Hey y’all,

Here’s an update about some primary races that were still in limbo early Wednesday morning.

👉 Attorney General: Both Republicans and Democrats will hold a runoff.

👉 Lt. Governor: Democrats will hold a runoff to see who goes up against incumbent Dan Patrick.

👉 Tarrant County Judge: Alisa Simmons and Tim O’Hare will go head-to-head in the November election.

Take our poll below and tell me how you feel about the US Senate outcome.

Joi Louviere

Senior Newsletter Editor, COURIER DFW

The historic all-female pit crew and other trailblazing Texas Motor Speedway women

Texas Motor Speedway has been home to several legendary events, including the first pit crew consisting entirely of women. (Neuwieser/CC BY-SA 2.0)

By Joey Held

The pit crew is the glue to keeping a race car driver together. When a racer enters the pit, the crew works in incredible unison, changing tires, adding gas, and making any other mechanical fixes that might be required. All of this work must also be done at a rapid pace. Too long of a delay and the driver might lose ground they can’t make up. In most cases, a driver’s pit crew consists of mechanics who regularly service the car. Yet one NASCAR driver made history at Texas Motor Speedway by using an all-female crew—none of whom had an official automotive background.

Women had been members of pit crews in years past. Most notably, Bill Venturini won the 1987 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series championship—his first ever title—with an all-women pit crew. The “Ultra Blue Crew” was a pioneering group, as there had never been a pit crew entirely of women. Bill’s wife, Cathy, led the Ultra Blue Crew throughout the season, putting Bill in a position to secure the championship.

However, prior to Aaron’s Dream Team at Texas Motor Speedway, an all-female pit crew had never gone over the wall at a major NASCAR event.

Here’s how it happened

🥵 Getting real about perimenopause: With the lead-up to menopause largely under-discussed and underrepresented in medical training, a perimenopause documentary screening and panel are coming to UT-Arlington later this month. Forbes said the film “revolutionized how women (and doctors) think and talk about menopause.” Get the event details here. (UTA)

💲 Free tax prep: United Way of Tarrant County is offering free tax prep tomorrow at Tarrant County Community College from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. You must make $69,000 or less to take advantage of this service. (NBC 5)

❌ Kristi Noem is out: After disastrous court hearings this week over her $200 million-plus deportation ad campaign, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem is being replaced. Here’s what to know about the Oklahoma senator who will be taking over at the end of the month. (Axios)

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Tuesday (and well into Wednesday) proved to be an unpredictable night for the US Senate primaries. James Talarico ended up getting the Democratic vote, while John Cornyn and Ken Paxton will battle for the Republican spot in a May primary. (That’s if Trump doesn’t get one of them to drop out first.)