women in motorsports
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16-Year-Old American Chloe Chambers Sets New World Record For Fastest Slalom
On August 21, 202, teenage kart racer Chloe Chambers climbed behind the wheel of a Porsche 718 Spyder to do something no one has ever done before: to pilot a car through a slalom of 50 cones in 47.45 seconds — half a second faster than her predecessor.
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Reema Juffali Set To Become The First Saudi Woman To Race In An International Series Within The Kingdom
Women have only been legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia since June of 2018, but now that they are in the driver’s seat they are quickly been making up for lost time. Now, we can add Reema Juffali, 27, to the list as she sets out to become the first Saudi woman to compete…
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Driving Advice For Women In 1909: Don’t Forget To Bring A Gun
Screenshot: H.W. Nicholls; The Woman and the Car (YouTube) Life wasn’t easy for women in the early 20th century and race car driver and motorist Dorothy Levitt knew that for a fact. That’s why she published The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for all Women who Motor or Who Want to Motor…
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Ewy Rosqvist Was Winning Women’s Rally Championships While Still Working As A Veterinary Surgeon
When Ewy Rosqvist bought her first Mercedes-Benz, she didn’t have racing in mind. The only girl born to a Swedish farming family, she was encouraged to attend an agricultural college to study veterinary medicine, a career that required her to drive up to 200 kilometers every day on narrow dirt roads. She needed something nimble…