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Lilly, who was named Car Craft Magazine Super Stock Driver of the Year in 1972, 1976, and 1977, was inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Colorado Motorsports.
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Meet some of the women hitting the track at the NHRA Drag Racing Toyota Nationals in Las VegasTop Fuel driver Leah Pritchett made it to the final race to mat.
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Success for women in drag racing is not a new phenomenon. Sampey's debut came 14 years after pioneer Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, a three-time champion in the high-speed Top Fuel series who was known as the "First Lady of Drag Racing," won her final World Championship. But not much had progressed in racing through the 1980s and early.
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Ten pro drag-racing womenâincluding Leah Pruett, Courtney Force, Melanie Troxel, and Shirley Muldowneyâare in triple digits. Ashley Force Hood, who stopped racing after 2010, had 92 Funny Car.
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Unlike any other sport, throughout the history of drag racing, women have been able to go toe-to-toe with men at every level. From the earliest years, women like Shirley Shahan and the legendary.
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Born in Burlington, Vermont, Shirley was named the "First Lady of Drag Racing," as she was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a top fuel dragster. She went on to win the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982, becoming the first person to win two and three Top Fuel titles.
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NHRA Drag Racing is one of the most gender-inclusive sports in the world, as male and female competitors go head to head without handicaps. As the world salutes National Women's History Month in.
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The NHRA is America's premier league for drag racing, hosting races since 1951. Muldowney became the first woman to get an NHRA license, paving the way for future women in the sport. Unfortunately, not everybody welcomed her to the racing scene. The first lady of drag racing faced detractors in the stands and within the NHRA itself.
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2. Brittany Force. 2017 NHRA Top Fuel World Champion; 14 NHRA wins; 2013 Auto Club Road to the Future Award winner; 338.17 mph career top speed; Brittany Force made history in 2017 when she became only the second woman in history to win an NHRA Top Fuel World Championship title (Shirley Muldowney was the first). Daughter of drag racing legend John Force, Brittany grew up in Yorba Linda.
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In honor of Women's History Month, Stellantis recognizes and celebrates some of the extraordinary Mopar-powered, groundbreaking, female racers who paved that road. Shay Nichols. Several women helped break the gender barrier in drag racing, beginning in 1962. Among them was Shay Nichols, who drove a Duster in the factory hot rod class.
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Women in NHRA Drag Racing, a brief history.. Mello Yello Drag Racing Series: Top Fuel (18): Vivica Averstedt, Dannielle DePorter, Vicky Fanning, Gina Ferraro, Brittany Force,
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"Being a woman racer, that didn't really matter to me.. like Enders a second-generation driver who had cut her racing teeth in Jr. Dragsters â was the 10-year-old NHRA Jr. Drag Racing.
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The 7 winningest women in NHRA professional drag racing. These seven racers have more wins than any other female â and many of the men â in professional motorsports. 05 Aug 2022.
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Drag racing is unique as a sport in that all genders compete in the same league for the same titles. This is true for several motorsports, but not since Billy Jean King ate Bobby Riggs's ego for lunch have so many people come together to witnessed collapses of gender norms in sports.. You're probably already heard a lot of talk about badass women athletes lately with Megan Rapinoe taking on.
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Best Classic Drag Racing Cars. Shirley Muldowney. This is a drag racing legend. In 1975, she was voted the first female member of the All-American auto racing 10-member team. That was followed by her recognition by Drag News as the Top Fuel Driver of the Year in 1976. She also made it to the All-American team for the second time.
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Currently, three of the four NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro category national records are held by women: Brittany Force, Top Fuel: 3.623 sec. Sept. 2019, Reading