Riley Dickinson winning Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America races is nothing new, but his latest display of dominance with his No. 53 Racing for Children’s Kellymoss Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car winning both round five on Saturday and round six on Sunday at the Grand Prix of Miami was especi.
Catherine Bond Muir has heard the critics complain that the W Series racing league she created wasn't boosting female drivers but segregating them from the best competition.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Catherine Bond Muir has heard the critics complain that the W Series racing league she created wasn't boosting female drivers but segregating them from the best competition. Here is what she sees: Young drivers in aggressive, wheel-to-wheel racing, crashing and restarting and getting more time in the cockpit in front of bigger crowds than they might have ever had before.
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How Trailblazer Lyn St. James Conquered Sexism in Her Racing Career
St. James, 74, is still knocking down walls and empowering others to follow their racing dreams.
By Bradley Brownell
Lyn St. James has had the kind of career most racers would be jealous of.
In a decades-long path, she raced at every major endurance sports-car event in the world, qualified for the Indianapolis 500 seven times, and set some impressive speed records. She didn’t come from a racing family or start karting as a toddler. She just had the sheer force of will and determination to push herself into a sport largely devoid of women.