Born... as Shirley Ann Roque on June 19, 1940 in
Burlington, Vermont USA, Also known professionally as "Cha Cha"
and the "First Lady of Drag Racing.
She’s an
American pioneer in professional auto racing and was the first woman to receive
a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) in 1965, to drive a Top
Fuel Dragster.
She began
street racing in the 1950s in Schenectady, New York. All she wanted was to race
up and down the streets in a hot rod," declared Muldowney. At the age
of sixteen, she married nineteen-year-old Jack Muldowney, who would build
her first dragster.
In 1958,
the then eighteen-year-old made her debut on the dragstrip of the Fonda
Speedway. She won the
NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982, becoming the first person to
win two and three Top Fuel titles. She has won
a total of 18 NHRA national events.
Read more
about Shirley Muldowney @ Wikipedia
A truly amazing and dedicated woman in this sport. A roll model for all to emulate.
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