Bob
What a dumb oversight on my part. Yes, Marion raced for a number of
years with the San Francisco Region of SCCA and was a consistent class
winner in her Fraser-Nash Targa (her car still lives and is in England the
last I heard). A couple of other notable lady racers from the bay area were
Jane Wells and Pru Baxter.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob_Schmitt <bob.schmitt@sainthood.com>
To: John A. Rollins <nobozos@ix.netcom.com>; Ron Yates
<dipstickdigest@ctaz.com>
Cc: Michael Frank <mfrank@westnet.com>; <vintage-race@autox.team.net>;
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Women Racers
> 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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