Women’s “Firsts”
Never underestimate the capacity of a woman… She may let you eat her dust and leave you with a smashed ignition coil! It is possible that women can outdo man in various fields. The world of racing is one good example where in some occasions, women took charge over men. Too bad!
Here’s an incomplete list of "firsts" women and their accomplishments when racing against men, courtesy of Menstuff. Believe it!
- Aitken-Walker, Louise - 1979 - The first woman to win a national championship round in Britian.
- Aldred, Anna Lee - the first woman in the United States to be given a professional jockey’s license.
- Beckers, Christine - NASCAR - First time since 1949 that three women competed in a race together: Janet Guthrie, Lella Lombardi, and Christine Beckers
- Christian, Sara - First women to compete in NASCAR which took place in Charlotte.
- Cuneo, Joan Newton - first female driver in the first Glidden Tour, won several races in the middle of 1905-1908, won a national amateur championship- 1909, smashed speed records at the Marti Gras races. Cuneo stopped racing in 1909 when women were forbidden to join AAA events.
- de Balanza, Julia - first woman to race Formula One since the launching of the World Championship in 1950.
- Duno, Milka - The first Latin American women driver ever to be graded "expert" First woman to win overall major international sports car race entirely in North America in 24 years since she won in the second round of the 2004 Grand American (GrandAm) Sportscar Series at Homestead on 28 February 2004.First woman to win twice overall on major sports car race in North America.
