Kenzie Ruston
| Kenzie Ruston Hemric | |
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Ruston (right) at Dover International Speedway in 2014
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| Nationality |
 American
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| Born | Kenzie Ruston October 12, 1991 El Reno, Oklahoma |
| Related to | Daniel Hemric (husband) |
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Current team | Rev Racing |
| Car no. | 4 |
| Crew chief | Mark Green |
| Former teams | Turner Scott Motorsports, Ben Kennedy Racing |
| Starts | 31 |
| Best finish | 6th in 2013 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 | ARCA Racing Series |
Mackenzie "Kenzie" Ruston Hemric (born October 12, 1991) is an American professional driver. She last competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2015, driving the No. 4 Toyota Camry for Rev Racing.
Ruston began racing Bandoleros at Texas Motor Speedway when she was 14 years old. When she was 16, she switched to Legends car racing, competing in the track's Semi-Pro and Young Lions divisions, finishing third in the latter's Winter Series. In addition, she raced in TMS' Summer Stampede, finishing second, and in the top-ten in Charlotte Motor Speedway's Summer Shootout. When she turned 17, Ruston moved to North Carolina. In 2009, Ruston won TMS' Winter Series, Summer Stampede and the track's Driver of the Year award, along with the U.S. Legends asphalt championship, the first woman to win the title. The next year, she began racing in super late models, finishing 12th in the PASS Series Southern Division's championship.
In 2011, Ruston began competing in , which included four ARCA Racing Series races with Venturini Motorsports, making her debut at Toledo Speedway in the No. 25 Toyota, and finished 10th. She switched to No. 55 for three additional races, finishing 10th, 12th, and 26th in those races. During the year, she also competed in the Champion Racing Association, winning at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. In December, she participated in the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway for Jeff Fultz, finishing 31st after a crash on lap 145.
In 2013, Ruston was signed by Turner Scott Motorsports to contest the 2013 K&N Pro Series East season, and in June, she was named a member of the NASCAR Next program, the first woman to join the program. She ended the year with four top-fives, including a best finish of third at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, and finished 6th in the points standings.
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