|516Christmas Abbott, 30, works out at her CrossFit Invoke location in downtown Raleigh, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/715-mLJ9L.St.156.jpeg|419While their new Raleigh location is still under construction, Assistant Manager and Coach Meagan Burns, left, Abbott, rear, and her business Co-owner and Coach Mitchell Rosser, right, take care of issues in a back office of their CrossFit Invoke location on South Saunders Street.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/126-CSOsn.St.156.jpeg|428Abbott stretches after a CrossFit workout at the Davidson facility near her new home in Cornelius, N.C. She works everyday and trains for NASCAR pit crew 5 days a week.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/423-RRENh.St.156.jpeg|497Catherine Winter, of Raleigh, gets assistance from Christmas Abbott, owner of the CrossFit Invoke - Christmas Fitness facility, during a class at her location in Raleigh. Despite the fact that Abbott was taking the class, she constantly moved through the room, helping others to improve their form and technique.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/302-1l1od7.St.156.jpeg|416Abbott demonstrates her walking handstand skills at the CrossFit Invoke location she co-owns in Raleigh, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/191-vTD3s.St.156.jpeg|432On one of her trips back to Raleigh to check in with her CrossFit business and with her friends, Christmas Abbott gives instruction to one of her clients, Raynor Smith, of Raleigh, during a class she was teaching at her South Saunders Street location in downtown Raleigh, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/248-W6Lu4.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Joye Abbott, 30, still maintains her CrossFit business in Raleigh while training for NASCAR pit crew work outside of Charlotte.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/856-zwcwv.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott, 30, uses a kettlebell weight during a workout at her CrossFit facility in downtown Raleigh on July 25, 2012. The following week she packed and moved to Charlotte to begin training as a NASCAR pit crew front tire changer. She continues to own and run the business with her business partner, Mitchell Rosser, not seen, remotely.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/167-abLN3.St.156.jpeg|421Abbott does her hair and makeup before going out for the night.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/28/810-hU6Vf.St.156.jpeg|420Getting dressed to head out for the night, Christmas Abbott, 30, of Cornelius, N.C., right, jokes that Elizabeth Cowan, 30, left, one of her best friends visiting from Baltimore, needs the windblown look to go with her hair and outfit.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/429-OgQD1.St.156.jpeg|525"I love bling," says Abbott about wearing good jewelry. Living alone in Cornelius, N.C., away from family and friends, she doesn't have many opportunities to get dressed up.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/406-1n6Y8w.St.156.jpeg|434Christmas Abbott, 30, of Cornelius, N.C., has to balance on the edge of her tub in order to inspect her outfit before heading out to dinner with friends. Her faithful Bulldog, Fran, also gives her the once-over before she heads out for the evening. "I really need to get myself a bigger mirror," she says.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/739-tDAz2.St.156.jpeg|411Heading out for drinks and dinner, Christmas Abbott, 30, of Cornelius, N.C., right, hangs out with her close friends, JB Back, 25, right, and Elizabeth Cowan, 30, center, both visiting from Baltimore. Living alone in Cornelius, N.C., and away from family and friends, Abbott doesn't have many opportunities to get out and be social.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/30/706-1q6HTJ.St.156.jpeg|525Abbott does some video work with producer and videographer Brian Sanders after she went out for the night with some girl friends. She stopped by the facility to shoot some video footage for a possible reality television. The working title is "Chasing Christmas." Discovered by Ted Bullard, now her agent and the chief marketing officer at Turner Motorsports, she is working toward her goals on the track, as well as with a goal of getting the green-light on a reality show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/403-2EjJj.St.156.jpeg|451Christmas Abbott juggles a phone call while talking to her agent Ted Bullard, right, after shooting some video footage at Turner Motorsports, where he is also the chief marketing officer.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/31/65-17uLos.St.156.jpeg|415Abbott checks her text messages while at the Turner garage. Her agent, who is also the chief marketing officer for Turner Motorsports, Ted Bullard is trying to develop a new reality show on her life.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/266-DZR7x.St.156.jpeg|525Christmas Abbott arrives at Turner Motorsports for a video shoot in Mooresville, N.C.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/10/20/29/398-12x561.St.156.jpeg|412After heading out for drinks and dinner, Christmas Abbott, 30, of Cornelius, N.C., center, shows her friends, visiting from Baltimore, Elizabeth Cowan, 30, left, and JB Back, 25, the Turner Motorsports garage. Abbott stopped by the facility to shoot some video footage for a possible reality television. The working title is "Chasing Christmas."
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