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Strong Aurora F1 finishes as well as her 1980 race win in a Wolf led to a chance at an F1 championship race, but her attempts to qualify a RAM Williams FW07 for the British Grand Prix were ...
22 lut 2021 · These women pioneers paved the way for future female race car drivers from rally to NASCAR to Le Mans showing that women could not only compete with the men but also take home top honors behind the wheel.
30 kwi 2024 · What Makes Kirk a Car Racing Great. Kirk was the first woman to race in NASCAR’s Truck Series. She started her career riding flat-track motorcycles, making history as the first woman to reach an AMA Grand National Championship final (Knoxville Half Mile, 1983).
Danica Sue Patrick (/ ˈdænɪkə /; born March 25, 1982) is an American former professional racing driver and model. She is one of the most successful women in the history of American open-wheel car racing —her victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only win by a woman in an IndyCar Series race.
3 mar 2017 · The pioneers of female racing — these women made history by taking on a male-dominated world at full throttle, impressing and inspiring all who watched. Not only did they have guts for being the only females, but those vintage cars at speed were no joke.
The following portraits depict some of the women drivers, at all levels of racing, represented in the Center’s photographic collections who dared to compete in the male-dominated sport.
To illustrate that, here are 12 women who made a big impact on motoring in general or motorsport in particular before 2000, listed in alphabetical order of the surnames by which they are best known.
