S3E39 – Full Timers and INDYCAR Moms

Listen Here News It’s been quite the season for announcements, and we’ve not even hit two-months since the season ended! Some news we’d been hoping for finally has came through - Meyer Shank Racing will be entering the 2020 INDYCAR season as a full-time team. They committed to 2020 and 2021 for the full season. …

Elfrieda Mais: Air and Ground

She’s known as the “First Woman Racing Driver” and in numerous articles has the moniker ‘daredevil’ attached to her.

McLaren at Indy: Tires and Triple Crowns

We'll see what 2019 brings, but that papaya color is going to be at Indy for a while.

Hello (or welcome to your new role) NTT Data

White Smoke has appeared from 16th Street here in Indy, and “habemus auctor”* has been on all the social media channels.

Desiré Wilson: First to Win at Formula 1

In August of 2018, Jamie Chadwick made history at Brands Hatch when she became the first female to win a British Formula 3 race. As the news broke on various social media platforms, those of us who have studied female racers history were enthusiastic. There is a great history of Brands Hatch. Back in 1980 …

Tire Fight

Remember when Firestone wasn’t the only tire? Pepperidge farm remembers (I do not, I wasn’t alive back then).

1960s Women: I Want to Go Fast

The 1960s starts the increase of amazing women in auto racing. My research yielded a long list of names, unlike the prior decades. I struggled with how to approach this decade. Write a small blurb on all of them (because they all had amazing stories) or pick a smaller list and go deep. I picked …

The First Fast Females

As long as speed has been around, women have found a way to buck the “males only” stereotype and win.