{"id":516,"date":"2022-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:28:48","slug":"women-in-motorsport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/women-in-motorsport\/","title":{"rendered":"Women In Motorsport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Yesterday was International&nbsp;Women&#8217;s&nbsp;Day so we thought we&#8217;d take a quick look the history of women in motorsport.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Motor racing has always been a largely male dominated sport but there has always been a handful of extremely talented female drivers putting the cat among the pigeons. At the moment the most recognisable female figure in international motorsport is probably <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danica_Patrick\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Danica Patrick<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\"> who is competing, very successfully at the very highest level in circuit racing in the U.S. She&#8217;s had no less than 6 top 10 finishes in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indianapolis_500\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis 500<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\"> which is no mean feat.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-X7NkAASimVc\/T_fdkjW6y4I\/AAAAAAAABAY\/8gX597IZP-g\/s1600\/danica-patrick.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-X7NkAASimVc\/T_fdkjW6y4I\/AAAAAAAABAY\/8gX597IZP-g\/s320\/danica-patrick.jpg\" width=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Other prominent female figures in the automotive arena would include <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vicki_Butler-Henderson\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Vicki Butler Henderson<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\"> who is a racing driver, car enthusiast, presenter of 5th gear and welcome breath of fresh air from the often mediocre offerings from rival show Top Gear.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Here&#8217;s one of VBH&#8217;s finest (in my opinion) pieces of reporting:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/2.gvt0.com\/vi\/0xXz_qP0CyY\/0.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0xXz_qP0CyY&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0xXz_qP0CyY&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabine_Schmitz\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Sabine Schmitz<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\"> is well known as the &#8216;fastest Taxi driver in the World&#8217; As well as being an ex professional racing driver (45 wins with BMW at the Nordschleife) and Tv personality Sabine infamously piloted the BMW M5 &#8220;Ring Taxi&#8221; around the equally infamous Nurburgring.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/2.gvt0.com\/vi\/_tG3Tx1e704\/0.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_tG3Tx1e704&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_tG3Tx1e704&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Taking a step back a few decades, the most famous name that spring to mind is <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mich%C3%A8le_Mouton\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Mouton<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Mouton is the most sucessful female rally driver ever, in 1982 she narrowly missed out on the winning the championship to Walter R\u00f6hrl. In 1984 she competed in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pikes_Peak_International_Hill_Climb\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Pikes Peak International Hill Climb<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\"> in the United States, driving an Audi Sport Quattro together with her usual co-driver Fabrizia Pons. She won the open rally category (now known as unlimited) in a record time and placed second overal.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/3.gvt0.com\/vi\/Zp8QkyXyTrc\/0.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Zp8QkyXyTrc&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Zp8QkyXyTrc&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Probably the most successful female F1 driver of all time was <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lella_Lombardi\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">Lella Lombardi<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\">. She competed in 17 F1 races in the mid 70&#8217;s and is the only woman to have ever scored points in a round of the Formula 1 World Championship.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/2.gvt0.com\/vi\/2Vl4SJneH2I\/0.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2Vl4SJneH2I&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2Vl4SJneH2I&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The list of female names throughout motor racing history is more extensive than you might think and certainly more so than we have space to cover here. Here are just a few names mentioned recently by fans on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MicksGarage.ie\" style=\"background-color: white;\" target=\"_blank\">our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>MicksGarage.ie:<\/b> Michelle Mouton<br \/><b>Ste RA:<\/b> Louise akin walker<br \/><b>Karen Mooney:<\/b> Alison lock<br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Damian McCann:<\/b> Jessica Barton<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Damian McCann:<\/b> Milka Duno<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Ste RA:<\/b> Pat carlsson<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Jonathan Scales:<\/b> Alice Burke and Nell Richardson<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>MicksGarage.ie:<\/b> Desire Wilson was another very successful female driver, one of only 5 women to every compete in Formula 1!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Chris Round: <\/b>Rachael &amp; Stephanie Simmonite, and of course Sabine Schmitz<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Matty Kielthy: <\/b>Toni kelly<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>MicksGarage.ie:<\/b> any more entries before today&#8217;s awesome prizes are revealed<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Matty Kielthy: <\/b>How about the female Jeremy clarkson with a race background, vicki butler Henderson<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Owen Kelly:<\/b> Danica Patrick<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Sean Griffin:<\/b> Sabine schmit. the female stig!!! That is all!!!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Peter Walsh:<\/b> Our very own Sarah Kavanagh, :0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Ann Marie Mc Gurk:<\/b> Maria Teresa De Filippis first woman to complete formuls 1 race<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Lisa Kelly:<\/b> Danica Patrick<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Davida Oneill: <\/b>janet guthier<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Belinda Daly:<\/b> Janet Guthier<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Janet was not only the first woman ever to compete in the Indianapolis 500 AND the Daytona 500<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Anna Conlon: <\/b>Anna Conlon!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Belinda Daly:<\/b> Milka Dunno First woman to win overall a major international sports car race in North America and First woman to win a Ferrari Challenge race in the USA.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Geraldine Fitzgerald: <\/b>Janet Guthier , Milka Duno<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Wayne Motherway: <\/b>sandy lawson -Alison Locke &#8211; sonya mac &#8211; judy lucas -emma mcinsky -daina maguiles -nacy mitchell &#8211; anne niell- clare rhodes &#8211; mandy roberts &#8211; claire samuels and sab shaw to name a few<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Deirdre Morris: <\/b>Lella Lombardi.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Loraine Hickey: <\/b>Penelope Pitstop&#8230;? \ud83d\ude42<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Kerrie O&#8217;Neill: <\/b>Jutta Kleinschmidt (born August 29, 1962) is a competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the first woman to win the race.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Sarah Proctor Brothers:<\/b> Davina Galica<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Colin Ryan:<\/b> Shirley Muldowney &#8211; the &#8220;First Lady of Drag Racing&#8221; was the first woman to receive a Top Fuel license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), as well as the first woman to win the NHRA Winston world points championship; in addition, she was the first driver to win two and three Top Fuel titles in NHRA history.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Edel Kavanagh:<\/b> Maria-Teresa de Filippis<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Marie Kate Shepherd: <\/b>Amanda Whitaker<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Jasmine Collier: <\/b>Desir\u00e9 Wilson became the only woman to win a Formula One race of any kind when she won at Brands Hatch in the British Aurora F1 series on 7 April 1980.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Ian Congdon:<\/b> penny malory. ex rally driver cant remember if she actualy won anything but i think she might of. also known from the used car road show.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Helena O Riordan:<\/b> THELMA + LOUISE<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Louise Mooney: <\/b>Rosemary Smith<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Tony Kavanagh: <\/b>Queen of the Ring Sabine schmit, the rest are rubbish&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.!<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women In Motorsport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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