Before I walked to school, Mom and I fed and milked the cows. When they came home from work, everything started. “I was it! There was all the farming, the cattle, milking, feeding the chickens, hogs, ducks and geese. Her birth name was Dianna, “but no one has ever called me that but my parents.” Born in nearby Owosso, Diane grew up the only child of Martin and Velma Zubek. Her Czech grandparents, who arrived in Ellis Island, bought the 80-acre farm in New Lothrop. It was her years on the family farm that shaped not only her determined and competitive spirit, but also her integrity. True to her love of the sport, she continues to encourage young female racers to make their own marks on the tracks here in Michigan, Wisconsin and Canada. She also has been inducted into two snowmobile halls of fame. Marie - the so-called “granddaddy” of snowmobile enduro races.
In 1977, for example, she made international history as the first woman to race in the International 500 Snowmobile Race in Sault Ste. Hard-working, generous, spirited and loyal, this 79-year-old still exudes the strength of character and mind that made her a pioneering snowmobile racer.ĭiane broke many gender barriers in this still male-dominated sport. Talk for any amount of time to Diane Miller and you can easily tell what she’s made of.
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