| While today we have women racing in Indy, | | | | business), he also owned Dodge's and some Chevy's. |
| NASCAR and a | | | | My |
| variety of different racing venues, years ago this | | | | mother loved the Mustang and got one in 1965. I |
| wasn't | | | | liked them |
| the case.In fact, during the era I grew up in women | | | | bigger, so my first car was a 1962 Chevy Belair (2 |
| were looked | | | | door). I |
| upon in a very different light. If you deviated from | | | | nicknamed her "The Black Beauty" she was a great |
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| norm you were labeled as a "tomboy". However, | | | | filter, and to |
| there were | | | | take care of my car. We also worked on the brakes |
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| and got | | | | more together. I would spend a whole day, cleaning, |
| a lot of satisfaction in doing so. Just because we did | | | | washing |
| however, didn't mean we weren't women, girls, | | | | and waxing that car. It was the perfect car for my |
| ladies, | | | | "lead |
| whatever you wish to be called.Many of us so called | | | | foot". I can't count the number of cars that would |
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| first born girls with dads who wanted the prodigal | | | | next to me, and reeve up their engines thinking "It's |
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| first, but got a daughter instead. My dad and I | | | | girl, she'll never beat me off the line"! Well, how |
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| sports together, baseball, football, basketball. In fact, | | | | they were. I can count on one hand those that took |
| my dad was the neighborhood dad (those who | | | | me off |
| grew up when I | | | | the line!I hung around with a group of friends, mostly |
| did will understand) and played with all the kids in the | | | | guys, but |
| neighborhood. We would have touch football games, | | | | some girls also. The cars were varied, Mustangs, |
| kickball, | | | | Vettes, |
| baseball, t-ball and even badminton and volleyball | | | | Chargers, Chevelle's and a multitude of street cars. |
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| my dad | | | | loved cars and driving them, and especially driving |
| worked for Rolls Royce and was always bringing | | | | them to |
| some great | | | | their limits. Which we did! Did us girls always beat the |
| cars home. He brought home Joe Namath's Jaguar, a | | | | guys, nah, but it was sure fun when we did!So |
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