Fast Ladies: Female Racing Drivers 1888 to 1970

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Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2009 - 176 pagine
It took a great deal of determination on the part of women to sweep aside male resistance from the inner circles of the motoring world. A veritable saga with a wealth of illustrations spanning almost a century of motor racing. Over forty unique portraits of daring, brave women who took part in speed records events, rallies and Grand Prix races.
 

Sommario

Bertha Benz
11
Hellé Nice the Bugatti queen
26
Gwenda StewartHawkes the thricemarried racing driver
45
Lucienne Radisse
58
Fay Taylour Lady Leadfoot
78
Marie Honoré
92
Pat Lyons
98
Greta Molander
104
Betty Skelton
118
Annie Soisbault Marquise de Montaigu
126
Ewy Rosqvist Baroness von Korf
134
Christabel Carlisle
142
The Team Aseptogyl
150
Corinne Koppenhague
157
Alphabetical list of women racing drivers from 1900 to the 1970s
164
Acknowledgements
176

Annie Bousquet
112

Parole e frasi comuni

Informazioni sull'autore (2009)

Jean-François Bouzanquet lived in a family where automobile was spelled with a capital A. A lifelong collector and racing driver in historic competitions, he had the good fortune to rub shoulders with such "goldmines of memory" as Jaques Potherat, Marc Nicolosi, Jean-Louis Moncet and Johnny Rives, who were to inspire in him a love of history.

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