In 2004, she graduated from WyoTech in the Collision & Refinishing Core Program at the top of her class (she was briefly seen as a student of Wyotech during the sixth episode of the first season of "Overhaulin""). She also took the Street Rod Fabrication and Custom Fabrication and High Performance Powertrain programs.
Combs was cast as a co-host of Xtreme 4x4 along with Ian Johnson after an international search which required contestants to send audition videos to Spike. Prior to appearing on Xtreme 4x4 she appeared on the TLC program Overhaulin" as a guest fabricator. In February 2008, Combs announced that she would leave Xtreme 4x4 to pursue a career in television "hosting".
In December 2011 Combs began recording an America Online Autoblog Show, The List 1001 Carolina Things To Do Before You Die, an automotive based adventure series which is now also re-showing on the Speed Channel.
Combs served as one of the hosts of All Girls Garage on Velocity. The basis of the show is female mechanics repairing and upgrading classic automobiles.
On October 2, 2012, Combs became a co-host with Chris Jacobs for the new sixth season of Overhaulin" on the Discovery Channel. On October 9, 2013, Combs drove the North American Eagle (NaE) Supersonic Speed Challenger at the Alvord desert, claiming the women"s land speed record with an official run of 392.954 mph (632 km/h) and a top speed of 440.709 mph (709 km/h).
In doing so, she broke the 48-year-old women"s land speed record, a 308.51 mph run average, set by Lee Breedlove in 1965.
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