Don't forget Marion Lowe, who drove a Frazer Nash.
Subject: Women Racers
> Wonder why Denise hasn't done a book on this topic... Anyone know if
> there IS a book about the women racers of that era (I know, March
issue
> of 1960 Playboy - The Women of Racing). Seriously, I'd be interested.
>
> *8o)
>
> Ron Yates wrote:
> >
> > Mike
> > Saw your bit on the movie and noticed your comment about the
woman race
> > driver concept being a bit ahead of its time.
> > Actually not so. There resided in southern California a women's
racing
> > drivers club that had a fair number pretty good women racers. I
think at one
> > time there were at least eight of the ladies that held senior
licenses and
> > could race in the senior events. Other than that they had a women's
race at
> > most of the sanctioned events on the west coast during the fifties.
> > Mary Davis, Ruth Levy, Ina Balchowsky, Linda Scott, Lauraine
Wood, Janet
> > Lake, Sue Mathews, Josie von Neumann and Barbara Windhorst to name a
few.
> > Denise McCluggage and Ruth Levy were active on the national
scene and
> > later Donna Mae Mims was the first SCCA woman Champ driving her pink
Sprite
> > to a national title in, I believe, 1961.
> > I had to mention this as the "Frigid Princess" hinted that if I
didn't
> > say something I might get to eat in the garage by myself - - again.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ron Yates, Editor
> > Dipstick Digest
> >
> > mailto:dipstickdigest@ctaz.com
> >
>
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