Funky Cars > And the final word

The Pages Within[The Pages Within] The final word in favor of mindless male domination of automotive racing goes to Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One racing, who was able to get the following throw-away line into an interview with Sports Illustrated: He told Autosport racing magazine in 2000 that women could not compete in Formula One, but if one did, “she would have to be a woman who was blowing away the boys.

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Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

Popularmechanics.com[Popularmechanics.com] Lime Rock Vintage Festival 2000: The performance parts-manufacturing Edelbrock family--"The Fun Team"--proved in this class that women can enjoy a vintage race as much as men. Father Vic's split-window 1963 Corvette Z06 was joined by daughter Camee's blue #271 1966 Shelby GT-350 and daughter Christi's white #55 Shelby.

[Blogs.autonews.com] Geneva Auto Show Blog: Aston Martin's V8 Vantage is indeed as sexy and near-perfect as I was praying for. Such a shame for Ford to have lost Henrik Fisker just when the stuff is getting better.

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