There doesn't appear to have been any mention of Wendy Hamblin who in the 1960s raced, amongst other things, a Mini - wife of Keith I believe.
Pete

Now well into 7th decade Denise still writes a widely syndicated column 'Drive, she said'.

I recently came about the name of one "Miss Mazy", who drove a Hudson very competitively in a couple of dirt track races at Lima (OH) in 1918. A bit difficult to accurately rate her achievements, but she beat Ben Lawwell, a decently successful local independent racer for many years, in his 16-valve Ford, amongst others.

She's actually into her ninth decade - or did you mean the seventh decade of her racing, or her column?

Having "Lunch With...." John Webb in Spain recently, he told me that both Keith St John and Liane Engemen were living in the same area not far from him, although no longer together.

Keith St John proposed to her three days after they met and they have been engaged since last November. Naturally I asked when they were getting married - but Liane said they weren't! She thinks marriage has too many restrictions. "For example," she explains, "if we were travelling in different parts of the world and not together, one doesn't feel so responsible. If you have made no promises there are none to break and life is simple." Keith is her third fiancé and,she hopes, her last.

Liane explains that this season she has become very nationalistic and is wholly orange-orientated; so we shall see her arriving in an orange car and wearing orange gloves, crash helmet and shoes and an orange pair of fireproof overalls which Les Leston has made specially for her.

Liane wears hardly any make-up; when she goes out she wears a dab of perfume and a hint of pale pink lipstick. She has simple tastes and spends her free time watching television and going to films, especially westerns. On special nights out she likes nightclubs, "Especially the ones where you can shake - it's so good for my figure."

She is perhaps better known in the UK as an occasional sparring partner for Jeremy Clarkson on "Top Gear". There are persistent rumours that she is "the new Stig"

Fräulein Schmitz (didn't she have a married racing name for a while?)

Mary Taylor, wife of Sid had a successful career in the sport racing Lotus Elite, MGB, Hillman Imp and most successfully a Mini.
Here she is pictured rounding Shaws at Mallory Park in September 1963.


By giraffe138 at 2011-02-14

nice to see Mary mentioned

She won the BWRDC's award for the most successful member early on. I've seen photos of her, but never any race results.

Mary (with bouquet) collects the silverware


By giraffe138 at 2011-02-14

I will try to post more about Mary's racing career that culminated in a hugh accident in the Mini at Silverstone on the day that Tony Florey was killed in his Cobra at Brands. (Sid tells me that it was also the day that Peter Proctor had his accident elsewhere).


By giraffe138 at 2011-02-14

By giraffe138 at 2011-02-14

in the group photo , Gabriel Konig , with handbag on right

I've got, left to right, Mary Wheeler, Joey Cook? Mary Taylor, Jean Denton, Gabriel Konig. Can anyone confirm this?

I've got, left to right, Mary Wheeler, Joey Cook? Mary Taylor, Jean Denton, Gabriel Konig. Can anyone confirm this?

Any news on Mary? I'd be really interested to read some race results, with a view to giving her a profile on Speedqueens.

>Not to forget Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indy 500 We were both members of the South Shore Sports Car and Beer Drinking Society (how's that for PC) in 1960. She bought an XK120 Coupe from Dave Lamb that led to her SCCA competition.

Confirm them as what

We're not psychic

I know it's not rocket science

If I see a post I don't understand I look at the one immediately preceding it. If it doesn't tie in., I go back one more

But I'm buggered if I'm going to go back through an 800-post thread looking for it

If the "quote" function had been used there'd be no confusion. It's not rocket science

Well I did my best and tried to help you out by directing you to the post

To which I added an appropriate response, which drew an unnecessary insult from you