{"id":100173,"date":"2025-03-13T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=100173"},"modified":"2025-03-13T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:17:36","slug":"mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzi&#8217;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-100173 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505881-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505881-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-100179\" data-attachment-id=\"100179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505881-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505881-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mitzi&amp;#8217;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;click__begin&quot;&gt;Click Here to Begin Slideshow&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;h2&gt; Nanci, this week&amp;#8217;s Motor Maven, has big hair and big passions, including photography and krav maga.&lt;\/h2&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Nanci Byrd is a Las Vegas based pin up whose passion for the era comes from growing up with oldies music, 50&amp;#8217;s fashion, and beehivin&amp;#8217; hair from a young age. Nanci has been known for her larger-than-life hair since high school! Outside of pin up, Nanci is married to the love of her life, a new mom, cat mom, a photographer, and a krav maga fighter. &lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;click__begin&quot;&gt;Click Here to Begin Slideshow&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505881-min-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505881-min-1024x683.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-100179'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\n\n<h2> Nanci, this week&#8217;s Motor Maven, has big hair and big passions, including photography and krav maga.<\/h2>\nNanci Byrd is a Las Vegas based pin up whose passion for the era comes from growing up with oldies music, 50&#8217;s fashion, and beehivin&#8217; hair from a young age. Nanci has been known for her larger-than-life hair since high school! Outside of pin up, Nanci is married to the love of her life, a new mom, cat mom, a photographer, and a krav maga fighter. \n\t\n<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505837-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505837-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd Slide 2\" data-attachment-id=\"100175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505837-min\/\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505843-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505843-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd Slide 3\" data-attachment-id=\"100176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505843-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505843-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mitzi&amp;#8217;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd Slide 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505843-min-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505843-min-683x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505828-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505828-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd Slide 4\" data-attachment-id=\"100174\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-miss-nanci-byrd\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_505828-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505828-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mitzi&amp;#8217;s Motor Mavens: Miss Nanci Byrd Slide 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505828-min-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_505828-min-1024x683.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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