women in motorsports
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Desiré Wilson Proved She Was The Most Successful Woman In Racing By Winning In A Formula One Car
At five years old, Desiré Wilson (née Randall) was behind the wheel of a go-kart at local South African tracks. She didn’t have big dreams about competing in Formula One, or of becoming a endurance racing star. Quite simply, Wilson loved the thrill of speed, finding the very limits of control, and coming home with…
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Elsie Wisdom Proved That Women Could Have A Family And Kick Arse At Racing, Too
Photo: Len Puttnam (AP) History remembers her as Elsie Wisdom, but her family would remember her as Bill.
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Donna Mae Mims Drove A Limo At The Last Cannonball Run And Was The First Woman To Win An SCCA Championship
Screenshot: Corvette Hall of Fame (YouTube) Pink is a controversial colour in the racing world. It’s a girl’s colour — and we all know girls don’t race, right? Pink liveries for men are apparently emasculating, and women who drive pink cars? Well, they’re just shoving their femininity in everyone’s faces and subscribing to a stereotype.…
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Aseel Al-Hamad Drives A Formula One Car The Day The Saudi Ban On Female Drivers Is Overturned
Photo: Renault F1 Twitter Before the Formula One French Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Aseel Al-Hamad became one of the first Saudi women to drive a car to celebrate the end of the ban on women driving in the Gulf kingdom. And she did it behind the wheel of a 2012 Renault F1…