On May 10, 3:24 pm, "." <....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "deadguy3" <free.b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > danica was not the first woman to win a race in an
> > "open wheel" racing series. that title belongs to
> > ****rley Muldowney.
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> Drag Racing is, at best, described as a brief sprint or dash.
> It hardly constitutes, by any stretch of the imagination, a race.
> Nor are the drivers, particularly in its top tiers, considered to
> be, in any manner manner whatsoever, athletes (e.g., see the
> still dominating and currently active elderly 59 year old, over
> weight and walking wounded Funny Car driver John Force).
who ever wrote that about danica and ****rley muldowney is partially
correct. while ****rley was racing in drags since the early 60's it
was janet Guthrie who first raced open wheel, and that was at Indy in
1977
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