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