Originally posted by subh
At the risk of repeating some of the above, I can list the following women racers:

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Suzane “Suzzy” Carvalho
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Originally posted by Muzza


My apologies for the pedantic remark, but her nickname is "Suzy".

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Originally posted by Indy500
Belgium has had some very succesfull women in racing :

Nicole Sol
Christine Beckers
Yvette Fontaine (actually a belgian champion touringcars in her Escort)
Gilberte Thirion (in the 50's)

Originally posted by HistoricMustang
May I add this one to the list?

http://www.garhofa.com/driver-bio.php?id=41&hof=1

Good Racing,
Henry

Originally posted by Muzza


About one and a half year ago Suzane changed her nickname from Suzy to Suzzy, as advised by a numerology consultant. Suzane's career had stalled due to lack of funds and she heard that things would get better by becoming "Suzzy", and so she did... It did not work out...

Originally posted by D-Type
In Kenya Lucille Cardwell won the East African track driving championship in 1959 and 1960 and maybe more years driving a Porsche RS Spyder. (The dates are from memory but I am 90% certain). The Porsche had been imported by John Manussis who had previously won the championship several times in a Jaguar XK120 and D-Type. He had a serious road accident and was sidelined for a while and lent the car to Lucille. Later the Cardwells purchased the car from him.

She also drove regularly in the Safari, finishing 3rd in 1961 sharing a Zephyr with Ann Hall, 4th in 1964 sharing a Mercedes 220SE with Jill Lead, and 8th in 1968 sharing a Datsun 510 with Mrs Gerry Davies, winning the coupe des dames on each occasion.

Originally posted by Rob29
This looks like one for conspiricy theorists. Did a google search and found 70 odd links re 'Cheryl Glass'
No photos sadly. There seem to have been several Cheryls. The one we are interested in clearly identified as 'race driver ,fashion designer & businesswoman.' However also found a bridal wear designer who died 'in mysterious circumstances' in 1997. Inference of CIA involvement. Are they the same person.

Originally posted by Tweddell
what about GABRIELLE KONIG, competing in Midgets internationally,(beeing married to the Nomad racing Mark Konig) and the two Marcos ladies of the FLIRT-team (first ladies international racing team) Hellen COOK and Jacky BOND SMITH.

Originally posted by Magee

Also, Bobby Rahal has said that there will be a car at next year's Indy 500 waiting for Danica. He feels she will be the first female driver to win the Indy 500.

Originally posted by Darren Galpin
There is an impressive American lady driver by the name of Danica Patrick who finished second in last years Formula Ford festival at Brands Hatch.

Originally posted by Barry Boor
Two points.....

1. I believe than Danica Patrick has never actually won a motor race in any category. (I do not say this with any evidence - it's just what I heard....)

2. What is the weight rule in the IRL? If the cars are weighed WITHOUT drivers then young Miss Patrick has a major advantage, weighing in at just about 7 stones.... or to put it another way, about the same as Nigel Mansell's left leg!

Then again, she is pretty quick......

BTW, can I say a very large [B]WELL DONE to Dan Wheldon - who joins a very elite group of non-American 500 winners? [/B]

Originally posted by Rob29
Barry,there is already a thread with 400+ posts of this crap.Please do not polute this one with any more!

Originally posted by Barry Boor

2. What is the weight rule in the IRL? If the cars are weighed WITHOUT drivers then young Miss Patrick has a major advantage, weighing in at just about 7 stones.... or to put it another way, about the same as Nigel Mansell's left leg!


BTW, can I say a very large [B]WELL DONE to Dan Wheldon - who joins a very elite group of non-American 500 winners? [/B]

Originally posted by GeorgeTheCar
I have come lete to this thread and am very intersted in information about Kay Petre as she was inducteed into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.

We have very little career info on her and any assiatnce woudl be appreciated.

Originally posted by simonlewisbooks


Another multi race winner, Tina Cox, I think she won the fiercely contested Mini Se7en series late 80s/early 90s, very tall lady for such a small car, must have been around the 6 foot mark, long blonde hair, couldn't miss her in the paddock! Wonder if she still races?



Simon Lewis
Transport Books
www.simonlewis.com

Originally posted by Rob29
That was Tina COOPER

Originally posted by Rob29
Heather Baillie did marry a McAlpine but seems to have difficulty accessing the family money. Her profile says she 'has not retired and would jump at the chance to drive again competitively should thr right opportunity come her way'

Originally posted by Rob29 on 03 Feb 2003
Good almost full page obituary in todays 'Daily Express' for Anne Hall,50s rally driver.who died on Jan 19 aged 83.
Interesting info also on British Women Racing Drivers site www.chez.com/antonialoysen/ 2 books are to be published on Mar 8. Details to follow,but the launch sounds like a good place to meet lots of old lady racers..

Anne Hall, who has died aged 83, was one of the best women rally drivers in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s.

A Huddersfield housewife and mother of three, she began her career in 1950 partnering her sister, Mary Newton, in a Jaguar XK 120. The "mad Newton sisters", as they became known, upset traditional stereotypes of women drivers by being both extremely fast and highly skilled.

Subsequently, Anne Hall was invited to drive for the Sunbeam team with Sheila Van Damm, with whom she won several prizes in the 1950s. She went on to drive for Ford, in Anglias, Zephyrs and Falcons; and, later, for Rover and Mercedes.

Over some 15 years, Anne Hall took part in all the major long-distance rallies, including the Monte Carlo Rally, the gruelling East African Safari, the Alpine Motor Rally, the RAC International Rally and the Cross-Canada Rally. She won several trophies, including the coveted Coupe des Dames at Monte Carlo in 1961; her co-driver on that occasion was Val Domleo.

Anne Newton was born at Huddersfield on May 30 1919 and educated at Greenhead High School. Her father was the main Jaguar dealer in the north of England and encouraged Anne's natural spirit of adventure and love of speed. During the Second World War she served as an ambulance driver, driving at break-neck speed through the streets of Huddersfield. In 1942, she married John Hall, who took over the family Jaguar dealership.

But nothing would keep her from rally driving: in 1953, with her sister, she won the Ladies' Cup at the London Motor Rally, driving a Jaguar; the following year, as co-driver to Sheila Van Damm, she won the ladies' class of the International Viking Rally, held in Norway, a race in which the two women had to drive the last 100 miles with a broken fan belt, topping up the near-boiling radiator with water from a vacuum flask. The same year, they teamed up again to win the Ladies' Cup in the Dutch Tulip Rally and, in 1955, the Coupe des Dames at Monte Carlo.

When Anne Hall entered the East African Safari Rally in 1961, the rally organisers suggested she should play second fiddle to the Kenyan woman rally champion of the time, Lucille Cardwell. Anne Hall responded by suggesting that they should compete head-to-head in five test drives to establish who was the better driver; Anne was faster each time. In the event, though, she tactfully suggested that they should "share" the driving. They went on to win the Ladies' Cup, finishing third overall. To mark this achievement, the toy car maker Corgi produced a commemorative model of her Ford Zephyr Mk II.

There were some mishaps. During one East African Safari, her car turned over and she had to spend the night in a mud hut nearby; she had a narrow escape another time when the Mercedes she was driving overturned and landed back on four wheels. In the 1958 Tulip rally, her car overturned into a ditch at 70 mph. She became a firm advocate of seat belts.

After retiring from professional rally driving in the late 1960s, Anne Hall set up an advanced driving school in Huddersfield.

She was lured back to rallying in 1988 when, aged 72, she won the women's section in the Pirelli Classic Rally, a 2,300-mile round trip in the Alps, driving a 1961 Ford Anglia. Overall, she came 18th out of 104 finishers. She went on to compete in several more classic rally events., eventually retiring in 1997.

Anne Hall died on January 19. Her husband predeceased her; she is survived by their son and two daughters.

Originally posted by Jerry Entin
Judy Kondratieff was not a German driver. Her maiden name was Judy Woods. She raced Mini's in Northern California in the late 60's and was very good. She also was a very good time keeper. Until she ran off with our driver at the 1971 Riverside Grand Prix. I won't mention names but his first name was Howden and he finished 3rd in a BRM. Her name now is Judy Ganley. I lived in Palm Springs, Ca. in the 50's and they had a powder puff race for the girls One time Ritchie Ginther got a wig and tried to race them. They beat Him! In 1970 Judy raced on the MacMillan Ring Free Oil Team with Janet Guthrie and Rosemary Smith at Sebring . They won the Prototype Class which meant that she raced in a World Championship Sports Car race before her husband Howden Ganley ever did. She was a very good driver and a great friend. Judy was named Woman Driver of the Year in 1970 by The Motor Sports Press Association also.