{"id":87364,"date":"2022-09-15T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=87364"},"modified":"2022-09-15T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:49:01","slug":"mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzi&#8217;s Motor Mavens: Betty Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-87364 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-betty-nice\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_375908-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375908-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Betty Nice\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-87368\" data-attachment-id=\"87368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_375908-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375908-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1740\" 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: Betty Nice\" 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;Betty Nice comes from a flat track family, but her heart always belonged to vintage cars.&lt;\/h2&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Betty Nice was born and raised in the small town of Salinas, CA. She spent her childhood in the garage with her dad a flat track dirt bike rider\/ bike builder. She loved the smell of oil and gas but her heart was more driven towards vintage cars after her first ride in a 1956 Chevy at 7 years old. While her friends were dreaming of new cars as teenagers she dreamed of owning a 50\/60&amp;#8217;s car. Betty became a teen mom at the age of 16 so her dreams of fixing up an old car was placed on hold.&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\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375908-min-300x204.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375908-min-1024x696.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-87368'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\n\n<h2>Betty Nice comes from a flat track family, but her heart always belonged to vintage cars.<\/h2>\n\n\nBetty Nice was born and raised in the small town of Salinas, CA. She spent her childhood in the garage with her dad a flat track dirt bike rider\/ bike builder. She loved the smell of oil and gas but her heart was more driven towards vintage cars after her first ride in a 1956 Chevy at 7 years old. While her friends were dreaming of new cars as teenagers she dreamed of owning a 50\/60&#8217;s car. Betty became a teen mom at the age of 16 so her dreams of fixing up an old car was placed on hold.\n\n\t\n<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\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-betty-nice\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_375820-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375820-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Betty Nice Slide 2\" data-attachment-id=\"87365\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_375820-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375820-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" 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href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_375830-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375830-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Betty Nice Slide 3\" data-attachment-id=\"87366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-betty-nice\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_375830-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_375830-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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