The Engine revs with excitement, her pulse is high.  Suddenly the light begins to change red, yellow, GREEN!  The adrenaline surges and she pushes the pedal to the floor.  The Red Rocket is off. As she is racing around the track, trying to keep pace and protect her car from the others, the steering wheel jerks, the front tire hits a mud patch and Red Rocket spins out of control.

You might not be able to guess while attending an accounting class at Avila University, but this is a typical Saturday night for Doris Frede, assistant professor of business.  She teaches accounting by day and races stock cars by night. The color red in accounting usually means a loss, but when Frede is on the racetrack the color red is the color of the Red Rocket, her stock car.  
 
Frede’s need for speed began ten years ago when she and her husband began auto-crossing activities.  Today she is the only women driver in Hobby Stock Racing at the Adrian Speedway.  When she isn’t on the race track, Frede gets her fix for speed by driving around in her new green Mustang, which has the same paint color as the ‘68 Mustang she has parked in her garage.
 
Frede relates her love of racing to accounting, an unlikely comparison.  She sets goals with racing that focus on improving her performance by building on the progress she makes, much like a small business would with increasing profit margins.  
 
Frede has conducted research on small businesses by looking at fraud and embezzlement, the knowledge of which she imparts on students studying business.  She received a bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts as well as a master of arts in accounting from the University of Central Missouri. Frede also has a C.P.A.  She is a member of the Missouri Accounting Educators Association and is a member of the Missouri Society of C.P.A.’s.  
 
From the race track to the classroom, Frede gives business students important knowledge:  how to burn rubber to success.